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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 1d

Survived the 24 Hour Movie Marathon at The Hollywood in Auckland. Attending was one of the goals for this year.

The past 11 months for me have consisted of my leukaemia diagnosis, chemotherapy treatments, bone marrow transplant, isolation, and then remission. So attending Marathon was my reward.

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 2d

This would be me, on this very day in fact.

The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

24-Hour Horror Movie Marathon Attended With Other Failures https://theonion.com/24-hour-horror-movie-marathon-attended-with-other-failures/

Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!
For me Remission = Admission!

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow I get to attend the 24 Hour Movie Marathon at The Hollywood in Avondale. I've gone to all but one of the Auckland Movie Marathons in the past. This year's one has particular resonance for me, as there was no guarantee earlier this year that I'd be able to go.
www.hollywoodavondale.nz

The Hollywood in Avondale

New Zealand's longest running cinema palace. Hosting 35mm & digital film screenings, concerts and events in Avondale, Auckland.

www.hollywoodavondale.nz

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 4d

I remember being mildly disappointed when a certain Warren Zevon song wasn't in this film.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 5d

🎶Man walks down the street
He says, ‘Why am I soft in the middle now?
Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard
I need a photo opportunity
I want a shot at redemption
Don’t want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard🎶

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 7d

My wife has discovered origami cats and now they all want to be fed.

Eight origami cats staring up at the camera on a wooden kitchen table.

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 5d

Seated for tonight's double feature at The Capitol in Auckland for BUGONIA and SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE to open the 2025 Terror-Fi Film Festival.

Cinema screen at The Capitol, Auckland, showing Terror-Fi Presents on screen.

Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 5d

Fairly sure I had a nightmare like this once.

All fail Caesar: students at eight schools taught wrong topic for final year 12 history exam www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

All fail Caesar: students at eight schools taught wrong topic for final year 12 history exam

Queensland checking all 172 schools sitting exam with pupils expected to claim special consideration after studying the wrong Roman emperor

www.theguardian.com

Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 5d

I've literally seen a dictionary entry for "Welsh uncle", meaning a male cousin of your father or mother (regardless of whether they are Welsh).

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 5d

In previous years the Terror-Fi Film Festival has brought New Zealand such gems as HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, NEW YORK NINJA, PSYCHO GOREMAN, SPUTNIK, TURBO KID, UFO SWEDEN, and WHEN EVIL LURKS. It was so great to discover these, especially on the big screen. terrorfifest.com

Terror-Fi Film Festival | New Zealand's Genre Fest

terrorfifest.com

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 5d

The 2025 Terror-Fi Film Festival opens tonight. This is New Zealand's only genre film festival, held in Auckland (at The Capitol), Wellington (at The Roxy) and Christchurch (at Alice Cinemas). Tonight they have BUGONIA and SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE. Read more at the festival site: terrorfifest.com

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 6d

If you *do* get the chance to see Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein on the big screen I'd highly recommend it. There are showings the next while in Auckland at Rialto in Newmarket and at the Academy in town.

Frankenstein sign outside one of the Rialto Cinema theatres in Newmarket, Auckland, in Aotearoa/ New Zealand for the Guillermo del Toro film.

Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 6d

Speaking of which, I bought this today.

Photograph of Dylan Reeve's book Fake Believe.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 7d

recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"

Why Wikipedia editors have deleted entries from the “List of unusual deaths”:

“hippos are extremely dangerous and very aggressive and there is nothing unusual about hippos killing people”
“the man was working on the toilet, making his death inherently less strange than if he had been using it”
“no longer an unusual or unique occurrence” regarding impalement by beach umbrella
“being hit by multiple motorcycles in a race is not an unusual death”
“fatalities involving objects or animals being launched into oncoming traffic are considered commonplace” regarding a Canadian couple’s fatal collision with a “flying bear”

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David Bowman @dlbowman76.com · Oct 27

As November approaches, never forget that the BBC pinned a poppy on Cookie Monster.

"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."

A middle-aged white man in a dark suit seated next to Cookie Monster. They are both wearing poppies for remembrance of WWI. I believe that Cookie was a key advisor to Field Marshal Haig.

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 8d

The Descent (2005).

Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 9d

I mentally pronounce the US schedule the other way every time I hear it.

Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 10d

Lieutenant is one that is pronounced differently in English speaking countries. In the US it is loo-tenant, but for some reason in the UK and a lot of its former colonies it is lef-tenant.

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 10d

The French seem to pronounce colonel as col-on-el, so just say you're using the French pronunciation.

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 10d

Whenever I decide I do *not* need any more prowrestling tshirts, there you go designing yet another one I want!

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AEW bot @aewbot.bsky.social · 13d

The 90s sitcom vibes are real in the NEW Conglomeration entrance video. Watch it in its entirety right now on the AEW YouTube page!

https://youtu.be/geeWyHqiI-8

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Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 10d

Cadbury Continental Chocolates seem to have disappeared. The mostly red boxes. From the supermarkets that is.

Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 10d

Guillermo del Toro even. Bah!

Bevan Shortridge @bevanshortridge.bsky.social · 10d

Guillerom del Toro's Frankenstein is playing cinemas in Auckland, New Zealand, for those wanting to see it on the big screen. Venues, days, times. www.flicks.co.nz/movie/guille...

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein | Movie session times & tickets in New Zealand cinemas | Flicks

Find where to watch Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein in New Zealand cinemas + release dates, reviews and trailers. Guillermo del Toro takes on Mary Shelley's classic literary horror, starring Oscar I...

www.flicks.co.nz

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