Tim McInnerny

Edge of Darkness (1985)

Edge of Darkness (1985)
Rating: ★★★★★
Feb 1, 2008Nuclear Power/Environmental Thriller
One of the great tv series of the 1980s, a powerful and incisive snapshot of Thatcherite England, the backroom politics of the nuclear power industry and the environmentalist movement. A brilliantly written show featuring great performances
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FairyTale: A True Story (1997)

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Rating: ★★½
Oct 28, 1999Photos of Fairies/"True Story"
A nicely produced film based on the true-life Cottingley Fairies hoax in the 1920s where two girls produced photos supposedly of fairies that convinced some people. Despite the original being a hoax, the film wants to convince us that the fairies were real
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The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
Rating: ★★★
Mar 24, 2010Arthur Conan Doyle Biopic-Mystery/Meta-Fiction
BBC production that seems to be a straightforward biopic of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle only for it to take a very strange dogleg into meta-fiction
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Black Death (2010)

Black Death (2010)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 20, 2011Mediaeval Journey to a Village of Witches
Powerful film from Christopher Smith set during the Middle Ages about a group on a journey to a village where a priestess can purportedly raise the dead. The film's skewering of faith in an unforgettable ending is stunning
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Automata (2014)

Automata (2014)
Rating: ★★★★
Oct 8, 2016Robots Develop Artificial Intelligence
This Blade Runner-influenced work about robots that develop artificial intelligence is exceptional, featuring a particularly captivating last half with Antonio Banderas journeying with strangely alive robots
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