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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 1h

I can now give my unfiltered opinion that Alien: Earth had things it did well, but it had many more things it did extremely poorly, that I don't understand why this was the vehicle for this story, didn't think it handled its themes well or originally, and the season finale was absolutely dreadful.

TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 1h

The Xenopod returns for a special new episode discussing the new Alien franchise TV series, Alien: Earth. @simonxix.com & @jimgr.bsky.social discuss how well the worldbuilding works, before descending into a discussion of why the series as a whole doesn't work: takeonecinema.net/thexenopod/a...

Episode 11: Alien: Earth (2025) | TAKE ONE

Simon and Jim return to The Xenopod for a special episode discussing the new Alien franchise TV series, Alien: Earth created by Noah Hawley. They discuss how well the worldbuilding works, the producti...

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 1h

The Xenopod returns for a special new episode discussing the new Alien franchise TV series, Alien: Earth. @simonxix.com & @jimgr.bsky.social discuss how well the worldbuilding works, before descending into a discussion of why the series as a whole doesn't work: takeonecinema.net/thexenopod/a...

Episode 11: Alien: Earth (2025) | TAKE ONE

Simon and Jim return to The Xenopod for a special episode discussing the new Alien franchise TV series, Alien: Earth created by Noah Hawley. They discuss how well the worldbuilding works, the producti...

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 3h

Instead of shouting “It’s legal tender!” for currency, I’ll be shouting “It’s valid vocabulary!” for ‘outwith’ and ‘squint’

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 4h

"With seething social commentary at its centre, BAD APPLES feels contemporary and culturally accurate to the landscape of public education in the UK [and] director Jonatan Etzler wields the school setting with skill." - @reaffirmsfaith.bsky.social reviews at #LFF: buff.ly/1YQk7Cp

Bad Apples | TAKE ONE | BFI London 2025

With seething social commentary at its centre, BAD APPLES feels contemporary and culturally accurate to the landscape of public education in the UK. Normality becomes quickly warped by extenuating…

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 18h

Or you find a way to regulate campaign spending. People can donate what they want, but there is then a limit to what can be spent by a party or candidate. The USA may be too far gone to enact this meaningfully, but that’s probably the answer - regulate spending, not donations.

Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 23h

Finally unfollowed someone for reposting Jeff Wells into my timeline. Please stop. The world was better when I knew nothing of that odious little toad.

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 1d

I stopped putting anything beyond the minimum into SEO years ago. First of all, it’s a moving target with unreasonable overheads for small operations (the AI nonsense is just the latest iteration), and, secondly, to ‘optimise’ you write in a way that is totally unnatural to either write or read.

Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 1d

#LFF - Anemone: A film so desperate for a crescendo it decides to have 5 or 6, each of them most frustratingly opaque than the previous one. Daniel Day Lewis gives his best - and it’s good - on screen, but this story (such that there is one) gets tiresome before his best moments.
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A review of Anemone (2025)

A film so desperate for a crescendo it decides to have about 5 or 6, each of them most frustratingly opaque than the previous one. Daniel Day-Lewis gives his best - and it’s good - on screen, but this...

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 1d

#LFF - Frankenstein: Del Toro’s Frankenstein flew by for a 2.5hr film but glorious looks rather gloss over a story with big gaps. It’s lacking a lot of the subtext (and text, to be honest) that made Shelley’s story timeless & ripe for reinvention so many times. Handsome but odd film.
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A review of Frankenstein (2025)

Del Toro’s Frankenstein flew by for a 2.5hr film but the glorious looks rather gloss over a story with big gaps. It’s lacking a lot of the subtext (and text, to be honest) that made Shelley’s story ti...

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 2d

At LFF and first viewing for today is Frankenstein. Yes, I know it’s out in days anyway and Netflix not soon after, but given I was scraping toddler vomit off bedsheets barely 48 hours ago, I’m very pleased. Leave me be.

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 2d

It just occurred to me I’ve not watched any Star Wars ‘content’ newer than 2021*, as I abandoned the Boba Fett show one or two episodes in and haven’t watched anything beyond clips of stuff since then. (*Yes, I know I should watch Andor.)

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 2d

iPhone for Dummies, 2010 edition

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 2d

My daughter is no longer throwing up and I’m off to see a couple of films at LFF, so I’m good! I think Osman might be examining that from his own viewpoint a little too much tbh.

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 2d

Luke Skywalker screaming “The sacred texts!” at a copy of the 2007 UK Highway Code

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Foster @felmendorf.bsky.social · 3d

Jared Leto, more than any other actor, makes me think of what Robert Pattinson said about method actors in a 2019 Variety interview:

Pictured: Screenshot of excerpted text from a larger Variety interview (Nov 13, 2019):

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Though Pattinson respects the practice of method acting – a technique in which a performer strives for complete emotional identification with a role, both on and off screen – it’s not a style which he practices himself. “I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an a–holes,” Pattinson admitted. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 2d

Ballad of a Small Player didn’t click for me, despite some engaging showiness. Review below for @takeonecinema.net from #LFF! 👇

TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 2d

"BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER rarely fails to be entertaining [...]. However, [its virtues] are fleeting thrills in the service of an unmemorable story. Berger’s film looks like a high roller, but it’s playing with buttons and matchsticks." - @jimgr.bsky.social at #LFF: buff.ly/xPNsVy9 #filmsky

Ballad of a Small Player | TAKE ONE | BFI London 2025

BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER rarely fails to be entertaining, with the visuals and performances taking the film a long way. However, they are fleeting thrills in the service of an unmemorable story. Edward Berger’s film looks like a high roller, but it’s playing with buttons and matchsticks.

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 2d

"BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER rarely fails to be entertaining [...]. However, [its virtues] are fleeting thrills in the service of an unmemorable story. Berger’s film looks like a high roller, but it’s playing with buttons and matchsticks." - @jimgr.bsky.social at #LFF: buff.ly/xPNsVy9 #filmsky

Ballad of a Small Player | TAKE ONE | BFI London 2025

BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER rarely fails to be entertaining, with the visuals and performances taking the film a long way. However, they are fleeting thrills in the service of an unmemorable story. Edward Berger’s film looks like a high roller, but it’s playing with buttons and matchsticks.

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 3d

If it’s not I’m astounded, it’s just that the clarification about recording *not* being permitted makes it look like it’s not an unfortunate omission of the word ‘not’ earlier

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 3d

“A polite reminder” my arse.

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 3d

Well it is “a working environment”! Crack on!

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 3d

Just about spat my coffee out when I read this in my email. Use a piece of paper for fuck’s sake! I’m actually a bit dumbstruck by this.

filmlandempire.bsky.social @filmlandempire.bsky.social · 3d

Ffs. No

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 3d

Another day, another American media source with a video talking about “the English <XYZ>” (the Premier League in this case) and illustrating it with a UK flag, not an English one. Guys, I know complaints about this (especially from Scots) is old hat, but you’ve had *centuries* to get this right!

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 4d

“A PALE VIEW OF HILLS lives up to a strong cinematic legacy of Ishiguro adaptations with its stunning, dreamy aesthetic and the performances of a talented cast, but the script does not achieve the nuances of its preceding adaptations.” - @reaffirmsfaith.bsky.social at #LFF:

A Pale View of Hills | TAKE ONE | BFI London 2025

A PALE VIEW OF HILLS lives up to a strong cinematic legacy of Ishiguro adaptations with its stunning, dreamy aesthetic and the performances of a talented cast across generations, but the script does…

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 4d

Dead internet theory straying into the physical world…

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 4d

“Haribo declined to comment when approached by the BBC.”

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