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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I always found it reassuring that Eva Marie Saint was still out there. It was good to inhabit the planet at the same time as someone from North by Northwest. RIP.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Can't wait until someone puts Free Bird over the climax of the Odyssey.

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Quantum Of Silliness @quantumofsilliness.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Selecting the next Chancellor of the Exchequer like

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I think there's a middle ground. I might be more encouraged to use instagram if the first thing it showed me wasn't a news story from two weeks ago.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'm 29 and used a lot of social media from my early teens. It was horrible and when I have kids I'd really rather they didn't have to deal with it.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

If only this were true - they censored the books in 2023, the original versions are currently out of print unless you shell out for the (lovely) Folio Society editions. www.theguardian.com/books/2023/f...

theguardian.com

James Bond novels to be reissued with racial references removed

The changes to the spy novels include the removal of the N-word and omitting references to the ethnicity of minor characters

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I'm 29 and I really don't think it would be fair for James bond to already be younger than me at this stage of my life.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Felt pretty half arsed. Relied on characters we'd never met before, no weight to it all.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Toner's Pub on Baggot Street. Went straight there when I visited Dublin a few years ago. The pub is basically unchanged from the film.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

They formed a coalition government, Tromp's party eventually withdrew in protest against proposed changes to the age of consent.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

One Battle is my film of the year, it's still showing in 70mm at the Prince Charles.

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We need to stop trying to turn these things from small talk you have with your friends to kill time into things people think have actual right & wrong answers because they’re dull

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I've never watched Beatles Anthology series before, so I'm really enjoying the re-release on Disney+, but the AI upscaling on all the archive footage is monstrous historical vandalism. The lads' faces keep morphing into uncanny doppelgangers, and text is frequently mushed into gibberish.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Lots to say about One Battle After Another, but it's one of the best experiences I've had with IMAX. The Vistavision cinematography was unbelievably immersive. At times it felt like I was physically riding a rollercoaster.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

"...Knight’s going back to Bond’s beginnings as a Royal Navy Commander before being recruited by MI6... to perhaps chart how Bond attained 007 status." Please, God, no! No more origin stories! deadline.com/2025/09/jame...

deadline.com

Denis Villeneuve To Start Casting For An “Unknown” Brit Actor For ‘Bond 26’ When He Completes ‘Dune: Part Three’ — Breaking Baz

Deadline goes undercover to reveal the latest on James Bond casting, including the expected nationality, look and gender of the actor.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Cowboy, spy, journalist, paratrooper - Robert Redford had all my dream jobs when I was growing up. A blockbuster superstar who used his power to champion independent cinema, he represented all that American movies had to offer.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Not sure how to feel about this. I like a lot of Knight's stuff but he's pretty hit and miss.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Some film students in the pub overheard that I'd just watched Barry Lyndon and asked me what I "liked about it". Felt like I was being physically assaulted.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I am not psychologically prepared to be older than James Bond.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I don't think he deserves to be crucified.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Denis Villeneuve is probably the best choice we could have hoped for. Just don't mess with the gunbarrel and use the theme music a lot. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

James Bond: Denis Villeneuve to direct next 007 film

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker says he is a "die-hard" Bond fan and will "honour" the franchise.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Went to an inexplicably 2003-themed pub crawl this year and did my duty.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Recently saw it projected on 35mm at the Prince Charles - they screen it a few times a year and I can't recommend it enough.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

As another under-30 fan, I loved getting drunk and watching this film at uni. There's a fantastic authenticity to the dialogue - they all sound like men of their time, whereas most 21st century historical war movies just transpose modern sensibilities and mannerisms onto their characters.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Lovely podcast lads. You mentioned James M McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom - this extract on the 54th's assault and the aftermath has never left me.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I think half the MI films are genuinely good, and M:I 2 isn't one of them, but it's not terrible imo. It's got character, when a lot of the others tend to blend together. I can barely remember a thing from the third one, and I struggle to differentiate between Rogue Nation/Fallout.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

In 1947, British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said the UK needed to build a nuclear bomb "with the bloody Union Jack on top of it." It's a real shame isn't alive to see his dream become reality in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I say this with a very heavy heart, but I did not get on with Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. A couple of reheated stunts from Roger Moore Bond films can't save this talky, confused slog of a film. The endless procession of fan service, callbacks and retcons puts Spectre (2015) to shame.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I feel like a lot of the world's problems can be traced to the decline of internet forums. Social media wasn't build to handle so many weirdos and hobbyists.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

These towns first appeared in the previous game, which is set a few years later. Armadillo is thriving and Tumbleweed has become a ghost town because it was bypassed by the railroad. They inverted this dynamic for the prequel, likely for the sake of variety and as tongue-in-cheek wink to fans.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Aha, didn't realise it was only WWII films, carry on. Astonished Pearl Harbour made the cut over Where Eagles Dare though.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I'm always surprised that Lawrence of Arabia never features in these lists. Is it considered too premium a film to be lumped in with other war movies?

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Incredible film. Went to an exhibition on war films at the IWM about ten years ago, and there was a fascinating letter from David Lean to Carl Foreman on display. Lean didn't think Foreman properly understood the hubris at the heart of Col. Nicholson.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Finished watching 9-hour holocaust documentary Shoah yesterday. Fancied something a bit lighter afterwards, so put on Terms of Endearment, not realising was was a cancer movie.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I've come to the decision that he should be Bond.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

They don't build actors like Gene Hackman anymore. Never predictable, his presence could be fearsome, charming or pathetic, but always a little enigmatic. He dominated so many classic movies, more than I can recall.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This video makes me feel like Robert De Niro is my grandad.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

James Bond's death in NTTD makes more sense now - they must have suspected something like this was coming. If it had to end, I'm glad we got some sort of conclusion to the Broccoli family's 007. Whatever comes next will be something very different.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Inside of you there are two wolves

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Halfway through series 2 of SAS Rogue Heroes, and I'm a bit torn. I'm glad to see a British WWII drama with some money behind it, and it's enjoyable as pulp entertainment. But every historical event and character is sensationalised to the point of irritation. Mayne is really getting on my nerves.

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Mark Allison @markyallison.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Beatle wise, all I want is a Rubber Soul box with a remix and the mono. They can do what they like after that, but if they try to reheat Anthology before getting round to Rubber Soul I'll be livid. A nice Walls and Bridges box would be lovely too.

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