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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That was one of my blindspots too until someone pointed out that the vowels are in the same order as in "leopard".

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wow, Bosley wasn't hesitant about spoilers was he?

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Already booked! The Poole shows have become a highlight of the run-up to Christmas for us.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Much as I love the horror films, his finest moment for me is Cash On Demand. I can't recommend that one strongly enough.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Yes! At least you could plead with him not to do the lame sequel thing of undoing the previous ending and putting the characters back where they started.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I enjoy the films a lot but I always lose track of which rugged, stubbly guy is the lord of what and the king of where.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 30/06/2026

A Press Gazette article exposing the dubious ‘parasite SEO’ tactics of online marketing company Clickout Media has been removed from Google search results after a spurious anonymous legal challenge pressgazette.co.uk/news/spuriou...

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Spurious copyright claim sees second Press Gazette story removed from Google search

Claim filed under US law seeks to hide Press Gazette reporting about Clickout Media.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Well the Lib Dems won't lose this ward for lack of leafleting.

A large pile of Lib Dem leaflets next to a single Reform leaflet

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Great point. The ski/'chute is worth the price of admission itself.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I think I read years ago that the driver had to sign an agreement not to perform the stunt for anyone else for several years after the film was released.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In the opening scene of Star Wars, the model of the little spaceship was bigger than that of the big spaceship.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom has Chekhov's Missing Gun. Pistol gets thrown out of a car window a few minutes in. Near the end of the movie, when that's long forgotten, Indy reaches for it and finds an empty holster.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

You mean I get all that for such a small premium? #IYKYK

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is my favourite discovery of the day. Tim Turner is an institution in this household thanks to the Look At Life films on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social daily.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Yes! And they fade in and out so much that you see more black screen than footage.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

It's incredible that a book can be considered a safeguarding risk. No wonder they withdrew an adaptation of 1984! Brilliant investigation.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I like to know all those Ks are there, even if I can't perceive them. Now I come to think of it, this might make me an easy mark for the right kind of scam.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I don't think anyone in the world agrees with me but I thought Ghostbusters II was funnier than the original.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The Three Investigators books confused the young me into thinking Hitchcock was a mystery writer rather than a director.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Amazing feedback - and spot-on! Congratulations.

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Dirt In The Gate Movies @dirtinthegate.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Feedback like this from the BFI audience survey reminds us why it matters — bringing filmmakers, audiences, partners and supporters together through a shared love of genre cinema and a passion for seeing films the way they were meant to be seen, with an audience that truly knows and appreciates it.

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High Contrast Cinema @highcontrastcinema.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

On March 20th come and join us for a rare public screening of screwball classic HOLIDAY (1938), starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, at the @allendalecentre.bsky.social in Wimborne. Advance tickets available here: tinyurl.com/26j7ttk5

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I remember it well. As a kid, I would walk past cinemas that summer just to look at the posters and that was the most exciting.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Yes! Not sure why it's so often dismissed as one of Bogart's lesser noirs.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Absolutely! Keep pointing us to these gems; they're easily missed.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Something not mentioned enough is that, over Christmas, BBC2 & iPlayer offered some of the greatest films ever made: this, Double Indemnity, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Bringing Up Baby, etc etc.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Impossibly glamorous couple solve a mystery at Christmas while barely spilling their martinis. I'm in.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Sorry, the phone lines are unusually busy, as usual.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This has made my day. Sweep was the real comic genius in that ensemble.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

"Fixed it for you." "[Checks notes]"

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Ooh, that's going to bug me now!

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Oh yes! Thanks to Starsky & Hutch and other US shows, I grew up thinking Americans didn't lock their cars or even wind up the windows.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

In-car scenes where they remove the front seat headrests, presumably to make shooting easier. Once I notice it, believability is gone.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Agreed. I've struggled with podcasts about classic films. So many last longer than the movie they're discussing, beginning with 15 minutes of aimless chat before it emerges that the speakers have only just seen the film and haven't looked up basic facts about it.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Great review. I love the insight about "poisoning irony". Unfortunately I'm not ready to rewatch this one after the childhood trauma of seeing Toots get clubbed to death by the robbers. (Have I remembered that right? I can't believe I haven't. )

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Had it every year from 1988 until its demise. I wish they'd gone out with a big hardback edition that reinstated the made-for-TV movies and the titles that were moved to the Classic Film Guide - and that was sturdy enough to last the rest of my days.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Stood a few feet from Douglas Adams in the foyer of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane as he collected his tickets for a Randy Newman concert. I, a huge fan, said nothing at all.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Do the 12 days of Christmas mean nothing to some people?

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I know it's an obvious answer but Psycho. So surprising and yet so perfect.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This has come to feel like the official start of Christmas: the fabulous @bournemouthso.bsky.social Celebration of Christmas Carols in Poole.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

That one really is perfect isn't it? Morrell is great and it may be Cushing's best performance. That moment where he's the one issuing the threat is superb.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum in Bournemouth today.

Russell-Cotes Museum dining room with Christmas decorations

Russell-Cotes Museum main hall decorated for Christmas

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

All the set you need for a great evening of ghost stories: @nunkie.bsky.social narrated two MR James tales powerfully in Not Truly Dead at Poole's Lighthouse tonight.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Last year, I added The Holdovers to the roster and now I need a longer December.

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Dirt In The Gate Movies @dirtinthegate.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Want to see your genre short film up on the big screen in a stunning award winning Art-Deco Cinema? Have you made a feature that will wow audiences alongside a choice selection of 35mm classic genre heavyweights? Submissions are open for GRINDFEST FILM FESTIVAL 2026 via our FilmFreeway portal.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Also, estimating the number of words on a page by: Counting the words on each of 3 lines and finding the average. Then multiplying that by the number of lines that ran more than half way across the page.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

From newspaper days, drawing a diagonal line on the back of a photo and measuring how tall it would be if printed across a given number of columns.

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Darren Slade @darrenslade.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Well done @letterboxd.social for being the only digital provider NOT to tell me the price of my subscription will be "changing" so it can invest in the product etc etc.

Letterboxd email saying your pro subscription will soon renew.

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