Sam Inglis
@24fpsuk.bsky.social
Semi-Pro movie nerd. Novice gamer. Jennifer Jason Leigh superfan. DVD/Blu Ray/4K Collector. Co-Host of Fearless Pretender and Bede and Sam vs the Video Nasties. Talks about movies on other podcasts. Band Maid/J Rock fan.
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New video from Ailly (Angelina 1/3 of Gacharic Spin) JUST premiered.
This has more of a pop punk feel than the jangly indie of first single Radiory, it's straightforward, but fun.
This has more of a pop punk feel than the jangly indie of first single Radiory, it's straightforward, but fun.
ailly「噺々」Official Music Video
YouTube video by ailly_CW_official
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December 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
New video from Ailly (Angelina 1/3 of Gacharic Spin) JUST premiered.
This has more of a pop punk feel than the jangly indie of first single Radiory, it's straightforward, but fun.
This has more of a pop punk feel than the jangly indie of first single Radiory, it's straightforward, but fun.
With this discourse about the blandness of Tarantino's 21st Century best of list, why don't we all suggest something underseen that everyone should check out before making their similar list? I'll start.
A ★★★★½ review of We'll Keep Walking, That's All (2009)
When photographer Miyuki's (Sakura Ando) boyfriend moves to New York, she travels from Tokyo back to her small hometown in the country. She walks around, taking pictures and meeting old friends. It's ...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
With this discourse about the blandness of Tarantino's 21st Century best of list, why don't we all suggest something underseen that everyone should check out before making their similar list? I'll start.
Not sure I'd go that far about Tarantino, he's made good films since Menke passed. He hasn't made one that isn't wildly overlong since then though.
Sally Menke was the reason you have a career ❤️
Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Not sure I'd go that far about Tarantino, he's made good films since Menke passed. He hasn't made one that isn't wildly overlong since then though.
I wish Bluesky had an edit button
*As has just been pointed out to me, Lost in Translation was directed by a woman (Sofia Coppola)... It is still about the most expected, middle of the road choice you could make on those terms, IMO, but oops on my part.
*As has just been pointed out to me, Lost in Translation was directed by a woman (Sofia Coppola)... It is still about the most expected, middle of the road choice you could make on those terms, IMO, but oops on my part.
If your Best of list for 25 years of cinema features no films in languages other than English, and none directed or co-directed by women... you might not have seen enough films.
Fine if you're just some dude, a little embarrassing if you're Quentin fucking Tarantino.
Fine if you're just some dude, a little embarrassing if you're Quentin fucking Tarantino.
I'm not going to pretend these are bad films (I don't even mind the Woody film) but this doesn't exactly scream "voracious cinephile with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of genre and world cinema" so much as "dad who watches a lot of TNT."
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I wish Bluesky had an edit button
*As has just been pointed out to me, Lost in Translation was directed by a woman (Sofia Coppola)... It is still about the most expected, middle of the road choice you could make on those terms, IMO, but oops on my part.
*As has just been pointed out to me, Lost in Translation was directed by a woman (Sofia Coppola)... It is still about the most expected, middle of the road choice you could make on those terms, IMO, but oops on my part.
If your Best of list for 25 years of cinema features no films in languages other than English, and none directed or co-directed by women... you might not have seen enough films.
Fine if you're just some dude, a little embarrassing if you're Quentin fucking Tarantino.
Fine if you're just some dude, a little embarrassing if you're Quentin fucking Tarantino.
I'm not going to pretend these are bad films (I don't even mind the Woody film) but this doesn't exactly scream "voracious cinephile with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of genre and world cinema" so much as "dad who watches a lot of TNT."
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If your Best of list for 25 years of cinema features no films in languages other than English, and none directed or co-directed by women... you might not have seen enough films.
Fine if you're just some dude, a little embarrassing if you're Quentin fucking Tarantino.
Fine if you're just some dude, a little embarrassing if you're Quentin fucking Tarantino.
Sometimes you just want to watch a stupid DTV movie with some good fights. If that's how you're feeling, this'll scratch the itch next time.
A ★★★ review of TC 2000 (1993)
I'm not sure why this ended up on my Die Hard in a... list, because it really isn't one. It liberally takes inspiration from Robocop, and the post apocalyptic world might resemble Mad Max, if the film...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sometimes you just want to watch a stupid DTV movie with some good fights. If that's how you're feeling, this'll scratch the itch next time.
If @bradmilne79.bsky.social is doing this again, I guess I have an excuse to as well...
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If @bradmilne79.bsky.social is doing this again, I guess I have an excuse to as well...
Why do companies keep doing this? Look at the fucked up Buffy remaster that means the DVDs are still the definitive version of that show.
(I know why, it's a combination of 'we're cheap', 'we're lazy' and 'you'll watch it anyway')
(I know why, it's a combination of 'we're cheap', 'we're lazy' and 'you'll watch it anyway')
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Why do companies keep doing this? Look at the fucked up Buffy remaster that means the DVDs are still the definitive version of that show.
(I know why, it's a combination of 'we're cheap', 'we're lazy' and 'you'll watch it anyway')
(I know why, it's a combination of 'we're cheap', 'we're lazy' and 'you'll watch it anyway')
A passable Nikita knockoff turns terrible Bond riff which sidelines its titular heroine over and over again.
A ★½ review of Black Cat II (1992)
Every choice in this almost immediate sequel to Hong Kong's Nikita rip off is bizarre, but sadly not in a particularly entertaining way. The first film was pretty simple, aside from adding some guff a...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A passable Nikita knockoff turns terrible Bond riff which sidelines its titular heroine over and over again.
Has anyone ever been as effortlessly charismatic on screen as Meiko Kaji?
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Has anyone ever been as effortlessly charismatic on screen as Meiko Kaji?
My takeaway from this is "Joblo still exists?!"
I LIVED on the forums there from my late teens to late twenties, and still have a couple of friends from there. Haven't been there since they destroyed those forums (several years before actually deleting them).
I LIVED on the forums there from my late teens to late twenties, and still have a couple of friends from there. Haven't been there since they destroyed those forums (several years before actually deleting them).
MARTY SUPREME Review Round Up:
RogerEbert - 4/4
Guardian - 5/5
Variety - 5/5
Telegraph - 5/5
Standard - 5/5
Empire - 5/5
DenOfGeek - 5/5
HeyUGuys - 5/5
BBC - 4/5
Independent - 4/5
The Times - 4/5
JoBlo - 10/10
SlashFilm - 10/10
IGN - 9/10
Collider - 8/10
IndieWire - A
#MartySupreme #FilmSky 📽 🎬
RogerEbert - 4/4
Guardian - 5/5
Variety - 5/5
Telegraph - 5/5
Standard - 5/5
Empire - 5/5
DenOfGeek - 5/5
HeyUGuys - 5/5
BBC - 4/5
Independent - 4/5
The Times - 4/5
JoBlo - 10/10
SlashFilm - 10/10
IGN - 9/10
Collider - 8/10
IndieWire - A
#MartySupreme #FilmSky 📽 🎬
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My takeaway from this is "Joblo still exists?!"
I LIVED on the forums there from my late teens to late twenties, and still have a couple of friends from there. Haven't been there since they destroyed those forums (several years before actually deleting them).
I LIVED on the forums there from my late teens to late twenties, and still have a couple of friends from there. Haven't been there since they destroyed those forums (several years before actually deleting them).
Surely the salient point is that it's a perfect movie.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Surely the salient point is that it's a perfect movie.
It would be off brand of me not to say Jennifer Jason Leigh, but I'm VERY tempted to say Maggie Cheung.
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It would be off brand of me not to say Jennifer Jason Leigh, but I'm VERY tempted to say Maggie Cheung.
Just stumbled on this old footage of an instore performance by Glim Spanky. Remi Matsuo always sounds incredible (if 'sandpaper that can carry a tune' works for you, as it apparently does for me in this case), but this is a particularly great live vocal.
GLIM SPANKY - ワイルドサイドを行け (Acoustic Ver.)
YouTube video by pokeloo
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December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just stumbled on this old footage of an instore performance by Glim Spanky. Remi Matsuo always sounds incredible (if 'sandpaper that can carry a tune' works for you, as it apparently does for me in this case), but this is a particularly great live vocal.
Me begging Indicator Blu Rays: Look, literally ANY information other than the extras. I literally haven't heard of this movie. Seriously, just the genre will do.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Me begging Indicator Blu Rays: Look, literally ANY information other than the extras. I literally haven't heard of this movie. Seriously, just the genre will do.
(Norwegian film) Troll 2 is on Netflix today, and I swear, it had better at least REFERENCE not pissing on hospitality and/or Nilbog otherwise, honestly, what are they even doing?
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
(Norwegian film) Troll 2 is on Netflix today, and I swear, it had better at least REFERENCE not pissing on hospitality and/or Nilbog otherwise, honestly, what are they even doing?
I KNOW 'suicidal man meets depressed woman in monkey costume and they go on a road trip to dig up his dead father' is one of those plots you've seen a hundred times, but this iteration is worth a look.
A ★★★½ review of Sunlight (2024)
A suicidal man and a depressed woman in a full body monkey costume take a road trip, first to dig up his dead father and then to make her a Business Monkey. It's fair to say that Nina Conti's director...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I KNOW 'suicidal man meets depressed woman in monkey costume and they go on a road trip to dig up his dead father' is one of those plots you've seen a hundred times, but this iteration is worth a look.
The Month in Movies: Nov 2025
Watched: 30
First Viewings: 27
The Best: Unforgiven; Sunset Warriors; Multiple Maniacs
The Worst: Liar; I Know What You Did Last Summer (25); All's Faire in Love; Bride Hard
Watched: 30
First Viewings: 27
The Best: Unforgiven; Sunset Warriors; Multiple Maniacs
The Worst: Liar; I Know What You Did Last Summer (25); All's Faire in Love; Bride Hard
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The Month in Movies: Nov 2025
Watched: 30
First Viewings: 27
The Best: Unforgiven; Sunset Warriors; Multiple Maniacs
The Worst: Liar; I Know What You Did Last Summer (25); All's Faire in Love; Bride Hard
Watched: 30
First Viewings: 27
The Best: Unforgiven; Sunset Warriors; Multiple Maniacs
The Worst: Liar; I Know What You Did Last Summer (25); All's Faire in Love; Bride Hard
I've not played D + D (I'd like to, but I just haven't hunted for a beginner friendly game) but just as larger thing, I've never understood NOT welcoming people into a fandom. Surely you want to tell other people how awesome the things you like are, and that they should like them too. Right?
Shows like Stranger Things (and Critical Role and, yes, even Big Bang Theory) have led to the game being embraced by people who would have never given it a chance.
It's opening up the game to so many people, and made it more popular than it has ever been.
This is a good thing.
It's opening up the game to so many people, and made it more popular than it has ever been.
This is a good thing.
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I've not played D + D (I'd like to, but I just haven't hunted for a beginner friendly game) but just as larger thing, I've never understood NOT welcoming people into a fandom. Surely you want to tell other people how awesome the things you like are, and that they should like them too. Right?
New video coming from Ailly (AKA: Gacharic Spin's Angelina 1/3) on Wednesday.
ailly「噺々」Official Music Video
YouTube video by ailly_CW_official
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
New video coming from Ailly (AKA: Gacharic Spin's Angelina 1/3) on Wednesday.
Updated my Try Hard list after seeing Bride Hard.
Try Hard: Die Hard in/on/at a...
An attempt to make a definitive list of Die Hard inspired action movies, and watch and rank them all. Open notes to see what kind of Die Hard ripoff each film is. Note 1: Die Hard's 3 later sequels do...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Updated my Try Hard list after seeing Bride Hard.
I expected nothing, and yet somehow I expected more than THIS.
A ★ review of Bride Hard (2025)
I didn't have high hopes, but even among recent Die Hard knockoffs set at weddings, this is bad. Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent whose oldest friend (Anna Camp) is getting married, but because her j...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I expected nothing, and yet somehow I expected more than THIS.
I've not done this for a while, so let's go.
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I've not done this for a while, so let's go.
Projects for December viewing: hit 500 films for the year (I'm at 451 after a slow November); focus on 21st century cinema so I can get together a solid Top 50 of 2000-2025 for Jan 1st.
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Projects for December viewing: hit 500 films for the year (I'm at 451 after a slow November); focus on 21st century cinema so I can get together a solid Top 50 of 2000-2025 for Jan 1st.