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Despite mass-market appeal, the No 1 New York Times bestseller’s adaptations are widely regarded as some of the worst telly around

Patrick Freyne: The main thing I’m learning from Obsession is that having an affair is way easier than I thought

Patrick Freyne: Yes, it’s the 1980s again, baby, with Netflix’s erotic thriller Obsession breathlessly leading the way

For an erotic thriller, Obsession’s sex scenes are as titillating as doing the weekend chores

Television: Enniscorthy actor Charlie Murphy and Richard Armitage star as doomed lovers sucked into a whirlpool of mutual desire and destruction

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows to watch in December

Including Emily in Paris, Selling Tampa, Queer Eye, Stay Close, and The Witcher

Four new films to see this weekend

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Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in January

Among its offerings for 2020, Netflix asks the bold question: is it okay to fancy Jesus?

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Ocean’s 8: The acting’s formulaic. And then there’s Helena Bonham Carter’s Irish accent

Review: Apart from Anne Hathaway, the Ocean’s 8 cast barely qualify as characters at all

The Hobbit review: One last slog through Middle Earth

Sorry Peter Jackson, but we’re all Orc’d out - Battle of the Five Armies is both way too much and not nearly enough

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