Theo Smith
@kestontheo.bsky.social
Film/Media Teacher, Film/TV Writer: Indiependent, MASSIVE Cinema, The Platform UK, Cinerama Film
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I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
Saw DIE MY LOVE at this year’s London Film Festival and it’s brilliantly punk filmmaking. Lynne Ramsay not just firing on all cylinders but blasting them into the ether with this disturbing but transcending adaptation.
Check out my review for Cinerama Film here:
cineramafilm.com/2025/10/21/d...
Check out my review for Cinerama Film here:
cineramafilm.com/2025/10/21/d...
Die My Love (BFI London Film Festival) review - Jennifer Lawrence is relentless in her most visceral performance to date
Die My Love (BFI London Film Festival) review - Jennifer Lawrence is relentless in her most visceral performance to date ★★★★★
cineramafilm.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Saw DIE MY LOVE at this year’s London Film Festival and it’s brilliantly punk filmmaking. Lynne Ramsay not just firing on all cylinders but blasting them into the ether with this disturbing but transcending adaptation.
Check out my review for Cinerama Film here:
cineramafilm.com/2025/10/21/d...
Check out my review for Cinerama Film here:
cineramafilm.com/2025/10/21/d...
PL 25/26 Predictions Time! ⚽️
🏆Champions: Arsenal
4️⃣ Top Four: Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea
⚽ Top Scorer: Gyokeres
👟Top Assists: Odegaard
🔻 Relegated: Burnley, Leeds, Wolves
🙋♂️First Manager Sacked: Scott Parker
🥇Best Player: Gyokeres
🚽 Biggest Flop: Mbeumo
🏆Champions: Arsenal
4️⃣ Top Four: Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea
⚽ Top Scorer: Gyokeres
👟Top Assists: Odegaard
🔻 Relegated: Burnley, Leeds, Wolves
🙋♂️First Manager Sacked: Scott Parker
🥇Best Player: Gyokeres
🚽 Biggest Flop: Mbeumo
August 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
PL 25/26 Predictions Time! ⚽️
🏆Champions: Arsenal
4️⃣ Top Four: Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea
⚽ Top Scorer: Gyokeres
👟Top Assists: Odegaard
🔻 Relegated: Burnley, Leeds, Wolves
🙋♂️First Manager Sacked: Scott Parker
🥇Best Player: Gyokeres
🚽 Biggest Flop: Mbeumo
🏆Champions: Arsenal
4️⃣ Top Four: Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea
⚽ Top Scorer: Gyokeres
👟Top Assists: Odegaard
🔻 Relegated: Burnley, Leeds, Wolves
🙋♂️First Manager Sacked: Scott Parker
🥇Best Player: Gyokeres
🚽 Biggest Flop: Mbeumo
Just a thought about cinema etiquette: if cinemas really want it enforced beforehand, communicating it through blocks of text like some crappy PowerPoint, text accompanied by some crappy smooth jazz or, at worst, a Google Pixel ad is NOT the genius idea you think it is…🤔
August 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just a thought about cinema etiquette: if cinemas really want it enforced beforehand, communicating it through blocks of text like some crappy PowerPoint, text accompanied by some crappy smooth jazz or, at worst, a Google Pixel ad is NOT the genius idea you think it is…🤔
That DJ Mustard set was going so so well until he played Carnival…
July 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
That DJ Mustard set was going so so well until he played Carnival…
Watched Elio today and, regardless of quality, Pixar films are always consistently creative and original in discussing the fundamentals of human psychology
July 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Watched Elio today and, regardless of quality, Pixar films are always consistently creative and original in discussing the fundamentals of human psychology
Why is BAIT from 2019 not in the database? Anyhow, here’s my list
June 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Why is BAIT from 2019 not in the database? Anyhow, here’s my list
Played the first hour of Death Stranding 2 and it’s probably the most next-gen game I’ve played in this console cycle
June 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Played the first hour of Death Stranding 2 and it’s probably the most next-gen game I’ve played in this console cycle
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This is all fascinating. I had no idea Ryan Coogler negotiated a contract where he kept final cut, first-line profits, and the rights to SINNERS after 25 years. But the idea of studio execs FREAKING OUT about it ("What if EVERY in-demand creative wants rights over their own work?") is even better.
Hollywood Execs Fear Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Deal ‘Could End the Studio System’
Warner Bros.’ unusual agreement with the director has rival executives sweating, with some saying it sets a “dangerous” precedent.
www.vulture.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is all fascinating. I had no idea Ryan Coogler negotiated a contract where he kept final cut, first-line profits, and the rights to SINNERS after 25 years. But the idea of studio execs FREAKING OUT about it ("What if EVERY in-demand creative wants rights over their own work?") is even better.
Despite WARFARE being the equivalent to CALL OF DUTY: THE MOVIE, my viewing experience was enhanced by a rowdy audience member getting ejected from the screening for vaping as an intensely graphic surgery scene was taking place onscreen
April 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Despite WARFARE being the equivalent to CALL OF DUTY: THE MOVIE, my viewing experience was enhanced by a rowdy audience member getting ejected from the screening for vaping as an intensely graphic surgery scene was taking place onscreen
Still can’t get over SINNERS from last night! Such an exciting blockbuster that uses the context of Jim Crow to carve a gonzo action-horror inspired by THE THING, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, and NEAR DARK. If I can get one SINNERS a year, my faith in cinema will continue to be sustained 🍿
April 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Still can’t get over SINNERS from last night! Such an exciting blockbuster that uses the context of Jim Crow to carve a gonzo action-horror inspired by THE THING, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, and NEAR DARK. If I can get one SINNERS a year, my faith in cinema will continue to be sustained 🍿
The Harry Potter casting is nothing short of hilarious. The original films were the very best of British casting and this is the follow-up? Ed from Shaun of the Dead as Hagrid??? 😂
April 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Harry Potter casting is nothing short of hilarious. The original films were the very best of British casting and this is the follow-up? Ed from Shaun of the Dead as Hagrid??? 😂
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Outstanding game. Probably the 5th time I’ve played it all the way through but GTA V is still staggering in detail as a satirical examination of American capitalism, still holding up 12yrs on! Looking forward to seeing what they do with GTA VI later this year 🕹️
February 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Outstanding game. Probably the 5th time I’ve played it all the way through but GTA V is still staggering in detail as a satirical examination of American capitalism, still holding up 12yrs on! Looking forward to seeing what they do with GTA VI later this year 🕹️
Absolutely not allowing another cinema to fall under corporate greed! Pls sign the petition if you care about the future of cinema, we cannot allow London to continue turning into a cultural wasteland 🎬
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Absolutely not allowing another cinema to fall under corporate greed! Pls sign the petition if you care about the future of cinema, we cannot allow London to continue turning into a cultural wasteland 🎬
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#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
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To say that he was my favorite filmmaker would be an understatement. It’s no exaggeration that for me personally, the fact that I got to be alive for 35 years on this planet while David Lynch walked the earth and made art is only akin to sharing oxygen with a literal prophet (1/15)
January 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
To say that he was my favorite filmmaker would be an understatement. It’s no exaggeration that for me personally, the fact that I got to be alive for 35 years on this planet while David Lynch walked the earth and made art is only akin to sharing oxygen with a literal prophet (1/15)
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I don’t know what to say other than I’m absolutely devastated that this extraordinary, visionary, inspirational, magical and, above all, humane filmmaker has passed away. He’s one of my favourites, he will be sorely missed and he will be eternally remembered. RIP David Lynch ❤️
January 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I don’t know what to say other than I’m absolutely devastated that this extraordinary, visionary, inspirational, magical and, above all, humane filmmaker has passed away. He’s one of my favourites, he will be sorely missed and he will be eternally remembered. RIP David Lynch ❤️
It’s the last day of 2024 so, as per tradition, these are my 20 favourite films from this year. Here’s to another year of movie going in 2025! 🎥🥂
December 31, 2024 at 5:27 PM
It’s the last day of 2024 so, as per tradition, these are my 20 favourite films from this year. Here’s to another year of movie going in 2025! 🎥🥂
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Babygirl (review) - Kidman and Dickinson whisk up a heady cocktail of eroticism and risk ★★★★. #Babygirl arrives in cinemas nationwide on January 10.
Babygirl (review) – Kidman and Dickinson whisk up a heady cocktail of eroticism and risk
Babygirl arrives in cinemas nationwide on Jan 10. ★★★★ None of us are a truly open book, even with those closest to us. We all choose what we wish to divulge and what we keep locked away from view. That is never more true than in our deepest sexual desires. From a young age, we are taught to feel shame about sexual interests that stray from the vanilla.
cineramafilm.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Babygirl (review) - Kidman and Dickinson whisk up a heady cocktail of eroticism and risk ★★★★. #Babygirl arrives in cinemas nationwide on January 10.
BETTER MAN > WICKED
December 28, 2024 at 10:58 PM
BETTER MAN > WICKED