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  • Paul Markey

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    Film • 29 Aug 22
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    Film • 18 Feb 22
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    How Charlie Chaplin became the biggest movie star of all time

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    To go to the cinema or not to go to the cinema? That is the question...

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    Books on film were a popular trend once upon a time. Here we look at some of the best from several generations.

    Books • 20 May 20
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    A picture speaks a thousand words is a saying that usually holds true. Following a new year attic deep dive, I am now not so sure.

    Pop Culture • 17 Apr 20
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    Something in The Fog - a horror classic revisited, 40 years on

    It was the first long weekend of the year in our mobile home. Come rain or shine you'd always find me on the beach. I love the sea, that salty sense of freedom it always brings me. Something was different this time...

    Film • 13 Mar 20
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    Paul Markey's best movies of the year - and the decade

    The crash between end of year and start of year is a great time for cinema - with Christmas blockbusters and award season releases, there is quite literally something for everyone. But it's my least favourite time writing about cinema...

    Film • 13 Dec 19
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