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London Film Festival 2025: Frankenstein Review

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 22h

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My next film at the London Film Festival is one of the big gala films, and probably the film I was looking forward to most after It Was Just An Accident. As soon as it was announced, I was eagerly …

London Film Festival 2025: Train Dreams Review

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 1d

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For my fifth film of the London Film Festival, I decided to go down the American independent movie route. Looking at the schedule, the general plot of Train Dreams stood out to me as something that…

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 1d

@lffstubs.bsky.social looking to sell a ticket for Memory of Princess Mumbi at BFI Southbank at 9pm tonight at base price. Reply if you're interested.

London Film Festival 2025: Hamnet Review

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 1d

I watched Hamnet today and am going to watch Frankenstein tomorrow. Don't think I've heard as many people cry in a film as I did when watching Hamnet. Of the films I've seen at the festival so far It Was Just An Accident was my favourite, with Hamnet a close second

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 1d

London Film Festival 2025: Hamnet Review coogsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/l... #lff #lff2025

Now that I’ve seen most of the more obscure films I planned for the London Film Festival I’ve moved on to the big gala showings, the ones that premiere at the Southbank Centre Royal Fes…

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 2d

Sat down for my next London Film Festival showing and it's one of the big films at the festival, and one at the Royal Festival Hall, Hamnet. I haven't read the book but heard great things about it. #lff2025 #londonfilmfestival #lff

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 2d

London Film Festival 2025: Songs of Forgotten Trees Review coogsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/l... #lff #lff2025

London Film Festival 2025: Calle Málaga Review

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 2d

London Film Festival 2025: Calle Málaga Review
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For my second film at the London Film Festival, I wanted to go with a more obscure option, one that I don’t think I’d see ordinarily due to the way films at festivals end up getting wider releases.…

London Film Festival 2025: It Was Just an Accident Review

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 3d

London Film Festival 2025: It Was Just an Accident Review coogsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/l...
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It’s been a while since I last wrote a review here, but you can expect a good few reviews coming up soon as it is once again time for the London Film Festival. I’ve seen at least one film at the fe…

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 3d

Starting my week of films for this year's London Film Festival (albeit in Bristol today) with It Was Just an Accident. I've been a fan of Jafar Panahi's work for a while and it's great that he's getting so much attention now. #lff #lff2025 #londonfilmfestival @wshed.bsky.social

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 3d

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

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How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 6d

Finished reading Watership Down a few days ago. For as good as the film is there's a richness and folklore in the book that makes it a more rewarding experience to read

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 7d

The only film I can think of like that is the film about Paul Potts, the first winner of Britain's Got Talent, with James Corden, which is not something I think anyone wants to repeat

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 7d

@lffstubs.bsky.social have a ticket for Memory of Princess Mumbi at 9pm on 14 October at BFI Southbank I'm looking to sell for base value of £18

Bob Hoskins on stage: tremendous as the villain, chippy as the dustman

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 8d

There aren't any images or videos available but there are some details in here www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/a...

Michael Coveney writes: For someone who came into theatre by accident, Bob Hoskins's performances preserved a sort of accidental realism

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Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 8d

There's no footage publicly available but I saw some at a talk Sylvester McCoy did at the Slapstick festival in Bristol last year and, from what was shown, it just shows why Hoskins worked so well as Eddie Valiant and there really wasn't anyone else who had the exact skills to do it so convincingly

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 8d

Listening to the talk about Bob Hoskins reminds me of another reason he was perfectly cast. He started his career doing physical comedy in the Ken Campbell Roadshow alongside Sylvester McCoy. He performed some slapstick comedy in pubs and clubs and you can see that experience come through

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 8d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
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other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 8d

I remember watching the short at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival (seeing this post unlocked some memories, hadn't thought about that short in years) and that felt pretty grim for the sake of being grim. Sounds like the feature is on the same lines

Tony Cogan @tcoogs.bsky.social · 17d

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