Remy Dean 🏴☠️
@remydean.bsky.social
Author + Artist 'This, That, and The Other' novels 📚 written with Zel Cariad find me on Medium ➡️ https://remydean.medium.com/ linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/remydean interests include film & TV, art & music, science & fantasy, 咬人猫 & 宅舞
#RemyReviews John Woo's 'Once A Thief' (1991) "a frenetic ride that rarely settles down & doesn’t always make sense, but it’s undeniably entertaining & never boring... a genre patchwork" my #movie #review of new @arrowvideo.bsky.social 4K & #Bluray @framerated.co.uk 🏹 medium.com/framerated/o...
On Medium, @remydean.bsky.social reviewed the ‘Into the Forest’ box set medium.com/framerated/i...
‘Into the Forest’: Folktales at DEFA — East Germany’s forgotten cinematic treasures
These visually arresting and luridly colourful pictures drew on the works of authors such as Wilhelm Hauff, Hans Christian Andersen, and…
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Finally got round to the Dan Brown/Robert Langdon trilogy & enjoyed them more than expected 🍿 The cryptic clues weren't too ingenious but engendered an interest in Art History, which is good, & Tom Hanks was fine for the role. Each movie is quite different, so I liked them for different reasons 🏛️
#RemyReviews John Woo's 'Once A Thief' (1991) "a frenetic ride that rarely settles down & doesn’t always make sense, but it’s undeniably entertaining & never boring... a genre patchwork" my #movie #review of new @arrowvideo.bsky.social 4K & #Bluray @framerated.co.uk 🏹 medium.com/framerated/o...
Adam Savage (Tested) in the Academy collection looking at iconic concept #art #illustration for #movies including 'Alien' + 'Blade Runner + 'E.T' + my retro #moview review of 'E.T: the Extra-Terrestrial' (1982) @framerated.co.uk 🎞️ medium.com/framerated/e... 👾 youtu.be/eQ5iiKkbj-0?... #RemyReviews
Adam Savage Discovers Rare Movie Artifacts in The Academy Collection
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'(Blue) Screen Calligraph' diptych from 'Golau / Nos (Night / Light)' series (intangible gestural calligraphy ©2011) #art #drawing #photography
Ai Weiwei's first drawing for 50+ years is of the Major Oak of Sherwood forest - animation by CIRCA x Factory International "...a meditation on endurance, remembrance & our relationship to the histories embedded within the landscapes, objects & lives that surround us..." ✏️ youtu.be/a3DYU03bIck?...
AI WEIWEI, A TREE | CIRCA
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John Woo goes heist-capade! 💥 Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung star in ONCE A THIEF — now on @arrowvideo.bsky.social 4K. It’s a breezy action-comedy, if lacking the hard-boiled intensity of Woo’s classics. Read @remydean.bsky.social’s review: www.framerated.co.uk/once-thief-1...
ONCE A THIEF (1991) • Frame Rated
A review of John Woo's 1991 romantic action comedy Once A Thief, on Arrow Video 4K Blu-ray, starring Chow Yun-fat & Leslie Cheung.
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If I lived in Japan, I'd eat burgers far more often 😋
Found Worlds@foundworlds.bsky.social · 2d ago🍔 🦐 🥓 Burgers in #Japan: From Salaryman’s Sad Lunch to Shogun’s Feast - how we #Japanese have put our own spin on this globally popular dish over the past 80 years @yuriminamide.bsky.social presents a taster menu of #burgers but are they fast food or gourmet sandwiches? medium.com/found-worlds...
coming to a sky near you... (depending where you are) "The rare celestial event will be the most dramatic solar #eclipse visible from the UK since 1999, with Cornwall, Devon, Somerset & Bristol among the best places in the UK to watch it." BBC 😎 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Where to see the biggest solar eclipse since 1999 in the West Country
The UK's biggest solar eclipse since 1999 arrives on 12 August. Here's where to see it safely.
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Trapped in a phone box. Possessed by a TV set. 📺📞 @filmsradiance.bsky.social’s ‘Two Boxes: Televised Terror in Franco’s Spain’ brings together two masterpieces of eerie, claustrophobic 1970s Spanish television satire. Read @remydean.bsky.social’s review: www.framerated.co.uk/two-boxes-ca...
'Two Boxes: Televised Terror in Franco's Spain' - La Cabina (1972) • El Televisor (1974) • Frame Rated
A review of Radiance TX's Blu-ray box set 'Two Boxes: Televised Terror in Franco's Spain', La cabina (1972) & El televisor (1974).
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...& another favourite #anime gets a 4K remaster & re-release 'Kiki's Delivery Service' (1989) 🎀 still as refreshing as ever, flouting the narrative conventions of US & Eurocentric storytelling 🐈⬛ from Hayao Miyazaki & Studio #Ghibli 🧹 youtu.be/hMzJjEUZGyw?...
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE | Official Trailer - In UK & IE cinemas 21 August
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#RIP Tony Rayns - film critic & something beyond pundit: a genuine enthusiast & champion for the cinema of East Asia - I learned so much from his writings & many excellent commentaries...
Terracotta Distribution@terracottadist.bsky.social · 5d agoA wonderful tribute to Tony Rayns from so many East Asian film directors: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so... #asiancinema #filmcritic #sightandsound #cinephile #films #filmfan #movielover #cinema
#RemyReviews "If asked what I considered to be the best screen adaptation of a #comic book, I’d invariably answer Joe Johnston’s rendering of Dave Stevens' nostalgic pulp classic..." 'The Rocketeer' (1991) • 35 Years Later my retro #movie #review @framerated.co.uk🎞️ 🚀 medium.com/framerated/t...
Well this seems suitably epic 🏹 'Ramayan' 🪷 (long trailer) coming November 2026 🧘 youtu.be/1zip1rNaNYs?...
RAMAYANA - Official Trailer
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🚀 35 years later, THE ROCKETEER is still pure cinematic magic. With its gorgeous Art Deco design, soaring James Horner score, and unmatched serial-thriller charm, @remydean.bsky.social thinks it remains a peak in adventure filmmaking. www.framerated.co.uk/rocketeer-19...
THE ROCKETEER (1991) • Frame Rated
A retrospective review of Joe Johnston's 1991 superhero film The Rocketeer, starring Billy Campbell, Alan Arkin & Jennifer Connelly.
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One of the great films of all-time ☄️ Makoto Shinkai's 'Your Name' 🍶 10th anniversary 4K remaster & re-release I don't have words to describe how heartrendingly beautiful this #anime masterpiece is 💞 it has to be seen 🫶 ⛩️ youtu.be/RuyHIkXdYf8?...
Your Name. | Official Trailer - In theatres August 14
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🆘 Standing with #Kumamoto After Yesterday’s #Earthquake Two simple ways to support long-term recovery from anywhere in the world (July 29 — Aug 31) 🗾 medium.com/@yuriminamid...
Standing with Kumamoto After Yesterday’s Earthquake
Two simple ways to support long-term recovery from anywhere in the world (July 29 — Aug 31)
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👽 ⭕ 🧠 The Universal Circle of Mariko Mori: The #Art of Loving the Alien & Connecting with the Other @kimvertue.bsky.social finds hope in the cyber-art of the #Japanese contemporary #artist who seeks to unify humans with their environment & the greater universe 🛸 medium.com/signifier/th...
#RemyReviews 👹 Devil from Mill Mountain 🌱 Singing, Ringing Tree 🪙 Rumpelstiltskin 🐺 Little Red Riding Hood 👑 Devil's Three Golden Hairs Into the Forest: Folktales at DEFA (1955–1977) new Eureka! 5 #folklore film #Bluray box set #movie #review @framerated.co.uk 🎞️ 🧚 medium.com/framerated/i...
🐸 Photographer Janice Chan captured compositions of colourful kites at the Weifang International Kite Festival where some soar to heights of 1,000 feet 🦈 #潍坊国际风筝节 🪁 www.designboom.com/art/kite-fil... via DesignBoom #photography #China
The ‘Into the Forest’ box set from Eureka is a special release, and @remydean.bsky.social has reviewed every German fairy tale contained inside and the many extras! www.framerated.co.uk/into-forest-...
'Into the Forest': Folktales at DEFA (1955-1977) • Frame Rated
A review of Eureka's Blu-ray box set 'Into the Forest': Folktales at DEFA (1955-1977), from directors such as Herbert Ballmann.
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Saturday night watch-party was: 'Project Hail Mary' (2026) 🪐 an excellent fusion of doomed earth & first contact that proves dystopian science fiction can still have fun & be entertaining 👾 here's @danowen.bsky.social's #movie #review for @framerated.co.uk 🎞️ medium.com/framerated/p... #SciFi
New #MyLittlePony digital series 'Forever Friendship' announced & in production - featuring the Mane... Four? 🦄 newsroom.hasbro.com/news-release... #MLP exciting new concept #illustration from Nicholas Kole 🖌️ www.nicholaskole.art/my-little-pony
🎁 the first 16 chapters (that's all of Book One) are all still available to read with a FREE subscription 🆓 threerealms.substack.com 📚 #booksky
Remy Dean 🏴☠️@remydean.bsky.social · 2w ago🍃 🐦 🍑 #ThisThatAndTheOther #WebNovel Chapter 19: Among the Roots “...complexion like the petals of a pale rose, long corn yellow hair braided into hundreds of delicate plaits, interwoven with flowering vines..." 🌳 threerealms.substack.com/p/among-the-... 📗 #booksky #fantasy #folklore #books 🐉
This rocked. An old plaster frieze uncovered during renovations at Y Sospan cafe, Dolgellau, Wales It depicts a great tree with: - a convicted witch hanging - an accused being 'tried' on a ducking stool 1/3 #folklore #folkhorror #witchtrials
Hey there, Rob - used to lunch at the Y Sospan sometimes when I was teaching at Dolgellau - I wrote a piece about some local #folklore attached to that remarkable plaster frieze & the Demon Oak, Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll - may be of interest? 🌳 medium.com/@remydean/th...
The Skeleton Tree
Stories of the Demon Oak, Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll, and other spooky Trees from the Folklore of Wales
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#RemyReviews 'Wolfen' (1981) • released 45 years ago OTD "...collision of ancient & modern in so many ways... a choice between plausible or poetic explanations... bloody, poetic, political, heartrending & hauntingly beautiful" my #movie #review @framerated.co.uk 🐺 medium.com/framerated/w...
