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Helen begins a passionate affair with a man who has no idea of her secret identity. Caught in conflict when her lover falls victim to London’s dangerous underworld, Helen’s employer asks Sam to protect her. Bingo, the owner of the guitar shop where Sam buys his weapons, is played by Rat Scabies of The Damned. In The Graham Norton Show: Cher/Keira Knightley/Michael Fassbender/Josh Brolin/Jalen Ngonda (2024). Fairytale of New York Screenplay: Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan Performance: The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl. It’s a strange combination of traits. I don’t need a genre to stick to one thing, so tonal variation doesn’t bother me – but the execution? That’s another story. The camerawork and acting? Tops. The set design and writing? Not so much. Okay, maybe not *scary*, but definitely weak. I felt the mood: “People are stupid; They don’t question it.” They refer to the bomb with some visual platitude or stage a mass public murder and — surprise! — the police don’t show up. Only our cunning, mysterious hero searches for clues like a murder-mystery brunch. It’s the kind of lazy stuff that makes a pedant want to cry. That said, if you can silence the little voice in your head whispering, “That’s not how the world works,” you might actually have a good time. One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the biggest TV and streaming releases of the month. Check out our December calendar for more!