R.I.P., Sam Neill, and thanks for a rollicking interview that went from “Please don’t mention that ever again, don’t even inquire about it, if you continue to try and find it, I will hunt you down” to “You’re very knowledgeable, aren’t you?” Although it’s that first bit that’s really stays with me…

R.I.P. to the fine actor Sam Neil. He was gifted with an impressive range. He could play avuncular characters with easy authority and could have been a conventional leading man. But he was at his best playing men who became unmoored and plunged off the deep end.

#nowwatching True Confessions. On Prime, the premier for random old movies.

Seriously where the does the time go?? We'll be hosting an edition in a nursing home before we know it. #Bootlegfriday

wow classic monster movie stuff #bootlegfriday

What an absolute beast of a film!! With the most necessary sex scene in cinema history Happy Birthday #BootlegFriday

What a frickin movie. Thanks @wesleydolan.bsky.social and all the heads on #BootlegFriday bon anniversaire! How can I sleep and not watch T2? (I'll watch it tomorrow!)

What a picture. God bless Wes for #bootlegfriday. Happy 5th birthday and all.

And that is a wrap on year five of #bootlegfriday. Five years, dear God. Where does the time go? Thanks to all you wonderful regulars for your support, great picks and good craic. Take care, enjoy the sun and as always, good night.

Stuntman on fire. Look what they took from us. #bootlegfriday

Gale Ann Hurd followed me on Twitter. Massive Arsenal supporter. #Brag #BootlegFriday

"You're terminated fucker!". An absolute stone cold classic kiss off. #bootlegfriday

Now for the real living nightmare climax. Stan Winston in full effect. What tremendous practical SFX work. #bootlegfriday

"Get Out". Arnie really does have good comic timing. #bootlegfriday

All credit to Cameron. For all his pyrotechnic action prowess, he can inject genuine emotional stakes into his work. There is a straight line from this love scene to his Titanic romantic melodrama. #bootlegfriday

"Fuck you asshole". Arnie has very little dialogue but he makes every line count. It's a wonderfully minimal and physical performance carried by star charisma. #bootlegfriday

Mr. Fancypants with his fancypants garden parties. #bootlegfriday

"I'll be back'. I actually cheered when I heard that one liner in it's original context. Also, it's a great raising of the dramatic stakes to have Arnie rip through a secure location like a buzzsaw. #bootlegfriday

Lance Henriksen is a great actor is very convincing as a cop who is utterly shit at consoling traumatised civilians. #bootlegfriday

Wow. What an absolutely blistering carchase/shootout. Cameron is the action king. #bootlegfriday

But which one? #bootlegfriday

What an absolutely blistering speech and mission statement. Cameron really should stuck with lean low-budget b-movies. #bootlegfriday

Cameron's use of slo-mo is really quite masterful throughout #bootlegfriday

The sheer horror of that red laser sight bearing down on a terrified and frozen Hamilton before the chaos kicks off. Cameron, you sadistic bastard. #bootlegfriday

It isn't an 80's action movie without a trip to a nightclub. Although this isn't a strip one since James Cameron is a class act. #bootlegfriday

Lance Henriksen! He had such a great one-two punch with Cameron between this and Aliens. #bootlegfriday

What a tremendous post-apocalyptic war scene. So well shot and cut. Cameron is one of those great directors who had the juice fright from the start. #bootlegfriday

That is a chilling and brutal home invasion kill. Cameron could have been a big horror director if he was so inclined. #bootlegfriday

Dick Miller! What a great actor who could kill in just one scene. Or be killed off in one. Such is the lot of the character actor. #bootlegfriday

Sorry I was running late over the WC

Just reusing this one again #bootlegfriday

Thanks to @bricko.bsky.social. #bootlegfriday

These punks acting like they haven't seen a roided up Austrian walking around with his bratwurst out before. #BootlegFriday

Wow. Full frontal Arnie. Bill Paxton with a funky blue punk haircut. The 80's truly were a golden age. #bootlegfriday

Ah Orion Pictures. They released so many 80's and 90'd bangers. Oh look, practical miniature SFX! #bootlegfriday

Press play now. #bootlegfriday ok.ru/video/958909...

I'm on anti-biotics so it's a pint glass of water with loads of ice tonight. Sure, at least I'll be posting sober. Bollocks. #bootlegfriday

An absolute banger. I'm old enough to have bought the vinyl single as a nipper. #bootlegfriday

In remembrance of Michael Byrne (RIP), My trailer for #bootlegfriday is ROGUE MALE (1976) youtube.com/watch?v=2zt8...

My #bootlegfriday trailer is for Terminator 2: Judgement Day. A massive upscaling of the original which had cutting edge CGI at the time. But the excellent practical stuntwork holds up today. You will believe that a stuntman can fly a helicopter under a freeway overpass. youtu.be/1S___gntWDA?...

I'm going to watch a fan made 3D conversion because I know that's how James Cameron would want me to experience it (he'd probably be annoyed by the lack of DNR)

#BootlegFriday tonight An excellent film that start your adventure with us. Just be aware it's not a YouTube link

The link to tonight's #bootlegfriday. Please note that this is not a YouTube link. So trailers at 9.45pm and the termination kicks off at 10pm here on Bluesky. Please repost and see you then. ok.ru/video/958909...

#bootlegfriday marks it's fifth birthday with an Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron classic that defined their careers. We'll be back this Friday for "The Terminator". Please repost to spread the good word. youtu.be/nGrW-OR2uDk?...

Leaving work today, a procession of Spanish student walked past me on the footpath. They were mostly sheltering under sun umbrellas. Proper summer veteran tactics.

Oh dear, more enshittification on the horizon. Still, at least I'll be vaguely more satisfied about trashing Netflix's "original" content if they are the buyer. But on the other hand, I'll have to watch Netflix movies. Damnit.

Bull Durham is a reminder of when Hollywood could make witty and scorchingly sexy movies based on a boring sport. Truly a lost golden age. #lastfourwatched

#bootlegfriday marks our fifth birthday with an 80's classic about a remorseless and inhuman killing machine. That's our kind of party. I'll post a link at 8pm and the fun begins at 10pm. Please repost and enjoy the fine weather. 🎂🎈🎉

RIP Bonnie Tyler. I once ran for a bus while listening to "Holding out for a hero" and I actually got to my destination before the bus did.