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Terry Warner
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English, History and Politics teacher. Husband, father and dog owner. Blogs about TV, films and the like. Has never really grown up.
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 14h
So bad it's good.
Review: The Lost Continent (1968)
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The Lost Continent (1968)
Michael Carreras was the wild card of Hammer Productions. The son of owner James, Michael had both a fondness for the ridiculous and an inab...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 1d
More than just a Jaws cash in
Review: Orca (1977)
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Orca (1977)
Viewed at the time as an inferior ripoff of Jaws, Michael Anderson's film has aged very well and come out of the shadow of its more famous f...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 3d
My pooch would beg the monster for a treat
Review: Good Boy (2025)
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Good Boy (2025)
I love dogs and I love horror movies so a horror film seen through the eyes of retriever Indy seemed tailor made for me. The result is a lar...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 3d
A lively and entertaining new era
Review: Batman Detective Comics - Mercy of the Father
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Batman Detective Comics - Mercy of the Father
Following the rather gloomy and pretentious Ram V run, fan favourite Tom Taylor takes over Detective Comics, joined by artist Mikel Janin. T...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 4d
Pretty. Vacant.
Review: Tron Ares (2025)
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Tron - Ares (2025)
Neither the 1980s Tron nor the more recent 2010 sequel Tron Legacy were that good and there was absolutely no demand for a return to the dig...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 5d
He's back!
Review: Dracula has Risen from the Grave (1968)
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Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Christopher Lee returns for his third outing as Count Dracula in a solid if predictable production directed by Freddie Francis and which tur...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 6d
A glimpse of a what if? 1990.
Review: Doctor Who - Alixion
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Doctor Who - Alixion
The late 1980s were a mad time for Doctor Who with lead Colin Baker being sacked, script editor Eric Saward stropping off and taking his fin...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 6d
Bless Tom Baker. Still entertaining me 50 years on
Review: Doctor Who - The Last Queen of the Nile
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Doctor Who - The Last Queen of the Nile
Big Finish knew what they were doing when they finally bagged the elusive veteran Tom Baker to return as Doctor Four. Nick Briggs and co emb...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 7d
Funny and touching
Review: I Swear (2025)
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I Swear (2025)
I Swear is that rare thing, a biopic I really enjoyed. Heartfelt, poignant, intelligent and funny, the film tells the story of John Davidson...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 8d
Hello Ruth!
Review: Shetland - Series 8
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Shetland - Series 8
The previous series ended with Jimmy Perez resigning, Douglas Henshall off to pastures new, and the show with a gap to fill. Fair play to th...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 9d
Farewell Seeker (for now)
Review: The House of Lamentations by SG MacLean
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The House of Lamentations by SG MacLean
The fifth and final novel in the Damian Seeker cycle finds our Cromwellian captain presumed dead after the events of The Bear Pit but secret...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 10d
Benny's latest hijinks
Review: Bernice Summerfield - Dalek Eternity 1
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Bernice Summerfield - The Dalek Eternity 1
Big Finish's First Lady gets a new series of adventures, the cosy previous Eternity Club set up pepped up with the arrival of a Dalek (Nick ...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 10d
An odd final episode
Review: Peacemaker - S2 Finale
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Peacemaker - Season 2 Finale
After wrapping up much of this season's plots last week, James Gunn used his finale to spend as much time setting up future DCU films as cha...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 11d
Or when Tigon films killed Boris Karloff
Review: The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
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The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Tigon make another attempt to muscle in on Hammer's audience, bringing together the horror legend of the 1930s with the then current icon. W...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 12d
Well made, but a little bit dull
Review: Gen V - Season 2, Episodes 3 to 6
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Gen V - Season 2, Episodes 3 to 6
With its talented cast, solid plotting and excellent production values, I just wish I enjoyed Gen V a bit more, especially as parent show Th...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 13d
An improvement on the TV era
Review: Doctor Who - The Return of the Doctor
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Doctor Who - The Return of the Doctor
Big Finish have to strike a balance with their new range of Thirteenth Doctor stories. On the one hand, they have to give fans of the Chibna...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 13d
The weakest set so far
Review: Dark Gallifrey - Master! 3
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Dark Gallifrey - Master! Part 3
Lizzie Hopley's story comes to a close, thankfully. When Big Finish announced they were creating a new series featuring Time Lord rogues whi...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 14d
Live a long and happy retirement, Jimmy Perez!
Review: Shetland - Series 7
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Shetland - Series 7
Foreknowledge can be an worrying thing. Aware that this was lead Douglas Henshall's last run as DI Jimmy Perez, I spent most of it fearing D...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 15d
"Only Bond."
Review: Goldeneye at 30
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Goldeneye at 30
Back in cinemas, Pierce Brosnan's debut as James Bond is still a lot of fun 30 years on while also displaying more than a few of the problem...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 16d
Yes, the Rock is good but this is an underwhelming film
Review: The Smashing Machine (2025)
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The Smashing Machine (2025)
With A24 distributing and Dwayne Johnson touring the chat shows to unburden how he knew he had much more in him as an actor, the biggest sur...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 17d
Paul Darrow's last performances as Avon. Farewell to a legend
Review: Blake's 7 - Restoration 2
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Blake's 7 - Restoration 2
The Liberator is crippled and the only way to save it and to continue the crew's fight against the Federation is to find a way to fix it whi...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 18d
Well that was frantic and brutal!
Review: Peacemaker - Season 2, Episode 7
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Peacemaker - Season 2, Episode 7
Episode 6's big reveal was that Peacemaker's alternate Earth was actually, though not explicitly named, Earth-X, where the Nazis won WW2. In...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 18d
Review: The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
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The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
The ninth Vera novel sees Cleeves cheekily adding elements of classic Agatha Christie as a murder happens on the grounds of a manor house ow...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 19d
One of the classic Hammers
Review: The Devil Rides Out (1968)
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The Devil Rides Out (1968)
One of Hammer's best, The Devil Rides Out gives Christopher Lee a rare heroic lead and he's fantastic. Adapted from Dennis Wheatley's novel,...
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Terry Warner @thechildofthe70s.bsky.social · 20d
Worryingly accurate in its mirror to MAGA
Review: Gen V - s2, e1&2
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Gen V - Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2
The spin off from The Boys returned with the death of Chance Perdomo weighing heavily over the production. The actor, who played super-power...
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