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Tom Fordy

Tom Fordy

Contributor / Freelance Journalist at The Daily Telegraph - Telegraph.co.uk

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Tom Fordy
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How The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe made the BBC take children seriously

Its effects were quaint, its actors were savaged, and it would have infuriated CS Lewis. Yet the wintry drama cast a powerful spell
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Christmas cranked up to 11: why Die Hard 2 (not 1) is the greatest ...

In 1990, Bruce Willis’s second seasonal firefight took everything good about the 1988 original – and upped the body-count
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'If the kid lives, so do I': what Ricky Gervais's After Life gets r...

The nihilistic hero of Gervais’s sitcom has his life changed by a boy facing death. To the father of one young cancer patient, it rings true
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How realistic is Trigger Point? Bomb disposal experts weigh in

Is Vicky McClure’s character Lana the real deal? Three bomb disposal specialists rate the pulse-pounding procedural’s first episode
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'She was loving, but snippy': the real Anne Frank, by her best frie...

Hannah Goslar survived the horrors of Bergen-Belsen. But the ‘very spicy little girl’ she first met in kindergarten wasn’t as fortunate
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Why everyone was wrong about Ghostbusters II - The Telegraph

It was a critical bomb and wrecked the Ghostbusters legacy for decades. But actually the sequel is thunderously fun – and all in the detail
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How the 'nightmarish' classic Nosferatu was almost destroyed – by ....

100 years on, FW Murnau’s Dracula rip-off still has the power to chill. But thanks to Bram Stoker’s widow, it was nearly lost forever

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Guns and roses: the violent, romantic delights of Grosse Pointe Blank

Gen X angst and John Woo-style gunplay combined to killer effect in John Cusack’s subversive comedy. But would it get made today?
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Inside the dark and disturbed life of Don Simpson – the egomaniac w...

From brutalised prostitutes to drug-fuelled deaths, scandals plagued the toxic producer. But he became one of Hollywood’s biggest players
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How Christopher Lee made The Man With the Golden Gun Bond’s most me...

Roger Moore’s second 007 film – now back in cinemas – tanked at the box office. Yet its stunts, location and villain set a gold standard
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When Alan Partridge met Jed the stalker: how Steve Coogan's ... - T...

In Alan’s finest half-hour, he offended the Irish, sold a few tie-and-blazer badge combinations and made a new friend. But what inspired it?