johnscramble
@johnscramble.bsky.social
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Editor and contributor at moviescramble website and podcast. Movies all day long and TV in between.
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about 2 months ago
Our latest review declares Sisu: Road to Revenge "every bit as brilliant, bonkers and blood spattered" as the first film. 👊🏻💥🪖
#FilmSky
#Sisu
#SisuRoadToRevenge
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2 months ago
On
#Netflix
from today, Guillermo del Toro brings
#Frankenstein
to life again in a mesmerising gothic fairytale. Here's the
@moviescramble.bsky.social
review 💜
#FilmSky
www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/10/16/f...
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Frankenstein (2025) – Review - .
“It’s alive! It’s alive!” is surely one of the most famous cries in all of cinema. And whilst Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein doesn’t give us a repeat of this refrain, it certainly revels in all the...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/10/16/frankenstein-2025-review/
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3 months ago
On the new moviescramble podcast we present the off cuts from our 1995 marathon Pod. We share what we’ve been watching and list just some of the Die Hard copies that were in development in 1995.
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Ahead of the seeing the second instalment a timely revisit of The Black Phone. Stands up well to a second viewing.
3 months ago
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Catching up with Peacemaker. Watching from the start of season 1. Superbly clever and laugh out loud funny at the same time.
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3 months ago
We're continuing our 1995 marathon on the latest
@moviescramble.bsky.social
#podcast
, with our discussion of Bad Boys and Die Hard: With a Vengeance. For your listening pleasure 💜🎧
#FilmSky
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Moviescramble - Ep 101: Bad Boys & Die Hard With A Vengeance
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Mary Muñoz
3 months ago
I am VERY excited to share that I sat down with Gustaf Skarsgård for
@nordicwatchlist.bsky.social
to discuss To Cook a Bear 🐻 Coming soon to Disney+, this historical drama gave us plenty to talk about 🙌🏻
#GustafSkarsgard
#TVSky
#DisneyPlus
#bingewatch
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Gustaf Skarsgård on mud make up, life lessons and the perils of polarism To Cook A Bear
Actor Gustaf Skarsgård speaks to Nordic Watchlist about his new project To Cook A Bear which arrives on Disney+ this month
https://nordicwatchlist.com/2025/10/08/gustaf-skarsgard-to-cook-a-bear/
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3 months ago
ICYMI ... I wrote about
#TheSmashingMachine
for
@moviescramble.bsky.social
👊🏻💥
#FilmX
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The Smashing Machine – Review - .
If you asked the Moviescramble team, we’d all agree that Dave Bautista has had the most interesting post-wrestling career, likely followed by John Cena. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson probably wouldn’t hav...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/10/05/smashing-machine-review/
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3 months ago
On the new moviescramble podcast we continue our 1995 marathon with reviews of Bad Boys and Die Hard With A Vengeance.
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Moviescramble - Ep 101: Bad Boys & Die Hard With A Vengeance
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Empire Magazine
3 months ago
Michael Mann's
#Heat2
is officially happening at United Artists — and Leonardo DiCaprio is eyeing a key role. Other names circling the crime thriller prequel/sequel include Adam Driver, Austin Butler, and Bradley Cooper. Read more:
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Wrath of Man. Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham team up for a very good thriller. and a decent role for Scott Eastwood!
3 months ago
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Mission Alarum on prime video. By the numbers thriller. Some really poor dialogue. Scott Eastwood needs a decent role rather this nonsense.
3 months ago
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Hunter Killer . Gerard Butler is Joe Glass, submarine commander. Stuff happens. People shout.
#gerardbutler
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The Killings at Outpost Zeta. Ultra low budget Alien rip off from 1980. Considering some of the Sci-Fi that was made around that time, this is very poor. On prime video.
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Does Benny Safdie's UFC biopic pack a punch? 👊🏻💥 Ready our review of
#TheSmashingMachine
.
#FilmSky
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The Smashing Machine – Review - .
If you asked the Moviescramble team, we’d all agree that Dave Bautista has had the most interesting post-wrestling career, likely followed by John Cena. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson probably wouldn’t hav...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/10/05/smashing-machine-review/
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Now watching. Circumstantial Evidence. 1952 British drama. A very neat 61 minutes.
3 months ago
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Another Sunday, another pod recording with
@missmaimepeas.bsky.social
. This week we covered To Die For and Devil in a Blue Dress on the
@moviescramble.bsky.social
podcast. Show coming soon.
3 months ago
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Moviescramble
10 months ago
On the latest moviescramble podcast, we review Longlegs and choose our top three Nic Cage performances. Longlegs is now streaming on Prime.
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9 months ago
Restless is screening in UK cinemas and it was one of my favourites at
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
🙌🏻 Here's the
@moviescramble.bsky.social
review 🎞 Go see, go see!
#FilmSky
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Restless – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Warning - This review contains minor spoilers Sleep deprivation is a recognised form of torture. It can cause brain fog, mood swings and even psychosis. It’s important that we get our eight hours. But...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/03/03/restless-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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Mary Muñoz
9 months ago
After a lengthy-ish hiatus, the
@moviescramble.bsky.social
will be back behind the mic this weekend 💜 We're continuing our 1995 retrospective so tonight I'm watching The American President for the first time.
#NowWatching
#FilmSky
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Mary Muñoz
9 months ago
🎙Another
@moviescramble.bsky.social
#podcast
in the bag.
@johnscramble.bsky.social
and I discussed two romantic comedy / dramas from 1995 and, perhaps most importantly, Chekhov's testicle. Intrigued? You should be! 🤣🤣 New episode dropping soon 🎧
#FilmSky
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Mary Muñoz
9 months ago
Since
#Conclave
is coming to Prime, here's the
@moviescramble.bsky.social
#podcast
where we discussed the award winning drama. We also picked out our favourite on-screen priests 🙏🏻
#FilmSky
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Moviescramble - Ep 78: Conclave
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7 months ago
In UK cinemas today is the Ballad of Wallis Island 🎵 Here's our review from
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
where it was this year's surprise film 🎞
#FilmSky
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The Ballad of Wallis Island – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Music has a way of tying us to a time or place. An unforgettable gig, shared with a friend. A first dance at a wedding. A loved one’s personal favourite. School days, holidays and special occasions al...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/03/06/ballad-wallis-island-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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7 months ago
Back behind the mic this morning for our weekly recording of the
@moviescramble.bsky.social
#podcast
🎙 We continued our 1995 retrospective with Heat and Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. Episode coming soon 💜🎧
#FilmSky
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7 months ago
On the new moviescramble podcast, we continue our 1995 marathon with our Braveheart and Rob Roy review.
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7 months ago
In cinemas today is
#Tornado
, starring Jack Lowden and Tim Roth 🌪 Here's our review from the
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
where it was the opening gala 🍿
#FilmSky
www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/26/t...
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Tornado – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
It feels unusual for an opening gala of a film festival to be a subdued affair. But writer / director John Maclean’s Tornado definitely errs on the side of quiet … until it doesn’t. It’s a fascinating...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/26/tornado-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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Mary Muñoz
7 months ago
With the trailer for
#TheBlackPhone2
now available, you might want to listen in to what
@tshorror.bsky.social
,
@johnscramble.bsky.social
and I thought of the first film 📞
#FilmSky
#HorrorSky
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Moviescramble - Ep 50: The Black Phone
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Mary Muñoz
7 months ago
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to the new
@moviescramble.bsky.social
#podcast
🎧
#MissionImpossible
#FilmSky
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Moviescramble - Ep 89: Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning
Moviescramble · Episode
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8 months ago
In 1995, Hollywood had a hard on for Scotland 🏴 In our latest retrospective episode,
@johnscramble.bsky.social
and I discussed Rob Roy and Braveheart for the
@moviescramble.bsky.social
#podcast
. No accent emerged unscathed. Coming soon 💜🎧
#FilmSky
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8 months ago
"Gloriously Cage-ian in its flamboyance", The Surfer is in UK cinemas today 🏄♂️ Here's
@missmaimepeas.bsky.social
review from
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
🎞
#FilmSky
#TheSurfer
#NicolasCage
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The Surfer – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Lorcan Finnegan’s The Surfer opens with golden sands, crystal clear waters and a tinkly, dreamy percussive score. The heavy colour saturation tinges bathes everything in a hallucinatory yellow glow. T...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/28/surfer-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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8 months ago
🪕
@johnscramble.bsky.social
and I got together this morning to discuss Ryan Coogler's
#Sinners
for the
@moviescramble.bsky.social
#podcast
. We also picked our top 3 films with soundtracks we couldn't stop listening to 🎧 Coming soon 💜
#FilmSky
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Mary Muñoz
8 months ago
Your
#BankHoliday
needs
@tshorror.bsky.social
,
@johnscramble.bsky.social
and me talking nonsense. We're only too happy to oblige with a wee deleted scenes pod 🎧💜
#FilmSky
#Podcasts
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Moviescramble - Deleted scenes Ep 83
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Mary Muñoz
8 months ago
Back in 1995, Michael Douglas was president and Sandra Bullock was engaged to a coma patient whilst falling for his brother. Listen to the latest
@moviescramble.bsky.social
#podcast
to find out wtf I'm talking about 🤣
#FilmSky
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Moviescramble - Ep 84: The American President & While You Were Sleeping
Moviescramble · Episode
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Mary Muñoz
9 months ago
"Spiderman?" "Voltaire." Join
@johnscramble.bsky.social
and I as we discuss
#Heretic
and films with small casts.
#FilmSky
#Podcast
#HorrorSky
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Moviescramble - Ep 81: Heretic
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Moviescramble
10 months ago
On the new Moviescramble podcast, we start our 1995 movie marathon with a double-bill review of Strange Days and 12 Monkeys.
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Moviescramble
11 months ago
Our first review from
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
is here 🙌🏻 The opening gala for
#GFF25
was John Maclean's Tornado, starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden and Kōki 🌪 Here's
@missmaimepeas.bsky.social
thoughts 💜
#FilmSky
www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/26/t...
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Tornado – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
It feels unusual for an opening gala of a film festival to be a subdued affair. But writer / director John Maclean’s Tornado definitely errs on the side of quiet … until it doesn’t. It’s a fascinating...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/26/tornado-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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Moviescramble
11 months ago
The personal and the political collide in Cesar Diaz's Mexico 86, screening at the Glasgow Film Festival. Here's
@missmaimepeas.bsky.social
review 🎞
#FilmSky
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
#GFF25
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Mexico 86 – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Reflecting on Guatemalan director Cesar Diaz’s career to date, a strong pattern emerges. In addition to recounting the horrors of the decades long Guatemalan civil war, Diaz wants to tell personal sto...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/27/mexico-86-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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Moviescramble
10 months ago
Hill is "proof that nice guys don't finish last." 🏎🏁 We review the thrilling and emotional
#F1
documentary from
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
🎞
#GFF25
@signatureuk.bsky.social
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Hill – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Damon Hill became a Formula 1 driver at a time where a luxurious moustache or bushy brows seemed to be a prerequisite. The cars looked like matchboxes on wheels and the danger levels were inordinately...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/28/hill-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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10 months ago
"Immerse yourself in the perfectly crafted dialogue and the phenomenally fragile performances ..."
@missmaimepeas.bsky.social
reviews Long Day's Journey Into Night at
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
🎞
#FilmSky
#GFF25
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Long Day’s Journey Into Night – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer-prize winning four act play, was first published posthumously in 1956. It has since been adapted five times for television and screen, with Bro...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/28/long-days-journey-night-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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10 months ago
A real
#GFF25
highlight 🙌🏻 We insist you get tickets to see Nic Cage in the thrilling slow burn The Surfer 🏄♂️
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
#FilmSky
@vertigorel.bsky.social
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The Surfer – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Lorcan Finnegan’s The Surfer opens with golden sands, crystal clear waters and a tinkly, dreamy percussive score. The heavy colour saturation tinges bathes everything in a hallucinatory yellow glow. T...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/02/28/surfer-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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10 months ago
Peacock is one of our favourites at
#GFF25
so far 🦚 It will have you cringing, flinching and laughing nervously ... all in a good way 😉
#FilmSky
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
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Peacock – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
In a world where everything seems perfectly curated and “just so”, how easy is it to be yourself? In fact, can anyone truly say they are absolutely always being their genuine, authentic self? What hap...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/03/01/peacock-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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10 months ago
Spilt Milk is charming, heartbreaking and bolstered by great performances. This bittersweet coming of age story set in 1980s Dublin is up for the Audience Award at
#GFF25
🎞
#FilmSky
@screenireland.bsky.social
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Spilt Milk – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
The Telly Savalas detective show, Kojak, ran for 117 episodes across 5 series. His ever present lollipop and stylish fedora made him one of the more charming television sleuths. For Bobby O’Brien (Cil...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/03/02/spilt-milk-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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10 months ago
"Crime might not pay, but it’s certainly enjoyable to watch." Read
@missmaimepeas.bsky.social
review of I Do Not Come To You By Chance from
#GFF25
🎞
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
#FilmSky
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I Do Not Come To You By Chance – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
In the early days of the internet, it was something of a right of passage to say that you’d received one of those “Nigerian prince” scam emails. Of course, in the early days of the internet, they did ...
https://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2025/03/02/chance-review-glasgow-film-festival/
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10 months ago
It's got jump scares, it's got Rachmaninoff, it's got a cute cat. Safe to say, we were a big fan of Restless at
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
🙌🏻
#FilmSky
#GFF25
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Restless – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Warning - This review contains minor spoilers Sleep deprivation is a recognised form of torture. It can cause brain fog, mood swings and even psychosis. It’s important that we get our eight hours. But...
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10 months ago
Our second
#GFF25
review for today is of Olga Korotko’s Crickets, It’s Your Turn. The revenge thriller from Kazakhstan is up for the Audience Award 🏆
#FilmSky
#WorldCinema
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
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Crickets, It’s Your Turn – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Content warning - This review refers to scenes depicting sexual assault Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge and Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Women both made audiences sit up and take note. These rape-reven...
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10 months ago
Emotionally intelligent performances, warmth and wit make Four Mothers a must see at
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
👵🏻 Here's
@missmaimepeas.bsky.social
review.
#FilmSky
#GFF25
@screenireland.bsky.social
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Four Mothers – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
There’s a stereotype about Irish mammies. Domineering. Nobody is good enough for their boys. And, oh their boys! They stay exactly that: boys. Writer / director Darren Thornton plays up to this trope ...
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Moviescramble
10 months ago
Your local friendly Moviescramble team catching a glimpse of George Mackay ahead of the
#GFF25
screening of The End 💜
#FilmSky
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10 months ago
With incredible performances, The Luckiest Man in America is "a little slice of American nostalgia, laced with something entirely more sinister." 🎰 Catch it at
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
🎞
#GFF25
#FilmSky
#WaltonGoggins
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The Luckiest Man in America – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
Most television viewers in the UK have heard of the Charles Ingram scandal. It is alleged that he and his wife, Diana, conspired to cheat on the quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? through a seri...
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10 months ago
Our second review for today is of the eccentric yet powerful The End, a post-apocalyptic musical from Joshua Oppenheimer. Yes, you read that correctly 🎵
#FilmSky
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
#GFF25
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The End – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
There are certain things that Hollywood simply does not include in its renderings of a post-apocalyptic world. There’s no bright colours; no priceless works of art on the walls; no cosy clothing; no r...
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10 months ago
Sandra Hüller stars in the colourful crime caper, Two to One, at
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
💶 Here's the Moviescramble review 💜
#FilmSky
#GFF25
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Two to One – Review from Glasgow Film Festival - .
With the reunification of Germany, residents of the former GDR (or DDR, as it’s known in its mother tongue) were given less than a week to trade in their currency at a truly unfavourable rate of ‘two ...
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