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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 18m

interesting! I think a big part of the Andor situation is Tony Gilroy having decades of industry experience dealing with execs etc, and managing to leverage creative control, which still feels miraculous.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 1h

i'm an easy mark for the kind of movie where a glamorous A-lister gets gaslit on a yacht, but this one is weirdly lacking in character development AND red herrings.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 1h

Keira Knightley and her supporting cast are doing heroic work in The Woman in Cabin 10, elevating a script that's just way too obvious and predictable for a suspense thriller. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

'The Woman In Cabin 10' Is A Shallow But Entertaining Psychological Thriller

'The Woman in Cabin 10' has shades of Agatha Christie and 'Knives Out.' But does it live up to its premise?

www.inverse.com

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 1h

ooh that sounds like a great thesis topic, I hadn't considered that connection!!

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

it looks like quite a few people have been trying to edit the page and then getting re-edited back haha

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

i do think nepo baby is a useful shorthand when it's like, the kid of a movie star getting to be an actor due to their connections. people generally still aren't great with understanding/talking about privilege like this tho.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

LITERALLY

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

i've already bought a ticket for this movie, which looks good! who doesn't want to see a gay bdsm comedy with alexander skarsgard? but the british film industry is deeply embarrassing.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

i should state for the record that there's no conclusive proof he is doing this with his own two hands. but someone sure is!! for some reason.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

wikipedia editors are at WAR trying to reveal and/or cover up the fact that this indie director is Certified Posh lol

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

out here playing whackamole with wikipedia edits so people don't find out he's the son of a baronet before his film comes out... cmon man

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

much like the nepo baby issue, you just have to own it if you're an artist who comes from a wildly posh background. people don't actually care that much if you're putting out good work.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 2h

it's so funny that the guy who made Pillion is absolutely DETERMINED to keep his aristocratic lineage off of wikipedia

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 7h

I went to see this film because Gavia explained the despite the posters (and this preview image) it would definitely be more interesting than "here is a famous man holding a gun".
She was right.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 7h

Out now on Overinvested: Our review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/one...

Ep. 326: One Battle After Another — OVERINVESTED

Steffan and Gavia review One Battle After Another, widely hailed as the best film of 2025. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, this comedic thriller displays startlingly bold politics for a Hollywood st...

www.overinvestedpodcast.com

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 7h

I've seen OBAA described variously as the film of the year, the film of the *decade*, and the only Hollywood movie that measures up to the political moment. But can anything live up to that level of hype?

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 7h

Out now on Overinvested: Our review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/one...

Ep. 326: One Battle After Another — OVERINVESTED

Steffan and Gavia review One Battle After Another, widely hailed as the best film of 2025. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, this comedic thriller displays startlingly bold politics for a Hollywood st...

www.overinvestedpodcast.com

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 8h

I mean fittingly he's giving children's tv villain

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 19h

adorable!!!!

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 20h

Nur Suryani Taibi competing in air rifle shooting while 8 months along!! but archer cornelian pfohl competed while pregnant TWICE.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 20h

found myself wandering lost in the wilderness of an olympedia (?) list of every Olympic athlete who has ever competed while pregnant

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 21h

i need a warrior hero to descend from the firmament and edit the last five mins of my podcast for me

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 1d

Completely agree with this, the thread and the replies. This is a cruel form of punishment, it appears, for people who are crying out for help. The times I've been in front of a GP for mental health issues, I was signed off work because it was *that bad*, and I needed time and space to heal.

Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

Can only speak for myself, but think I'm not unusual, by the time you see a GP about mental health issues, you are at crisis point - finding it hard to get out of bed, eat, speak to anyone, deal with finances etc - but sure, tell me about the jobs I can apply for at that moment.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 1d

As discord suffers a massive data breach of people's personal data and ID documents congrats to the UK Government for bringing in the undercooked law that made it absolutely inevitable this would happen, repeatedly

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 2d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 2d

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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