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Christopher Walken gives his creepiest performance in ’90s thriller The Comfort of Strangers

One of Walken’s very best monologues, right up there with Pulp Fiction, comes from The Comfort of Strangers, a discomfiting 1991 psychological thriller directed by Paul Schrader and written by the playwright Harold Pinter (from a novel by Ian McEwen). Walken plays Robert, a creepy Italian sophisticate dressed in white Armani who lives in Venice

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Pokémon Pokopia has finally convinced me that the Switch 2’s mouse controls are actually a worthwhile addition, after all

Let’s be honest, no-one is going into a shop and picking up a Switch 2 because of Drag x Drive, are they? Nor are they seeking out the new(ish) console for a mouse-controlled version of Metroid Prime 4 (even if it is sort-of good). The mouse capabilities of the Switch 2 feel under-utilised so far

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The Sunday Papers

Sundays are for lying in bed and thinking of ways to interfere with your downstairs neighbour’s space as much as their loud music interferes with yours. Crucially the method cannot be one that can be immediately turned around and used back against you. Perhaps taking up the aim of walking up and down the creaking

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