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Is there a movie you like that no one else gets? Or hasn't even heard of? All are welcome in Cinema Limbo, a podcast hosted by Jeremy Phillips (he/him). https://www.podnose.com/cinema-limbo/

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · Jul 26

Jeremy is joined by new guest Jason Kruppa of @ptbeatles.bsky.social to pick over one of film's most intriguing misfires. The talents of Whoopi Goldberg, Rip Torn, Harry Nilsson and Terry Southern all struggle in an All-New Cinema Limbo to be heard over THE TELEPHONE! www.podnose.com/cinema-limbo...

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Jeremy is joined by author and podcaster Jason Kruppa to solve the riddle that is the 1988 comedy-drama The Telephone, which stars Whoopi Goldberg and is directed by Rip Torn from a script by Harry Ni...

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 13h

And the results:
1 (N) TRON Ares $33.5m
2 (N) Roofman $8m
3 (1) One Battle After Another $6.7m
4 (3) Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie $3.4m
5 (N) Soul on Fire $3m
Kiss of the Spider Woman 12th/$1m.

Next week, Black Phone 2, Pets on a Train, After the Hunt, Good Fortune and Truth and Treason.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 13h

First Takes - TRON Ares (2025)

Jeremy watches the sci-fi action adventure sequel directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Gillian Anderson and Jeff Bridges.

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First Takes - TRON Ares (2025)

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 19h

"I am your father!"

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 1d

Book Jack fights his alcoholism, Movie Jack gives in to it. No wonder King doesn't like it.

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 1d

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Adam & Edith discuss Ned Rocknroll and Kate Winslet ( BBC 6 Music )

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 1d

Adjusted for inflation, Legacy made $256m in the US and $594m worldwide.

It wasn't even Disney's biggest film of the holiday season.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 1d

For further comparison, TRON Legacy opened opposite Yogi Bear and the second week of a Narnia movie and it made $17.5m 15 years ago ($26m in 2025 money).

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 1d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 2d

Gillian Anderson is given nothing to do, Greta Lee - the closest thing to an engaging protagonist - is hampered by the zero depth in the script, the fanservice is embarrassing and the music is horrible.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 2d

TRON Ares is shockingly terrible.

Even speaking as someone who loves Legacy, it's truly awful. A moronic script, flat characters, feeble direction and at its core Jared Leto, the world's worst actor, as a character I didn't realise until halfway through was supposed to be the lead.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 2d

Averages of the weekend's box office forecast
1 (N) TRON Ares $40.4m
2 (N) Roofman $7.1m
3 (1) One Battle After Another $6.5m
4 (3) Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie $3.8m
5 (N) Soul on Fire $3.6m
Kiss of the Spider Woman 6th/$3.4m

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 3d

A tweet by Jenny Nicholson: "How come major film studios keep being like, 'Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs and is not a good actor.'"

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 3d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 4d

When I did this, I just closed the curtains. You couldn't tell.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 5d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 5d

I would have put Jerry Lewis in Elf. Or WC Fields in Scrooged.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 6d

If you mean positioning within your lane, line up so the yellow line/kerb on your left is going into the middle of the dashboard and the white line/lane marker on the right is going into the corner of the windscreen.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 6d

As a 44-year-old who just passed his test after more than 100 hours of lessons and four tests, I feel your pain.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 7d

Avatar: The Way of Water 6th/$3.2m, Good Boy 8th/$2.3m, Bone Lake 12th/$830,000, a reissue of Casper 13th/$750,000.

Next week, Soul on Fire, Roofman and TRON Ares.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 7d

And the results:
1 (1) One Battle After Another $11.1m
2 (N) The Smashing Machine $6m
3 (2) Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie $5.2m
4 (4) The Conjuring: Last Rites $4.1m
5 (3) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle $3.5m

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 7d

Averages of the weekend's box office forecast
1 (N) The Smashing Machine $12.7m
2 (1) One Battle After Another $12.6m
3 (2) Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie $6.8m
4= (R) Avatar: The Way of Water $3.9m
4= (4) The Conjuring: Last Rites $3.9m
Good Boy 7th/$3.2m.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 7d

First Takes - Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

Jeremy watches the comedy thriller directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley and Jean Rochefort.

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First Takes - Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

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Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 7d

I have never seen Coronation Street.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 7d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 8d

I agree, please send me money.

Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 9d

If you can afford it, support good film criticism today.

The alternative are these idiots spewing word salad reviews that are little more than a semi coherent recap that manages to insult the craft of filmmaking while misunderstanding every creative choice that was made.

Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 9d

Have just seen a popular Youtuber reviewing a stone cold horror classic complaining about the camera work (describing it as "bad"...) because it made them feel anxious during a scene of tension which "was probably done on purpose".

I fucking despair.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 8d

All of this thread, but especially the Drake/NotLD mashup.

Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 11d

The Slasher Olympics heralds the start of this year's Hallowmeme Countdown.
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The 6 panel Bronze Medal meme. The top left panel shows an athlete bowing his head to receive his medal, but the athlete is now Freddy Krueger. The top right panel shows him biting down on the medal. The middle left panel shows him kissing the woman who placed the medal around his neck. The middle right panel shows him shouting with joy as he sticks up two middle fingers. The bottom left panel has him opening a lively bottle of Champagne. The bottom right panel shows him spraying his face with Champagne as he chugs from the bottle. He's standing on the 3rd place podium, which features the number 45+ (his rough killcount). Michael Myers is standing on the 2nd place podium with a killcount of 150+. On the 1st place podium is Jason Voorhees, with an approximate killcount of 160+. Before anyone dives in to tell me that, actually, I'm wrong because so-and-so has killed more people than such-and-such, I don't care. I looked at numerous sites that claim to have answered this exact question, and Michael and Jason often swap places, so I just went with the character I like more.

Cinema Limbo @cinemalimbo.bsky.social · 9d

Favourite films of the year so far this decade: Swallow, Another Round, Blonde, Godzilla Minus One and The Substance.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10d

One Battle After Another has been getting a lot of “best movie of the decade” talk, and I’m inclined to agree but I’m curious — what’s the competition?