Neil Ramjee

Ha. They have form. I’m looking at how the model excels - it’s return business. So continual new ‘content’, but also a massive reliance on addictive series and IPs with sequel capacity.
Wouldn’t be surprised that some of the WB assets get franchised to fuck (inc DC, Blade Runner, The Matrix, etc)

Ted Sandros is putting the lid on the cinema coffin nail by nail.
Bring back six month windows.
Stop this ridiculous cycle of greed to generate a monthly guaranteed revenue.
Best thing you could do is pirate all Netflix films.

Wonder how Netflix will manage ‘new releases’ from Warner Bros. when it comes to theatrical screenings.
Hope it’s not like the recent Noah Baumbach’s JAY KELLY release - tiny two week window, decidedly hotchpotch distribution and almost zilch marketing for cinema screenings.

Having worked previously in retail for over 15 years, I have nothing but utter respect for all shop workers at this time of year and the wankers they encounter.
Truly unsung heroes.

At least I don’t spend my free time shouting at hotels and painting roundabouts.

Mate.
Battle Royale basically rips off Lord Of The Flies.
Everything is derivative.

I got £40 for my double pack earlier this year. Glad I bumped it.

Jimmy Cliff only had three film appearances.
This is the one to see - write the theme tune, sang the theme tune, took the lead role. Absolutely batshit fun from Perry Henzell’s Kafka-esque spiral.
(The other was the forgotten Harold Ramis film CLUB PARADISE with Robin Williams and Peter O’Toole!)

I was working on a Bollywood film with his sons in Leicestershire in 2012 - very humble but hugely revered by all present.

The other photo I had was from my rear view mirror, I caught him having a sneaky cig behind my Ford Focus while I was trying to nap between takes. 😂

Dharmendra: Bollywood's 'He-Man' dies at 89 Best known for the iconic role of Veeru in the all-time great Sholay, Dharmendra was India's "most handsome actor".

Dharmendra too!
It’s like Black Monday for male actors.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

A black and white photo of four people, three in formal dress, and one nude. Madonna is crouched down below the three men standing, as the men above her pose, looking off into the distance.

Sad to hear about Udo Kier’s passing.
Was only watching him in THE SECRET AGENT this weekend.
Always a great stoic presence in any film - a classically trained actor who wasn’t afraid to do genre film & had a knack to ground the surreal and bizarre.
I forget he was in many music vids, too.

The genre-driven thriller I did not anticipate.

The Fraud by Paul Holden - page 89. Rachel Riley met with Morgan McSweeney and Imran Ahmed at the @LabourTogether offices in February 2019. She agreed 'to front' their campaign to take on Jeremy Corbyn and lett-wing media outlets such as @TheCanaryUK. Thereafter, @RachelRileyRR was one of Corbyn's fiercest critics. In November 2019, shortly before that year's election, she was famously photographed wearing a t-shirt with a doctored photograph of Corbyn that said 'Jeremy Corbyn Is A Racist Endeavour'. Rachel Riley RachelReyRR I didn't feel comfortable knowing my workplace was to be full of racists tonight. I don't endorse Boris, but I do endorse #NeverCorbyn. Please see my pinned thread if you still don't understand why. #LeadersDebate

The actual real explanation always turns out to be way more dumb and insulting than you imagined it was.

Mass murderer. No two ways about it.

Sadly, you can’t take him to Strasbourg on the basis of incompetency, so I hope he is haunted by the thought of all those people who died for the rest of his pathetic life.

Looks like some weird cosplay.

Another good measure is auditorium occupation - a percentage of how much of the screen has been sold. Though this is also open to abuse, in a similar manner in which record companies would go into the record shops and buy up loads of records to fuck with the charts.

It’s always been.
When chains like Odeon put ‘blockbuster’ supplements on big titles, they’re doing just that. It also inflates the ATP (Average ticket Price), too.

Singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs banned at school in Poole The head teacher tells parents references to demons can feel

I’ve got little over a month left of the year to cram a few more titles in, but even I’m surprised that K-POP DEMON HUNTERS is one of my best films of the 2025.
Ban this sacrilegious filth!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And you’d both be right.
Box office is measured on the gross.
A real measure would be number of tickets sold - but because of the schemes like limitless, 241 meerkat, etc, it’s difficult to get that level of detail.
It’s all smoke and mirrors and can be manipulated at will.

Slapstick Festival 2026 4-8th of Feb poster with the tagline for this years theme - 'Because Laughter Is A Form Of Resistance' featuring images of the legends Laurel and Hardy!

A poster for Shinchirō Ueda's One Cut of The Dead, screening takes place: Saturday 7th of Feb 21:00 with an intro from Adam Murray of Bristol Black Horror Club for Slapstick Festival 2026 taking place at The Beacon, Lantern Hall, Bristol UK

First event of 2026 - The fantastic @slapstickfest.bsky.social 4-8th Feb! The theme 'Laughter is a form of resistance'.

Shinchirō Ueda's One Cut of The Dead (2017) @bristolbeacon.bsky.social Sat 7th of Feb 21:00 🧟‍♀️🧟📽️
Link🔻

www.slapstick.org.uk/events/slapstick-after-dark-one-cut-of-the-dead-2017/

That’s from 2007, by the way.

You can tell that from red banner they’ve hung like an afterthought/big draw.

Tonight I’m venturing into THE TEN, a sort of Kentucky Fried Movie that hasn’t been made since MOVIE 43. I’m fascinated by what compels a big name to publicly defenestrate themselves for such bad outre comedy.

Yeah. It’s a solid album, just felt it was overrun by a lot of other noise at the time - especially post-rave.

I don’t know what you’d call those records, aside from moody pop, but it’s that genre that also extends to Kylie’s ‘Confide In Me’ and Lightning Seeds’ ‘You Showed Me’ and White Town’s ‘Your Woman’.

Ploughing through Duran Duran’s singles, and their 90s discography is unfairly maligned.
‘Ordinary World’ and ‘Come Undone’ are pop masterpieces.
(And music nerds, do look at the wiki entry for Tessa Niles, who sings the backing vox on Come Undone. What an incredible body of work.)

@simonmayo.bsky.social just thought you should be aware.

It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

First film of the morning.
New Petzold. Paula Beer.
Should be a win?

Being such a basic at the moment and it’s liberating.