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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Coyote vs. ACME. This is a lot of fun. Manages to combine cartoon antics with an underdogs against the big company legal thriller. A good watch on the big screen. youtu.be/Bpg3tJ4f3v0?...

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Coyote vs. ACME | Final Trailer

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Pictures of Ghosts. A charming look back at cinemas in Recife, held together by the director’s memories of the time and place. It really made me want to go to the cinema. youtube.com/watch?v=6xjZ...

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Pictures of Ghosts | Official Trailer

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Zombeid. A gym-bro take on zombies. Effective use of genre tropes for solid B-movie fun. Would recommend. youtube.com/watch?v=Q6G4...

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ZOMBEID | Official Trailer | Fahad Mustafa - Mehwish Hayat | Releasing this Eid Ul Azha 2026

YouTube video by HAR PAL GEO

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo. Characters you think you’ve seen before shown from a different point of view. An intriguing watch. youtube.com/watch?v=YWV2...

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THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO | Official Trailer | Now Streaming

YouTube video by MUBI

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Akira (1988 film). Correctly predicting an Olympic stadium would be under construction in Tokyo in 2019. youtube.com/watch?v=Jq4E...

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AKIRA returns in 4K to UK cinemas 17th April

YouTube video by All the Anime

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

A Portrait of Glasgow - 1980. It’s amazing what hasn’t changed and what is now unrecognisable: youtu.be/qMh_-EtZhL4?...

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1980: A Portrait of Glasgow | Spectrum | BBC Archive

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Arco. A delightfully old school animated film, featuring robots, rainbows and time travel. An easy watch. Would highly recommend. youtube.com/watch?v=2jjV...

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ARCO - Official Trailer - Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Andy Samberg

YouTube video by Picturehouse

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

No Other Choice. A compelling watch. Never quite sure where’s it’s going to go next. Lovely supporting characters. Would recommend. youtube.com/watch?v=WG8_...

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NO OTHER CHOICE | Official Trailer | In Cinemas January

YouTube video by MUBI

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Magazine of the future. Rather amazing watching this fifty years later, via the internet. youtube.com/watch?v=ICoj...

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1975: CEEFAX - A Communications REVOLUTION? | This Is Ceefax | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The Secret Agent. A thriller with lots of other elements, keeps you guessing as where it’s going to go next. A compelling watch. #LIFF2025 youtube.com/watch?v=0nNA...

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THE SECRET AGENT - Official Teaser Trailer - In Select Theaters November 26

YouTube video by NEON

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The Blue Trail. An unusual story of trying to fulfil a bucket list while living under a totalitarian regime. An engaging watch. #LIFF2025 youtube.com/watch?v=nFQE...

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THE BLUE TRAIL trailer | BFI London Film Festival 2025 – 8-19 October

YouTube video by BFI

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

It Was Just an Accident. A captivating thriller. Would highly recommend. #LIFF youtu.be/nF04v-ze2Yc?...

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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT - Official Trailer - In Theaters October 15

YouTube video by NEON

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Berlin. An enjoyable thriller, more le Carré than Fleming. Currently on Channel 4 in the UK youtube.com/watch?v=PxOt...

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Berlin | Official Trailer | A ZEE5 Original Film | Aparshakti K, Rahul B, Ishwak S | 13th Sep 2024

YouTube video by ZEE5

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Crossing. This was really good. An engaging character study. Would highly recommend. youtube.com/watch?v=Sp7L...

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CROSSING | Official Trailer | Now Streaming

YouTube video by MUBI

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Cells at Work. This was a lot of fun, surprisingly tense at times. Nice use of Ride of the Valkyries at a key point. Currently on NetflixUK. youtube.com/watch?v=f_C7...

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CELLS AT WORK! | Super Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by ワーナーブラザース公式チャンネル

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The Way We Talk. Really good. Lovely use of sound to show different characters’ point of view. youtu.be/_hbcW8Ye2Bc?...

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The Way We Talk 《看我今天怎麼說》 - Official UK Trailer

YouTube video by Central City Media

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

St Denis Medical. A nice easy watch. Now on iPlayer in the UK. youtu.be/63U67bMqFFU?...

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St Denis Medical - Trailer | BBC

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Bref.2 Really enjoyed this, so much more to it than I expected. Would recommend. Currently on Disney+ in the UK. youtu.be/Y3yZmwdO5Fo?...

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Bref. 2 | Official Trailer | Hulu

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The Best Heart Attack of My Life. A charming watch, very enjoyable. youtube.com/watch?v=3j6o...

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The Best Heart Attack of My Life | Official Trailer | Hulu

YouTube video by Hulu

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The Eternaut. This was a good slow-build sci-fi series. The setting in Argentina was enjoyably different compared to other sci-fi shows. youtube.com/watch?v=TqT4...

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The Eternaut | Official Trailer | Netflix

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b3ta @b3ta.com · 10/04/2025

Artist: christhebarker b3ta.com/board/11416896 From the 'If Kids Stories Told The Truth' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/ifkidsstoriestol… #IfKidsStoriesToldTheTruth

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Pietinia Kronikas. A slightly different coming of age story. It was really good. youtu.be/aKgwpXlUEpc?...

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SOUTHERN CHRONICLES | Trailer | English Subs | 2024

YouTube video by FilmFestival Cottbus

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Abbott Elementary season 4 is (finally) starting to be available on Disney+ in the UK.

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Rob Shearcroft @robshc.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Gaganachari. A sci-fi mockumentary set in a post-apocalyptic Kerala. And there are songs. Would recommend. youtu.be/bQcb0Jh8KCY?...

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Gaganachari - Trailer |Anarkali Marikar,Aju Varghese,Gokul Suresh,Ganesh|Arun Chandu|Sankar Sharma

YouTube video by Think Music India

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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 23/01/2025

For this year’s photo contest, we put out a call asking readers to show us how technology is impacting their world. We received 227 entries from 45 countries — here are the winners restofworld.org/2025/tech-ph...

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 13/01/2025

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 09/01/2025

This is a great article! How one man's onbsession with the early internet got the UK online for the first time - in 1973. arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

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How the UK was connected to the Internet for the first time

And a few months later, the Internet’s first password.

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 07/01/2025

Always regret not writing more on mechanics of broadcasting in old job. Anyway, I *did not know* that the reason BBC Radio 4 still broadcasts on long wave in 2025 is that it secretly carries the Economy 7 signal for cheap overnight power on old electricity meters. c20society.org.uk/news/c20-cal...

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C20 calls for Droitwich Transmitter Masts listing – The Twentieth Century Society

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

CHARLES RENNIE MACKENSLUSH

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Paging Russell T Davies - the doughnut monster of Weymouth beach.

A humanoid figure. The body is in the shape of a doughnut and there is a slightly sinister face on the top curve.

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b3ta @b3ta.com · 22/12/2024

Count on a comeback Artist: Pizopop b3ta.com/board/11414052 From the 'Sesame Street' challenge b3ta.com/challenge/sesamestreet/pop… #SesameStreet

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Whitsun is the day that Scottish men celebrate parents who are hard of hearing

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/12/2024

‘Glasgow is the most complete of Britain’s motorway cities, outstripping anything achieved in London, and even car-mad Birmingham.’ Richard J. Williams on the utopian vision and disappointing reality of Glasgow’s M8: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Richard J. Williams · Short Cuts: Motorway Cities

When the Glasgow section of the M8 opened on 4 February 1972 a handful of students from the nearby Glasgow School of Art...

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 10/05/2023

We've been saying "See you later, Alligator" for decades, when "Sayonara, Capybara" was right there.

Capybara By Charles J. Sharp - Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44254293

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Xavi Ruiz @xruiztru.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Metal bands per 1 million inhabitants in Latin America.

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