Anne Billson
@annebillson.bsky.social
Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
The entire premise of MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (which I like) is due to a scientist - oops! - spilling coffee on his console.
February 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
The entire premise of MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (which I like) is due to a scientist - oops! - spilling coffee on his console.
I enjoyed the Scarlett J one too! Can't say I've thought about it much after seeing it, but I know I had a good time with it. (OTOH I think it was Dominion I didn't like much.) But then I really REALLY liked JP: The Lost World back in 1997 and everyone else HATED that.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Don't go into the long grass!
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February 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
I enjoyed the Scarlett J one too! Can't say I've thought about it much after seeing it, but I know I had a good time with it. (OTOH I think it was Dominion I didn't like much.) But then I really REALLY liked JP: The Lost World back in 1997 and everyone else HATED that.
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ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I am the same age as Kylie Minogue, Gillian Anderson and Rachel Weisz, so we'd have a lot to talk about when the four of us got stranded on a tiny island together...
Wait until you realise you are older than, for example, Peter Sellers (died at 54), Warren Oates (53), Robert Shaw (51), Laurence Harvey (45), Steve McQueen (50) etc will EVER be. Unlike you, all these people are and will always be grown-ups.
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I am the same age as Kylie Minogue, Gillian Anderson and Rachel Weisz, so we'd have a lot to talk about when the four of us got stranded on a tiny island together...
Is that the J. A. Bayona one? The one with the horriblesaurus menacing the kid in the bedroom? I love that one, has some of my favourite set-pieces. Also, this (from near the beginning, I think) Love it when "sophisticated" security systems go tits-up thanks to stupid stuff.
The Distortus Rex Escapes | Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)
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February 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Is that the J. A. Bayona one? The one with the horriblesaurus menacing the kid in the bedroom? I love that one, has some of my favourite set-pieces. Also, this (from near the beginning, I think) Love it when "sophisticated" security systems go tits-up thanks to stupid stuff.
Wait until you realise you are older than, for example, Peter Sellers (died at 54), Warren Oates (53), Robert Shaw (51), Laurence Harvey (45), Steve McQueen (50) etc will EVER be. Unlike you, all these people are and will always be grown-ups.
February 11, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Wait until you realise you are older than, for example, Peter Sellers (died at 54), Warren Oates (53), Robert Shaw (51), Laurence Harvey (45), Steve McQueen (50) etc will EVER be. Unlike you, all these people are and will always be grown-ups.
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This is delightful. Spielberg's choice is one of the greats but not one I'd have ever guessed.
This year's Oscar nominees tell us which actor or actress from the Golden Age they would bring to the Academy Awards ceremony as their date. #31DaysOfOscar
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 AM
This is delightful. Spielberg's choice is one of the greats but not one I'd have ever guessed.
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The merchandise at an exhibition called "The World of Mameban Shunga", includes a Shunga Lovers t-shirt, and a packet of shunga stickers. www.smappa.net/shunga/en/
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The merchandise at an exhibition called "The World of Mameban Shunga", includes a Shunga Lovers t-shirt, and a packet of shunga stickers. www.smappa.net/shunga/en/
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Groupies by Helen Mullane and Tula Lotay is in store today, and we've got a curated comics and movies list to complement it.
Exclusive: ‘Groupies’ Writer Helen Mullane Shares The Ultimate “Hang-Ups And Heartbreaks” Comics And Movies List
Groupies is in store today, and we've got a curated comics and movies list to complement it.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Groupies by Helen Mullane and Tula Lotay is in store today, and we've got a curated comics and movies list to complement it.
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A hugely underrated film that hardly anyone saw at the time. It's just landed on Netflix in the US so if you have a VPN, use it. Not to give anything away but its themes might hit a little harder ten years on. I hope it finds a new audience.
Anne Hathaway wants us to watch this underrated kaiju movie from 2017, and who are we to deny her?
Anne Hathaway Wants You To Watch This “Wonderfully Insane” Kaiju Movie
Anne Hathaway wants us to watch this underrated kaiju movie from 2017, and who are we to deny her?
dlvr.it
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
A hugely underrated film that hardly anyone saw at the time. It's just landed on Netflix in the US so if you have a VPN, use it. Not to give anything away but its themes might hit a little harder ten years on. I hope it finds a new audience.
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Very fond of this Mr Hyde by Grickle, look at that lovely Mr Hyde face
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Very fond of this Mr Hyde by Grickle, look at that lovely Mr Hyde face
Well, can't be Callas, since this diva "quivered a few chins".
February 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Well, can't be Callas, since this diva "quivered a few chins".
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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ICE just really not working out very well for the USA
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
ICE just really not working out very well for the USA
Can we guess who this "great diva" was?
February 10, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Can we guess who this "great diva" was?
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And here is a clipping that has lived in my head a long time, from Martin Bernheimer of the Los Angeles Times in 1985. A reminder of the barriers Leontyne Price helped break down (and also that the nameless diva's attitude is still with us).
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
And here is a clipping that has lived in my head a long time, from Martin Bernheimer of the Los Angeles Times in 1985. A reminder of the barriers Leontyne Price helped break down (and also that the nameless diva's attitude is still with us).
yeah, whatever I did, it was an absurdly easy accident, prob a key combo. I was flailing around - even shutting the iPad up didn't stop the voice. Lucky the zoom was with people who didn't mind (they probably attributed it to me being bad at tech).
February 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
yeah, whatever I did, it was an absurdly easy accident, prob a key combo. I was flailing around - even shutting the iPad up didn't stop the voice. Lucky the zoom was with people who didn't mind (they probably attributed it to me being bad at tech).
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Tech Companies: Look what AI can do.
Everybody: Yeah, but can you get it not to?
Everybody: Yeah, but can you get it not to?
February 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Tech Companies: Look what AI can do.
Everybody: Yeah, but can you get it not to?
Everybody: Yeah, but can you get it not to?
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Always loved this guy.
Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Always loved this guy.
In a zoom meeting & my iPad, open next to my Mac so I could consult a PDF doc, suddenly started reciting the text out loud in a robot voice. Everyone stared at me, like WTF??? Only way I could turn it off was to mute the iPad sound. I guess it was some type of AI thing I brushed against by accident.
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
In a zoom meeting & my iPad, open next to my Mac so I could consult a PDF doc, suddenly started reciting the text out loud in a robot voice. Everyone stared at me, like WTF??? Only way I could turn it off was to mute the iPad sound. I guess it was some type of AI thing I brushed against by accident.
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Infanta Margarita Teresa, drowning in her truly astonishing pink dress, 1665. By Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo, whose day is today.
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Infanta Margarita Teresa, drowning in her truly astonishing pink dress, 1665. By Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo, whose day is today.
I remember this, though don't recall reading about it in such detail. What an ordeal, what an incredible survival story. Far more thrilling than anything in SLIVER itself, which IIRC was a bit of a dud.
My helicopter went into freefall – inside an active volcano
Christopher Duddy was shooting a film in Hawaii when disaster struck. For 28 hours he choked on fumes near a lava lake, fighting to get to safety
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February 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I remember this, though don't recall reading about it in such detail. What an ordeal, what an incredible survival story. Far more thrilling than anything in SLIVER itself, which IIRC was a bit of a dud.
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Okay, I don't know how this happened but somehow I wrote an essay for the Imprint release of HARD BOILED. I will be carrying it around showing it to strangers for now on.
Hard Boiled (1992) - 4K UHD + Blu-ray SteelBook + Hardcover Booklet in Limited Edition Hardbox - Imprint Asia #49 | Via Vision Entertainment
As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Okay, I don't know how this happened but somehow I wrote an essay for the Imprint release of HARD BOILED. I will be carrying it around showing it to strangers for now on.
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Post a banger only intermittently and sarcastically in ze Engleesh
"Ich kenne Schritte, die sehr nützen,
und werde euch vor Fehltritt schützen.
Und wer nicht tanzen will am Schluss,
weiß noch nicht, dass er tanzen muss."
"Ich kenne Schritte, die sehr nützen,
und werde euch vor Fehltritt schützen.
Und wer nicht tanzen will am Schluss,
weiß noch nicht, dass er tanzen muss."
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Post a banger only intermittently and sarcastically in ze Engleesh
"Ich kenne Schritte, die sehr nützen,
und werde euch vor Fehltritt schützen.
Und wer nicht tanzen will am Schluss,
weiß noch nicht, dass er tanzen muss."
"Ich kenne Schritte, die sehr nützen,
und werde euch vor Fehltritt schützen.
Und wer nicht tanzen will am Schluss,
weiß noch nicht, dass er tanzen muss."
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Michael Curtiz's "Captain Blood" 4K UHD - Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone @Criterion
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February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Michael Curtiz's "Captain Blood" 4K UHD - Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone @Criterion
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