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Dario Argento Panico review – homage to a lifetime of dark, strange film-making

Guillermo del Toro, Nicolas Winding Refn and more sing the Italian director’s praises in this dexterous look back over his career – but his dark side still shines through

The Guardian - UK

The Famous Five haven’t ‘gone woke’ – they’re just not as tedious as they used to be

With its anachronistic fashions, mixed-race lead and synthy score, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Famous Five reboot has been met with the usual moaning by ‘the anti-woke’ brigade. But it also has a zippiness and thrill that was always absent from Enid Blyton’s deeply uncool source material, writes Adam White

The Independent UK

Netflix about to lose intense Ryan Gosling drama with 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

Ryan Gosling proves he's not just Ken in a movie leaving Netflix soon

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The Famous Five review – this Enid Blyton adaptation feels oddly like the Da Vinci Code

A bit Indiana Jones, a bit Swallows and Amazons, a bit Dan Brown, this adaptation of the 1942 book is a gently subversive take on a classic. Don’t expect lashings of ginger beer

The Guardian - UK

How to watch The Famous Five online: stream the Enid Blyton adaptation FREE from anywhere today

Director Nicolas Winding Refn adapts Enid Blyton’s best-selling series of adventure stories for the BBC. Read our guide for how to watch The Famous Five online free and from anywhere now.

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‘Something magical’: the Famous Five are back – thanks to a hyperviolent director

He is a Cannes-winning auteur famed for brutality, who once declared: ‘I am a pornographer.’ Can Nicolas Winding Refn really turn The Famous Five into a heartwarming Christmas treat?

The Guardian - UK

Joffrey Baratheon actor Jack Gleeson is back on TV, starring in The Famous Five adaptation

A decade after quitting acting, the Game of Thrones will star in his biggest on screen role yet

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The Famous Five: next episode, cast, plot and everything we know

The Famous Five is made up of three feature length episodes for the BBC, reimagined for a new audience.

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TV tonight: Our highlights for Saturday, July 22

Champion is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

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7 best Netflix shows you’re not watching

Beyond Netflix's most-watched list are some excellent overlooked shows — here are seven Netflix shows that you're not watching but really should.

Tom’s Guide

Beloved children's TV show to make BBC comeback after decades off screen

The reboot is set to have a few differences from the original seasons.

Daily Record

Beloved kids TV show set to make BBC comeback after decades off screen

The Famous Five is set to return to our screens for a reboot but there are set to be a lot of changes

Daily Mirror

Enid Blyton's 'The Famous Five' book series to be adapted for screen

Over 80 years, Enid Blyton wrote the first 'The Famous Five' book titled 'Five On A Treasure Island' which was published in 1942. The rest, as they say, is history. And now the news is that the popular book series, which is widely read across the world even today, is…

The Times of India

BBC to bring The Famous Five to the screen in new three-part series

Enid Blyton's famous children's books have been adapted by ITV and Disney but the BBC has never made a series or film based on them. But now a new series ha been announced and filming has already started.

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The Guardian - UK

Lashings and ginger beer: how safe are the Famous Five with Nicolas Winding Refn?

The Danish director of Bronson and Pusher is to ‘reimagine’ Enid Blyton’s stories for a ‘progressive new audience’. Does this mean Anne will vomit up an eyeball?

The Guardian - UK

Nicolas Winding Refn to reinterpret Enid Blyton’s Famous Five for the BBC

The Danish director behind stylish actioner Drive and ultra-violent thriller Only God Forgives will create a three-part series

Total Film

Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is adapting Enid Blyton's Famous Five – and we’re as confused as you are

He’s swapping ultra-violent thrillers for children's books

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Famous Five head to BBC for new series based on Enid Blyton classics

The BBC has announced filming on a new Famous Five series, based on the Enid Blyton series of children's books, is now underway.

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‘Work is therapy’: synth-pop icon Johnny Jewel on David Lynch, Chromatics and near-death experiences

He was kidnapped as a teenager and later nearly drowned, but these traumas have been poured into an awesomely rich body of music for film, TV and the dancefloor

Tom’s Guide

9 best Amazon Prime Video movies you haven’t watched yet

If your Amazon Prime Video watchlist is looking a little sparse make sure you've seen these Prime Video movies you (probably) haven't watched yet.

Evening Standard

Sydney Sweeney to star in and produce Barbarella

The Euphoria actress is also set to co-star with Dakota Johnson in Marvel’s new Madame Web

The Guardian - UK

Prada lets it rip with ‘gestures of error’ at Milan fashion week

Prada and Raf Simons added pre-lived defects to their immaculate simplicity, with abstract filmic backdrops by Nicolas Winding Refn

The Guardian - UK

Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival

Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles

Los Angeles Times

Review: Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans play empty spy games in Netflix's 'The Gray Man'

The last time Ryan Gosling was sent to murder a guy in Bangkok was about nine years ago, when he starred in Nicolas Winding Refn's sick-puppy art-thriller "Only God Forgives." I kind of loathed that movie, though it did have awesome red wallpaper and a hilariously foul-mouthed Kristin Scott Thomas,…

The Guardian - UK

Pacifiction review – trouble in paradise, in apocalyptic Tahitian mystery

Benoît Magimel’s French high commissioner confronts the end of his personal Eden in Tahiti, in Albert Serra’s distinctive film

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