John Featherstone
@johnfeath.bsky.social
Writer: #TheCinemaOfCancelledStars, #Ringtone and #TheDrowningAirman.
You can also read "Robin Hood & The Stuntman Lost In Time" here: https://latereviewer.com/2024/11/26/robin-hood-the-stuntman-lost-in-time/
You can also read "Robin Hood & The Stuntman Lost In Time" here: https://latereviewer.com/2024/11/26/robin-hood-the-stuntman-lost-in-time/
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John Featherstone
@johnfeath.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Robin Hood & The Stuntman Lost In Time
Old friend and occasional site contributor John Featherstone recently introduced the classic 1938 Errol Flynn film at one of Late Reviewer’s favourite cinemas, and shared a great story and so…
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I had the honour of introducing #TheAdventuresOfRobinHood (1938) at #Sheffield's Showroom Cinema as part of #ArtOfAction season.
Here, masterfully reworked as a Q&A by @latereviewer.bsky.social is what I said about one of the greatest stunt teams ever assembled...
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Here, masterfully reworked as a Q&A by @latereviewer.bsky.social is what I said about one of the greatest stunt teams ever assembled...
latereviewer.com/2024/11/26/r...
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No love for Errol Flynn? He was by all accounts a sleazebag, but those movies were cool, and the 1938 "Robin Hood" is awesome.
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
No love for Errol Flynn? He was by all accounts a sleazebag, but those movies were cool, and the 1938 "Robin Hood" is awesome.
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The Guardian have compiled the top 20 films set on water but they've managed to miss out #CaptainBlood, #TheSeaHawk, #TheSeaWolf, #AcrossThePacific, #TheGhostShip, #TheCaineMutiny and, of course, this roundly-dismissed classic.
#FilmSky
🎬🇨🇵🐊🔥🌎🌴🔪🛶⚓️🌊☠️📽
latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
#FilmSky
🎬🇨🇵🐊🔥🌎🌴🔪🛶⚓️🌊☠️📽
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Sailing Into The Danger Zone – Passage To Marseille (1944)
A Special Feature by John Featherstone. “I want to reach the danger zone by nightfall…”
latereviewer.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Guardian have compiled the top 20 films set on water but they've managed to miss out #CaptainBlood, #TheSeaHawk, #TheSeaWolf, #AcrossThePacific, #TheGhostShip, #TheCaineMutiny and, of course, this roundly-dismissed classic.
#FilmSky
🎬🇨🇵🐊🔥🌎🌴🔪🛶⚓️🌊☠️📽
latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
#FilmSky
🎬🇨🇵🐊🔥🌎🌴🔪🛶⚓️🌊☠️📽
latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
"Pretty boy, you please me very much..."
A very strange film for many reasons - the cuts from silent to re-shot sound footage, the dubbing, tinting, Technicolor and often stilted dialogue. But I really enjoyed it and found some parts absolutely brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0020...
A very strange film for many reasons - the cuts from silent to re-shot sound footage, the dubbing, tinting, Technicolor and often stilted dialogue. But I really enjoyed it and found some parts absolutely brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0020...
Hell's Angels (1930) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama, War
2h 7m | Passed
www.imdb.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Pretty boy, you please me very much..."
A very strange film for many reasons - the cuts from silent to re-shot sound footage, the dubbing, tinting, Technicolor and often stilted dialogue. But I really enjoyed it and found some parts absolutely brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0020...
A very strange film for many reasons - the cuts from silent to re-shot sound footage, the dubbing, tinting, Technicolor and often stilted dialogue. But I really enjoyed it and found some parts absolutely brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0020...
The Guardian have compiled the top 20 films set on water but they've managed to miss out #CaptainBlood, #TheSeaHawk, #TheSeaWolf, #AcrossThePacific, #TheGhostShip, #TheCaineMutiny and, of course, this roundly-dismissed classic.
#FilmSky
🎬🇨🇵🐊🔥🌎🌴🔪🛶⚓️🌊☠️📽
latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
#FilmSky
🎬🇨🇵🐊🔥🌎🌴🔪🛶⚓️🌊☠️📽
latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
Sailing Into The Danger Zone – Passage To Marseille (1944)
A Special Feature by John Featherstone. “I want to reach the danger zone by nightfall…”
latereviewer.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Guardian have compiled the top 20 films set on water but they've managed to miss out #CaptainBlood, #TheSeaHawk, #TheSeaWolf, #AcrossThePacific, #TheGhostShip, #TheCaineMutiny and, of course, this roundly-dismissed classic.
#FilmSky
🎬🇨🇵🐊🔥🌎🌴🔪🛶⚓️🌊☠️📽
latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
#FilmSky
🎬🇨🇵🐊🔥🌎🌴🔪🛶⚓️🌊☠️📽
latereviewer.com/2021/10/05/s...
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"He's a disgrace to the South..."
The only perfect film I've ever seen. I've been in love with it since I was 6 and taking my mum to see it on the big screen last night at the age of 43 was just incredible. Amazing.
The colours of genius don't run.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
The only perfect film I've ever seen. I've been in love with it since I was 6 and taking my mum to see it on the big screen last night at the age of 43 was just incredible. Amazing.
The colours of genius don't run.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
The General (1926) ⭐ 8.1 | Action, Adventure, Comedy
1h 18m | Passed
www.imdb.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"He's a disgrace to the South..."
The only perfect film I've ever seen. I've been in love with it since I was 6 and taking my mum to see it on the big screen last night at the age of 43 was just incredible. Amazing.
The colours of genius don't run.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
The only perfect film I've ever seen. I've been in love with it since I was 6 and taking my mum to see it on the big screen last night at the age of 43 was just incredible. Amazing.
The colours of genius don't run.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
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"Why would you break up with a talented, kind feminist?"
A surprisingly sweet romance with lovely chemistry between the leads and a fair few things to say about sexism, ageism, hypocrisy and the media. I went in with no idea what to expect and enjoyed it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt9466...
A surprisingly sweet romance with lovely chemistry between the leads and a fair few things to say about sexism, ageism, hypocrisy and the media. I went in with no idea what to expect and enjoyed it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt9466...
The Idea of You (2024) ⭐ 6.3 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
1h 55m | R
www.imdb.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Why would you break up with a talented, kind feminist?"
A surprisingly sweet romance with lovely chemistry between the leads and a fair few things to say about sexism, ageism, hypocrisy and the media. I went in with no idea what to expect and enjoyed it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt9466...
A surprisingly sweet romance with lovely chemistry between the leads and a fair few things to say about sexism, ageism, hypocrisy and the media. I went in with no idea what to expect and enjoyed it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt9466...
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"It was a foretelling of how a boy who wants desperately to have a father who will protect him finally realises that that father exists in himself."
- Stewart Stern, screenwriter of #RebelWithoutACause (1955), on its opening.
#FilmSky
- Stewart Stern, screenwriter of #RebelWithoutACause (1955), on its opening.
#FilmSky
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"It was a foretelling of how a boy who wants desperately to have a father who will protect him finally realises that that father exists in himself."
- Stewart Stern, screenwriter of #RebelWithoutACause (1955), on its opening.
#FilmSky
- Stewart Stern, screenwriter of #RebelWithoutACause (1955), on its opening.
#FilmSky
"It was a foretelling of how a boy who wants desperately to have a father who will protect him finally realises that that father exists in himself."
- Stewart Stern, screenwriter of #RebelWithoutACause (1955), on its opening.
#FilmSky
- Stewart Stern, screenwriter of #RebelWithoutACause (1955), on its opening.
#FilmSky
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"It was a foretelling of how a boy who wants desperately to have a father who will protect him finally realises that that father exists in himself."
- Stewart Stern, screenwriter of #RebelWithoutACause (1955), on its opening.
#FilmSky
- Stewart Stern, screenwriter of #RebelWithoutACause (1955), on its opening.
#FilmSky
"Why would you break up with a talented, kind feminist?"
A surprisingly sweet romance with lovely chemistry between the leads and a fair few things to say about sexism, ageism, hypocrisy and the media. I went in with no idea what to expect and enjoyed it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt9466...
A surprisingly sweet romance with lovely chemistry between the leads and a fair few things to say about sexism, ageism, hypocrisy and the media. I went in with no idea what to expect and enjoyed it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt9466...
The Idea of You (2024) ⭐ 6.3 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
1h 55m | R
www.imdb.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Why would you break up with a talented, kind feminist?"
A surprisingly sweet romance with lovely chemistry between the leads and a fair few things to say about sexism, ageism, hypocrisy and the media. I went in with no idea what to expect and enjoyed it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt9466...
A surprisingly sweet romance with lovely chemistry between the leads and a fair few things to say about sexism, ageism, hypocrisy and the media. I went in with no idea what to expect and enjoyed it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt9466...
Reposted by John Featherstone
The end of Yankee doodle dandy, dancing down the stairs at the white house!!!! Sublime.
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The end of Yankee doodle dandy, dancing down the stairs at the white house!!!! Sublime.
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Cagney's practically the only cast member who's acting in a sound film. Every else is still mired in the silent era. He's shockingly brilliant.
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Cagney's practically the only cast member who's acting in a sound film. Every else is still mired in the silent era. He's shockingly brilliant.
Reposted by John Featherstone
Dorothy Parker thought he was the nicest man in Hollywood.
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Dorothy Parker thought he was the nicest man in Hollywood.
"He's a disgrace to the South..."
The only perfect film I've ever seen. I've been in love with it since I was 6 and taking my mum to see it on the big screen last night at the age of 43 was just incredible. Amazing.
The colours of genius don't run.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
The only perfect film I've ever seen. I've been in love with it since I was 6 and taking my mum to see it on the big screen last night at the age of 43 was just incredible. Amazing.
The colours of genius don't run.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
The General (1926) ⭐ 8.1 | Action, Adventure, Comedy
1h 18m | Passed
www.imdb.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"He's a disgrace to the South..."
The only perfect film I've ever seen. I've been in love with it since I was 6 and taking my mum to see it on the big screen last night at the age of 43 was just incredible. Amazing.
The colours of genius don't run.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
The only perfect film I've ever seen. I've been in love with it since I was 6 and taking my mum to see it on the big screen last night at the age of 43 was just incredible. Amazing.
The colours of genius don't run.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
Reposted by John Featherstone
How Jean Harlow ever had a career after that performance....
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
How Jean Harlow ever had a career after that performance....
Reposted by John Featherstone
The opening scene is brilliant. The whole thing is. But that opening!
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The opening scene is brilliant. The whole thing is. But that opening!
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I just watched this today!
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I just watched this today!
Reposted by John Featherstone
"Hangin' out in a flower shop..."
The no-holds-barred, craziest pre-Code gangster movie, a lethal cocktail of booze, grenades, Tommy guns, incest, murder and extreme violence. Slower to start than I remember but when it changes gear, it's superb.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0023...
The no-holds-barred, craziest pre-Code gangster movie, a lethal cocktail of booze, grenades, Tommy guns, incest, murder and extreme violence. Slower to start than I remember but when it changes gear, it's superb.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0023...
Scarface (1932) ⭐ 7.7 | Action, Crime, Drama
1h 33m | PG
www.imdb.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Hangin' out in a flower shop..."
The no-holds-barred, craziest pre-Code gangster movie, a lethal cocktail of booze, grenades, Tommy guns, incest, murder and extreme violence. Slower to start than I remember but when it changes gear, it's superb.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0023...
The no-holds-barred, craziest pre-Code gangster movie, a lethal cocktail of booze, grenades, Tommy guns, incest, murder and extreme violence. Slower to start than I remember but when it changes gear, it's superb.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0023...
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"I ain't so tough..."
A superstar is born. You simply can't take your eyes off Cagney, the ultimate scene-stealer. He's charming, menacing, cocky and vulnerable all in one. Absolutely one of the greatest movies stars ever and a brilliant film.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022...
A superstar is born. You simply can't take your eyes off Cagney, the ultimate scene-stealer. He's charming, menacing, cocky and vulnerable all in one. Absolutely one of the greatest movies stars ever and a brilliant film.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022...
The Public Enemy (1931) ⭐ 7.6 | Crime, Drama
1h 23m | Passed
www.imdb.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"I ain't so tough..."
A superstar is born. You simply can't take your eyes off Cagney, the ultimate scene-stealer. He's charming, menacing, cocky and vulnerable all in one. Absolutely one of the greatest movies stars ever and a brilliant film.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022...
A superstar is born. You simply can't take your eyes off Cagney, the ultimate scene-stealer. He's charming, menacing, cocky and vulnerable all in one. Absolutely one of the greatest movies stars ever and a brilliant film.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022...
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"When I get in a tight spot, I shoot my way out of it..."
A trailblazer that kicked down the doors with a great central performance from Eddie G, however, it suffers from that early talkies awkwardness and is pretty stilted in places.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0021...
A trailblazer that kicked down the doors with a great central performance from Eddie G, however, it suffers from that early talkies awkwardness and is pretty stilted in places.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0021...
Little Caesar (1931) ⭐ 7.2 | Action, Crime, Drama
1h 19m | Not Rated
www.imdb.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"When I get in a tight spot, I shoot my way out of it..."
A trailblazer that kicked down the doors with a great central performance from Eddie G, however, it suffers from that early talkies awkwardness and is pretty stilted in places.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0021...
A trailblazer that kicked down the doors with a great central performance from Eddie G, however, it suffers from that early talkies awkwardness and is pretty stilted in places.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0021...
Reposted by John Featherstone
It's #GatSaturday - me, @donny222.bsky.social and @curiodik1dik2.bsky.social working through #LittleCaesar (1931), #ThePublicEnemy (1931) and #Scarface (1932).
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It's #GatSaturday - me, @donny222.bsky.social and @curiodik1dik2.bsky.social working through #LittleCaesar (1931), #ThePublicEnemy (1931) and #Scarface (1932).
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
"Hangin' out in a flower shop..."
The no-holds-barred, craziest pre-Code gangster movie, a lethal cocktail of booze, grenades, Tommy guns, incest, murder and extreme violence. Slower to start than I remember but when it changes gear, it's superb.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0023...
The no-holds-barred, craziest pre-Code gangster movie, a lethal cocktail of booze, grenades, Tommy guns, incest, murder and extreme violence. Slower to start than I remember but when it changes gear, it's superb.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0023...
Scarface (1932) ⭐ 7.7 | Action, Crime, Drama
1h 33m | PG
www.imdb.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Hangin' out in a flower shop..."
The no-holds-barred, craziest pre-Code gangster movie, a lethal cocktail of booze, grenades, Tommy guns, incest, murder and extreme violence. Slower to start than I remember but when it changes gear, it's superb.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0023...
The no-holds-barred, craziest pre-Code gangster movie, a lethal cocktail of booze, grenades, Tommy guns, incest, murder and extreme violence. Slower to start than I remember but when it changes gear, it's superb.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0023...
"I ain't so tough..."
A superstar is born. You simply can't take your eyes off Cagney, the ultimate scene-stealer. He's charming, menacing, cocky and vulnerable all in one. Absolutely one of the greatest movies stars ever and a brilliant film.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022...
A superstar is born. You simply can't take your eyes off Cagney, the ultimate scene-stealer. He's charming, menacing, cocky and vulnerable all in one. Absolutely one of the greatest movies stars ever and a brilliant film.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022...
The Public Enemy (1931) ⭐ 7.6 | Crime, Drama
1h 23m | Passed
www.imdb.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"I ain't so tough..."
A superstar is born. You simply can't take your eyes off Cagney, the ultimate scene-stealer. He's charming, menacing, cocky and vulnerable all in one. Absolutely one of the greatest movies stars ever and a brilliant film.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022...
A superstar is born. You simply can't take your eyes off Cagney, the ultimate scene-stealer. He's charming, menacing, cocky and vulnerable all in one. Absolutely one of the greatest movies stars ever and a brilliant film.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0022...
"When I get in a tight spot, I shoot my way out of it..."
A trailblazer that kicked down the doors with a great central performance from Eddie G, however, it suffers from that early talkies awkwardness and is pretty stilted in places.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0021...
A trailblazer that kicked down the doors with a great central performance from Eddie G, however, it suffers from that early talkies awkwardness and is pretty stilted in places.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0021...
Little Caesar (1931) ⭐ 7.2 | Action, Crime, Drama
1h 19m | Not Rated
www.imdb.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"When I get in a tight spot, I shoot my way out of it..."
A trailblazer that kicked down the doors with a great central performance from Eddie G, however, it suffers from that early talkies awkwardness and is pretty stilted in places.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0021...
A trailblazer that kicked down the doors with a great central performance from Eddie G, however, it suffers from that early talkies awkwardness and is pretty stilted in places.
#GatSaturday #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0021...
It's #GatSaturday - me, @donny222.bsky.social and @curiodik1dik2.bsky.social working through #LittleCaesar (1931), #ThePublicEnemy (1931) and #Scarface (1932).
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It's #GatSaturday - me, @donny222.bsky.social and @curiodik1dik2.bsky.social working through #LittleCaesar (1931), #ThePublicEnemy (1931) and #Scarface (1932).
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
Reposted by John Featherstone
Today is #GatSaturday and in advance of a certain trilogy, here's what @latereviewer.bsky.social said about #LittleCaesar (1931).
Come back later, ##FilmSky, for more...
latereviewer.com/2023/03/08/4...
Come back later, ##FilmSky, for more...
latereviewer.com/2023/03/08/4...
40×40: Little Caesar (1931)
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. “Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?”
latereviewer.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today is #GatSaturday and in advance of a certain trilogy, here's what @latereviewer.bsky.social said about #LittleCaesar (1931).
Come back later, ##FilmSky, for more...
latereviewer.com/2023/03/08/4...
Come back later, ##FilmSky, for more...
latereviewer.com/2023/03/08/4...