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Mike McCahill

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Film and TV journalist for the Guardian, Telegraph and Little White Lies. A child of Richard Marx and Rola Cola.

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 1d

On I SWEAR [below], URCHIN, THE SMASHING MACHINE, HIM and CORPSE BRIDE at 20, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk

John Davidson (Robert Aramayo) throws a friendly arm around smiling nurse Maxine Peake in a scene from Kirk Jones's film I SWEAR.

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Aurélien Noyer @aureliennoyer.bsky.social · 9h

Il y a beaucoup de choses à dire sur One Battle After Another...

... mais je vais surtout en profiter pour remettre une couche sur A Thousand And One, superbe film dans lequel le charisme de Teyana Taylor explosait déjà à l'écran.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 11h

Diane Keaton back when she was in HAIR on Broadway in 1970. (W/ Barry McGuire & Steve Curry).

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 14h

I wondered if he shot the feature about the rat restaurant, or the bit where they sent the Army of Lovers to see a new ABBA musical (not that one) #NoneMore1993

Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 14h

Zut alors! The assistant director on 1993's very first episode of EUROTRASH - repeated on Talking Pictures in the early hours of this morning - was none other than Erick Zonca, later of arthouse faves THE DREAM LIFE OF ANGELS and JULIA.

The IMDb credits page for the first ever edition of EUROTRASH, listing Erick Zonca as assistant director.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 16h

I say it all the time but how is there no regular weekly TV programme about cinema or art or music (apart from Later, sometimes) or media, or books - and yet there seem to be about 45 programmes a week on the Royal Family or true crime.

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 1d

On I SWEAR [below], URCHIN, THE SMASHING MACHINE, HIM and CORPSE BRIDE at 20, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 1d

We should call him the Tangfascist.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The whole internet loves Cola Bottle Nate, a lovely guy who almost kills himself eating Haribro cola bottles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Mr. Rimmington is racist

Nathan Rimmington, 33, is a haulier and owner of an HGV driving school in Barnsley. Huge, tattooed, always sweating and always pining for a pint, he is portrayed in the series as an incorrigible joker: "If the government don't crack down on immigration, my kids will have to go to school on fucking camels."

Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 1d

On I SWEAR [below], URCHIN, THE SMASHING MACHINE, HIM and CORPSE BRIDE at 20, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 3d

On this week's UK chart: new entries from Tate McRae, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat and Charli XCX. A certain showgirl looms. theeartrumpet.substack.com/p/week-40-oc...

Week 40: October 3-9, 2025

All the beauty and the bloodshed. Plus: Heeeeeere's Grace!

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Scandifriend @scandifriend.bsky.social · 3d

All this fucking racist poison about Birmingham. And all the wonderful things you can do in Birmingham. Go to the Barber. Go to the cathedral. Go and eat some of the most amazing Baltis you'll ever have. Go and eat some of the most amazing Caribbean food. Do these twats even *like* this country?

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 4d

Has to be Nigel Blackwell, no?

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 4d

My ex- neighbour had a sticker that said “Sadiq Khan is not my mayor “. And he was right because we lived in Kent.

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Beth Loves Bollywood (Beth Watkins) @bethlovesbollywood.bsky.social · 4d

Know someone who's Bollywood-curious? Filmi Ladies is starting a 5-part series for beginners, with 2 recommendations per episode. First up: Jab We Met and Paheli.
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Filmi Ladies episode 164: Bollywood for Beginners episode 1- Paheli and Jab We Met

YouTube video by FilmiLadies

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 6d

On Justin Tipping's HIM, now showing: tinyurl.com/ycyp5z2f

Foul play: "Him"

Everything the shuffling The Smashing Machine gets right about pro sports is thrown into even sharper relief by what the insistently pumped...

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 6d

On THE SMASHING MACHINE (now showing), which - contra first impressions - may just be the most perverse Safdie endeavour yet: tinyurl.com/5n835up5

Better man: "The Smashing Machine"

One issue the movies should have cleared up for us by the time 2026 comes around: whether or not the Safdies would, like the altogether more...

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The Girl Who Was Death @bohaynowell.bsky.social · 7d

An excellent night on BBC Four tonight, with several examples of early BBC programming for the South Asian community: www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p0...

BBC Four - Schedules

This is the daily broadcast schedule for BBC Four

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 7d

The funniest moment in the generally quite sad new Ozzy Osbourne doc ("No Escape from Now", Paramount+, from Tuesday) is when a desperately frail OO, months away from taking his final bow, tells daughter Kelly "it could be worse... I could have been Sting".

Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 7d

Never a better time for the “Second prize…” punchline.

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 8d

On HOMEBOUND and THEY CALL HIM O.G., the reissued THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER [below], plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk

Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 8d

On HOMEBOUND and THEY CALL HIM O.G., the reissued THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER [below], plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk

Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 9d

I had to look it up: www.discogs.com/artist/4057-...

2 Unlimited

Explore the discography of 2 Unlimited. Shop for vinyl, CDs, and more from 2 Unlimited on Discogs.

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 9d

This week's real curio: 2 Unlimited, featuring neither of the original members (and, perhaps related, sounding nothing like the 'Unlimited of yore), storm the Top 39 at #38 #TOTP youtu.be/GC_fDaxBNBo?...

2 Unlimited - Wanna Get Up

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 9d

Will Smith launches his "Greatest Hits" by sampling Bill Withers for what's effectively "Summertime Pt. 2". (Did *any* of us hear this at the time?) #TOTP youtu.be/3lD85NhMF5I?...

Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Lovely Daze

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 9d

Three unseen breakers from tonight's #TOTP double-bill. First, Jean-Michel Jarre and Apollo 440's World Cup '98 collab (didn't really cut through the beery fug of Fat Les and Three Lions redux, but it's sort of fun): youtu.be/Bxc_rzRnpY4?...

Jean Michel Jarre & Apollo 440 - Rendez-Vous 98.HD

YouTube video by jarrologie

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Mike McCahill @mikemccahill.bsky.social · 9d

On last week's UK chart: new entries from Lola Young, Lewis Capaldi and Raye. theeartrumpet.substack.com/p/week-39-se...

Week 39: September 26-October 2, 2025

Cheer *up* everybody! Plus: Morrissey

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