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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Final form Quentin Dupieux is a GTA: San Andreas-style middle-aged grump-com where living in a simulation is more of a mild inconvenience than a cataclysmic apocalypse. My review of #LeVertige (or #Vertiginous) for @thegeekshow.bsky.social at Fantastic Fest here: thegeekshow.co.uk/vertiginous-...
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Vertiginous (Fantastic Fest 2026)
Vertiginous's Lo-Fi sci-fi existentialism is about as on brand as a director like Quentin Dupieux gets, which is to say the man is impossible to second guess.
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The latest episode of Pop Screen is live. After 172 episodes we have finally done an episode about a Spike Lee movie, not sure how we managed to get this far without touching his filmography. Join Graham & @simonramshaw.bsky.social in the latest episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/49PH...
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ASAP meets Akira: Highest 2 Lowest - Pop Screen Episode 172
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thought Leo Woodall gave a great performance as Matt Johnson’s Arms in #Tony.
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We covered Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie on its festival run, and we loved it. Now its out in the UK, what does someone familiar with the show think? Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/nirvanna-the...
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025) Out in the UK
We covered Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie on its festival run, and we loved it. Now its out in the UK, what does someone familiar with the show think?
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Jay @backinthejay.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Just read a great review of #scarymovie6 by @simonramshaw.bsky.social very insightful and a fun read #horror 🎬💀
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Caroline von Golum @carolineavenue.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Over at @screenanarchy.bsky.social, critic @simonramshaw.bsky.social calls REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE "a striking experiment in style and restraint"! Read the full review here! screenanarchy.com/2026/04/reve...
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REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE Review: Earnest, If Stagey, Tale of Unwavering Faith
Acts. Questions. Steps. Leaps. All words with which 'of faith' can be easily and appropriately clipped on, and applied especially to Caroline Golum's Revelations of Divine Love, a micro-budget marvel ...
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Overjoyed to hear that UK audiences will be able to see #BladesoftheGuardians (thanks to Trinity CineAsia!) in just under a month - take a look at my conversation with the multi-hypenate master of martial arts cinema Yuen Woo-ping to get you excited... screenanarchy.com/2026/02/blad...
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BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS Interview: Director Yuen Woo-ping on Passing the Baton and Still Learning After Over 50 Years
There are few filmmaking visionaries whose work has touched more than Yuen Woo-ping. A triple-threat stuntman, choreographer and director, his illustrious career began hand-in-hand with Jackie Chan&#3...
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Sometimes friends are the last thing you need, as shown in Jessica Barr's ambitious directorial debut - The Plan, fresh from its #Slamdance World Premiere. Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-plan-sla...
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The Plan (Slamdance Film Festival 2026)
Sometimes friends are the last thing you need, as shown in Jessica Barr's ambitious directorial debut - The Plan, fresh from its Slamdance World Premiere.
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A very difficult movie, Max DeFalco's street grotty street level drama TEN WILL asks when is someone’s sentence truly over? Fresh from its world premiere at #Slamdance, @simonramshaw.bsky.social looks at this feature directorial debut, here: thegeekshow.co.uk/ten-will-sla...
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TEN WILL (Slamdance 2026) World Premiere Review
A very difficult movie, Max DeFalco's street grotty street level drama TEN WILL asks when is someone’s sentence truly over?
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Last week I was lucky enough to talk to master stuntman/choreographer/director/visionary Yuen Woo-ping! His new film BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS is showing in US/Canadian theatres (thanks @wellgousa.bsky.social) so please let our conversation to get you excited about it screenanarchy.com/2026/02/blad...
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A decade since David Bowie passed away, superfan Graham is joined by Mick to talk about the 1983 vampire movie, The Hunger #PodernFamily Listen here or wherever podcasts find you: open.spotify.com/episode/00QQ...
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David Bowie in the Hunger - Pop Screen 157
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Out now part one of our almighty review of #2025inmovies. Its an epic doozy. Out now on all good podcast providers, part one of our almighty review of #2025inmovies. We start on Pop Screen for part one. Listen and Subscribe here: open.spotify.com/episode/5DXq... Involved people in next post...
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Part One of takes both celebratory and scabrous as I round up the wild cinematic year that was 2025. Sub to that Substack if you like what you see here 👉 open.substack.com/pub/simonram...
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Playing recently at @sohohorrorfest.bsky.social and coming out on @signatureuk.bsky.social Blu-Ray very soon, Luc Besson returns to the English language with the lavish, Dracula: A Love Tale Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/dracula-a-lo...
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Dracula: A Love Tale (2025) Soho Horror Film Festival
Playing recently at Soho Horror and coming out on Signature Blu Ray very soon, Luc Besson returns to the English language with the lavish, Dracula: A Love Tale
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Romanian satirist and experimental filmmaking punk rocker Radu Jude returns to his usual feel-good(!) terrain with his latest movie, Kontinental '25. Out in cinemas now (link in article) Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/kontinental-...
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Kontinental '25 (2025) Hard-to-swallow satire from Romania's smartest joker - The Geek Show
Romanian satirist and experimental filmmaking punk rocker Radu Jude returns to his usual feel-good(!) terrain with his latest movie, Kontinental '25.
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
FRANKENSTEIN: del Toro’s itch is finally scratched! Extravagantly silly and sentimental, packed with fleshy cadavers and jaw-ripping grue. Elordi follows in the footsteps of Doug Jones as a pretty, lanky, pale beastie among del Toro’s finest. Isaac does a Ruffalo in Poor Things voice. #LFF
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The Police Crime thriller is a completely different mood in 2025 than it was in 2002, a mood that Joe Carnahan's underrated and endlessly grimy NARC taps into. Out now on @arrowvideo.bsky.social Blu-Ray #review Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/narc-2002-re...
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NARC (2002) Out now on Arrow Video Blu-Ray
The Police Crime thriller is a completely different mood in 2025 than it was in 2002, a mood that Joe Carnahan's underrated and endlessly grimy NARC taps into.
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We wrap up today with a very different spin on the Invisible Man formula with Yoshiyuki Kuroda's family friendly The Invisible Swordsman. Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-invisibl...
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The Invisible Swordsman (1970) Out now on Arrow Video Blu
We wrap up today with a very different spin on the Invisible Man formula with Yoshiyuki Kuroda's family friendly The Invisible Swordsman.
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
#28YEARSLATER spoilers . . . . . . . . . Not wanting to stoke any irl conspiracies here, but I left questioning if the virus was actually infectious anymore. In fact, this is a film where the only transmission of the virus happens in the initial outbreak in the prologue. 1/7
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Join @uncutrobcast.bsky.social, @simonramshaw.bsky.social, @jimmydeanfilm.bsky.social & Graham for the latest episode of Uncut. In this edition, we discuss the work of #classichollywood acting legend, Marlene Dietrich. That tickles your fancy, listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/75XN...
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Marlene Dietrich - they don't make Hollywood Stars like that any more
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A nostalgic blast from Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich, In the Lost Lands. It recalls the DVD era of action cinema that we've missed so much. Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @studiocanal.com release here: thegeekshow.co.uk/in-the-lost-...
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In the Lost Lands (2025) Out now on 4K, Blu-ray, & Digital
A nostalgic blast from Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich, In the Lost Lands. It recalls the DVD era of action cinema that we've missed so much.
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Friendship first half vs Friendship second half
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New crittering over at @moviemarker.bsky.social
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The Irishman has been officially renamed ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’.
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I was intrigued, moved, alarmed and provoked by @joshuaoppenheimer.bsky.social’s #TheEnd, which is, for my money, the most interesting thing currently playing in theatres. Here’s why 👉 thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
What do you get when you mash together zone of interest & the act of killing as a musical? Well, something very divisive for starters. But also, Joshua Oppenheimer's The End #mubi Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
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The End (2024) Out in UK Cinemas
What do you get when you mash together zone of interest & the act of killing as a musical? Well, something very divisive for starters. But also, The End.
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Drawing a line under the The Japan Touring Film Programme for 2025, @simonramshaw.bsky.social looks at the Light Samurai Sci-fi of A Samurai in Time. Which is also out from @thirdwindowfilms.com at the end of the Month #review Read More Here: thegeekshow.co.uk/a-samurai-in...
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A Samurai in Time (Japan Foundation Touring Film 2025)
Drawing a line under the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme for 2025, Simon looks at the Light Samurai Sci-fi of A Samurai in Time.
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Turning on the film grain in the last shot of Severance was deliciously diabolical, possibly the most evil visual decision they could have taken, what a way to rub salt in the wound.
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Closing the weekend, Tom Noonan's lost american indie classic isn't just ahead of its time, What Happened Was and its awkward anti-romance is decades ahead of the curve. Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @filmsradiance.bsky.social blu-ray here: thegeekshow.co.uk/what-happene...
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What Happened Was (1994) Out now from Radiance FIlms
Tom Noonan's lost american indie classic isn't just ahead of its time, What Happened Was and its awkward anti-romance is decades ahead of the curve.
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Happy Oscar Night to all who celebrate! In anticipation of an upcoming longer video that celebrates the previous cinematic year, here is a taste of my audiovisual remix of the best films of 2024. vimeo.com/1061871468
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2024 - An Audiovisual Remix (preview) by Simon Ramshaw
Happy Oscar Night to all who celebrate! In anticipation of an upcoming longer video that celebrates the previous cinematic year, here is a taste of my audiovisual…
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
embrace #betterman, embrace #monke #TheMonkey
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The Geek Show @thegeekshow.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The burgeoning 'real life soldiers telling their experiences through fiction’ sub-genre returns with Sunray: Fallen Soldier. Out now on Digital Platforms via @vertigorel.bsky.social Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social on the Site now: thegeekshow.co.uk/sunray-falle...
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Sunray: Fallen Soldier (2025) Out now on Digital Platforms
The burgeoning 'real life soldiers telling their experiences through fiction’ sub-genre returns with Sunray: Fallen Soldier. Out now on Digital Platforms.
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The man who liberated my sense of what art could be more than any other, a pitch-dark sunbeam straight to the psyche, is no longer sharing the planet with us. I feel privileged to have existed when he did, and to experience his art in real time is a treasure I cannot relive. Rest in peace, Director.
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Would’ve been the last person to call this, but I’d say Star Wars’ latest universe expansion #SkeletonCrew is exactly what the writhing beast needed, that also finally gave in to something rarely seen in any strand of its world: active references to stories outside of its own. 1/17
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
A 🧵on the ‘I don’t know who Robbie Williams is, so I don’t care who Robbie Williams is, and of course Better Man is bombing and it deserves to’ discourse… I’ll admit to a reservation I had before seeing the film, but one I haven’t really seen others acknowledge... 1/
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Den of Thieves 2 looking great and all, but what’s with all Panera Bread product placement??
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Simon Ramshaw @simonramshaw.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Quietly fell in love with #ARealPain, a fine-tuned dramedy that features its two leads abroad, but still on home territory. A gentle reminder of Eisenberg’s complicated likeability and Culkin’s brash wit, both doing what they do best with a script laying out its wares in a careful, considered way. 🧵
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