Laura Cress
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In her spare time Laura enjoys attending film and tv events in and around London, the more experimental the better! Her life is made up of writing, list making, interviewing, editing, and the occasional indulgence in Mad Men/Breaking Bad/The Killing/any and every boxset available. She works in Development for a TV production company in Soho and when not coming up with strange ideas, puts her energy into her new website www.cultureandanarchy.com which covers independent filmmakers and musicians.

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The Watch Review - Just What Does This Film Want To Be?

(0) Comments | Posted 20 August 2012 | (11:16)

Perhaps it's the various changes of actors, plot and title that "The Watch" went through before being brought to the cinema, but something about this comedy seems to be suffering from Jason Bourne syndrome - in that it just isn't quite sure what on earth it really is.

At...

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True Love - Are All Men Cheaters and All Women Weak?

(0) Comments | Posted 18 June 2012 | (23:39)

"I'm sorry" is a phrase that gets used in BBC 1's four part series True Love twice in two episodes - and both times it's used by men to their wives after cheating on them with another woman.

The wives then on both occasions forgive their adulterous hubbies and...

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Goodbye Lane, Good Luck Peggy

(0) Comments | Posted 7 June 2012 | (00:19)

SPOILERS - DO NOT read ahead unless you have watched Episode 12 of Mad Men Season 5!

The last two episodes of Mad Men before the finale have seen two main characters of the great Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce office (which almost became Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Harris nee Holloway...

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Stop Getting Bond... Right?

(5) Comments | Posted 21 May 2012 | (11:48)

The new teaser trailer for the latest James Bond film Skyfall is out (if you haven't already seen it - what are you doing reading this piddly article, go and watch it!) Sam Mendes' latest has all the tropes of a great Bond film - great action, witty quips and......

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Let's Hope That Homeland Doesn't Turn Into Another 'Lost'

(4) Comments | Posted 6 May 2012 | (15:50)

So the finale of Homeland is upon us tonight, and what a journey it's been. For a series that started out looking like every one of those empty conspiracy thrillers America loves so much (I'm looking at you, "The Event") it's been refreshing to see Homeland change into...

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Lane Pryce vs Pete Campbell - Who's Going to Get Dropped From Mad Men?

(0) Comments | Posted 17 April 2012 | (14:32)

Signal 30, the fifth episode of Mad Men Season saw Pete Campbell back in the spotlight, only to get knocked down, or really punched down, again by that good ol' toothy Brit, Lane Pyrce. It appears to me that this fight wasn't just a business meeting gone horribly wrong, but...

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Mad Men Season Five Episode Four - Mystery Date Review

(0) Comments | Posted 10 April 2012 | (18:51)

This week's Mad Men preyed upon themes similar to those we've seen before in the series, but what it did so deftly was work upon them until they were something new entirely. Whether it was Don's vivid, shocking dreams or the image of both Aunt Geraldine and Sally passed out...

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Mad Men Season Five Episode Two - 'Tea Leaves' Review

(0) Comments | Posted 4 April 2012 | (00:56)

"When is everything going to get back to normal?", Roger asks Don in this second episode of Mad Men Season Five, and I couldn't agree more. Don and Harry are backstage at the Rolling Stones, but there's no pulsing track to accompany the ride, and only an offer of a...

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Mad Men Minus Melancholy = Meaninglessness

(0) Comments | Posted 2 April 2012 | (11:32)

We've all had plenty of time to digest the first showing of Mad Men Season Five on Tuesday, an episode that is doomed to be forever referred to as 'The One With Zou Bisou Bisou'. Many of Mad Men's famous calling cards were there - Pete Campbell sticking out his...

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Expectations for Mad Men Season Five

(0) Comments | Posted 26 March 2012 | (00:00)

With the Bob Dylan CD on repeat, everyone practising their long, meaningful stares with cigarettes, and Google hits for 'Old Fashioned recipe' increasing at an alarming rate, you know it can only mean one thing - that's right, it's almost the beginning of another season of Mad Men. Last season...

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