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Jonathan Wroot

@jlwroot.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Greenwich. Researcher of Zatoichi movies, Japanese films and horror cinema. Part-time film critic (open to writing offers). All views and opinions shared are my own.

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Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · 13h
Danny Boyle has reaffirmed that 28 Years Later Part 3 will get made, and that the movie is set to feature a lot more Cillian Murphy than The Bone Temple. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
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𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬 @vampirevideos.co.uk · 10h
We talked about BUFFY classics “Bad Girls” & “Consequences” with Lauren McAllister and “Enemies” & “The Prom” with Sarah Williams. Listen to Part 3 of our Season 3 discussion below! 👇🏻 pod.fo/e/65fe93
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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 10h
Film Stories is launching a new, horror-focused newsletter! Here’s how to sign up to House Of Horrors to get the latest horror news and features, delivered straight to your inbox. filmstories.co.uk/news/house-o...
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House Of Horrors | A new weekly horror newsletter is here!
Film Stories is launching a new, horror-focused newsletter! Here’s how to sign up to House Of Horrors to get it weekly to your inbox.
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Steven Sloss 🛸 @stevensloss.bsky.social · 8h
A very nice little tribute to the dearly departed Tony Rayns from Shusuke Kaneko in his video intro to GMK at the Barbican last month ❤️
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Terracotta Distribution @terracottadist.bsky.social · 7h
Back in stock: RED SORGHUM, ZHANG YIMOU's directorial debut and the film that launched GONG LI - a Golden Bear winner and a defining work of Chinese Fifth Generation cinema. #ZhangYimou #terracottastore
Red Sorghum DVD
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16h
The current Conservative party is simply not intellectually equipped to handle Burnham's way of doing politics. That is the bleak reality of it. They'll assume they can do more damage by boycotting and then branding it a stitch up.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 30/09/2026
Tokyo sets a new record with 34 straight days of rain
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Tokyo sets a new record with 34 straight days of rain
The rainy-day streak is the longest since the Japan Meteorological Agency began keeping records in 1886.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 21h
U.S. prosecutors reopened an investigation Monday into an alleged gang rape at Cornell University following claims the elite college failed to properly punish the men involved.
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U.S. prosecutors reopen Cornell gang rape case after outcry
Newly released details of the alleged incident have fueled allegations that the university was too lenient.
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 19h
The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.
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Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social · 18h
Can the #BBC confirm that no Doctors, companions or opponents were harmed making this #AI version? Was it consensual and contractual or just the usual theft from creators?
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 18h
After 35 years in the country, Toys R Us plans to stop operating stores in Japan, people familiar with the matter have said.
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After 35 years in the country, Toys R Us plans to exit Japan
Toys R Us-Japan currently runs a total of some 150 Toys R Us toy stores and Babies R Us baby goods stores across the nation.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18h
There was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it.
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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 18h
Rubbish news: True Brit, the company that backed 500 Miles, Sunny Dancer, Giant and The Death Of Robin Hood, is going under. filmstories.co.uk/news/true-br...
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True Brit | UK distributor files for bankruptcy
Rubbish news: True Brit, the company that backed 500 Miles, Sunny Dancer, Giant and The Death Of Robin Hood, is going under.
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Jamie Hannigan @jamiedotdotdot.bsky.social · 19h
A graph showing wealth distribution (and the astonishing inequality) in France from 1760-1790 and a near identical graph showing wealth distribution in the US AIN 2016 (ten years ago, so things are likely worse now)Old oil painting of a crowd gathered around a guillotine .
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17h
Cutting the civil service sounds a great idea until you consider it means ... "Longer waits for your pension Fewer officers at the border Prisons with even fewer staff ... [Fewer] specialists who keep rivers clean, stop cyber attacks and contain animal disease" meme via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · 17h
UK distributor True Brit files for administration www.screendaily.com/news/zygi-ka...
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Zygi Kamasa's UK distributor True Brit files for administration
Founder Zygi Kamasa confirms that high-profile UK distributor and producer-financier has gone into administration.
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Worf Email @worfemail.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Commander Riker, There has been a security breach in our computer system. Your search history is being broadcast to the entire crew. Worf
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Most people stopped watching your video at 0.1 seconds, here are some tips to keep people interested..." Listen, Tiktok, that's just my face. That's just what my face looks like. You invented the app where people watch videos for 0.1 seconds, don't try to blame me.
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AnimEigo @animeigo.com · 29/09/2026
New episode of The Anime Business! Steve Alpert talks about Disney and Studio Ghibli! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElD3...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 29/09/2026
Japanese volleyball player Rui Takahashi came out as gay on Tuesday, saying he wanted to help others struggling with their sexuality in a country where openly LGBTQ+ athletes are extremely rare.
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Japanese volleyball player comes out as gay in rare case
Takahashi said his brother Ran, who is a hugely popular star with Japan’s national volleyball team, helped him come to terms with his sexuality.
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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026
DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world.
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Jonathan Wroot @jlwroot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@uniofgreenwich.bsky.social has been a historical backdrop for many films. Cinema and Space asks: What does it mean when history is represented in this way? Come and find out in BA Film Studies. Admissions criteria and Open Days: www.gre.ac.uk/undergraduat...
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𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬 @vampirevideos.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Our time with BUFFY’s third season is nearly up, as podcaster Lauren McAllister and film critic Sarah Williams joined us to talk about Slayer rivalry and Prom Night. Listen below! 👇🏻 pod.fo/e/65fe93
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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 29/09/2026
Films don’t make meaning. Films prompt, films pander, films provoke. Viewers make meaning.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
weird al version of klingon opera
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are more Cornell frat boys accused of raping one woman than there are trans athletes competing in all of NCAA sports.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage honks his mouth off about ongoing police investigations, when told not to. His Welsh leader is in prison for taking bribes from Russia. He whips up riots. He’s in bed with Trump, foreign money, crooks and crypto billionaires…. A massive problem with national security is Farage himself.
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'We have a massive problem with national security': Farage challenged on Fairford speculation
Reform UK leader told his social media followers the five men arrested after an RAF Fairford situation were "Iranian nationals". Sky's Rob Powell spoke to him after it was confirmed the men arrested are British nationals.
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Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I find it really weird that people who can't stand seeing a woman shopping in a niqab are often perfectly comfortable with a gang of guys in balaclavas threatening RNLI volunteers or black NHS staff.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026
What’s Rustling In That Leaf Pile?
What’s Rustling In That Leaf Pile?
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Jerome Mazandarani @theaccidentalotaku.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FFS people! Your feelings about issues like immigration do not matter. I don’t give a fuck if it makes you feel”feel uncomfortable” when you hear a foreign language on the bus, or you see women wearing niqab in your high street. We will absolutely fuck ourselves economically.
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 28/09/2026
Are You Ticklish?
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Alicia Haddick/アリシア🔜Tokyo Game Show @aliciahaddick.com · 28/09/2026
Who the fuck decided they should give Sion Sono money to make another film?
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Jerome Mazandarani @theaccidentalotaku.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I fucking love @iandunt.bsky.social. May The Force Nanoo-Nanoo & Prosper with him. ✌️
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theraygun.bsky.social @theraygun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Therwulf. Yes, I am going to keep saying this until January 1 and almost certainly beyond too youtu.be/N9jgdblZM80?...
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WERWULF | Official Trailer 2 - HD
In cinemas January 1 2027 Follow us on Facebook at https://www.face...
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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New Film Stories Podcast! The fast turnaround on Daniel Craig's second James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace. Plus the bold decision behind indie movie Fortune Cookies. filmstories.co.uk/news/podcast...
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Podcast | Quantum Of Solace (2008), the rushed Bond, plus indie director Brenda Lee
The fast turnaround on Daniel Craig's second James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace. Plus the bold decision behind indie movie Fortune Cookies.
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TrekCore.com 🖖 @trekcore.com · 27/09/2026
Director Cliff Bole and Patrick Stewart between shots on the set of "The Best of Both Worlds." #StarTrek
Director Cliff Bole and Patrick Stewart between shots on the set of "The Best of Both Worlds."
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Skywalker Saga my entire fucking arsehole. The last time they gave those sexless fanboy wankers what they wanted it was a creative abomination. Please, I am begging you, learn from your mistakes.
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Jamie Hannigan @jamiedotdotdot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
THE ODYSSEY (Nolan, 2026)
Close-up photo of a novelty pencil sharpener in a shop window; it is shaped like a small green cyclops with yellow horns and the pencil (though here, it is inexplicably a blue biro) is placed into its eye. The cyclops, strangely enough, is smiling placidly, its arms behind its back
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title: Author Simulator 

Level 1: Get to desk and begin! (Platform video game-style image of an author jumping from a block onto  a cloud with desk and computer) Result: success!

Level 2: Press on despite distractions! (Author typing as the desk/clod moves past a ghost and a spider) ) Result: success!

Level 3: Deliver manuscript to editor! (Author jumping over fire pit onto platform where editor waits) Result: success!

Level 4: Accept minor criticism! (Author lying ded in fronto of editors desk) Result: better luck next time!

Along the bottom are controls for:
 Left right jump crouch read write nap coffee
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Terracotta Distribution @terracottadist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Three big preorders landed this week: THE POLICE STORY TRILOGY STEELBOOK (Jackie Chan, 4K, limited to 2,000), HOPE ON BLU-RAY (Na Hong-jin, Cannes-acclaimed, complete cut) and PEDICAB DRIVER (Sammo Hung, out December). All still open for preorder. #NewPreorders #terracottastore
Hope Blu-ray, Police Story Trilogy Steelbook and Pedicab Driver - preorders now open
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James Balmont @jbalmont.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TOMORROW (MON) - A double bill of absurd Japanese horror-comedy obscurities screening at @thenickelcinema.bsky.social from 18:00 w/ myself and @thirdwindowfilms.com: CRAZY LIPS: thenickel.co.uk/screening/667 GORE FROM OUTER SPACE: thenickel.co.uk/screening/668 COME THRU!
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CRAZY LIPS (28 Sept) | The Nickel
After her brother is accused of murdering four people, Satomi Kurahashi desperately searches for a way to prove his innocence. She turns to a mysterious psychic for help, but the investigation quickly...
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Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Toshio Masuda, who directed both anime and live action movies, has died aged 98. May he rest in peace.
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 26/09/2026
Focus Features has released a new trailer for Werwulf, and it looks like it’s going to be another gothic Christmas for Robert Eggers‘ fans.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Monstrous Transformation Teased in Robert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf’ Trailer
Focus Features has released a new trailer for Werwulf, and it looks like it’s going to be another gothic Christmas for Robert Eggers‘ fans.
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
which galaxy was star wars in
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sure. Brexit meant we huffed out of our agreements on managing the flow of asylum seekers. The boats symbolise “taking back control” by going it alone. But it’s only a “crisis” because politicians and media choose to blame immigrants for their own failures. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Burnham blames Brexit for small boats crisis - but rules out early general election
Burnham lamented a ‘loss of collaboration with neighbours’ following Brexit but has ‘knocked dead’ the idea of an early election before 2029
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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