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Tim Pelan

@johnneyred.bsky.social

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Previously on Twitter also as @johnneyred (I can't believe someone still beat me to the correct spelling!). Have written a few film essays. Hendrix fan, husband and father, live in N.I My red scarf matches my eyes. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tim-pela

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hello film migration people! I have followed 60-odd of my favourite accounts from Twitter. Some have already followed me back. If you have liked my nonsense on the other place, please follow me back and maybe put the word about I'm a good chap. James Bond, movies, books, sci-fi, Star Wars, etc.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1h

I had the lurgy last week, fatigue, headache, sore chest, easily out of breath. Didn't think to test.

Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 10h

Laughing my leg off at The Producers on BBC2

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 12h

A British house there, helpfully warning parents not to let their kids anywhere near it.

CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · 2d

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 12h

That was, to use an Alan-ism, *superlative* #HowAreYou

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film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.social · 16h

Broadsheet journalists aren't likely to dig it, but franchise fans are likely to have a blast with Tron: Ares, the most coherent Tron movie yet, although that's not saying a lot.
Expect snazzy state-of-the-art visuals, deafening music and legacy call-backs. 4/5.
film-authority.com/2025/10/10/t...

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 16h

Dead Reckoning is such a let down. The series should have finished with Fallout.

Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 17h

I find CeX has less bargains these days, but the other day I managed to get The Hunt For Red October and the last Indiana Jones for six quid each. That's a saving of four quid if I had've got them in HMV.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 19h

So you buy Donald a big plane, and you get to set up a foreign military base in his country, all fine I'm sure.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Severin Films @severinfilms.bsky.social · 19h

The excitement starts with a November 14th theatrical re-release in UK cinemas,

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Severin Films @severinfilms.bsky.social · 19h

followed by the December 8th release of a Limited-Edition Box Set which includes UHD, Blu-ray, 9+ hours of new & archival Special Features, an exclusive 316-page book by Tony Earnshaw, the original soundtrack CD by Roy Budd and 6 UK lobby card reproductions.

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Severin Films @severinfilms.bsky.social · 19h

BIG NEWS FOR SEVERIN UK FANS: The best damn mercenaries in the business are back like never before with Severin’s 4K UHD restoration of Andrew V. McLaglen’s 1978 action classic THE WILD GEESE, starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore & Richard Harris.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 19h

So this guy is completely losing his mind in a very public way.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19h

"Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected gov oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 19h

#NowWatching Total Recall which I wrote about here: cinephiliabeyond.org/total-recall/

We Can Mis-Remember it 80s-Style: ‘Total Recall’ Was the Last Gasp 80s Ultraviolent Action Extravaganza for a New Decade • Cinephilia & Beyond

Total Recall poster by Kyle Lambert By Tim Pelan I made the movie in a way that it would be true on both levels, and I spent a lot of time to get that. If you want a scientific explanation, you know, ...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

I feel Jonathan Ross is in danger of giving himself away at that funeral.

Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

She was so suss at the breakfast. I would suspect her if I was there.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

I like this album, so...

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 1d

Bond fans be normal about anything challenge

Daniel Craig in a suit w longer hair and the headline

Daniel Craig's Darker, Fuller Hair Sparks 15 Million
Searches - Fans Call It His
"Revenge Look" Post-Bond:
"The Bond era is over"

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Rob Gilroy @robgilroy.bsky.social · 2d

Some things never change...

A full page image of Michael looking like a right cunt. With the quote: 'I think people are scared to hear the truth. Well, I'm sorry but knock, knock: it's the truth calling... or knocking.'

Ugh.

Another extract of text in which Michael vows to start putting himself and his needs first. Because of course he does.

Complete with an image of him in a chunky knit sweater pulled up over his hands and mouth. If they're going for adorable, it just comes off as rigor mortis chic.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 2d

Thursday?

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 2d

Yay! 👍

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 15d

Reviewed ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social. A masterpiece.

Review: One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest is the movie of the moment, a thrilling stew of social commentary, pointed cynicism, and unapologetic thrills.

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David Hughes aka DavidHughesTwit @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social · 11d

SCREEN DEEP author @ellenejones.bsky.social on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors de...

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 10d

for those who've seen One Battle After Another 👇

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 11d

k, this is cool

From the paulthomasanderson community on Reddit

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Richard Newby @richardlnewby.bsky.social · 10d

My thoughts on One Battle After Another, how Paul Thomas Anderson grapples with the revolutionary impotence of his generation, the social and racial dynamics of change-makers, and bucking the trend of avoiding confrontation with the source of America’s inequalities.

Settle in.

With ‘One Battle After Another,’ Paul Thomas Anderson Captures the Shortcomings of His Generation

Though Leonardo DiCaprio's Bob, Anderson explores limits and frustrations of a revolutionary in an America where the disenfranchisement of Black and Latino populations has grown beyond his generation'...

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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