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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 20m

Also, refurbs can be just as good as new.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 28m

Never big discounts on Apple, though.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 2h

Then I would recommend them. Bought my current MacBook Pro from PB in Petone and they were great.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 3h

The weeklong festival of Funerals & Snakes kicked off today with a link to the very first column from 4 October 2006: funeralsandsnakes.net/p/celebratin...

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Celebrating 20 years: Day one - Funerals & Snakes

L'enfer is a DVD rental from Aro Street Video.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 04/10/2026

My 12-yr-old nephew is aware of an election for the first time. Told us today he would vote for either Labour, ACT or TPM. Why ACT? “They get things done.” But what do they get done? No idea.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 23h

He’s very susceptible to slogans at the moment. Especially when they are repeated regularly on the TV news.

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Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

@philippeauclair.bsky.social like your idea of a full menu of punishment for Man City. My ideas: 1. Biggest fine to build 114 top pitches in poor communities across the UK 2. Titles stripped 3. Transfer ban for 5 seasons 4. Immediate expulsion from Premier League 5. -40 point start for 5 seasons

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 04/10/2026

Advice from his grandparents was to try and join the debating team when he gets to high school.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 04/10/2026

Why TPM? Because he appreciates Māori culture and loves kapa haka. He does not whakapapa Māori in any way shape or form but that’s the beautiful world we live in now.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 04/10/2026

The “no new taxes” thing has real cut through to him but he appears to dislike Nats in his bones so that’s good.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 04/10/2026

My 12-yr-old nephew is aware of an election for the first time. Told us today he would vote for either Labour, ACT or TPM. Why ACT? “They get things done.” But what do they get done? No idea.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Dietrichson house from DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) — at the corner of El Contento in the Hollywood Hills — then and now.

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Ethan Plaut @ethanplaut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Much richer article penned by an actual human about a month ago (thanks Sammy!) perhaps best summed up by film critic @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net: “Streaming's been around long enough now that we're starting to realise the rot of it...”

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The viewers ditching streaming 'rot' in favour of DVDs

A survey suggests streaming subscription numbers are down, and film critic Dan Slevin reckons “we’re starting to realise the rot of it”.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 04/10/2026

Keep this on the downlow but I think used the word “rort” but any attention is good attention, I guess.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 03/10/2026

I’ve warmed to EAFC Ultimate Team over the years especially as I can now hold my own against a team that has Pele, Xavi, Zidane, Chiellini, Kompany, Semenyo, etc in it. Makes me laugh that they are nicknamed Spartans, play in the Brazil kit and their fans are chanting “Come on Fulham”.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 03/10/2026

This year marks 20 years of professional reviewing for me and the archive (and latest writing) can be found at funeralsandsnakes.net where there is also a newsletter signup form.

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Funerals & Snakes

Movie news, reviews and discussion from Dan Slevin, gentleman, of Silverstream

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 03/10/2026

Here's a quick pinned intro post for all those welcome new arrivals. I'm a film and tv critic for RNZ in Aotearoa New Zealand, broadcasting every Thursday at 8.40 on Nights with @emiledonovan.bsky.social, and in the rotation on Sunday afternoons’ Culture 101.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 03/10/2026

When Luxon said “Our job is to advance New Zealand business interests” did any of the assembled journalists ask a follow-up or were they busy picking up their jaws from the floor?

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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quick reminder of Nationals biggest promise to you in 2023. Nobody got this.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 02/10/2026

The 20th anniversary celebration will continue on the Funerals & Snakes site next week.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 02/10/2026

Had a great time last night with Emile Donovan on RNZ Nights celebrating my 20th anniversary reviewing films and then actually reviewing a couple: VERITY in cinemas and ANEMONE (Daniel Day-Lewis comes out of retirement!) on Netflix. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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Short-cuts with Dan Slevin

Night's resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review: Verity (In Cinemas), Anemone (Netflix), and The Social Network (TVNZ+).

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 01/10/2026

Also, be someone’s Mr Electrico. You’ll know when you are needed. Rise to that occasion.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 01/10/2026

The Auckland Airlock. Or decompression chamber.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 01/10/2026

We all need a Mr Electrico in our lives. I know who mine is.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 01/10/2026

They represent US and the nicknames make it seem like they represent themselves and their predecessors. All that bullshit about pride in the shirt. No, mate. Pride in being chosen to represent all of us.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 01/10/2026

When I was at a Ticketek I fought (annoyingly) hard to have the tickets read NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA and not ALL BLACKS v WALLABIES. Hated that trend and still do.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 01/10/2026

* I will never ask Claude anything.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 01/10/2026

To save me asking Claude* or whatever, did the commentator on the NZ v Panama game ever use the words “New Zealand”? Or was it just “All Whites” the entire time like they are a club side and not representing an entire nation?

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 30/09/2026

Caitlin’s treatment was a disgrace.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 30/09/2026

This is a really good point. I saw both films in cinemas as 35mm conversions. Looked like pish. But the 4K of COLLATERAL showed me what Mann was showing for.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 29/09/2026

I was hopeful when Solomon signed for West Ham he wouldn’t be like this. Turns out he is worse. A disgrace to the shirt.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 27/09/2026

The big guns have entered the race to the bottom.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 27/09/2026

Does that mean he ducked _into_ the fire at his feet?

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is making the rounds but be aware: it's A.I. slop! First: having those big trucks with tanks full of fuel going that fast off-terrain seems highly unrealistic. But there's also a SUV and a guy appearing all of sudden and walking in the middle of it at the 17 second :P So yeah, don't fall for it

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 26/09/2026

Um, expertise and experience? Aren’t we supposed to sharing that here?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wait for it . . .

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 26/09/2026

Has anybody made the connnecrion between spending four months shooting HEART OF THE BEAST in Aotearoa and Brad Pitt starting drinking again?

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 25/09/2026

Meanwhile, we have a six-year warranty (eight for the battery) on a brand new Chinese EV with all the bells and whistles from the $160k BMW I reviewed ten years ago. $20 more a fortnight payments (thanks to green loan) and $20 a fortnight more insurance.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 25/09/2026

We thought that until … the latest service showed $2500 of undercar replacements advised and simultaneously we were given a courtesy car that we could afford. We have fingers crossed that our Leaf trade-in will continue to have a life with a loving owner.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 25/09/2026

I broke down in Tirau once and had to spend the night in the OK Tirau Motel. Western-themed, in case you were wondering.

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Denise @denisest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Labour has just shown off their new mobile billboard on FB. #nzpol

Labour Party mobile billboard reading "Cry me a river" with Luxon's face on it

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Caniwi @caniwi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think ‘the list’ shd be limited to a smaller number. It was envisioned to allow some candidates to enter parliament this way because they were unlikely to get elected (minorities, youth, for instance) it was not for parties to fill the majority of their seats as unelected reps via the list.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 25/09/2026

I still think of this as the “new” Tears For Fears album. Like Achtung Baby for U2.

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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 25/09/2026

Also, Beamafilm has a rental option for à la carte dining. And it’s on AroVision.

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