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Aidan F
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Film Industry Worker. Coffee Addict ☕. Dirty Left Wing Commie. Aspie.

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New reviews (As of 18/01/26)

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026): boxd.it/cDdhaP
Three Days of the Condor (1975): boxd.it/cBNrS7
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025): boxd.it/cDIdel
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul (1988): boxd.it/cEqD3r
A Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970): boxd.it/cGOO4h

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A ★★★★★ review of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
My NDA has expired. I can finally talk about this barking behemoth. My main worry transitioning from 28 Years Later to 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was how Nia DaCosta would build and offer a uniqu...
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New reviews (As of 18/01/26)

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026): boxd.it/cDdhaP
Three Days of the Condor (1975): boxd.it/cBNrS7
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025): boxd.it/cDIdel
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul (1988): boxd.it/cEqD3r
A Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970): boxd.it/cGOO4h

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A ★★★★★ review of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
My NDA has expired. I can finally talk about this barking behemoth. My main worry transitioning from 28 Years Later to 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was how Nia DaCosta would build and offer a uniqu...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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New reviews! (As of 12/01/26)

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926): boxd.it/crRGHh
War of the Worlds (2025): boxd.it/ctclb1
Good Times (1967): boxd.it/cvwSXP
Fantômas (1913): boxd.it/cwLBa1
The Naked 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991): boxd.it/18Yu
A ★★★½ review of The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
52 Years in 52 Weeks Challenge: 2026 Edition (1/52) Before Gints Zilbalodis, before Hayao Miyazaki, and before Walt Disney, we had Lotte Reiniger. The Adventures of Prince Achmed sells you on pure bea...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Out now part one of our almighty review of #2025inmovies.

Its an epic doozy. Out now on all good podcast providers, part one of our almighty review of #2025inmovies. We start on Pop Screen for part one.

Listen and Subscribe here: open.spotify.com/episode/5DXq...

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January 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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New reviews! (As of 05/01/2026)

The Boy and the Heron (2023): boxd.it/ci4N19
The Innocents (1961): boxd.it/cjhGXF
The Gardener (2012): boxd.it/ckwLfx
The Killer (1989): boxd.it/clAqzj
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022): boxd.it/coldb1
Marty Supreme (2025): boxd.it/cpSKaF

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A ★★★★½ review of The Boy and the Heron (2023)
There is much to take in with The Boy and the Heron, but I also think it's the Hayao Miyazaki film that is full-fat rarefied - no excuses. The fantasy shown in this not only taps into the usual Miyaza...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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It was Ghibli themed year, ok!
January 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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New reviews! (as of 28/12/25)

The Dead Zone (1983): boxd.it/c3Sm17
Stand by Me (1986): boxd.it/c4U8uR
The Wind Rises (2013): boxd.it/c7Bh8T
House (1985): boxd.it/c8viHx

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A ★★★½ review of The Dead Zone (1983)
The Podcast Macabre Challenge: 2025 Edition - Produced by Debra Hill (51/54) "THE ICE IS GONNA BREAK!". I wish I liked The Dead Zone a little more, and although David Cronenberg makes a compact and st...
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December 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Rob Reiner. Shocked. Utterly shocked. RIP you legend.
December 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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New reviews! (as of 14/12/25)

Punishment Park (1971): boxd.it/bTrofB
The Phoenician Scheme (2025): boxd.it/bWtfbr
The Ice Tower (2025): boxd.it/bXk6AD
The Day of the Beast (1995): boxd.it/bY3NNF
It Was Just an Accident (2025): boxd.it/c05GQT

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A ★★★★ review of Punishment Park (1971)
Random Blu-Ray Roulette: No. 119 The much-missed Peter Watkins: an innovator in every sense of the word, although an innovator whom I have slightly struggled to get on board with. I caught both The Wa...
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December 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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New reviews (as of 30/11/25);

Ponyo (2008): boxd.it/bOMNdn
The Toxic Avenger (2023): boxd.it/bPxV3z
The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025): boxd.it/bRiXwr
Sinners (2025): boxd.it/bRVXM3
Deathgasm (2015): boxd.it/bSHGYR

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A ★★★ review of Ponyo (2008)
I had forgotten I was doing a Miyazaki retrospective this year, and this is the film where I almost stopped. Not to stall any further, but Ponyo was the Hayao Miyazaki film I was looking forward to wa...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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New reviews (as of 23/11/25);

Rumble Fish (1983): boxd.it/bKCMah
Prom Night (1980): boxd.it/bLeeWd
Cloud (2024): boxd.it/bLMQ3X
The Hole in the Ground (2019): boxd.it/bMZehx
The Golden Spurtle (2025): boxd.it/bNFFqb

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A ★★★½ review of Rumble Fish (1983)
Random Blu-Ray Roulette: No. 118 Not my favourite Francis Ford Coppola film (it's still a damn sight better than the last one I saw!), yet Rumble Fish's unique monochrome gangland style probably makes...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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New Reviews!

The Gorgon (1964): boxd.it/bBo48H
Frankenstein (2025): boxd.it/bFIg9j
Late Shift (2025): boxd.it/bH1JZl
Amer (2009): boxd.it/bHy3uL
The Smashing Machine (2025): boxd.it/bJpwRf

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A ★★★ review of The Gorgon (1964)
The Podcast Macabre Challenge: 2025 Edition - Hammer Horror (45/54) I never knew I needed Patrick Troughton to come out of the world of Blackadder IV until now...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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New reviews! (takes a deep breath);

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011): boxd.it/b7v60p
Dementia (1955): boxd.it/b7I1c7
Eyes Without a Face (1960): boxd.it/b7I1c7
Ikarie XB 1 (1963): boxd.it/bfcflb
Misery (1990): boxd.it/bgvuap
Weapons (2025): boxd.it/bhPYdx

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A ★★½ review of Dementia (1955)
The Podcast Macabre Challenge: 2025 Edition - Released in 1955 (39/54) Dementia (a.k.a. Daughter of Horror) is a film that I can't get behind. Since nearly all of it revolves around a weird nightmare ...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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#newpodcast Pop Screen hits the big 150 this week as Graham is joined by @locationsaidan.bsky.social to discuss #OzzyOsbourne and the 1980s camp horror classic, Trick or Treat.

Listen on #Spotify, or wherever podcasts find you: open.spotify.com/episode/7DPb... #podernfamily
Ozzy Osbourne in Trick or Treat - Pop Screen 150
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October 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Another backlog of new reviews;

The Frighteners (1996): boxd.it/aQnfAd
Irreversible (2002): boxd.it/aRo0D3
Noroi: The Curse (2005): boxd.it/aUGDbZ

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A ★★★½ review of The Frighteners (1996)
The Podcast Macabre Challenge: 2025 Edition - Starring Dee Wallace (35/54) Filled with that classic '90s CGI that looks like rubber and featuring a convoluted plot on paranormal investigations, Peter ...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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A backlog of reviews!

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988): boxd.it/awfRaV
Black Sabbath - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (1975): boxd.it/axIuPN
Phantom of the Paradise (1974): boxd.it/aAVG9n
Bring Her Back (2025): boxd.it/aFvT5V
Hannibal Rising (2007): boxd.it/aGhn8p

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A ★★★★ review of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
"Ohhh say caaaaaN yuuu SEeE3E!". I needed a laugh, and after seeing the trailer for the new The Naked Gun, it got me thinking that I hadn't seen any of the originals. The Naked Gun: From the Files of ...
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August 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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New reviews!

Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74 (1974): boxd.it/alFf3v
Triangle (2009): boxd.it/anU5bR
Lonely Water (1973): boxd.it/aoFiWZ
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025): boxd.it/apf8a9
The Bride from Hades (1968): boxd.it/aqmwFj

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A ★★½ review of Triangle (2009)
The Podcast Macabre Challenge: 2025 Edition - Bonus Pick (2/2) (30/54) Triangle - a film that many people find underrated - is one that I found lukewarm and hollow. Firstly, I didn't like Christopher ...
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July 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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More new reviews;

Army of the Dead (2021): boxd.it/acNay9
Thunderbolts* (2025): boxd.it/afKhEz
The Hands of Orlac (1924): boxd.it/ah4hBz
Shifty (2025): boxd.it/ahzmwh
The Silence (1998): boxd.it/aimfH1

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A ★½ review of Army of the Dead (2021)
The Podcast Macabre Challenge: 2025 Edition - Starring a Pro-Wrestler (28/54) Ah yes, from the great French auteur, un film de Zack Snyder. Look, I have no interest in Snyder - the pro-macho, nearly s...
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July 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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A very delayed set of new reviews;

What Did Jack Do? (2017): boxd.it/a2gVZZ
28 Years Later (2025): boxd.it/a3a1sd
28 Days Later (2002): boxd.it/a46ObV

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A ★★★½ review of WHAT DID JACK DO? (2017)
Currently finished Season 1 of Twin Peaks (I know, unacceptable), and so a short from the late, great David Lynch was on the cards. WHAT DID JACK DO? is humorous and novel, featuring Lynch as a homici...
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July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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This week's new reviews;

Desire (1958): boxd.it/9XAxuj
Island of Lost Souls (1932): boxd.it/9XRwl5
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (2018): boxd.it/9YKfcZ
Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza (1966): boxd.it/9ZAix1

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A ★★★½ review of Desire (1958)
Random Blu-Ray Roulette: No. 108 Lovely in every sense of the word and beautiful in every way too, I must confess that Vojtěch Jasný's Desire also didn't grab me in the way that I wanted it to. It's d...
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June 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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In response to my last post. Twin Peaks, why didn't I get round to any of this earlier? Loving it!
June 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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That feeling of all of Twin Peaks being on Mubi be like
a very small man in a red suit is dancing on a zigzag floor .
ALT: a very small man in a red suit is dancing on a zigzag floor .
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June 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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This week's new reviews;

The End (2024): boxd.it/9Sm3N3
The Fortune (1975): boxd.it/9Tvm7R
Footprints on the Moon (1975): boxd.it/9U31eP
Bamboozled (2000): boxd.it/9WcZIh

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A ★★★½ review of The End (2024)
Joshua Oppenheimer's anti-musical. Please be assured, The End is not Wicked, and everything that Oppenheimer designs in The End is not meant to be a colourful or lavish spectacle - but one that's Orwe...
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June 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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This week's new reviews;

Megalopolis (2024): boxd.it/9NNG8n
Crimson Gold (2003): boxd.it/9OxCw3
Mimic (1997): boxd.it/9QmVV3
Mission: Impossible (1996): boxd.it/9QTUMv
Magical Maestro (1952): boxd.it/9RtPi3

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A ★★ review of Megalopolis (2024)
Here we go. Four paragraphs. I haven't done that in a while. What is Megalopolis? Why is Megalopolis? Those are the questions. Even I, a Francis Ford Coppola defender, was extremely baffled by what I ...
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June 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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This week's new reviews;

The Story of Adele H. (1975): boxd.it/9K4z9V
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959): boxd.it/9LaOgt
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024): boxd.it/9MIgY9
Sinners (2025): boxd.it/9MTJAR

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A ★★★½ review of The Story of Adele H. (1975)
Random Blu-Ray Roulette: No. 106 Not the greatest François Truffaut film out there, The Story of Adele H. sees him at his most formal, but out of the French New Wave, he always was that when compared ...
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May 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This week's new reviews;

Opus (2025): boxd.it/9G8kM1
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989): boxd.it/9HdEWf
Satanic Panic (2019): boxd.it/9HKqEd
PlayTime (1967): boxd.it/9IAZlp

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A ★★★ review of Opus (2025)
If the A24 thriller/horror bubble has finally burst, I don't think Opus is the film that has done so. Still, it's alright; worth it for Ayo Edebiri alone, and without her going toe-to-toe with a very ...
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May 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM