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John Hodson
@mgcroadster.bsky.social
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Journalist since '73, now retired, film geek for longer. Rejoiner, lefty, love films of all eras. Recovering Man Utd. fan of six decades. Uses admiration of John Ford as a Rorschach test. No followers without a profile - sorry!
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · Sep 8
Great to see @gmmayorscharity.bsky.social is here! Please follow and support!
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · Dec 21
"...Just £30 covers the cost of a good night’s sleep, a hot meal and the vital wrap around support that can help people move onto more stable accommodation. It’s a lifeline that changes lives..." #homelessness
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Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity
Homelessness has no place in Greater Manchester. Together, we can end homelessness. We need your help. Donate now.
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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 1h
12 Episodes of Screen Two are on iPlayer atm. Don’t fuck about, no excuses, get it together and watch them.

Some of the best cinema you’ll ever see x
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 58m
Starry Night, painting by Spennymoor-born Norman Cornish (1919-2014). He was a coal miner for 33 years.
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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 2h
Este estudio estara iniciando con talento Mexicano y Latinoamericano para vincular animadores de varios paises y ifrecera estudios a un animador Mexicano por cda ciclo escolar durante una decada entera.
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Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 8h
Guillermo del Toro and Netflix have announced plans to form a new stop motion studio that will be both a studio and a school to push the medium forward and will develop plans to make Del Toro's next stop motion project after Pinocchio. I'm very hyped to see what this leads to!
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 9h
'Night all...
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The Proclaimers - After You're Gone - Like Comedy
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Ian McDougall @ianmcdougall.bsky.social · 10h
Watching The Producers on BBC2. One of the posters in Max Bialystock's office is for the 1965 Broadway production of Entertaining Mr Sloane and you can see the names of Sheila Hancock and Dudley Sutton on it.
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The Curse of Shin MikeZilla Minus One (#15584) @mikeymcfilms.bsky.social · 9h
My ★★★★★ review of John Candy: I Like Me on @letterboxd: boxd.it/bkiSkt

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A ★★★★★ review of John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
I honestly don’t have words. This is a movie that we all knew as a comic legend taken way too soon but this movie paints a more complex picture of the man behind the legend with laughter and tears. De...
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 9h
I didn't quite rate EDID so highly; it needed two Cagneys...my ★★★½ review of Each Dawn I Die on Letterboxd boxd.it/9YNAuB
A ★★★½ review of Each Dawn I Die (1939)
This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.
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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 9h
Oh it’s brilliant. Also the heartbreak scene on the street, where he decks Jeffrey Lynn and then apologises. I had that at number three: boxd.it/aKQaA
Cagney: ranked
by performance, not movie.
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 9h
I have a real penchant for THE ROARING TWENTIES. There's a moment towards the end when he turns the tables on Bogart; when Eddie switches from hopeless drunk, the sly glance over his shoulder, a shift of weight and...bam! The physicality. And the finest death scene he ever played; a dancers death.
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Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com · 11h
Coming soon, from @unmpress.bsky.social!
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Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.social · 11h
***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Coming on November 18th on Blu-ray in the US from #WarnerArchive: #TheBrideCameCOD (1941)!

Warner Bros. superstars Bette Davis and James Cagney headline this delightful comedy classic, a romp that shows both screen legends having a ball. Ten dollars a pound is the going rate
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Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.social · 11h
***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Coming on November 18th on Blu-ray in the US from #WarnerArchive: #SilverRiver (1948)!

Under the inspired direction of the great Raoul Walsh, Errol Flynn delivers up one of his best dark dramatic performances in this tale of a good man gone bad.
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Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.social · 12h
***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Coming on November 18th on Blu-ray in the US from #WarnerArchive: #MarxBros #TheIronMistress (1952)!

After 10 successful years under contract to Paramount Pictures, Hollywood superstar Alan Ladd became a “free agent”, and brought his box-office power to Warner Bros.
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Daniel Tunnard @danieltunnard.bsky.social · 15h
Going to be one of those men who shares Stewart Lee articles on Bluesky www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: The union jack thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs
What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?
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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 13h
David Zucker!

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Podcast | In conversation with David Zucker
Airplane, The Naked Gun, Top Secret, Ruthless People and more, as writer/producer/director David Zucker joins the Film Stories podcast.
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 14h
The Morecambe & Wise Show (10th October 1971). Eric and Ernie welcome their special guest - Sir John Mills.
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 14h
It's been a week, kids. Let the river run...
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Let The River Run - Carly Simon
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Stand N' Watch @standnwatch.bsky.social · 16h
It's Friday. You know what that means.

A NEW episode of Stand N' Watch is available now!!!

Ever wanted to see Peter Faulk drive Alan Arkin crazy? Well, now you can cause this week we're talking about the forgotten classic THE IN-LAWS

Listen Now: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sta...
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Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 14h
Bill Forsyth's unique holiday tale 'Comfort and Joy' was released on this day in 1984. Here's @hoodedjustice.bsky.social on its seasonal appeal: crookedmarquee.com/tidings-of-c...
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
It’s a common enough sight in Christmas films: holiday shoppers admiring animatronic window displays and taking advantage of the sales at department stores while appropriate music plays over the…
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Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 15h
The shout-out to Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 masterpiece “The Battle of Algiers” in “One Battle After Another” isn’t casual — and the film itself remains earth-shattering.
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Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.social · 16h
Film-wise: at 9pm, Live Free Or Die Hard on ITV4 or The Crazies on Sky Sci-Fi. At 10pm, Alien on BBC3. At 11pm, The Producers on BBC2. At 11.25pm, Man On Fire on Film4. At 11.45pm, The Big Combo on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 12.40am, Ghost Stories on BBC1 or Crush on C4 #telly
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 16h
... and: "...I don't blame myself. You see, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they're capable of anything... "
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 17h
In a recent poll, not one person recalled any of the 16 achievements or plans that Labour ministers frequently talk about, writes @peterkellner.bsky.social.
Voters are not listening to Labour
New data shows how little the Starmer government’s messaging resonates
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More Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 21h
Disney does an animated #horror then panics and tries to pull the teeth out of it. Watch our 5 minute film review of The Black Cauldron (1985) for more on this fascinating movie 👇
#filmsky #moviesky #cinema
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The Black Cauldron (1985) - Film Review and Opinion
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Severin Films @severinfilms.bsky.social · 17h
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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