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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 8h

Big fan of Josephine (w/d Beth de Araùjo), a tough film which is easily the best Channing Tatum or Gemma Chan have ever been, and boasts an incredible debut child performance from Mason Reeves. Tatum deserves that purported Tom Cruise best actor nomination tbh.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m mostly a horror guy, but name a non-horror genre, or sub genre, and I’ll tell you my favourites. 👀

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Genre categories may help the selling of a book but they hinder the reading of it.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Anything that isn’t “Doom victoriously creates a somewhat utopian Earth to rule over and mindwipes almost everyone so they think this was always the case” will be a surprise. I’m trying to think what the most likely actual surprise would be. A second Doom, played by someone else?

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm kinda fully over that "the British conquered the world for spices and don't use any of them" joke because for one, you cannot recycle material for 5 straight generations and get a laugh worth a damn but also because in order to make it you have to agree with Tommy Robinson about who is British

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Twenty years ago today… the greatest casting decision of the modern blockbuster era.

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IRON MAN casting news
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IRON MAN casting news
Robert Downey Jr. confirmed to play the Marvel comic book hero for Paramount Pictures
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
September 29, 2006
Robert Downey Jr. is suiting up to star in "Iron Man," the first feature film to be produced independently by Marvel Entertainment. Jon Favreau is directing the movie, which will be distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Downey will portray Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Using his intelligence and ingenuity, Stark instead builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. Upon his return to the U.S., he uncovers a plot with global implications and must don his armor and protect the world.
The comic debuted in the 1960s, and Iron Man's origin involved Stark being a prisoner of the Viet Cong.
The movie version, written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, will be set in today's geopolitical climate.
Marvel president of production Kevin Feige said the filmmakers looked for the best actor to embody the character.
"The Marvel characters are not just about how high they jump or how fast they fly, they're about their character flaws," Feige said. "They're about their inner demons. They're about the struggles that they go through between being a man and being a hero."
Downey worked hard to get the role, getting in shape and even growing a goatee like the one Stark sports in the comic books.
"In every casting announcement we've done, people in their mind's eye have their own view of it and let us know about it. We're used to it," Feige said. "The point is, we looked at everybody, and we found the best person for the role. It's as confident a casting move as we've ever done. The proof will be in the pudding, but he is Tony Stark."
The $100 million-plus-budgeted mo…

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have never heard this song, and have only heard it mentioned twice - both times on Bluesky. Is Langley the singer?

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Money can be exchanged for goods and services, and the good news is that includes the service of exemplary film writing and criticism, as practiced by Alexandra. So commissioners should make sure to exchange their money for those services, if there’s any exchanging to be done. ✍️ 💰

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

All I’m saying is, the next season of Daredevil better adapt this arc.

“BROCCOLI IN THE REFRIGERATOR'S
GOING BAD” says Matt to himself, in his costume, in his apartment, late at night.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

History FACT: Henry VIII's sixth wife did not 'survive'. She's definitely dead

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Best actor Oscar nominations. Let’s say that four of them are: John Malkovich Tom Cruise Matt Damon Andrew Scott …who is taking that fifth spot?

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Watching The Living Daylights for the first time since it came out. I forgot he teams up with the Taliban at the end, and there’s a section of the credits simply titled THE GIRLS.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Favourite films of 1979 (two crossovers with Anne)… Alien All That Jazz Apocalypse Now Being There The Brood The Man Who Stole The Sun Noferatu the Vampyre Stalker The Visitor The Warriors (Apologies to Camera Buff, Fascination, The Jerk, Legend of the Mountain, Life of Brian, Mad Max & Radio On!)

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Delighted to have an essay in this lovely new edition of THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (2009), talking about the cinematic history of the long tracking one-shot - and in particular this film’s show-stopping Huracán Stadium sequence. IYKYK! 🥰

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lovely news today re: @horrorgirlprobs.bsky.social 🙌 Congratulations Angel!

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: The Juicy Fruits will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My traitor guesses for UK Celebrity Traitors S2: Michael Sheen, Joe Lycett, Leigh-Ann Pinnock.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you love Björk like I love Björk, you know what to do. 🦢 🥰

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Maybe “everything’s a conspiracy if you don’t know how anything works” applies to pitching too.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Word is, this series is packed with excellent interviewees. That’s just a rumour I heard, out in the streets.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you love Björk like I love Björk, you know what to do. 🦢 🥰

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Sharai Bohannon (She/Her) @sharai.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As someone who works her ass off for everything, I find it wild that people who do nothing but bitch and moan think some of us “get” things because we’re friends with people. I show the fuck up whether or not I have friends in the building (I post those receipts too) and that’s why I get jobs.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Very excited to see my wife, the noted horror specialist, get the Cunk treatment. (Also featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Bay etc.) Later this year on the BBC & Netflix!

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Mo Moshaty @momoshaty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Another cat out of the bag! Yours truly will be featured in Diane Morgan’s new CUNK ON CINEMA as the resident horror specialist! THE coolest experience of ever! Hope I don’t look like a jackass….love me anyway! 🖤🖤🖤

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When is this getting a UK release date? When? 😫

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This purely an outsider observation, but I feel like if Kamala Harris had said this in the run up to the 2024 election it would have been on the front pages of the NYT and 90% of all US newspapers generally.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I PLAY ROCKY just played TIFF, and apparently it’s a “conventional biopic” but has “a lot of heart” and a “remarkable imitative performance” from its lead who “becomes Stallone.” That to me sounds like grade-A crowd pleaser LFF surprise film material. If it wins the jury prize I reckon it’s a lock.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just look at these Jeremy Thomas Producer credits! And he Exec Produced CRASH (Cronenberg, obviously), EO, 13 ASSASSINS and THE GREAT ROCK N ROLL SWINDLE. What a legend. A movie man to his core.

A selection of Jeremy Thomas’s Producer Credits.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Can’t believe Paul Schrader didn’t think to hire Jonathan Majors. Just make the three brothers identical triplets, problem solved.

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Sarah Appleton @sarahappleton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

👻 @imprintfilms.bsky.social are releasing this box set curated by me and featuring the documentary THE J-HORROR VIRUS I made with @jaspersharp.bsky.social back in 2023. It also features an essay by me on Jaganrei: Psychic Vision and its collision at the origins of j-horror and found footage!

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I am now in receipt of a DVD recording of the pantomime I co-wrote while living in Japan in the noughties. It was an adaptation of Cinderella. We tried to cram in as many Japanese references as we could, so one of the evil stepsisters was Sadako from The Ring. We made children cry. I regret nothing.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A proper release of Jaganrei Psychic Vision! The 49-minute 1988 “search-the-frame” “ghost-in-the-background” found footage J-Horror with dance horror elements! This film prefigured Ghostwatch, The Blair Witch Project and more or less all other J-Horror (so far as I’m aware). Truly we are blessed.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The premise of The Muppet Show is that we follow the muppets as they respond to a 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant, including Miss Piggy’s attempts to conceal the true scale of the disaster.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I am glad Matthew Lillard is thriving. Society has NOT progressed past the need for Matthew Lillard.

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Kolloween III: Season of the Bitch @kolleencarney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I only come here to post about Spader and my lawyer fees. I just got another $3500 bill so I guess it's lawyer fees today. Please like or share or donate to this, I am seriously just about to eat a bullet instead of dealing with any of this. I cannot believe I've had to spend $18k on this bullshit.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

They did it. They finally bred a potato with too much craic.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The more people see Wild Horse Nine, the longer Tom Cruise’s odds of securing that Oscar become. Malkovich is coming for his cake.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Autumn ‘76 babies, the real Greatest Generation.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For A Few Dollars More is simultaneously the least iconic but most fun and watchable of the three.

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In memory of Gloria Steinem (1934-2026) here’s A BUNNY’S TALE, the tv movie of her time undercover at Playboy Clubs, starring Kirstie Alley as Gloria Steinem. Pure 1985, in a bottle.

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A Bunny's Tale (Kirstie Alley as Gloria Steinem) 1985 TV Movie - BEST QUALITY

YouTube video by Demux

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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

VISIONQUEST preview at the #LFF for all you MCU-heads…

VISIONQUEST
SERIES
Paul Bettany returns as Vision in this highly anticipated follow-up to Marvel's WandaVision.
Introducing audiences to a range of new and intriguing characters, as well as beloved past favourites - including James Spader reprising his role as Ultron - VisionQuest brings together a series of interconnected stories that follow on from the popular WandaVision and Agatha All Along. Fans will not be disappointed with this special opportunity to view the first two episodes of this exhilarating new Marvel series. IM
Episodes 1-2. Series Creator Terry Matalas. Directors
Christopher J. Byrne, Gandja Monteiro, Vincenzo Natali, Terry Matalas. Screenwriters Terry Matalas, Cindy Appel, Christopher Monfette, Nicole Falsetti, Matthew Okumura. With Paul Bettany, James Spader, Ruaridh Mollica. USA-UK 2025.
97min. Courtesy of Marvel Studios. Language English
MON 12 OCT 18:00
BFI IMAX
In association with
EMPIRE

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