www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2026/02... This is a lovely review :-)

Just listen to what Andrew’s nickname was amongst royal protection officers.

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would love if you read this, I put a lot into it, thanks!

Six hours of Kenneth Williams on 4 Extra to celebrate his centenary on Sunday. Starts at 6am, runs until 12, then repeated in full twice. Some brilliant stuff in here, including his spine-chilling reading of "Diary of a Madman". www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

youtu.be/vw8oPabVbeY?... New @arrowvideo.bsky.social trailer for the Excalibur 4K restored edition I produced. :-)

American and Canadian friends...

Looking indecisively at the tbr pile, wondering whether I'm more in the mood for What A Carve Up!, The Crossing, Pincher Martin or if I should go back to The Empusium, which I was enjoying well enough but realised the moment wasn't right and I was feeling too distractible... *Engages pondering face*

Holding Page Holding a Note In the meantime, you can join me over here... and I will tell you things about music releases... brawlrecords.bandcamp.com/community

This has been said before but please understand that AI was invented to “solve” wages. Corporates are using the AI scare to depress wages. It doesn’t have to work right or be productive to reduce workers bargaining power for higher wages.

Influencers? The three Fates who weave, measure, and cut the whispere-thin yet iron-strong threades that bynde togethir all of spacetyme and that spelle out, yn sorcerous glyphs unreadable to any save those three, everyethinge that ys, was, or will be? Aye, Ich knowe of influencers.

Is French detective series, Astrid on ch4 any good? Or indeed Patience, the UK remake?

Excellent list of rules for any creative endeavor!

Well, I fairly gulped this one down over the last couple of days. I loved it.

"Impressive, Definitive, Essential" Arrow's three disc set of John Boorman's EXCALIBUR in 4K is out on Monday: johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2026/02/exca...

Re the "would you use gen AI" question... To me,the point of being a writer, is the writing. The point of being a filmmaker, is the making. A book, a movie, a painting, a song, are the end result of *doing* and *being*, just like a life is the result of having lived.

Ah shit. Vale, Mr. Duvall. One of the greatest to ever grace the screen.

Dont really understand why I'm am feeling *so* tired today.

The greatest pleasure of physical bookstores is discovery. Browsing without a destination and finding the story you need in that moment. This chance meeting is going very well so far. :-) The Cemetery of Untold Stories by @writerjalvarez.bsky.social published by @charcopress.com in the UK.

Hey y'all - this weekend we had our first Gore Verbinski film in theaters in 9 years, so I thought this was the perfect time to celebrate A CURE FOR WELLNESS: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/a-man-cannot... I know it's a movie that isn't for everyone, but it sure as heck is for me.🖤

From Wellesnet: "British television archivist and historian Ray Langstone alerted us to an upgraded version of the 1953 Omnibus television production of King Lear on YouTube..." #OrsonWelles wellesnet.com/remastered-k...

Here's a little thread collating Orson Welles material currently available on BBCiPlayer - Arena, The Orson Welles Story: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00plc51 (available for seven months)

Now watch Ireland thrive and become world leader in the arts. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard

I haven't seen the new Wuthering Heights so I can't give an opinion on it. What I've seen doesn't make me optimistic, but it does make me think how much I would have liked Ken Russell to have done a version, ideally in his hey-day, around the time of The Music Lovers and The Devils maybe...

youtu.be/jQiYc3_WgJ8?... Jen Handorf's guide to Arrow Video movies *not* to watch on date night... Tho I suspect that a lot of my friends would choose these as ideal date night movies, because sometimes we're sickos :-)

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A few days too late for Burt Reynolds’ birthday but I was looking at the Dom DeLuise cookbook Eat This…It’ll Make You Feel Better! and found the recipe for Burt’s beef stew.

Hat tip to @raynewman.bsky.social

haha oh no

Make more noise. apple.news/Ar8IM60eBRC6...

An excelllent post on the impact of place, viewed through the lens of fantasy literature:

Last year, I also wrote a tribute to Pamela Voorhees, because there's no love like a mother's love: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/45-years-lat... #Fridaythe13th

Arrow Video 4K special edition of Excalibur preorder price is down 35% to $38.97 form $59.95. Release date is February 24. This one is already out in the wild, I've been seeing good things about it. #ad https://zdcs.link/Qm83EJ

The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name. The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”. It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving

The EU has just voted, by a VERY wide margin, for the full recognition of trans women as women…!

What movie moment made you exclaim... "THIS IS CINEMA"

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Free, onlyne, searchable Middel Englisshe Dictionarye. "The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500." quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...

Also, since it is the 45th anniversary of MY BLOODY VALENTINE, I figured today would be a good day to share my piece on it from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/one-and-done... I’m a huge fan of MBV & hopefully I celebrated it properly here. Any shares and/or subs would really be appreciated!

Fantastic review of the Excalibur set over at The Digital Bits. I'm over the moon that people are finally getting to see the results of all our hard work!

LA folks alert! Sex Lies & Videotape with Laura San Giacoma Q&A, don't miss it!

Very much enjoying this so far :-)

Zoinks! We got to chat with Comedian/Writer Kristin L. Wallace about the animated gateway horror masterpiece SCOOBY-DOO ON ZOMBIE ISLAND (1998). The gang is all grown up and reunites to look for proof of real monsters in the world for Daphne's TV show Coast to Coast!

I've waited a long time to be able to say this, but we're hiring a full-time Film Critic for @avclub.com! Details are in the job listing, but you should send application materials to [email protected] www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Props to Laura Dern, who I think took more movies from the closet than pretty much everyone who has visited.

Boasting a flawless A/V transfer and a wealth of extras, @arrowvideo.bsky.social's 4K of John Boorman’s Arthurian epic EXCALIBUR is one of 2026’s first great home video releases. Available on February 24. tinyurl.com/2hn3h8zr

Three nights in a row now that I've slept uninterrupted by crappy throat and/or coughing. Still a little crud coming out, but dare I hope this malingering cold is finally done with me?