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In 2010 Doctor Who writer - and future showrunner - Chris Chibnall brought the Silurians back the series. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/26/t...

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As a disabled person, I feel this one very keenly.

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Okay, so they've got my attention.

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Oh my goodness, I hate Birdman (2014) so damned much. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/25/r...

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If someone had said to you, before the fact, that the director of Anchorman would make a five-star dramatic feature about real estate financing, you would have laughed them out of town. After the fact? The Big Short is my latest Masterpiece choice. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/24/m...

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Stock videos of people eating in reverse

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Pixar returns with a reminder that friendship and community can extend beyond the galaxy. Elio features charming characters, eye-popping animation, and universal themes of love, belonging, and family. A decent return for Pixar. Read my review @thisisfilm.bsky.social🌌 thisisfilm.com/review/elio-...

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What a world, where "Nicolas Winding Refn's The Famous Five" is actually a thing.

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I love that Melbourne has a Chinatown Cinema, but it doesn't feel so great when the only films they're screening are American cartoons with Chinese subtitles.

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Our nostalgic look back at Doctor Who's fifth season reaches the hallucinatory "Amy's Choice". fictionmachine.com/2025/06/24/t...

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Voted in the NYT's 21st century movies poll. My 10th choice was Johnnie To's Throw Down from 2004.

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Writer/director of Blade Trinity (RT: 24%) offers to assist Disney on a Blade reboot. Disney: "We're all good, thanks."

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FedEx founder Fred Smith has passed away, aged 80. His funeral will absolutely, positively take place overnight.

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ICYMI: I reviewed two new films over the weekend. The Unholy Trinity: fictionmachine.com/2025/06/22/r... Wolfgang: fictionmachine.com/2025/06/20/s...

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Nova Seed is an impressive one-person animated feature for the Metal Hurlant fan in all of us. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/22/r...

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In select Australian cinemas this week: flawed but solid western The Unholy Trinity, directed by Australian Richard Gray and starring Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/22/r...

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The first episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion was set 10 years ago today.

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Screening in the 2025 Spanish Film Festival, Wolfgang has the kind of premise that may make you run screaming from the room. The film itself, however, is much better than it might sound at first. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/20/s...

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As the saying goes: if I had a dime for every film that revealed a character's inner desires via the unexpected use of David Bowie's "Modern Love", I'd have two dimes - which isn't a lot, but it's weird to have happened twice.

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Here's an excellent essay on Sam Raimi's A Simple Plan by @priscillapage.bsky.social. It's a great appreciation and analysis of a truly outstanding film.

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"The Vampires of Venice" provides a perfect opportunity to talk about the great Rory Williams. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/19/t...

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Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid.

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With a sequel in cinemas today, here's an essay all about how they made Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later... and why it's such a great film.

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There is promise in horror film As Above, So Below, but it struggles in the execution. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/18/r...

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Compounding horrors and growing desperation help make "Flesh and Stone" a superb hour of Doctor Who. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/18/t...

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A bus drives a cross-section of Spanish patients into Bilbao each day for cancer treatment. You can recognise this sort of uplifting comedy-drama from orbit, but in the case of Ibon Cormenzana’s The Bus of Life it is very effective and heartwarming stuff. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/17/s...

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Between setting up the Weeping Angels as a return monster and River Song as a semi-regular character, "The Time of Angels" is arguably the true start of Steven Moffat's Doctor Who.

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Turns out that this somewhat cranky review of Disney's Snow White is the 1,750th post on FictionMachine since it was established in mid-2014. That's a total of 1,870,497 words of film review, history, and criticism. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/16/r...

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Not really any of those, but a deep fascination with the architecture of European cathedrals.

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Disney's live-action/CGI remake of Snow White is now streaming on Disney+. It's a disgraceful slice of cultural pillage. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/16/r...

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