Ted Salmon

Is This Thing On? (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This film is loosely inspired by the life of British Comedian John Bishop, who is also one of the producers. It is a cinema release that is ...

This is a simple story told in
straightforward way and the acting is solid throughout. However the camerawork was something that actually had to make me move a couple of rows back

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This is a direct sequel to last year's 28 Years Later (and was shot back-to-back). It is still set in a post-apocalyptic Britain where many...

Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast' was used pretty well but I think that The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's 'Fire' would have worked even better but I guess it wasn't in lan's record collection.

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H is for Hawk (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This is a cinema released drama based on the memoir of the same name by Naturalist Helen Macdonald. It is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, wh...

Claire Foy gives another masterful performance of a formally independent and academically confident woman that through abject grief, begins to really struggle to cope with normal life. 🎬

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Marty Supreme (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This is a comedy-drama film directed by Josh Safdie, starring Timothée Chalamet in the lead role as Marty Mauser, an aspiring Jewish-America...

Marty Supreme isn't actually a true story but a fictionalized sports comedy-drama loosely inspired by the real-life, flamboyant American table tennis champion and hustler, Marty Reisman. 🏓

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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This is the third in what Director James Cameron says will be five feature films set in the mid 22nd Century on the alien moon of Pandora. T...

Some may feel James Cameron is just rehashing the same premise by pitting the indigenous Na'vi of Pandora against the colonial forces of Earth yet again but it's just not as simple as that!

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The Holdovers (2023) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon Nearly twenty years after collaborating with the ever versatile, Paul Giamatti with Sideways (2004), Director Alexander Payne brings us The ...

If you're of a certain age and want to see a newish Christmas tale that reminds you of those heartwarming stories from the 1970's than look no further than this film available on Netflix!🎬

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The Running Man (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon As a big Arnie fan, of course I've seen the 1987 film adaptation of the novel by Stephen King which amazingly is set in 2025. As a result, I...

Rebooting 1980's science fiction action films seem to be a lucrative well that keeps on giving. What a few have in common is that they featured Arnold Schwarzenegger in his heyday.

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Predator: Badlands (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon After being at the helm of the superb Prey in 2022 and the well-received Predator: Killer of Killers earlier this year (an animated antholog...

First with 'Prey' in 2022 and now with his latest cinema release, Predator: Badlands,
Director, Dan Trachtenberg has definitely re-energised this popular Science Fiction action franchise!

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One Battle After Another (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon Inspired by the 1990 novel 'Vineland' by Thomas Pynchon, Director Paul Thomas Anderson brings us his latest cinema released action thriller,...

Inspired by the 1990 novel 'Vineland' by Thomas Pynchon, Director, Paul Thomas Anderson brings us his latest cinema released action thriller. A rip roaring ride with a stellar cast!

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Springsteen: Deliver me from Nowhere (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon Adapted from the book, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes, this feature film is not technic...

You can't really call this a biopic but it does cover an actual period in the younger Springsteen's life when he was going through a period of self reflection and channelling it into a body of work. 🎬

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King & Conqueror (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This is an 8-part TV historical drama, co-produced by many companies including RVK Studios, Iceland and the BBC - and is currently on the BB...

This eight part series is available on the BBC iPlayer.

Sometimes even when a historical drama is full of inaccuracies, it can still be well produced and very watchable.

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The Smashing Machine (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This is the first solo directorial film by Benny Safdie. It follows the true story of American professional wrestler, Mark Kerr, played by D...

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has been in countless action rolls that've been box office for over a decade now but now he takes on a part that's closer to the world he first found fame in.

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Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This is a  six part mystery drama currently on the BBC iPlayer and is how 'Lost' should have been. Thrown together on a small-time budget ai...

If you have an afternoon indoors with not much on as Autumn 🍂approaches, then why not have a binge at this brilliantly twisty little mystery series?

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Projector Room Episode 194 Woken in Yuma County (17/09/2025)

With an eclectic mix of genres and eras, join @tedsalmon.bsky.social @garethmyles.bsky.social & Allan Gildea for the latest episode of their curated Cinema & TV discussions and reviews:

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Projector Room Podcast Show 193 - The Smokin’ Ballerina - GarethMyles.com Ballerin, Smoke, Night of the Demon, Robert Wise, Blood and Diamonds, Mr Mom, F1: The Movie, The Prisoner, Anemone, Sisu, Beast Of War

Ted and Gareth warmly welcome back Allan after his filming event. On the show Audrey Rose goes up in Smoke, Wolfs take no Prisoners, F1 meets Mr Mum, there are Weapons aplenty in Run Silent Run Deep and yes, OK, some of us drool over AdA in Ballerina.

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Projector Room Episode 193 The Smokin' Ballerina (03/09/2025)

Projector Room Podcast. Hosted by @tedsalmon.bsky.social @garethmyles.bsky.social & Allan Gildea. Checkout this fortnightly lighthearted discussion of films 🎬 old & new on #Spotify (Also available on your favourite podcast platforms) 🎧

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Wednesday, Season 2 (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon Wednesday is back for season 2 on Netflix. She's been spending the long Summer recess writing a novel that she's keeping close to her chest....

Finished part 2 of Season Two of Wednesday this afternoon. The action is ramped up to 11 in these final four episodes as every major character plays a crucial role.

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Weapons (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon Trailed since early Spring this year and much anticipated from the same director and writer of the highly plaudited horror film Barbarian (2...

After his well received 2022 horror film Barbarian, Writer and director, Zach Cregger now brings us and big screen offering in the same genre.

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Tech Addicts 2025 - A Galaxy of Honor - GarethMyles.com Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra, Honor, Lenovo, IFA, Marshall, Bromley, soundcore, AI voice recorder, Google TV, Acer, BOSGAME E2 Mini, PSC

Gareth and Ted discuss the latest tech, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra, new devices from Honor, and major IFA leaks from Lenovo. They also cover a large Marshall speaker, a soundcore AI voice recorder, and a new Acer Google TV box.

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Tech Addicts 2025 - A Plucky Pixel Perspective - GarethMyles.com Pixel 10, Pixel Watch, Google, Android, Ios, Rog Xbox, Asus, valve, fremont, dex, blackview active, honor magic, amazon, fire os, lenovo, tapo

Gareth and Ted are back chatting tech! Is Valve's "Fremont" console the future of gaming? The ROG Ally impresses as a solid portable Xbox experience. Ted showcases an innovative AI-powered tablet with a projector that teaches kids a new language.

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The Life of Chuck (2025) - A Guest review by Chad Dixon Based on a short story by prolific author Stephen King, The Life of Chuck (2025) is told in Three Acts but in reverse. Set some time in the ...

From a short story by Stephen King, this unsettling tale is a bit like The Wonder Years meets The Twilight Zone. Told in reverse, I think it's one of those films you may need to see more than once.

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The King (2019) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This film is a faux historical drama film currently on Netflix. Set in the early 15th Century, England is at a low ebb near the end of the r...

Inspired very much by the Shakespearean version of the young life of Henry V, this faux historical film drama released on #Netflix paints a picture of an initially reluctant heir to the throne of England.
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I've not reviewed this MCU film before. Avengers: Infinity War from 2018 is available for a limited time free to watch as long as you have access to BBC iPlayer.

Only my second ever time watching it so thanks to @tedsalmon.bsky.social here's what I think.
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Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon This is the fourth film that's been released since 2005 containing the iconic Marvel superhero team and the second reboot. This time it's to...

There's been a quartet of Fantastic 4️⃣ films released since 2005, including this one. Now that these iconic Marvel characters have finally brought under the MCU umbrella, hopefully no more reboots.

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The Projector Room Podcast 190 -  A 2001 K-PAX Oddity - GarethMyles.com K-Pax, Dazed and Confused, Speed, Cliffhanger, Superman, a Scanner Darkly, Heads of State, Before Sunrise, Richard Linklater, Echo Valley, 2001

On this show, We're Dazed and Confused - but not on Speed, grab ourselves a Cliffhanger with Superman, off to planet K-Pax to apply a Scanner Darkly to Heads of State and fit loads more in Before Sunrise!

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BlackBerry (2023) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon The film BlackBerry (2023) has recently dropped on Netflix. I didn't see it on its initial cinema release amongst a slew of films showing ho...

Amongst a fistful of films that came out in 2023 promoting or looking at the birth of a well known product, this one tells a story that had an unconventional start.

Also, it's now available on #Netflix Thanks to @tedsalmon.bsky.social here are my thoughts
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Barry Lyndon (1975) - A Guest Review by Chad Dixon I watched this for the very first time today at the independent Garden Cinema, London. Which, amongst other selected West End screens is cur...

For just a limited time, a sumptuous 4K restoration of this Stanley Kubrick directed epic is available to see on selected cinema screens to celebrate it's 50th anniversary. Go find it!

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Oppo Find X8 Pro I think I'm right in saying that I have only before ever had one Oppo phone in ownership and that was the  Find X3 Pro which I reviewed in M...

I just posted my Oppo Find X8 Pro review if anyone is interested. Grab a big coffee though as it is 7000+ words! tedssalmagundi.blogspot.com/2025/07/oppo...