@simonramshaw.bsky.social
he/him Film critterings and witterings. https://thegeekshow.co.uk/author/stramshaw/
The Police Crime thriller is a completely different mood in 2025 than it was in 2002, a mood that Joe Carnahan's underrated and endlessly grimy NARC taps into. Out now on @arrowvideo.bsky.social Blu-Ray #review
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We wrap up today with a very different spin on the Invisible Man formula with Yoshiyuki Kuroda's family friendly The Invisible Swordsman.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release here:
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I might be right, I might be wrong…any thoughts anyone? 7/7
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the wake of an event that nearly wiped us out, that should have shown us how to cope with the worst and cherish what we have left. When one threat has vanished, how do we deal with the suspicions that another isn’t just around the corner? 6/7
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The toxic codes of yesteryear kept by its sects of uninfected and the permanent states of rage found in everyone else are going to be the real terrors going forward, as isn’t our post-pandemic reality just that? Big ideas and entitled powers vying for dominance still, even in 5/7
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All this leads me to think DaCosta and Garland are going to serve up a second instalment where the trouble isn’t the virus any longer, but the calcified cultural codes that have turned stale and gaudy in the three decades since the world froze. 4/7
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The “magic of the placenta” seemed too convenient to me; surely the flesh and blood of two infected people would be more than enough to make their offspring as such too. If babies can be born in our world with addictions and viruses, it stands to reason they should here too. 3/7
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We see plenty of near-misses: Spike splattering his mother’s forehead with blood and quickly wiping it off; Isla linking hands with the infected woman in labour; Kelson being nearly smothered by Samson’s huge hands; the baby born without the virus at all. 2/7
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Not wanting to stoke any irl conspiracies here, but I left questioning if the virus was actually infectious anymore. In fact, this is a film where the only transmission of the virus happens in the initial outbreak in the prologue. 1/7
Join @uncutrobcast.bsky.social, @simonramshaw.bsky.social, @jimmydeanfilm.bsky.social & Graham for the latest episode of Uncut. In this edition, we discuss the work of #classichollywood acting legend, Marlene Dietrich.
That tickles your fancy, listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/75XN...
A nostalgic blast from Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich, In the Lost Lands. It recalls the DVD era of action cinema that we've missed so much.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @studiocanal.com release here: thegeekshow.co.uk/in-the-lost-...
Friendship first half vs Friendship second half
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The Irishman has been officially renamed ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’.
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I was intrigued, moved, alarmed and provoked by @joshuaoppenheimer.bsky.social’s #TheEnd, which is, for my money, the most interesting thing currently playing in theatres. Here’s why 👉 thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
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What do you get when you mash together zone of interest & the act of killing as a musical? Well, something very divisive for starters. But also, Joshua Oppenheimer's The End #mubi
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
Drawing a line under the The Japan Touring Film Programme for 2025, @simonramshaw.bsky.social looks at the Light Samurai Sci-fi of A Samurai in Time. Which is also out from @thirdwindowfilms.com at the end of the Month #review
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Turning on the film grain in the last shot of Severance was deliciously diabolical, possibly the most evil visual decision they could have taken, what a way to rub salt in the wound.
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Closing the weekend, Tom Noonan's lost american indie classic isn't just ahead of its time, What Happened Was and its awkward anti-romance is decades ahead of the curve.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @filmsradiance.bsky.social blu-ray here: thegeekshow.co.uk/what-happene...
Happy Oscar Night to all who celebrate! In anticipation of an upcoming longer video that celebrates the previous cinematic year, here is a taste of my audiovisual remix of the best films of 2024.
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embrace #betterman, embrace #monke
#TheMonkey
The burgeoning 'real life soldiers telling their experiences through fiction’ sub-genre returns with Sunray: Fallen Soldier. Out now on Digital Platforms via @vertigorel.bsky.social
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The man who liberated my sense of what art could be more than any other, a pitch-dark sunbeam straight to the psyche, is no longer sharing the planet with us. I feel privileged to have existed when he did, and to experience his art in real time is a treasure I cannot relive. Rest in peace, Director.
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I’m somewhat craving the dark and thorny return of #Andor, but as trifles go, Skeleton Crew is a good one of intricate structure and unexpected flavour. 17/17
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Resourcefully priced at $136 million, it’s great to see the money on the screen like this too, spent on cracking sets, dynamic CGI and even a Phil Tippett-esque stop motion crab from hell. Vitally, the balance of spectacle and heart frequently makes it more than the sum of its parts. 16/17
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By its inevitable pew-pew, lever-pulling finale, the whole adventure mapped out by Skeleton Crew is a nice, well-earned indulgence in the world outside Star Wars, while remaining true to the style and craft of its own brand. 15/17
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Add to that the most endearing cute little guy in the entire Star Wars canon (Robert Timothy Smith’s kind-hearted blue elephant Neel), and you’ve got some strong emotional anchors for this pirate ship escapade to use to great effect along the way. 14/17
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While the status quo remains mostly intact, the show otherwise breaks new ground with organic diversity, particularly around disabled character KB and her vulnerable turn in episode 6, finding strength in her condition and communicating clearly how she can be helped by others in a tough spot. 13/17
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AKA that’s a very Disney way of looking at the distribution of wealth; Star Wars daren’t get counter-cultural again after vitriol provoked by The Last Jedi’s view of the
money war machine and the rebels fighting to undermine it, and this is another example of them playing their cards safe. 12/17
