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When I'm not tweeting about films, history, witchcraft, politics, and Doctor Who or appearing on the @strangerscast.bsky.social‬ podcast, I’m co-director of http://tocodigital.co.uk.
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Bemused and lightly disturbed by @richardosman1.bsky.social’s refusal to accept there could be more than 6000 movies worth watching from a 120 year old, global catalogue - but it all became clear with his citing of The Edge as a mysteriously obscure ‘old’ film. 😩

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, here goes: a bit tangential to James' point, but most actual normal humans don't have the easy facility with writing that this tiny group of Extremely Online people has, and so AI is both useful and impressive for many. It helps write emails, wedding speeches etc; it puts writing tools in the ..

submitted 26 days ago • 9 comments

It’s a bit mercenary- but now would be a great time for the UK government to fling open the doors and lift all the caps for international students. UK unis are on their knees - and the international fee income would be life saving.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Reminds me of the medieval Biblical misquote of ‘halo of light’ that resulted in Moses having horns in iconography for years.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Digested this for a while - for me it falls into the positive use of AI - the course is compiled and scripted by good academics and authorised by the estate, the AI used to give it a consistent, unified 'front' that makes it more accessible.

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

This - but then buy four 1960s Marconi cameras, a decent set designer, hire a group of professional actors and world class digital face replacement team.

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Many people are saying: where is the Conclave larp? Think of the pageantry, the intrigue, the clothes, the vape pens! Good news: there are already multiple Papal conclave larps, including @adapalmer.bsky.social's epic annual event at the University of Chicago, and Willow Parecek's 2018 game!

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

It's the audio edition of our Lux review, and anything I could possibly add by way of teasing the conversation could only be considered spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched it yet strangersinspace.libsyn.com/who-review-3...

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

submitted 69 days ago • 216 comments

When the two horsewomen of the apocalypse turn up to jinx Bezos' privileged, phallic rollercoaster ride for rich people.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Catching up on this. Despite some of his questionable opinions about Doctor Who, Joe's a really good, well-prepared interviewer, Toby Hadoke is a great holder and impartor of knowledge and this makes me want to rewatch all the Quatermasses again.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

We took a look at a pair of recent movies from the director of currently-in-cinemas Drop and the classic Happy Death Day: this year's Valentine slasher Heart Eyes, and the family film We Have A Ghost: strangersinspace.libsyn.com/film-club-du...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

The audio edition of our review of The Robot Revolution is now live on the feed (and don't forget, you can watch us instead at youtu.be/el79-A3Tg54 if you prefer) strangersinspace.libsyn.com/who-review-3...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

A lot of AI-phobic reaction to this - but my first reaction is it has the potential of being a brilliant, one-off exploitation twist on the film in the long tradition of William Castle, a modern version of Emergo or Percepto: part extra-textual layer, part gimmicky marketing hustle.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

There's always a clip.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

In true Lynch style, we explore the duality of Mulholland Drive and what happens when a failed pilot puts a wig on and turns into a film…

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

3 minute video unlocked! Yessss. And with that Bluesky you can now see my masterpiece: The first level of Super Mario but all the sound effects are farts.

submitted 104 days ago • 13 comments