Richard Wilks
@curiodik1dik2.bsky.social
Curious small friendly Southern African antelope.
Does like noticing stuff, boardgames, history, reading SF etc. history, BGA, Memoir 44, beer. Stuff like that.
Does like noticing stuff, boardgames, history, reading SF etc. history, BGA, Memoir 44, beer. Stuff like that.
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"Pretty boy, you please me very much..."
A very strange film for many reasons - the cuts from silent to re-shot sound footage, the dubbing, tinting, Technicolor and often stilted dialogue. But I really enjoyed it and found some parts absolutely brilliant.
#FilmSky
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A very strange film for many reasons - the cuts from silent to re-shot sound footage, the dubbing, tinting, Technicolor and often stilted dialogue. But I really enjoyed it and found some parts absolutely brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0020...
Hell's Angels (1930) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama, War
2h 7m | Passed
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November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Pretty boy, you please me very much..."
A very strange film for many reasons - the cuts from silent to re-shot sound footage, the dubbing, tinting, Technicolor and often stilted dialogue. But I really enjoyed it and found some parts absolutely brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0020...
A very strange film for many reasons - the cuts from silent to re-shot sound footage, the dubbing, tinting, Technicolor and often stilted dialogue. But I really enjoyed it and found some parts absolutely brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0020...
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It's #GatSaturday - me, @donny222.bsky.social and @curiodik1dik2.bsky.social working through #LittleCaesar (1931), #ThePublicEnemy (1931) and #Scarface (1932).
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It's #GatSaturday - me, @donny222.bsky.social and @curiodik1dik2.bsky.social working through #LittleCaesar (1931), #ThePublicEnemy (1931) and #Scarface (1932).
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.
Follow me for mini 'reviews' later, #FilmSky.
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"Hell won't be worse than this..."
British destroyer sinks a U-Boat, leaving it on the seabed 60 metres down. Ten of its crew survive but there are only eight diving rescuers available...
The #DasBoot of its day is thrilling, claustrophobic and brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0024...
British destroyer sinks a U-Boat, leaving it on the seabed 60 metres down. Ten of its crew survive but there are only eight diving rescuers available...
The #DasBoot of its day is thrilling, claustrophobic and brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0024...
Dawn (1933) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, War
1h 15m
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November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"Hell won't be worse than this..."
British destroyer sinks a U-Boat, leaving it on the seabed 60 metres down. Ten of its crew survive but there are only eight diving rescuers available...
The #DasBoot of its day is thrilling, claustrophobic and brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0024...
British destroyer sinks a U-Boat, leaving it on the seabed 60 metres down. Ten of its crew survive but there are only eight diving rescuers available...
The #DasBoot of its day is thrilling, claustrophobic and brilliant.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0024...
An interesting if disturbing read, which if true probably means we're fucked, pardon my French resistance. On the hand it might be all right as it's just part of the usual historical cycle.
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Never again?
Memory entrepreneurship and the radical right’s assault on the postwar order
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October 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
An interesting if disturbing read, which if true probably means we're fucked, pardon my French resistance. On the hand it might be all right as it's just part of the usual historical cycle.
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"D'you know what you can do when you see a shooting star?"
Easily one of the greatest movies ever made with my eternal respect going to the camera crew and incredible aerial stunt team. It deserved its Oscar triumph and is still fresh at 98 years old.
#WFWWW #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0018...
Easily one of the greatest movies ever made with my eternal respect going to the camera crew and incredible aerial stunt team. It deserved its Oscar triumph and is still fresh at 98 years old.
#WFWWW #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0018...
Wings (1927) ⭐ 7.5 | Drama, Romance, War
2h 24m | PG-13
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October 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"D'you know what you can do when you see a shooting star?"
Easily one of the greatest movies ever made with my eternal respect going to the camera crew and incredible aerial stunt team. It deserved its Oscar triumph and is still fresh at 98 years old.
#WFWWW #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0018...
Easily one of the greatest movies ever made with my eternal respect going to the camera crew and incredible aerial stunt team. It deserved its Oscar triumph and is still fresh at 98 years old.
#WFWWW #FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0018...
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"There is no such woman..."
Ella Raines, Robert Siodmak and Elwood Bredell, working from a brilliant Cornell Woolrich novel, create one of the greatest and most atmospheric film noirs. Shame the book's twist ending is given away early - but still superb.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0036...
Ella Raines, Robert Siodmak and Elwood Bredell, working from a brilliant Cornell Woolrich novel, create one of the greatest and most atmospheric film noirs. Shame the book's twist ending is given away early - but still superb.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0036...
Phantom Lady (1944) ⭐ 7.2 | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1h 27m | Approved
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October 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"There is no such woman..."
Ella Raines, Robert Siodmak and Elwood Bredell, working from a brilliant Cornell Woolrich novel, create one of the greatest and most atmospheric film noirs. Shame the book's twist ending is given away early - but still superb.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0036...
Ella Raines, Robert Siodmak and Elwood Bredell, working from a brilliant Cornell Woolrich novel, create one of the greatest and most atmospheric film noirs. Shame the book's twist ending is given away early - but still superb.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0036...
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Millions are being left without an NHS dentist as ‘dental deserts’ spread across the country with rural and deprived communities being hit hardest.
September 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Millions are being left without an NHS dentist as ‘dental deserts’ spread across the country with rural and deprived communities being hit hardest.
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"I supplied every army but the Salvation Army..."
Straight into my best films of the 21st-century list with its blackly-comic screenplay and fantastic, self-hating, performance from Nic Cage. Intelligent, witty and world-weary, it's a modern classic.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0399...
Straight into my best films of the 21st-century list with its blackly-comic screenplay and fantastic, self-hating, performance from Nic Cage. Intelligent, witty and world-weary, it's a modern classic.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0399...
Lord of War (2005) ⭐ 7.6 | Crime, Drama
2h 2m | R
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September 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"I supplied every army but the Salvation Army..."
Straight into my best films of the 21st-century list with its blackly-comic screenplay and fantastic, self-hating, performance from Nic Cage. Intelligent, witty and world-weary, it's a modern classic.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0399...
Straight into my best films of the 21st-century list with its blackly-comic screenplay and fantastic, self-hating, performance from Nic Cage. Intelligent, witty and world-weary, it's a modern classic.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0399...
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Park are ten listed buildings including catacombs, an Anglican Chapel, with the Gatehouse, Nonconformist Chapel and the Egyptian Gateway below. There is the largest single grave plot in the country – a common grave in which 85 bodies were interred. Image Gregory Deryckère
August 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Park are ten listed buildings including catacombs, an Anglican Chapel, with the Gatehouse, Nonconformist Chapel and the Egyptian Gateway below. There is the largest single grave plot in the country – a common grave in which 85 bodies were interred. Image Gregory Deryckère
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Whilst we are talking heritage. Opened in 1836 'at some distance in the countryside' Sheffield General Cemetery became the place to be buried in Victorian Sheffield. It contains the graves of some 87,000 people. The cemetery is a haven for wildlife and also for heritage. Within the Grade II* listed
August 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Whilst we are talking heritage. Opened in 1836 'at some distance in the countryside' Sheffield General Cemetery became the place to be buried in Victorian Sheffield. It contains the graves of some 87,000 people. The cemetery is a haven for wildlife and also for heritage. Within the Grade II* listed
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You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.
September 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.
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August 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The darkly funny part about the new Texas gerrymander is that it’s based in large part on the Latino support Trump no longer has badfaithtimes.com/the-dummyman...
The Dummymander: A Manifestation of Bad Faith Politics
There's only so much gerrymandering a party can do before they fuck it up for themselves
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August 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The darkly funny part about the new Texas gerrymander is that it’s based in large part on the Latino support Trump no longer has badfaithtimes.com/the-dummyman...
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Sheffield City Council is asking for nominations for local people or organisations to be awarded a plaque outside the Town Hall. I've put forward character actor Skelton Knaggs and if you'd like to do the same, reply and I'll send you the email address.
#FilmSky
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#FilmSky
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Skelton Knaggs | Actor
Known for: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, South Riding, The Paleface
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August 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Sheffield City Council is asking for nominations for local people or organisations to be awarded a plaque outside the Town Hall. I've put forward character actor Skelton Knaggs and if you'd like to do the same, reply and I'll send you the email address.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/name/nm04604...
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/name/nm04604...
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I think grandpa would be thrilled to know that the power of this classic film and all of the hard work the stunt crew put in has thrown us together randomly twice in this big crazy world. I will definitely share your article and already sent it off to everyone in the family! 🥰
July 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I think grandpa would be thrilled to know that the power of this classic film and all of the hard work the stunt crew put in has thrown us together randomly twice in this big crazy world. I will definitely share your article and already sent it off to everyone in the family! 🥰
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My grandfather, Chad, the stuntman. At the peak of his career working for Warner Bros back in the 1930s, he was part of the stunt juggernaut of its day, The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn. At the 0:45 second mark of this YouTube video you can clearly see him take an arrow to the chest.
The Film That Shot Actors with Real Arrows | Fascinating Horror Shorts
YouTube video by Fascinating Horror
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July 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My grandfather, Chad, the stuntman. At the peak of his career working for Warner Bros back in the 1930s, he was part of the stunt juggernaut of its day, The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn. At the 0:45 second mark of this YouTube video you can clearly see him take an arrow to the chest.
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The opening shot of #TheFrontPage (1931) really is something else - and there are several others in the movie that almost match it.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
July 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The opening shot of #TheFrontPage (1931) really is something else - and there are several others in the movie that almost match it.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
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"The kid didn't give up, did he?"
Avoidable/unfortunate MacGuffin aside, this is a superb and thrilling tale of an affable naval officer learning the harsh lessons of leadership in unbearable conditions.
Everyone I know who hates it hasn't actually seen it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0141...
Avoidable/unfortunate MacGuffin aside, this is a superb and thrilling tale of an affable naval officer learning the harsh lessons of leadership in unbearable conditions.
Everyone I know who hates it hasn't actually seen it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0141...
U-571 (2000) ⭐ 6.6 | Action, War
1h 56m | PG-13
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July 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"The kid didn't give up, did he?"
Avoidable/unfortunate MacGuffin aside, this is a superb and thrilling tale of an affable naval officer learning the harsh lessons of leadership in unbearable conditions.
Everyone I know who hates it hasn't actually seen it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0141...
Avoidable/unfortunate MacGuffin aside, this is a superb and thrilling tale of an affable naval officer learning the harsh lessons of leadership in unbearable conditions.
Everyone I know who hates it hasn't actually seen it.
#FilmSky
www.imdb.com/title/tt0141...
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New revelations that spyware made by a U.S-backed Israeli company was used against at least three European journalists have raised concerns about abuse of commercial spyware even in democratic countries.
US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to target European journalists, Citizen Lab finds
New revelations that spyware made by a U.S-backed Israeli company was used against at least three European journalists have raised concerns about abuse of commercial spyware even in democratic countries.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New revelations that spyware made by a U.S-backed Israeli company was used against at least three European journalists have raised concerns about abuse of commercial spyware even in democratic countries.
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June 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Buster Keaton and his crew playing baseball on the set of #TheGeneral (1926).
(Poor quality as it's a pic of my TV.)
#FilmSky
(Poor quality as it's a pic of my TV.)
#FilmSky
June 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Buster Keaton and his crew playing baseball on the set of #TheGeneral (1926).
(Poor quality as it's a pic of my TV.)
#FilmSky
(Poor quality as it's a pic of my TV.)
#FilmSky
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I can’t believe this isn’t a spoof article. It seems to be supporting a very questionable approach to human remains. @babao2025meeting.bsky.social
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Drinking from skulls is a noble tradition
Accusations of a tasteless custom by Oxford dons overlook a rite that has been going on in Britain since the Stone Age
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April 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I can’t believe this isn’t a spoof article. It seems to be supporting a very questionable approach to human remains. @babao2025meeting.bsky.social
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Chipotle Planning First Location In Mexico
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April 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Chipotle Planning First Location In Mexico
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well today i learnt there is a black musical adaptation of "Oedipus at Colonus" in which the Blind Boys of Alabama collectively play Oedipus
I started watching this recording of The Gospel at Colonus last night just to see the early number, "Stop, Do Not Go On," and ended up watching the whole thing. This is truly one of the greatest cultural creations of our time, and still too little known.
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The Gospel at Colonus
By Lee Breuer and Bob Telson
1985 production at the American Musical Theatre Festival, Philadelphia
The performers include Morgan Freeman as The Messenger, Carl Lumbly as Theseus, Jevetta Steele as Ismene, and Robert Earl Jones as Creon. The Soul Stirrers (credited collectively) and the Institutio
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April 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
well today i learnt there is a black musical adaptation of "Oedipus at Colonus" in which the Blind Boys of Alabama collectively play Oedipus