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By Sarah Manvel: movies, books, art, fiction and other delights
www.sarahsnewideas.com
Please tell your commissioning friends I'd love to start writing for some new publications! Irish-American film, book and art critic based in London; when I'm not at the theatre I'm at a film festival. More about me and some work samples: www.sarahsnewideas.com grma x
Amir El-Masry has one of the great faces of current cinema but despite this I cannot recommend GIANT 📽️ (also out on Friday) which sidelines its own hero to focus on the coach movieswetextedabout.com/giant-film-r...
'Giant' Film Review - Prince Naseem Biopic Sidelines the Hero
Amir El-Masry is the lucky owner of one of the great faces in modern cinema, and he got to show it off not once but twice at this year’s London Film Festival. Unfortunately in neither case was it show...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Amir El-Masry has one of the great faces of current cinema but despite this I cannot recommend GIANT 📽️ (also out on Friday) which sidelines its own hero to focus on the coach movieswetextedabout.com/giant-film-r...
HAMNET 📽️ is out in the UK/Ireland on Friday and I really liked how it handled the elephants in the room without overwhelming its purpose. Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are enormous stars movieswetextedabout.com/hamnet-film-...
'Hamnet' Film Review: A Triumph Soaked in Sadness
The trouble with the concept of Hamnet is twofold. On the one hand, one of its central characters is one of the most famous artists who ever existed. His life has been mined for every possible scrap o...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:42 AM
HAMNET 📽️ is out in the UK/Ireland on Friday and I really liked how it handled the elephants in the room without overwhelming its purpose. Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are enormous stars movieswetextedabout.com/hamnet-film-...
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WONDER WOMAN is on. The CGI has aged poorly but Saïd Taghmaoui is the greatest, Chris Pine is the best Chris and the no man's land sequence makes me cry every time
November 6, 2024 at 10:11 PM
WONDER WOMAN is on. The CGI has aged poorly but Saïd Taghmaoui is the greatest, Chris Pine is the best Chris and the no man's land sequence makes me cry every time
I have now read THE ROSE FIELD and while the ending is rushed (not something I'd expect to say about a 600ish page book) the whole thing is very satisfying, and not how I think anyone was expecting, which is more satisfying still
January 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I have now read THE ROSE FIELD and while the ending is rushed (not something I'd expect to say about a 600ish page book) the whole thing is very satisfying, and not how I think anyone was expecting, which is more satisfying still
I just added it up and in the last three years I've reviewed about 425 movies, so that's about 425,000 words written about the modern cinema, and while this kind of career milestone is of no real interest to anyone but me I'm pretty proud of that (please hire me)
January 5, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I just added it up and in the last three years I've reviewed about 425 movies, so that's about 425,000 words written about the modern cinema, and while this kind of career milestone is of no real interest to anyone but me I'm pretty proud of that (please hire me)
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You are the solution to all your whining about posting on Bluesky and how no one is here. Just post good. I started out with zero followers and now I have more than I ever had on Twitter. By the way it’s not work! It’s just posting.
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
You are the solution to all your whining about posting on Bluesky and how no one is here. Just post good. I started out with zero followers and now I have more than I ever had on Twitter. By the way it’s not work! It’s just posting.
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Welcome to 2026! We have a lot planned for this year, including #LibreOffice 26.2, due in early February. Keep an eye on our blog for more updates: blog.documentfoundation.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Welcome to 2026! We have a lot planned for this year, including #LibreOffice 26.2, due in early February. Keep an eye on our blog for more updates: blog.documentfoundation.org
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The book is so cute and weird!
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The book is so cute and weird!
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i guess i dont know a simpler way to explain this than that people who are willing to throw trans people to the wolves to stop fascism arent actually stopping fascism
like that IS fascism dipshits
like that IS fascism dipshits
August 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
i guess i dont know a simpler way to explain this than that people who are willing to throw trans people to the wolves to stop fascism arent actually stopping fascism
like that IS fascism dipshits
like that IS fascism dipshits
The Punitzer Prize
I'm afraid refering to a movie about a herd of sheep that investigates a murder a HERDER mystery deserves an Oscar, possibly a Pulitzer, for that and that alone
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Punitzer Prize
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Me: Cold outside! I'd say there will be snow on the grave of Michael Furey tonight.
Gabriel Conroy: 🥺
Me: oh, it's the feast of the Epiphany already?
Gabriel Conroy: 🥺
Me: oh, it's the feast of the Epiphany already?
January 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Me: Cold outside! I'd say there will be snow on the grave of Michael Furey tonight.
Gabriel Conroy: 🥺
Me: oh, it's the feast of the Epiphany already?
Gabriel Conroy: 🥺
Me: oh, it's the feast of the Epiphany already?
Oh Hugh Jackman has an upcoming movie?
They have decided to call the movie THE SHEEP DETECTIVES and this is outstanding news
The Sheep Detectives | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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January 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Oh Hugh Jackman has an upcoming movie?
Please tell your commissioning friends I'd love to start writing for some new publications! Irish-American film, book and art critic based in London; when I'm not at the theatre I'm at a film festival. More about me and some work samples: www.sarahsnewideas.com grma x
Sarah's New Ideas
By Sarah Manvel: movies, books, art, fiction and other delights
www.sarahsnewideas.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Please tell your commissioning friends I'd love to start writing for some new publications! Irish-American film, book and art critic based in London; when I'm not at the theatre I'm at a film festival. More about me and some work samples: www.sarahsnewideas.com grma x
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feels like the met should raid x: the everything app’s office, shut them down, confiscate their hard drives and, if they find any csam, prosecute the ceo and put them on the sex offenders’ register
this is what i like to call “the moderate position”
this is what i like to call “the moderate position”
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
feels like the met should raid x: the everything app’s office, shut them down, confiscate their hard drives and, if they find any csam, prosecute the ceo and put them on the sex offenders’ register
this is what i like to call “the moderate position”
this is what i like to call “the moderate position”
UNITED KINGDOM! @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social is showing The More The Merrier VERY early this Friday morning so either set your recorders or your alarms!!!
Let no-one tell you different: the greatest kissing scene and the most romantic is NOT Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious, it’s matchless birthday girl Jean Arthur being wooed by her lodger Joel McCrea on the front stoop of her apartment in this blissful movie. youtu.be/orE5UkmYpsw
The More the Merrier kiss scene
YouTube video by Tori Mentz
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January 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
UNITED KINGDOM! @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social is showing The More The Merrier VERY early this Friday morning so either set your recorders or your alarms!!!
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London writers please boost! We always love to hear from confident writers who know how to provide workshop feedback and are looking for help in getting their projects over the line
Happy new year from all of us to all of you! We look forward to hearing about your projects in the new year! Www.blackheathwriters.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
London writers please boost! We always love to hear from confident writers who know how to provide workshop feedback and are looking for help in getting their projects over the line
On this bus there is a 13yo boy in a Pikachu onesie
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
On this bus there is a 13yo boy in a Pikachu onesie
Local pawnshop update: their employees speak Tamil and Polish in addition to English
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Local pawnshop update: their employees speak Tamil and Polish in addition to English
A man on this bus who didn't pay the fare and exchanged a few choice (but at least not racist) remarks with the driver about that is now informing the world he is being bullied by someone who hates their job
January 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
A man on this bus who didn't pay the fare and exchanged a few choice (but at least not racist) remarks with the driver about that is now informing the world he is being bullied by someone who hates their job
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When even actual child abuse isn’t worth annoying Elon over.
Starmer's spokesman says the reports of Grok's activity is "disturbing" but doesn't say UK Government will take any action
January 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
When even actual child abuse isn’t worth annoying Elon over.
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How does he stay upright with no spine, fascinating
Keir Starmer: "I constantly remind myself that 24/7 our defence, our security & our intelligent relationship with the US matters probably more than any other relationship we've got in the world and it would not be in our national interest to weaken that in any way"
January 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
How does he stay upright with no spine, fascinating
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This is *still* going on by the way and it is incredible how little attention it's getting from media, politicians and others who are usually falling over themselves to talk about AI, women's rights and/or child protection
Two days later and the nonconsensual sexual material generator still hasn't been turned off, at this point it's time to start arresting people
If you want to see what the main use case for AI is to the average consumer, open Twitter, go to the @grok account and click on the "Media" tab
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
This is *still* going on by the way and it is incredible how little attention it's getting from media, politicians and others who are usually falling over themselves to talk about AI, women's rights and/or child protection
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Nothing says you have quality products your customers love like threatening to kill their friends and family if they switch providers.
The "head of office at US Big Tech lobby CCIA Europe, told Euractiv that he would warn EU lawmakers against efforts to decouple too sharply from US technology, as this would risk provoking countermeasures"
Europe readies digital infrastructure push in 2026
A wave of EU legislation will target cloud services, chips and networks and step up Europe’s push to curb dependence on US technology
- @euractiv.com
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A wave of EU legislation will target cloud services, chips and networks and step up Europe’s push to curb dependence on US technology
- @euractiv.com
www.euractiv.com/news/europe-...
January 5, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Nothing says you have quality products your customers love like threatening to kill their friends and family if they switch providers.
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I tell a long story about my one time at the bullfights in my review of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING 📽️ which is so good at making the stunts look easy it's hard to appreciate how dangerous they are movieswetextedabout.com/mission-impo...
'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' Movie Review: So Excellent It's Hard to Believe
Some years ago I went to Arles for the annual photography festival and discovered that, on Saturday nights, the local bullfighting school put on a show in the Roman amphitheatre. I paid my ten euros a...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I tell a long story about my one time at the bullfights in my review of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING 📽️ which is so good at making the stunts look easy it's hard to appreciate how dangerous they are movieswetextedabout.com/mission-impo...