Ryan Lambie
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Editor @filmstories magazine. Pro void shouter. Author: Geek's Guide To SF Cinema. Former dep ed Den of Geek UK, ex-editor Wireframe mag. Style boy 4 life.
Jaws x RoboCop. The rest pretty much writes itself. Also double-dipping on 70s/80s nostalgia.
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo agolet's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
Warren Oates played the titular criminal in the 1973 thriller, Dillinger - a surprisingly relevant film about fame and financial desperation. filmstories.co.uk/features/dil...
Dillinger | What an old film about an even older bank robber can tell us about the 21st century
Warren Oates played the titular criminal in the 1973 thriller, Dillinger - a surprisingly relevant film about fame and financial desperation.
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As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again. Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances Ryan
Whether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Includes a tribute from Rebekah Brooks. Says it all really.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoSunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle dies aged 66
The consoles we can no longer afford because AI is about to end the concept of employment are now even more expensive.
Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 2d agoXbox has finally revealed the price hikes recently rolled out across its hardware, and Xbox consoles in the UK are now between 34 and 49 percent more expensive than they were last month. https://bit.ly/4xdRVuq
Yours truly with a bit of waffle on one of the most underrated films of the 1970s: John Milius's Dillinger.
Film Stories@filmstories.bsky.social · 2d agoWarren Oates played the titular criminal in the 1973 thriller, Dillinger - a surprisingly relevant film about fame and financial desperation. filmstories.co.uk/features/dil...
In 1989, Bubble Bobble designer Fukio Mitsuji (MTJ) wrote a sci-fi skit about the "Rip-O-Bot": a machine that generates games from a prompt, at the press of a button, putting designers out of work. Sound familiar? His response is even more relevant today blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/08/02/g...
Starring Kathryn Newton, The Devil’s Mouth is the latest in a small yet growing genre of films where sharks swim into unlikely spaces… filmstories.co.uk/news/the-dev...
The Devil’s Mouth, now on Prime Video, is the latest entry in the sharks-in-tight-spaces subgenre
Starring Kathryn Newton, The Devil’s Mouth is the latest in a small yet growing genre of films where sharks swim into confined spaces…
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We've got a very special bundle of Film Stories Issue 60 with a SIGNED book by Roger Deakins! Get yours here: store.filmstories.co.uk/products/iss...
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The ambassador always did have exquisite taste
Knoebel 🛬 Gamescom@knoebel.bsky.social · 3d agoFerrero Rochero boxes are perfect for storing Game Boy games.
I highly recommend this piece about the cult-like attitude to AI in certain companies. This bit in particular jumps out. hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mani...
There’s an Asterix book where a rival chieftain wants to be in with the Romans. He’s walking through the village with an advisor: “We should build an aqueduct” “But chief, we don’t need an aqueduct, the river flows right through our village” “Well divert the river. Aqueducts are more Roman”
I highly recommend this piece about the cult-like attitude to AI in certain companies. This bit in particular jumps out. hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mani...
To my two daughters, Rosalind and Augusta, I bequeath my six Billy Bookcases
The Boomer summer look: shorts over Ed Gein flesh trousers
Biggus@biggus.bsky.social · 5d agoThe longer you look at it, the worse it gets. #aifail
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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I've been writing a bit about the curious rise of sharks-in-tight-spaces films, and how they may owe more of a debt to Jaws 2 than Spielberg's classier original.
Film Stories@filmstories.bsky.social · 5d agoStarring Kathryn Newton, The Devil’s Mouth is the latest in a small yet growing genre of films where sharks swim into unlikely spaces… filmstories.co.uk/news/the-dev...
When counterfeit money operations are uncovered, the machines that make the fake cash are usually destroyed. Just saying.
Ed Newton-Rex@ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 6d agoBig news today: GERMAN COURT RULES AI MUSIC FIRM SUNO BROKE COPYRIGHT RULES Suno "has to provide information on illicit revenue", and "will have to pay damages". Wow. www.reuters.com/world/german...
Sorry, you can literally break into Netflix offices and steal a movie??? The meme has come full circle
Film Stories@filmstories.bsky.social · 6d agoFortitude, a $45m thriller starring Nicolas Cage and from the director of Con Air, has been stolen from Netflix's offices. Now its producer is suing the streamer for $105m. filmstories.co.uk/news/netflix...
Rewatched A Scanner Darkly last night. First time in a while and: 1. This movie is still so good and doesn't get talked about enough. 2. Especially RDJ and Winona Ryder. Each gives a performance so different from what people are used to. Amazing. 3. I am going to read more Philip K. Dick.
A Scanner Darkly is an underrated classic. So much so that Film Stories devoted an entire section to how it was made: store.filmstories.co.uk/products/iss...
Issue #60 (A Scanner Darkly): Magazine
The new edition of Film Stories magazine is available to buy now from our online store. To mark our 60th issue, we’re offering three limited edition, collectible covers, each one highlighting one of t...
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Still Practicing 😭 Team Tragedy@stillpracticing.bsky.social · 6d agoRewatched A Scanner Darkly last night. First time in a while and: 1. This movie is still so good and doesn't get talked about enough. 2. Especially RDJ and Winona Ryder. Each gives a performance so different from what people are used to. Amazing. 3. I am going to read more Philip K. Dick.
Fortitude, a $45m thriller starring Nicolas Cage and from the director of Con Air, has been stolen from Netflix's offices. Now its producer is suing the streamer for $105m. filmstories.co.uk/news/netflix...
Netflix loses disc containing Nicolas Cage movie, gets sued for $105m
Fortitude, a $45m thriller starring Nicolas Cage has been stolen from Netflix. Now its producer is suing the streamer for $105m.
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The second-hand car podcast Baby Forces Sale switches gears (sorry) to the big screen with a look back at The Fast & The Furious - now officially a 25 year-old period piece.
Baby Forces Sale@babyforcessale.bsky.social · 6d agoYes, unfortuanely we're still here. Although our socials are only a few days away from being taken over by those scammers advertising cut-price Ray-Bans. Anyway, here's our latest #podcast celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Fast and The Furious. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3QH1...