Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 9mI love Stephen King. I only have a couple of books left to read. I really like Mike Flanagan. You couldn't pay me to watch another version of Carrie. Particularly stretched over 8 episodes of TV. 010
Reposted by WilsonDavid Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 11hFarewell to the luminous Eva Marie Saint who seduced Cary Grant on board a train SIXTY-SEVEN years ago in the finest comedy thriller ever made*, Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. She was, remarkably, 102 years old. *Accept no substitutes youtu.be/h5nhyFFSweU?...youtu.beNorth by Northwest (1959) - Love on a Train Scene (2/10) | MovieclipsYouTube video by Movieclips 17413
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 12hwww.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...theguardian.comEva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later life 1216
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 12hMona Fastvold's The World to Come plays like a really considered short story. It has that economy, and sharpness. It was no surprise to find that is exactly the source (by Jim Shepard). Shepard and Ron Hansen leave that imprint on screen. A film that feels like so much happens just off-screen. 161
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Fort Apache is a film bristling with humanity. It is built on a complex character, and Henry Fonda a gives a really abrasive turn, particularly when contrasted with John Wayne's easy-going Captain York. The dichotomy is striking because Wayne holds the screen so well, and Fonda is so repellent. 2174
Reposted by WilsonWilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Imagine Tin Cup, The Quiet Man, and The Trip into a digital blender. Except it isn't funny like Tin Cup, painterly and emotional like The Quiet Man, or like The Trip at all. But, you know, it is a two-hour film! 311
Reposted by WilsonDan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The perfect Sunday night film. *sigh* 171
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Every word of this review is correct. A gently positive look at the 2026 Edward Burns film. variety.com/2026/film/re...variety.com‘Finnegan’s Foursome’ Review: Edward Burns’ Spiky-Quaint Sports Dramedy Is a Tale of Family Therapy Through GolfThe director-star of "The Brothers McMullen" is well-preserved, and so is his scrappy-sentimental '90s indie filmmaking style. 100
Reposted by Wilsonfilmlandempire.bsky.social @filmlandempire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026DIGGER: far stranger and richer than expected, a melancholic, delirious masterpiece about art’s futility and our hypocritical need for easy answers. The direction and insane production design blew me away, and Tom Cruise delivers the defining performance of his career. Silencio! 042
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"He named his driver after our grandmother?" "Don't you remember what a large head she had" 310
Reposted by WilsonWilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The five best British shows of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, for kids that I watched as an adult and thought were fucking weird (and brilliant) The Intruder The Owl Service Children of the Stones The Watch House Sky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st CenturyMore than 500 influential stars, showrunners and other notable names in the world of TV voted on the best series released since Jan. 1, 2000. See what they chose. 3112
Reposted by WilsonSteven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The car chase from The Seven-Ups (1973) is a absolute belter www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vAC...youtube.comThe Seven-Ups Car Chase (1973)YouTube video by AmanamanIII 33610
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Sadly, still no luck. Here's all memories - it is Irish or Irish-American - everyone thinks the narrator is normal and boring, maybe an accountant - he is a hit-man, employed unwittingly by his brother-in-law -proved his worth by underlining a phone book in a bar, on a single name, and killing them. 457
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Saw this trailer at the cinema today. Thought it looked weirdly compelling. Not saying I will see it, but it struck me as surprising that it doesn't look immediately terrible. m.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Oz...m.youtube.comEbenezer | Official Trailer 2 (2026 Movie) - Johnny Depp, Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint, Sam ClaflinYouTube video by Paramount Pictures 000
Reposted by WilsonWilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Well...I dunno...it's good? The Passion of Tom Cruise. If Dreyer had made Landman. But in the intervening hundred years he'd only seen Roy Andersson films and not understood why they are funny. A cacophonous and aggravating obscenity of a film. It is a satire, but of Aaron Sorkin's entertainment. 1112
Reposted by WilsonFrank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’ve seen it! It’s bloody brilliant. Network put it out on DVD after a very long wait. A very strange, haunting series. 131
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I have more followers now than I had when I asked this. Anyone have any ideas? It might Irish-American, to be fair. I suppose the book is too genre/low-brow to have been read by the Bluesky book contingent, but it is worth the ask. 798
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Been thinking about Cruise's best performances since I left the cinema, and I think this is my top ten: 10. Top Gun Maverick 9. Jack Reacher 8. Jerry Maguire 7. War of the Worlds 6. Risky Business 5. Colour of Money 4. Digger 3. Magnolia 2. Eyes Wide Shut 1. Collateral 030
Reposted by WilsonRick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I chatted to the incomparable Susanne Sundfør about faith, collaborating across centuries, and how her 14th century co-writer is ‘like the Beatles’. www.clashmusic.com/features/des...clashmusic.comDescribing Love: Susanne Sundfør Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews“I need that spiritual dimension to feel like I’m human, and to make sense of the world. That is like a red thread running throughout my life. This world 75328
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Well...I dunno...it's good? The Passion of Tom Cruise. If Dreyer had made Landman. But in the intervening hundred years he'd only seen Roy Andersson films and not understood why they are funny. A cacophonous and aggravating obscenity of a film. It is a satire, but of Aaron Sorkin's entertainment. 1112
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The five best British shows of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, for kids that I watched as an adult and thought were fucking weird (and brilliant) The Intruder The Owl Service Children of the Stones The Watch House Sky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st CenturyMore than 500 influential stars, showrunners and other notable names in the world of TV voted on the best series released since Jan. 1, 2000. See what they chose. 3112
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Second film of the night Opening line. Russell Crowe. "My name is Manco Kapek. I am Albanian" 5 stars, presumably. 220
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Inugami Family, directed by Kon Ichikawa, is a really satisfying Japanese mystery. Mind you, I hadn't realised till I was two-thirds in that I'd read the novel a few years ago, so you know, maybe I am not the best judge. 141
Reposted by WilsonJacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026LA CÉRÉMONIE (Claude Chabrol, 1995, rewatch). Late Chabrol masterpiece in which two working class women (a provocative, gleefully amoral postmistress, brilliantly played by Isabelle Huppert, and a secretive maid played by Sandrine Bonnaire) take their revenge on the privileged bourgeoisie. #FilmSky 4417
Reposted by WilsonJames Dalrymple @jamesewand.bsky.social · 02/10/2026First watch: Gun Crazy (1950, dir. Joseph H. Lewis). Glad to have finally seen this milestone lovers-on-the-run movie. Much more than the more melancholic They Live by Night (1948), this really sets the tone for later iterations of the genre from Bonnie & Clyde to True Romance and beyond 5336
Reposted by WilsonJohn Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026'...Hitch famously said that his films did not in any way resemble a ‘slice of life', but they were ‘a piece of cake’. THE LADY VANISHES is a toothsome confection... ' My Letterboxd notes... #FilmSky boxd.it/gAw04Nboxd.itA ★★★★½ review of The Lady Vanishes (1938)Hitchcock loved a retread; he did his entire career. THE LADY VANISHES takes an already familiar trope - a man and woman, virtual strangers, face the same peril, have an adventure, and fall in love. T... 2177
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I worked with a guy who really liked The Grateful Dead, and being nice I said I *quite* liked them and American Beauty in particular, and for the next 2 years till I left that job, he brought me individual Dave's Picks and Dick's Picks recordings on an almost weekly basis. So this tracks. 180
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My wife is watching Soulm8te. After spending 5 hours in an AI conference this morning I don't think I can face it. 000
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A deliberate, obvious, and direct version Charlie Chaplin's Tramp and Jacques Tati's Hulot, but in the hands of Jerry Lewis, infront and behind the camera. To be fair, it is just Lewis's scattershot homage to his influences. We are faced with a Stan Laurel character in a strikingly unfunny sequence. 101
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Cheap Detective is full of cheap jokes and cheap laughs, and I found myself rather amused by it. A pastiche of The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca (with one or two interesting references to contemporary neo-noirs like Chinatown), written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. 242
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I guess it turns out I don't care about AI, because I am very happy to watch this when it appears. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...hollywoodreporter.comBen Affleck Used AI “For Lots of Things” in His New Netflix Movie ‘Animals’Well, sure, when a platform pays like $600 million for your artificial intelligence company... 100
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 30/09/20265 favourite Irish films...as of right now: Song of the Sea The General The Field A Date for Mad Mary Jimmy's Hall (Clearly I haven't seen enough, but I didn't include any of those below) 282
Reposted by WilsonJames Dalrymple @jamesewand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026First watch: The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). John Frankenheimer-directed biographical film about real-life murderer turned prison ornithologist John Stroud, played by Burt Lancaster. The supporting cast includes Thelma Ritter and Telly Savales. 2156
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"You are an ugly bitch, I pity you..." An early low-stakes Edward Burns romantic-comedy ensemble. Probably still his most famous film. Give or take. It is like all his other films, except slicker than The Brothers McMullen and like there might be a bright future still ahead of him. 121
