It’s finally time to explore the next big swing at adapting Tolkien for the screen - will Amazon delve too deep?
Read MoreMuscular, many-limbed and possessing tentacles that eject bullet-like spines, the so-called Whitespikes are instantly believable as a species that could overrun the Earth. So it’s a shame that the movie that introduces them feels distinctly familiar, as if constructed from pieces of other, better sci-fi movies.
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Read MoreWhereas American Gods often shows its mythological deities variously murdering or otherwise exploiting humans, Good Omens depicts Heaven and Hell as more of a pair of twin bureaucracies, pushing paperwork around and counting down the days to the end of the world with a cheerful, if grimly cynical attitude.
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