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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Nuclear Bo(m)b

by Martyn Conterio

Mush­room clouds and glow­ing orbs – was this the most exper­i­men­tal hour of tele­vi­sion ever to air?
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Annie Blackburn

by Martyn Conterio

Could Heather Gra­ham be about to make a shock return to Twin Peaks?
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Electricity

by Martyn Conterio

David Lynch and Mark Frost have again hint­ed at the under­ly­ing mean­ing of this recur­ring motif.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Buenos Aires

by Martyn Conterio

With Dale Cooper’s sit­u­a­tion becom­ing clear­er, our atten­tions turn to Phillip Jef­fries and an unex­pect­ed trip to South America.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Blue rose

by Martyn Conterio

This mys­tery code word takes on a new mean­ing in the show’s lat­est episodes.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: The glass cube

by Martyn Conterio

Is this mys­te­ri­ous device Agent Cooper’s tick­et into the real world?
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Journeys

Visiting Twin Peaks: A place both wonderful and strange

by Martyn Conterio

A pil­grim­age to the sleepy Amer­i­can set­ting of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s icon­ic show.
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Does Fire Walk with Me hold the key to Twin Peaks Season 3?

by Martyn Conterio

David Lynch’s much-maligned spin-off movie holds secrets that could be revealed when the show returns.
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Can James Cameron save the Terminator franchise?

by Martyn Conterio

With yet anoth­er reboot in the works, we con­sid­er how its orig­i­nal cre­ator can fix this mal­func­tion­ing series.
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In Praise Of

Why Christine contains horror cinema’s greatest femme fatale

by Martyn Conterio

The title char­ac­ter in John Carpenter’s 1983 film is a mem­o­rably mon­strous movie seductress.