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Martin Degrell
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Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper. I write about stuff, mostly film. Posts in English with some Swedish thrown in as a treat. www.martindegrell.com
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William Castle-bonanzan fortsätter i Salong 3! Nytt avsnitt om THE TINGLER (1959), i vilken Vincent Price spelar en galen (?) vetenskapsman besatt av teorin att det bor en parasit i alla människor som livnär sig på vår skräck och rädsla. Gäst: @isakhammar.bsky.social Finns där poddar finns samt -->
Salong 3: The Tingler (1959)
William Castle-säsongen av Salong 3 fortsätter med en av Castles mest kända filmer, det andra samarbetet med Vincent Price, The Tingler (1959). I denna gastkramande och märkliga thriller spelar Pri…
skarmtid.nu
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Det här blir kul. Brittiska musikvetarpionjären Georgina Born och danska konstnären och ledaren för Sisters Hope, Gry Worre Hallberg, blir hedersdoktorer vid Humanistiska fakulteten i Lund.
Banbrytande brittisk musikvetare och gränsöverskridande dansk konstnär blir hedersdoktorer vid Lunds universitet
Georgina Born, professor i antropologi och musik vid University College London, och Gry Worre Hallberg, konstnärlig ledare för performancegruppen Sisters Hope, utses till hedersdoktorer vid Humanistis...
www.ht.lu.se
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Netflix brain is not new
The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard:
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Folket har talat!
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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my dad about to tell a funny story that isn’t nearly as funny as he thinks it is
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
William Castle-bonanzan fortsätter i Salong 3! Nytt avsnitt om THE TINGLER (1959), i vilken Vincent Price spelar en galen (?) vetenskapsman besatt av teorin att det bor en parasit i alla människor som livnär sig på vår skräck och rädsla. Gäst: @isakhammar.bsky.social Finns där poddar finns samt -->
Salong 3: The Tingler (1959)
William Castle-säsongen av Salong 3 fortsätter med en av Castles mest kända filmer, det andra samarbetet med Vincent Price, The Tingler (1959). I denna gastkramande och märkliga thriller spelar Pri…
skarmtid.nu
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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RIP Udo Kier, a true original
📽️

his one and only social media post:
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
just painful to watch lfc right now
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy" the fuck outta here
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
hoppade på detta, digital + papperstidning eftersom det ändå är bäst. bra deal
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November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Looks like the lady in line ahead of me at Albertsons is having a day:
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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This rules, this is the way to name a kid. Stop all the bullshit with baby name gurus and just pick the two movies you went to last, pick two characters in those movies. Boom you’ve got a kid named Zora Galactus, you were never gonna pick a name that good Hollywood did it for you.
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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East asian slow cinema.
European movies from 70/80s with a strong feeling of eurosclerosis.
French hyperrealism.
Movies shot in the streets of pre-gentrified NYC.
Stop motion animation.
Top 5 movie genres:

--Marie runs a lamp shop in Paris and secretly spies on a married man and it's 1985
--"The producers like to thank the FBI for their cooperation"
--Noirs with overconfident dumb guys and deadly dames
--I am a rogue scientist with a lab in my basement
--Frederick Wiseman
Top 5 movie genres:

—Bleak road trip with no score or non-diegetic music.

—Dead character actors yell at one other in obsolete New York/New Jersey accents.

—Famous historical figures: they’re just like us!

—Only ___ minutes remain to stop the terrible thing.

—“We almost got away with it.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Top 5 movie genres:

--Marie runs a lamp shop in Paris and secretly spies on a married man and it's 1985
--"The producers like to thank the FBI for their cooperation"
--Noirs with overconfident dumb guys and deadly dames
--I am a rogue scientist with a lab in my basement
--Frederick Wiseman
Top 5 movie genres:

—Bleak road trip with no score or non-diegetic music.

—Dead character actors yell at one other in obsolete New York/New Jersey accents.

—Famous historical figures: they’re just like us!

—Only ___ minutes remain to stop the terrible thing.

—“We almost got away with it.”
Top 5 movie genres:

- It’s a musical but everyone’s sad.
- “Damn this infernal heat!”
- It’s a Christmas movie but everyone’s sad.
- Wise-cracking gangster but he’s doomed
- It’s a western but everyone’s sad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Top 5 movie genres:

--Marie runs a lamp shop in Paris and secretly spies on a married man and it's 1985
--"The producers like to thank the FBI for their cooperation"
--Noirs with overconfident dumb guys and deadly dames
--I am a rogue scientist with a lab in my basement
--Frederick Wiseman
Top 5 movie genres:

—Bleak road trip with no score or non-diegetic music.

—Dead character actors yell at one other in obsolete New York/New Jersey accents.

—Famous historical figures: they’re just like us!

—Only ___ minutes remain to stop the terrible thing.

—“We almost got away with it.”
Top 5 movie genres:

- It’s a musical but everyone’s sad.
- “Damn this infernal heat!”
- It’s a Christmas movie but everyone’s sad.
- Wise-cracking gangster but he’s doomed
- It’s a western but everyone’s sad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
@jamellebouie.net @lioneltrolling.bsky.social Unclear & Present Danger comment re political satires: you should watch Bob Roberts (1992) -- pretty sure it holds up better than Wag the Dog at least
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Nu är första avsnittet av Salong 3:s William Castle-säsong ute! Gäster är mina kära Skärmtidkumpaner Ida Kjellin och Per Perstrand! Vi avhandlar klassikern House on Haunted Hill (1959)! Finns där poddar finns. Obs, viktig fakta: filmen finns just nu på SVT Play! Mer info -->
Salong 3: House on Haunted Hill (1959)
William Castle-säsongen av Salong 3 inleds med en riktig klassiker — House on Haunted Hill (1959) — i vilken Vincent Price spelar en excentrisk miljonär som med löfte om pengar lockar e…
skarmtid.nu
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Min filmpodd Salong 3 är tillbaka! Den nya säsongen handlar om producenten, regissören och mysrysentreprenören William Castle. Salong 3 finns där poddar finns -- Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, rss... En introduktion till William Castle finns här:
Salong 3 tar sig an The Master of Gimmicks — William Castle
Min filmpodd Salong 3 är äntligen tillbaka! Som ni har längtat.   Den nya säsongen handlar om regissören, producenten och mysrysentreprenören William Castle, ofta kallad ”The Master of G…
skarmtid.nu
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Stand?? AND deliver??!
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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FREE BONUS EPISODE JUST DROPPED 🚨 We’re covering the original 1987 The Running Man (again). Watch at youtu.be/KmASECJvmOY
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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