Tony Lee
@pigasuspress.bsky.social
Reader (mostly comics), writer (mostly non-fiction), watcher (films/movies & TV). Life-long fan of sci-fi media, Science Fiction critic & editor.
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Tony Lee
@pigasuspress.bsky.social
· Feb 1
PREMONITIONS - the magazine anthology of science fiction, horror stories, and genre poetry.
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My top 10 maritime movies...
1. WaterWorld - easy choice
2. Red Cliff 1 & 2
3. Life Of Pi
4. Triangle
5. Deep Blue Sea - better than Jaws
6. Poseidon (remake)
7. Dead Calm
8. The African Queen
9. Cutthroat Island
I didn't really want to include any B&W films, but -
10. The Bedford Incident
1. WaterWorld - easy choice
2. Red Cliff 1 & 2
3. Life Of Pi
4. Triangle
5. Deep Blue Sea - better than Jaws
6. Poseidon (remake)
7. Dead Calm
8. The African Queen
9. Cutthroat Island
I didn't really want to include any B&W films, but -
10. The Bedford Incident
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My top 10 maritime movies...
1. WaterWorld - easy choice
2. Red Cliff 1 & 2
3. Life Of Pi
4. Triangle
5. Deep Blue Sea - better than Jaws
6. Poseidon (remake)
7. Dead Calm
8. The African Queen
9. Cutthroat Island
I didn't really want to include any B&W films, but -
10. The Bedford Incident
1. WaterWorld - easy choice
2. Red Cliff 1 & 2
3. Life Of Pi
4. Triangle
5. Deep Blue Sea - better than Jaws
6. Poseidon (remake)
7. Dead Calm
8. The African Queen
9. Cutthroat Island
I didn't really want to include any B&W films, but -
10. The Bedford Incident
A step closer to solving the mystery?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Archaeologists say they have proof humans carved huge pits near Stonehenge
Research team uses range of novel methods and equipment to analyse ‘extraordinary’ Durrington pit circle
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A step closer to solving the mystery?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Yet another utterly ridiculous list... Glad to see JUGGERNAUT, TRIANGLE, and DEAD CALM, included, but Petersen's post-Titanic POSEIDON remake was much better than the 1970s original.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!
As L’Atalante is re-released, we count down the best movies set largely on ships, boats, barges, yachts, steamers and trimarans. Submarines banned, as they’re under water
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yet another utterly ridiculous list... Glad to see JUGGERNAUT, TRIANGLE, and DEAD CALM, included, but Petersen's post-Titanic POSEIDON remake was much better than the 1970s original.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Gripping political-thriller with no-nukes themes, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE stacks up well against Twilight's Last Gleaming and By Dawn's Early Light. Is it Kathryn Bigelow's best movie? No, her directing on Near Dark, Blue Steel, Strange Days, and Zero Dark 30 was better, and they all broke new ground.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Booster for #SHELL (2024) starring #ElisabethMoss, directed by #MaxMinghella.
#horror #monster #movies #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLgv...
#horror #monster #movies #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLgv...
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Booster for #SHELL (2024) starring #ElisabethMoss, directed by #MaxMinghella.
#horror #monster #movies #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLgv...
#horror #monster #movies #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLgv...
Max (son of Anthony Minghella) directs Elisabeth Moss, in SHELL, chasing #TheSubstance dollar, into lobsterama realm for a monster-movie of black-comedy. Silly and splattery, but quite funny!
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Max (son of Anthony Minghella) directs Elisabeth Moss, in SHELL, chasing #TheSubstance dollar, into lobsterama realm for a monster-movie of black-comedy. Silly and splattery, but quite funny!
Frankenstein Sunday double-bill... What difference does 50 years make?
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Frankenstein Sunday double-bill... What difference does 50 years make?
Booster for Jess Varley's watchable SF-horror movie THE ASTRONAUT, starring #KateMara and #LaurenceFishburne.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Booster for Jess Varley's watchable SF-horror movie THE ASTRONAUT, starring #KateMara and #LaurenceFishburne.
Gripping political-thriller with no-nukes themes, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE stacks up well against Twilight's Last Gleaming and By Dawn's Early Light. Is it Kathryn Bigelow's best movie? No, her directing on Near Dark, Blue Steel, Strange Days, and Zero Dark 30 was better, and they all broke new ground.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Gripping political-thriller with no-nukes themes, A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE stacks up well against Twilight's Last Gleaming and By Dawn's Early Light. Is it Kathryn Bigelow's best movie? No, her directing on Near Dark, Blue Steel, Strange Days, and Zero Dark 30 was better, and they all broke new ground.
Quite amusing #B-movie, #TheASTRONAUT combines body-horror (Hammer's #QUATERMASS Xperiment), creepy #UFOlogy (Shyamalan's #SIGNS), and fantastic #weirdness of #XTRO. Feature-debut of writer-director #JessVarley, this #SF vehicle for Kate Mara & Laurence Fishburne lacks originality but is good fun.
November 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Quite amusing #B-movie, #TheASTRONAUT combines body-horror (Hammer's #QUATERMASS Xperiment), creepy #UFOlogy (Shyamalan's #SIGNS), and fantastic #weirdness of #XTRO. Feature-debut of writer-director #JessVarley, this #SF vehicle for Kate Mara & Laurence Fishburne lacks originality but is good fun.
A modestly entertaining comedy-drama, with varied killers after a mobster's missing money, this remains an oddly lightweight crime-thriller by usual standards of director Darren #Aronofsky. With a hero haunted by tragedy and late-1990s culture, it never quite succeeds beyond scope of genre oddity.
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Your morning meta...
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Your morning meta...
When you're too lazy to twist your arm... magnetic light-bulbs.
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
When you're too lazy to twist your arm... magnetic light-bulbs.
If you liked Takashi (Godzilla Minus 1) Yamazaki's live-action movies #PARASYTE 1 & 2, manga-inspired TV show PARASYTE: THE GREY also delivers weird alien-invasion body-horrors with briskly sketched characters. Blending comedy with crazy action, here's a tale of plastic-reality transformations.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A modestly entertaining comedy-drama, with varied killers after a mobster's missing money, this remains an oddly lightweight crime-thriller by usual standards of director Darren #Aronofsky. With a hero haunted by tragedy and late-1990s culture, it never quite succeeds beyond scope of genre oddity.
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A modestly entertaining comedy-drama, with varied killers after a mobster's missing money, this remains an oddly lightweight crime-thriller by usual standards of director Darren #Aronofsky. With a hero haunted by tragedy and late-1990s culture, it never quite succeeds beyond scope of genre oddity.
On starship Dystopia...
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
On starship Dystopia...
If you liked Takashi (Godzilla Minus 1) Yamazaki's live-action movies #PARASYTE 1 & 2, manga-inspired TV show PARASYTE: THE GREY also delivers weird alien-invasion body-horrors with briskly sketched characters. Blending comedy with crazy action, here's a tale of plastic-reality transformations.
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If you liked Takashi (Godzilla Minus 1) Yamazaki's live-action movies #PARASYTE 1 & 2, manga-inspired TV show PARASYTE: THE GREY also delivers weird alien-invasion body-horrors with briskly sketched characters. Blending comedy with crazy action, here's a tale of plastic-reality transformations.
Interestingly, the RPJ tune isn't on this. It's the jazz-tinged orchestral stuff.
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
One of the best 1990s' noir thrillers, Peter Medak's ROMEO IS BLEEDING bundles dozens of subgenre cliches (including, but not only - blonde, brunette, and redhead) while Gary Oldman's already-corrupt cop self-destructs without much prompting by wealthy, ruthless mobsters. Fun!
#Noirvember #movies
#Noirvember #movies
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
‘dark forces are stirring up anger’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
‘dark forces are stirring up anger’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...