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REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2021
IT WAS A YEAR IN WHICH NOTHING WAS NORMAL — AND FILM AND TV FOLLOWED SUIT. HERE, THEN, WE CELEBRATE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE SCREEN MOMENTS FROM AN UNUSUAL 2021. PUPPETS! MONSTERS! SEAGULLS! AND SOMETHING DISGRACEFUL HAPPENING TO A SUITCASE…
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Empire
January 2022
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NUMBER CRUNCHING
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