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Clifford was found guilty of raping his ex-partner Louise before murdering her and her family at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday.

The 26-year-old former soldier became "enraged" when his Louise ended their 18-month relationship - which led to him plotting the "carefully planned and executed" killings on July 9 last year.

Clifford gained access to the family home by deceiving 61-year-old Carol Hunt, the wife of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, before stabbing her to death in a "brutal knife attack".

After killing Mrs Hunt, the defendant then "lay in wait" for an hour for Louise to enter the house, before restraining, raping and ultimately murdering her with a crossbow.

He then fatally shot 28-year-old Hannah Hunt when she returned to the property in the quiet cul-de-sac of Ashlyn Close in Bushey, Hertfordshire, after work.

Less than 24 hours before the murders, Clifford had searched for Andrew Tate's podcast, with prosecutor Alison Morgan KC telling the court: "It's misogynistic, trying to control Louise Hunt in the context of a final act of spite. You can see how the mind was working."

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Outside of rare retrospective screenings, for decades now King Lear has largely been seen, if at all, via low-quality bootlegs. Criterion’s transfer, sourced from a 2K restoration, is a revelation. The painterly beauty of Sophie Maintigneux’s cinematography and its heavy emphasis on naturalistic tones of blues and greens can finally be appreciated, and scenes in dim interiors sport deep black levels with no visible crushing or halo artifacts. Detail is fine enough to make out the faint signs of photo reproduction on the film stills and painting scans woven into the montage. Equally impressive is the soundtrack, which flawlessly renders the stereo track of overlapping dialogue, needle drops and ambient sound. The soundtrack is as blatantly artificial as it is immersively impressionistic, and it’s overwhelming to hear it in its full clarity.

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Extras

New Yorker critic Richard Brody, likely the film’s biggest champion in the English-speaking world, contributes both an interview and the booklet essay for Criterion’s release. In both, he makes the case for the film as a Gesamtkunstwerk of Godard’s career while also offering ample insight into the project’s convoluted and enervating production. Brody even obliquely features in the interview with Molly Ringwald, who reminisces about how baffled she was on the set of King Lear and how she came to appreciate the film years later when reading Brody’s Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard. Also interviewed is Peter Sellars, who recalls in depth the strangeness of the production but clearly prides having participated in the project. The disc also comes with audio of a press conference with Godard at its Cannes premiere, in which he’s his usual evasive, irascible, yet always entertaining self.

Overall

Jean-Luc Godard’s long-neglected masterpiece at last receives a proper video release in a stunning A/V transfer that primes the film for overdue rediscovery.

Outside of rare retrospective screenings, for decades now King Lear has largely been seen, if at all, via low-quality bootlegs. Criterion’s transfer, sourced from a 2K restoration, is a revelation. The painterly beauty of Sophie Maintigneux’s cinematography and its heavy emphasis on naturalistic tones of blues and greens can finally be appreciated, and scenes in dim interiors sport deep black levels with no visible crushing or halo artifacts. Detail is fine enough to make out the faint signs of photo reproduction on the film stills and painting scans woven into the montage. Equally impressive is the soundtrack, which flawlessly renders the stereo track of overlapping dialogue, needle drops and ambient sound. The soundtrack is as blatantly artificial as it is immersively impressionistic, and it’s overwhelming to hear it in its full clarity.

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Extras

New Yorker critic Richard Brody, likely the film’s biggest champion in the English-speaking world, contributes both an interview and the booklet essay for Criterion’s release. In both, he makes the case for the film as a Gesamtkunstwerk of Godard’s career while also offering ample insight into the project’s convoluted and enervating production. Brody even obliquely features in the interview with Molly Ringwald, who reminisces about how baffled she was on the set of King Lear and how she came to appreciate the film years later when reading Brody’s Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard. Also interviewed is Peter Sellars, who recalls in depth the strangeness of the production but clearly prides having participated in the project. The disc also comes with audio of a press conference with Godard at its Cannes premiere, in which he’s his usual evasive, irascible, yet always entertaining self.

Overall

Jean-Luc Godard’s long-neglected masterpiece at last receives a proper video release in a stunning A/V transfer that primes the film for overdue rediscovery.

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This is clearly a way for Epic Games to promote their new alternative to Google Play and Apple's App Store, but hey, free games. Seems they need network access to do a licence check, but once that's done they appear to work offline.

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This is clearly a way for Epic Games to promote their new alternative to Google Play and Apple's App Store, but hey, free games. Seems they need network access to do a licence check, but once that's done they appear to work offline.

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“Kirbyvision,” a definitive feature documentary about legendary comic book artist and creator Jack Kirby, is in development with acclaimed filmmaker Ricki Stern (“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,” “UFOs: Investigating the Unknown”) set to direct.

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Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential creators in comics history, Kirby co-created Captain America with Joe Simon in 1941, famously depicting the superhero punching Adolf Hitler on the first issue’s cover months before the U.S. entered World War II. Throughout his nearly six-decade career, Kirby went on to create or co-create numerous iconic Marvel characters including the Avengers, Black Panther, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron Man, Silver Surfer, Thor and the X-Men (many with Stan Lee).

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“Jack was not only one of the great comic book artists of all time, but a true visionary genius,” Stern said. “In this new feature length documentary, we actively campaign for the recognition he finally deserves as a leading artist and storyteller of the 20th Century.”

Braun added, “If there were a Mount Rushmore of 20th century pop culture luminaries, Jack Kirby should be the first one to be carved into the mountain. ‘Kirbyvision’ will let audiences experience the full scope of Jack’s limitless imagination, creativity and heart.”

The documentary has secured cooperation from the Estate of Jack Kirby as represented by the Rosalind Kirby Family Trust, with access to personal documents, home movies and creative materials, much of which has been unseen by the public until now.

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A Baldock resident is "convinced" that a big cat is roaming the fields and countryside near the town, after revealing he has seen a "big black animal" on a number of occasions.

Danny Boar has had a number of experiences at Buffs Field, close to where he lives, starting four years ago when he had an unexplainable experience late one night.

"I used to babysit my granddaughter so I got home around about midnight and I took the dog out and walked in a straight line across the field to this big lamppost," he recalled.

"I would let her go to the toilet, sniff around in the bushes and then walk back, but this particular night I got halfway across the field and she wasn't with me, which was strange because she'd always walk in front me.

"I looked around she'd stopped, so I walked over to the lamppost, called her over and she wouldn't move.

"There was then this rustling in the bushes next to me, and all of sudden this big black animal rushed around in front of me and then clattered through the trees.

"I knew it wasn't a dog because I could clearly see the tail in the light. It was long and it went right down to the ground and then curved back up again, kind of like an old pump handle."

Having initially dismissed the incident, a chat with daughter changed his opinion.

"I went around to my daughter's house the next day, told her what had happened and she said it sounded like a leopard," he continued.

"Obviously I told her not to be stupid, but she told me to look it up and there have been so many sightings in Baldock."

Big cat sightings have been fairly regular across Hertfordshire over the last 25 years, including a number of people spotting them in and around Baldock and nearby Letchworth.

A Baldock resident is "convinced" that a big cat is roaming the fields and countryside near the town, after revealing he has seen a "big black animal" on a number of occasions.

Danny Boar has had a number of experiences at Buffs Field, close to where he lives, starting four years ago when he had an unexplainable experience late one night.

"I used to babysit my granddaughter so I got home around about midnight and I took the dog out and walked in a straight line across the field to this big lamppost," he recalled.

"I would let her go to the toilet, sniff around in the bushes and then walk back, but this particular night I got halfway across the field and she wasn't with me, which was strange because she'd always walk in front me.

"I looked around she'd stopped, so I walked over to the lamppost, called her over and she wouldn't move.

"There was then this rustling in the bushes next to me, and all of sudden this big black animal rushed around in front of me and then clattered through the trees.

"I knew it wasn't a dog because I could clearly see the tail in the light. It was long and it went right down to the ground and then curved back up again, kind of like an old pump handle."

Having initially dismissed the incident, a chat with daughter changed his opinion.

"I went around to my daughter's house the next day, told her what had happened and she said it sounded like a leopard," he continued.

"Obviously I told her not to be stupid, but she told me to look it up and there have been so many sightings in Baldock."

Big cat sightings have been fairly regular across Hertfordshire over the last 25 years, including a number of people spotting them in and around Baldock and nearby Letchworth.