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Stationary words about moving pictures. Freelance film critic/journo. London Critics member. Editor @ https://www.voicemag.uk/. Host of a Waterloo Road podcast. 'Beta nerd' apparently. (he/him) Portfolio: http://tomjbeasley.wordpress.com/

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Latest posts by tomjbeasley.bsky.social on Bluesky

I'm sure the Sky Blue fanbase will react perfectly naturally and proportionately to that result. πŸ‘ #PUSB

09.08.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Sally Hawkins should get an Oscar for Bring Her Back, but she won't' Bring Her Back is driven by a chilling performance by Sally Hawkins. It's the sort of transformative work that would win Oscars if it wasn't in a horror movie.

Could this be the year that the Oscars finally reward a horror performance? I wouldn't count on it, despite how terrific Sally Hawkins is in #BringHerBack. uk.movies.yahoo.com/sally-hawkin...

07.08.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#BringHerBack was utterly horrible and it felt completely evil.

I loved every second.

04.08.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two new world champions coming out of this weekend... and nobody will be talking about them. #SummerSlam

04.08.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, this next few days will be a test of the wrestling media's willingness to ask important, difficult questions. #SummerSlam

04.08.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so far one of those weird WWE PPVs where every match could've used an extra 5 mins. Why couldn't one or two of these have happened yesterday? That was a baggy show. #SummerSlam

03.08.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A shame really that the Seth Rollins fake injury had leaked because that was a very nicely played ending to #SummerSlam. Credit to Gunther and Punk for putting on a banger main event!

03.08.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh big respect to Jelly Roll for agreeing to take that massive splash through the table. Beyond the call of duty for a celeb guest wrestler. #SummerSlam

03.08.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This feels like a real sink-or-swim match for Jade Cargill in WWE, whether she's winning or not. Can she hang in a big championship match on one of the most important shows of the year? #SummerSlam

02.08.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, yawn? Refusing to ever give Kross a big win really killed this storyline. Sami can afford to lose more than most! #SummerSlam

02.08.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really pleased to see Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss win the tag titles at #SummerSlam. Their friendship has quietly become one of my favourite little storylines on WWE TV in recent weeks.

02.08.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Caught up with M3GAN 2.0 tonight and wow, that's a dull film. Did anyone actually want them to make it a Mission: Impossible movie? Very weird.

01.08.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh totally! I had so much fun with the Weird Al movie. A joyful experience.

29.07.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping was criminally underseen at the time of its release. It's a pitch-perfect skewering of self-aggrandising music docs, which also happens to feature a collection of genuinely great songs as well as a completely relentless gag rate. It deserves much more love.

29.07.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I see a former footballer of negligible talent, shit manager, serial violent offender, would-be football shock-jock has laid into England's Euro win. The best response to his latest verbal bowel movement is to not name him, not quote him, just ignore him, as this is his line of business these days.

28.07.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3
Two baby boys wearing white babygrows with the word England and the Three Lions logo

Two baby boys wearing white babygrows with the word England and the Three Lions logo

Two lads here who have no idea that England usually don't win. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

27.07.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thor Bring Me GIF Alt: Thor wields Stormbreaker and surrounds himself with blue lightning in a scene from Avengers: Infinity War

Infinity War was on TV tonight, so pretty much the first movie scene my twins ever experienced was Thor arriving in Wakanda. You're welcome, boys.

26.07.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Jack!

25.07.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very much enjoy the fact that, in their three weeks of life, the only football my boys have watched is women's football. They don't even know that men are allowed to play yet. πŸ˜‚

22.07.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just for fun, name two completely unrelated movies that share the same director.

13.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One Year of Starmer: Labour should embrace Hadestown's message of hope The current Labour government should take note of the West End musical Hadestown, which manages to find optimism amid tragedy. There are plenty of lessons here for Keir Starmer to learn.

Really proud of this piece I wrote about #KeirStarmer, optimism, and the moment in #Hadestown that made me weep. www.voicemag.uk/blog/15340/k...

13.07.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#AEW really caught me off guard by putting All In Texas on at a sociable hour. Hardened to years of 1am shows as a British wrestling fan. πŸ˜‚

12.07.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two beautiful baby boys lie nose to nose in a shared cot

Two beautiful baby boys lie nose to nose in a shared cot

I've been a bit quiet of late. This is why. 🩡🩡

12.07.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Extra time looms" is an unforgivable blunder from Steve Bower on commentary for the U21 Euros final. Has he not read @footballcliches.bsky.social's book??

28.06.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

24.06.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Get Ready for More Commercials in Movie Theaters Industry leader AMC Theatres is reversing course and joining its rivals on July 1 in adding regular ads to its pre-movie lineup in a worrisome trend for studios.

Wait... is it not already normal for there to be ads after the movie's advertised start time in US cinemas? In the UK, it's pretty much set in stone that you get something like 15 mins of ads and then 10 mins of trailers. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

24.06.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Should anyone be shocked that an original family film rammed into cinemas dominated by How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch has started slowly?

Elemental also had one of Pixar's lowest ever openings, then made $500m. Give people time to find good original animations, and they will find them.

24.06.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really enjoyed most of #28YearsLater and it looks absolutely stunning, but it felt too much like "chapter one" for me and I don't think the final moments match the tone AT ALL. For the first 90 minutes or so though, I thought it was excellent. Zombies with an infusion of folk horror? Yes please!

21.06.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just watched the Ocean with David Attenborough doc on Disney+ and I was really struck by it being one of the few nature/climate docs I've seen recently to have a real vein of optimism running through it. Refreshing and powerful, while still acknowledging the dire state of things.

20.06.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jaws: A love letter to celebrate 50 years of the greatest movie ever In the summer of 1975, Jaws terrified the entire world. Steven Spielberg's amazing movie is the greatest achievement in cinematic history, and here's why I love it – the head, the tail, the whol...

#Jaws is 50 years old, so I had to write a love letter to the greatest movie of all time and explain why it means so much to me. www.voicemag.uk/blog/15317/j...

20.06.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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