Paul
@marathonswift.bsky.social
20x Marathon runner of yesteryear. Now older and hanging on in there. More into movies and football now than running. 🍷⚽️🏃🎬🍿
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@marathonswift.bsky.social
· Jan 1
The time has come to reveal my top ten movies of 2024 from 149 watched so here goes #TopTen #2024 #TopTenMovies
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Corrupt, racist, sexist and shamefully useless. We see a young woman thrust into policing in India following a murder and searching for justice #Santosh
Corrupt, racist, sexist and shamefully useless. We see a young woman thrust into policing in India following a murder and searching for justice #Santosh
A ★★★½ review of Santosh (2024)
This was the official submission from the UK for best international feature at this year’s Oscar’s but not quite making the final 5. British made but shot in India in Hindi. It highlights the importa...
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December 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Corrupt, racist, sexist and shamefully useless. We see a young woman thrust into policing in India following a murder and searching for justice #Santosh
Corrupt, racist, sexist and shamefully useless. We see a young woman thrust into policing in India following a murder and searching for justice #Santosh
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A stressful journey watching one nurses struggle to get through one late shift in a Swiss hospital. Relenting. #LateShift
A stressful journey watching one nurses struggle to get through one late shift in a Swiss hospital. Relenting. #LateShift
A ★★★★ review of Late Shift (2025)
Well this is quite the stress journey of a movie and a film that does not sell the job of being a nurse as anything but nigh on impossible. Indeed its German title translates appropriately as heroine...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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A stressful journey watching one nurses struggle to get through one late shift in a Swiss hospital. Relenting. #LateShift
A stressful journey watching one nurses struggle to get through one late shift in a Swiss hospital. Relenting. #LateShift
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Oscar nominated and stunning movie made in secret in Iran highlighting the plight for women’s freedom into a tense family drama #TheSeedOfTheSacredFig
Oscar nominated and stunning movie made in secret in Iran highlighting the plight for women’s freedom into a tense family drama #TheSeedOfTheSacredFig
A ★★★★½ review of The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
This movie has quite the history attached to it. A film set in and about the politics of women’s freedom in Iran but represented by Germany as the official entry into the Oscars for best internationa...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Oscar nominated and stunning movie made in secret in Iran highlighting the plight for women’s freedom into a tense family drama #TheSeedOfTheSacredFig
Oscar nominated and stunning movie made in secret in Iran highlighting the plight for women’s freedom into a tense family drama #TheSeedOfTheSacredFig
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Santa is on a PTSD rampage killing whoever has made it onto his naughty list in this fun remake of 80’s slasher pic #SilentNightDeadlyNight
Santa is on a PTSD rampage killing whoever has made it onto his naughty list in this fun remake of 80’s slasher pic #SilentNightDeadlyNight
A ★★★½ review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
Having already rebooted another horror franchise in Wrong Turn, Mike P. Nelson now reboots an 80’s festive horror slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night, a movie that itself then spawned 4 sequels and a r...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Santa is on a PTSD rampage killing whoever has made it onto his naughty list in this fun remake of 80’s slasher pic #SilentNightDeadlyNight
Santa is on a PTSD rampage killing whoever has made it onto his naughty list in this fun remake of 80’s slasher pic #SilentNightDeadlyNight
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Devastating slice of social realism reminiscent of Ken Loach showing the mundanity of life for a factory worker in Scotland #OnFalling
Devastating slice of social realism reminiscent of Ken Loach showing the mundanity of life for a factory worker in Scotland #OnFalling
A ★★★★ review of On Falling (2024)
It is no surprise to find out that this movie comes from the Ken Loach production company Sixteen Films. It’s a film of social realism that Loach himself would happily depict. Instead we get Portugu...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Devastating slice of social realism reminiscent of Ken Loach showing the mundanity of life for a factory worker in Scotland #OnFalling
Devastating slice of social realism reminiscent of Ken Loach showing the mundanity of life for a factory worker in Scotland #OnFalling
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The latest movie from Zach Cregger is a mystery movie with a great premise that slowly reveals the horror underneath in a tension building finale #Weapons
The latest movie from Zach Cregger is a mystery movie with a great premise that slowly reveals the horror underneath in a tension building finale #Weapons
A ★★★★ review of Weapons (2025)
Two good horror films out in cinemas seen within days is so refreshing. Here Zach Cregger follows up Barbarian with a mystery film full of brewing supernatural horror. Having one story told from diff...
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August 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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The latest movie from Zach Cregger is a mystery movie with a great premise that slowly reveals the horror underneath in a tension building finale #Weapons
The latest movie from Zach Cregger is a mystery movie with a great premise that slowly reveals the horror underneath in a tension building finale #Weapons
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The Phillippou brothers follow up Talk To Me with something more horrifying and much more gruesome in one of the best horror movies this year #BringHerBack
The Phillippou brothers follow up Talk To Me with something more horrifying and much more gruesome in one of the best horror movies this year #BringHerBack
A ★★★★ review of Bring Her Back (2025)
So following the huge success of Talk To Me the Phillippou brothers have returned to show us that their first movie was no one off. Here they have stepped up even further in relation to horror and ge...
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August 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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The Phillippou brothers follow up Talk To Me with something more horrifying and much more gruesome in one of the best horror movies this year #BringHerBack
The Phillippou brothers follow up Talk To Me with something more horrifying and much more gruesome in one of the best horror movies this year #BringHerBack
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The return of Boyle and Garland to the 28 days franchise in this first of a new set of movies brings us big dicked zombies to the screen #28YearsLater
The return of Boyle and Garland to the 28 days franchise in this first of a new set of movies brings us big dicked zombies to the screen #28YearsLater
A ★★★½ review of 28 Years Later (2025)
The latest film in the 28 days franchise and the first part of a hoped trilogy sees the return of Alex Garland and Danny Boyle bringing the rage virus back to our screens. Having watched endless zom...
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June 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The return of Boyle and Garland to the 28 days franchise in this first of a new set of movies brings us big dicked zombies to the screen #28YearsLater
The return of Boyle and Garland to the 28 days franchise in this first of a new set of movies brings us big dicked zombies to the screen #28YearsLater
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A coming out story set in Ireland has all the cliches but offers a charming cast and hope #WhoWeLove #PrideMonth
A coming out story set in Ireland has all the cliches but offers a charming cast and hope #WhoWeLove #PrideMonth
A ★★★ review of Who We Love (2021)
June Pride Month Who We Love stretches out its story from the director and stars previous short film called Lily. Both Clara Harte and Dean Quinn reprise their roles as best friends at school Lily an...
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June 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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A coming out story set in Ireland has all the cliches but offers a charming cast and hope #WhoWeLove #PrideMonth
A coming out story set in Ireland has all the cliches but offers a charming cast and hope #WhoWeLove #PrideMonth
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Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs bring to life this true story of a homeless couple walking the 630 South West Path #TheSaltPath
Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs bring to life this true story of a homeless couple walking the 630 South West Path #TheSaltPath
A ★★★ review of The Salt Path (2024)
The Salt Path brings to light the true story of Raynor and Moth Winn from the book written by Raynor herself following their journey to walk the 630 mile coast path around the south coast of England. ...
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June 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs bring to life this true story of a homeless couple walking the 630 South West Path #TheSaltPath
Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs bring to life this true story of a homeless couple walking the 630 South West Path #TheSaltPath
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A tender love story from Peru set in a remote fishing village takes us in an unusual direction in the second half #Undertow #PrideMonth
A tender love story from Peru set in a remote fishing village takes us in an unusual direction in the second half #Undertow #PrideMonth
A ★★★½ review of Undertow (2009)
June Pride Month It is not often that you get to see a movie from Peru let alone one that was its nomination for best international feature back in 2010 and happens to be about a doomed gay affair. It...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A tender love story from Peru set in a remote fishing village takes us in an unusual direction in the second half #Undertow #PrideMonth
A tender love story from Peru set in a remote fishing village takes us in an unusual direction in the second half #Undertow #PrideMonth
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A wonderful cast comes together to offer a movie full of laughs, music and a warm glow of loveliness #TheBalladOfWallisIsland
A wonderful cast comes together to offer a movie full of laughs, music and a warm glow of loveliness #TheBalladOfWallisIsland
A ★★★★ review of The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
This is exactly the type of movie that us Brits seem to know just how to play it. Sentimental but not too slushy, heartfelt characters that you get to know and love and a setting that adds as much ch...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A wonderful cast comes together to offer a movie full of laughs, music and a warm glow of loveliness #TheBalladOfWallisIsland
A wonderful cast comes together to offer a movie full of laughs, music and a warm glow of loveliness #TheBalladOfWallisIsland
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Step into the complicated world of Layla who is simply searching for love #Layla #PrideMonth
Step into the complicated world of Layla who is simply searching for love #Layla #PrideMonth
A ★★★ review of Layla (2024)
June Pride Month Layla lets us into a world of drag and a community of people from all worlds of gender types who just want to be themselves. Layla appears non binary and spends more time dressed as ...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Step into the complicated world of Layla who is simply searching for love #Layla #PrideMonth
Step into the complicated world of Layla who is simply searching for love #Layla #PrideMonth
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A gay coming out movie from Australia is full of daft comedy but one more for the kids #AccordingToOtto #PrideMonth
A gay coming out movie from Australia is full of daft comedy but one more for the kids #AccordingToOtto #PrideMonth
A ★★ review of According to Otto (2025)
June Pride Month Made to an obvious tight budget this comedy feature from Australia gives a very light hearted and often daft look at a 16 year old lad coming out for the first time and sharing with u...
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June 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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A gay coming out movie from Australia is full of daft comedy but one more for the kids #AccordingToOtto #PrideMonth
A gay coming out movie from Australia is full of daft comedy but one more for the kids #AccordingToOtto #PrideMonth
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Sebastian is the alter ego of Max, a young aspiring writer delving into the world of the sex worker #Sebastian #PrideMonth
Sebastian is the alter ego of Max, a young aspiring writer delving into the world of the sex worker #Sebastian #PrideMonth
A ★★★★ review of Sebastian (2024)
June Pride Month The second feature from Mikko Mäkelä following on from his 2007 feature A Moment In The Reeds comes this story about a gay aspiring young writer writing his first novel about a gay se...
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June 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Sebastian is the alter ego of Max, a young aspiring writer delving into the world of the sex worker #Sebastian #PrideMonth
Sebastian is the alter ego of Max, a young aspiring writer delving into the world of the sex worker #Sebastian #PrideMonth
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An intoxicating mix of William S Burroughs and Luca Guadagnino brings us Daniel Craig in a fantastic 50’s bonkers queerness #Queer
An intoxicating mix of William S Burroughs and Luca Guadagnino brings us Daniel Craig in a fantastic 50’s bonkers queerness #Queer
A ★★★½ review of Queer (2024)
June Pride Month Putting Guadagnino and Burroughs together was always going to be an intoxicating viewing experience especially in a novel about queerness set in the 1950’s. It’s never easy adapting ...
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June 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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An intoxicating mix of William S Burroughs and Luca Guadagnino brings us Daniel Craig in a fantastic 50’s bonkers queerness #Queer
An intoxicating mix of William S Burroughs and Luca Guadagnino brings us Daniel Craig in a fantastic 50’s bonkers queerness #Queer
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Watched as part of my #PrideMonth viewing this is a 2013 movie from Poland highlighting the struggles of two men who fall in love #FloatingSkyscrapers
Watched as part of my #PrideMonth viewing this is a 2013 movie from Poland highlighting the struggles of two men who fall in love #FloatingSkyscrapers
A ★★★ review of Floating Skyscrapers (2013)
Alleging to be one of the first LGBT films to come out of Poland and yet this was only in 2013 so its no surprise that they go for a movie that shines little light on the joys of being gay in a repres...
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June 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Watched as part of my #PrideMonth viewing this is a 2013 movie from Poland highlighting the struggles of two men who fall in love #FloatingSkyscrapers
Watched as part of my #PrideMonth viewing this is a 2013 movie from Poland highlighting the struggles of two men who fall in love #FloatingSkyscrapers
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A reboot of the popular final destination series proves there is still life in this kind of movie yet. Gory and inventive it’s a lot of fun #FinalDestinationBloodlines
A reboot of the popular final destination series proves there is still life in this kind of movie yet. Gory and inventive it’s a lot of fun #FinalDestinationBloodlines
A ★★★★ review of Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)
For 11 years from 2000 to 2011 The Final Destination franchise reigned supreme in its comedy horror genre. Each movie trying to out do each other with an elaborate kill sequence. Now apparently we a...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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A reboot of the popular final destination series proves there is still life in this kind of movie yet. Gory and inventive it’s a lot of fun #FinalDestinationBloodlines
A reboot of the popular final destination series proves there is still life in this kind of movie yet. Gory and inventive it’s a lot of fun #FinalDestinationBloodlines
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Multiple Robert Pattinson having a lot of fun in this original slice of sci-fi from Bong Joon Ho #Mickey17
Multiple Robert Pattinson having a lot of fun in this original slice of sci-fi from Bong Joon Ho #Mickey17
A ★★★½ review of Mickey 17 (2025)
The latest from Bong Joon Ho is a far cry from the more intimate Parasite. Here we go full on sci-if with alien creatures and multiple Robert Pattinsons. It’s an enjoyable romp of a movie with Robert...
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March 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Multiple Robert Pattinson having a lot of fun in this original slice of sci-fi from Bong Joon Ho #Mickey17
Multiple Robert Pattinson having a lot of fun in this original slice of sci-fi from Bong Joon Ho #Mickey17
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The dramatic retelling of the remarkable 2019 documentary of the same name is never quite as impactful #LastBreath
The dramatic retelling of the remarkable 2019 documentary of the same name is never quite as impactful #LastBreath
A ★★½ review of Last Breath (2025)
The main problem of this movie is that it has already been made, by the same director, as a documentary instead 2019. It is a gripping, tense and remarkable documentary. Here the same director turns...
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March 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The dramatic retelling of the remarkable 2019 documentary of the same name is never quite as impactful #LastBreath
The dramatic retelling of the remarkable 2019 documentary of the same name is never quite as impactful #LastBreath
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If you want to see John Malkovich as a bonkers reclusive pop star living within a cult this is the movie for you #Opus
If you want to see John Malkovich as a bonkers reclusive pop star living within a cult this is the movie for you #Opus
A ★★★ review of Opus (2025)
Opus seems to have been a little hard done by with a lot of the reviews whereby many have really slated it. Never one to be put off by reviews I was quite intrigued by it. I mean it’s a bit of mess ...
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March 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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If you want to see John Malkovich as a bonkers reclusive pop star living within a cult this is the movie for you #Opus
If you want to see John Malkovich as a bonkers reclusive pop star living within a cult this is the movie for you #Opus
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Fassbender and Blanchett are the big hitters in this latest spy caper movie from Soderbergh #BlackBag
Fassbender and Blanchett are the big hitters in this latest spy caper movie from Soderbergh #BlackBag
A ★★★½ review of Black Bag (2025)
Steven Soderbergh it seems retired from making movies years ago then decided against it. Since then he cannot stop churning out movies of varying genres but thankfully always worth watching. This is ...
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March 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Fassbender and Blanchett are the big hitters in this latest spy caper movie from Soderbergh #BlackBag
Fassbender and Blanchett are the big hitters in this latest spy caper movie from Soderbergh #BlackBag