Paul Chapinal
@pchapinal.bsky.social
I write about and review films for Film-news.co.uk. Horror in the main but I'm happy to cover all genres. Long time comic collector. After years of neglect getting stuck back into music.🇪🇦🇬🇧
Film 2 today at FrightFest Halloween 2025. Affection.
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Film 2 today at FrightFest Halloween 2025. Affection.
Day 2 FrightFest Halloween 2025. Dolly @frightfest.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Day 2 FrightFest Halloween 2025. Dolly @frightfest.bsky.social
Rusalka at the Sydney Opera House this evening.
July 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Rusalka at the Sydney Opera House this evening.
Thoughts on Superman. Christopher Reeves' tenure will endure forever. With this film I reckon David Corenswet, will probably bury the Cavill years. The core is familiar but in essence it's a full on reboot & quite a weird one at times. If you want it to be, it's also highly political. Recommended
July 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thoughts on Superman. Christopher Reeves' tenure will endure forever. With this film I reckon David Corenswet, will probably bury the Cavill years. The core is familiar but in essence it's a full on reboot & quite a weird one at times. If you want it to be, it's also highly political. Recommended
#NowWatching.
One of the great westerns. Cold in every sense of the word.
One of the great westerns. Cold in every sense of the word.
July 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#NowWatching.
One of the great westerns. Cold in every sense of the word.
One of the great westerns. Cold in every sense of the word.
Atop the unwatched pile for too long. #NowWatching for the first time. #Ganja&Hess
June 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Atop the unwatched pile for too long. #NowWatching for the first time. #Ganja&Hess
I highly recommend Cielo which has its UK premiere at SXSW London on 6 June with another screening on the 7th. #Cielo #SXSWLondon
June 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I highly recommend Cielo which has its UK premiere at SXSW London on 6 June with another screening on the 7th. #Cielo #SXSWLondon
Tonight's noir is The Las Vegas Story (1952). I found a cheap dvd set of Mature's noir films. The transfers are poor. The films are ok. Interesting to see Mature away from the sword & sandal epics he's better known for. #filmnoir @filmnoiruk.bsky.social @noirfoundation.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Tonight's noir is The Las Vegas Story (1952). I found a cheap dvd set of Mature's noir films. The transfers are poor. The films are ok. Interesting to see Mature away from the sword & sandal epics he's better known for. #filmnoir @filmnoiruk.bsky.social @noirfoundation.bsky.social
Final Destination Bloodlines. Not much new going here. Why change a successful formula? Still a lot of fun with some nasty deaths. The black humour has been ramped up and is more overtly going for laughs. Recommended. @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social #finaldestination #bloodlines
May 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Final Destination Bloodlines. Not much new going here. Why change a successful formula? Still a lot of fun with some nasty deaths. The black humour has been ramped up and is more overtly going for laughs. Recommended. @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social #finaldestination #bloodlines
#NowWatching first time watch, Gambling House. Good film and some of the themes are scarily prevalent.
@filmnoiruk.bsky.social
#filmnoir
#victormature
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#filmnoir
#victormature
April 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#NowWatching first time watch, Gambling House. Good film and some of the themes are scarily prevalent.
@filmnoiruk.bsky.social
#filmnoir
#victormature
@filmnoiruk.bsky.social
#filmnoir
#victormature
The Invisible Dr Mabuse (1962). First time watch. #NowWatching
April 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The Invisible Dr Mabuse (1962). First time watch. #NowWatching
Am I still keeping to the spirit of #PreCodeApril @filmfan1971.bsky.social with tonight's films? Laurel and Hardy's Leave 'em Laughing (1928) & The Finishing Touch (1928).
April 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Am I still keeping to the spirit of #PreCodeApril @filmfan1971.bsky.social with tonight's films? Laurel and Hardy's Leave 'em Laughing (1928) & The Finishing Touch (1928).
Tonight's film noir is Easy Living (1949) starring Victor Mature. An actor whom I know from sword and sandals epics but judging from this boxset did a lot more. All will be first time watches. @filmnoiruk.bsky.social #filmnoir
April 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tonight's film noir is Easy Living (1949) starring Victor Mature. An actor whom I know from sword and sandals epics but judging from this boxset did a lot more. All will be first time watches. @filmnoiruk.bsky.social #filmnoir
@filmfan1971.bsky.social #PreCodeApril neglected pre code April this year a bit as we seem to be scattered across a number of forums. Tonight starting with Hell's House (1932) with Bette Davis. First time watch.
April 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@filmfan1971.bsky.social #PreCodeApril neglected pre code April this year a bit as we seem to be scattered across a number of forums. Tonight starting with Hell's House (1932) with Bette Davis. First time watch.
#NowWatching first time watch. Creepy and gory spooker from 2002. Doesn't hang about with either the plot or action. Good cast too.
#GhostShip
#horror
#GhostShip
#horror
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#NowWatching first time watch. Creepy and gory spooker from 2002. Doesn't hang about with either the plot or action. Good cast too.
#GhostShip
#horror
#GhostShip
#horror
Tonight's double are an Inner Sanctum Mystery, Dead Man's Eyes (1944), followed by The Return of Dr Mabuse (1961). I'd put them on the fringes of Noir as both have aspects of the genre, if not classic examples. #innersanctum #drmabuse @filmnoiruk.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tonight's double are an Inner Sanctum Mystery, Dead Man's Eyes (1944), followed by The Return of Dr Mabuse (1961). I'd put them on the fringes of Noir as both have aspects of the genre, if not classic examples. #innersanctum #drmabuse @filmnoiruk.bsky.social
Absolutely outstanding television. A very complex area that everyone involved nails: writing, acting, directing, music the lot, it's a remarkable series. I can't recommend it enough and I'd suggest going in blind if still possible.
#Adolescence
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#Adolescence
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March 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Absolutely outstanding television. A very complex area that everyone involved nails: writing, acting, directing, music the lot, it's a remarkable series. I can't recommend it enough and I'd suggest going in blind if still possible.
#Adolescence
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#Adolescence
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I haven't seen an opening sequence for a TV series as intense as that for Adolescence, for a while, if ever.
#Adolescence
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#Adolescence
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March 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I haven't seen an opening sequence for a TV series as intense as that for Adolescence, for a while, if ever.
#Adolescence
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#Adolescence
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Digging around for something else these 2 came up. I remember the boxset, forgotten about the Blue Velvet dvd which has a fake velvet slip case. Some good extras on both. The boxset has a disc of short films. #DavidLynch
February 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Digging around for something else these 2 came up. I remember the boxset, forgotten about the Blue Velvet dvd which has a fake velvet slip case. Some good extras on both. The boxset has a disc of short films. #DavidLynch
#NowWatching again, these had become little more than programmers but still good fun.
February 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#NowWatching again, these had become little more than programmers but still good fun.
#NowWatching I haven't seen this for yonks and with a short running time, tonight's support feature. Made in 1943 the formula was well established but this is one of the more original in the series.
January 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#NowWatching I haven't seen this for yonks and with a short running time, tonight's support feature. Made in 1943 the formula was well established but this is one of the more original in the series.
#NowWatching tonight's films. Presented at the Gothique Film Society at the Cinema Museum London. I can't be there but watching along.
January 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#NowWatching tonight's films. Presented at the Gothique Film Society at the Cinema Museum London. I can't be there but watching along.
Curious that a Spanish music mag. Ruta 66 has a three page spread on the late John Peel. True it's 20 yrs since his death but I never thought his influence went beyond the UK. @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Curious that a Spanish music mag. Ruta 66 has a three page spread on the late John Peel. True it's 20 yrs since his death but I never thought his influence went beyond the UK. @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
First up tonight a Boris Karloff Thriller: The Prisoner in the Mirror. #BorisKarloff
January 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
First up tonight a Boris Karloff Thriller: The Prisoner in the Mirror. #BorisKarloff