The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett
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Take a moment to consider the last wedding you went to: maybe you sat at a bad table? The DJ had the worst taste in music? The new shoes you bought gave you blisters? The catering was equivalent to dogfood? The venue was too hot?
Well you haven’t got a thing on the Red Wedding!
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Welcome back to Game Of Thrones, where life is not just a game that people play on your behalf, but also a buyer’s market. This week: everyone is buying and selling sex.
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As we head past the mid-season mark on HBO’s epic Game Of Thrones, it’s clear that no one will emerge unscathed.
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We’ve reached the halfway point of S3 and while ‘Kissed By Fire’ lacks the arresting visuals from the last episode, in terms of fleshing out several underserved characters, this one is a winner.
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You can nearly always tell when the showrunners are directly involved in an episode, can’t you? These episodes feel stronger, clearer, more tightly plotted and with a greater sense of purpose. The involvement of Game Of Thrones’ showrunners Benioff and Weiss in ‘Walk Of Punishment’ is clearly evident and the result is the strongest episode since 2×09 ‘Blackwater.’
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After a long, long wait, Game Of Thrones returns for its third season with an episode that feels more like a reintroduction than an episode proper. Groundwork is laid, but is it all interesting?
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