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You can't take the Scotland out of a girl...

Reel entertainment reviews and more from that Darlin Husband's Scottish, square-eyed and film-mad wife living in Finland.

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Realweegiemidget Reviews Films, TV, Books and More @realweegiemidget.bsky.social · Dec 4
For those who don't know me...

Do... review #movies, #TV and #books from any year and genre. These often with a mention of soaps #Dallas or #Dynasty or include their stars. Or #AlainDelon and #RomySchneider.

Don't... talk politics, Watership Down or the latest gossip..

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You can take the girl out of Glasgow. Entertainment Reviews from a Wee Scottish Wife and Stepmum living in Finland.
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Happy Birthday Paul McGann. Here in Withnail and I

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FILMS… Withnail & I (1987)
It’s the end of an era for a Bohemian bittersweet bromance… A pair of unemployed and often drunk actors take a break from their dismal London life at a country cottage in the Lake Distr…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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For Brian Keith's birthday, remember him in Meteor...

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FILMS… Meteor (1979)
Shooting stars lead to a disaster movie with a famous big screen cast… A deadly asteroid is due to hit earth in six days and it could cause another ice age.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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For #EdwardsMovieCharacterChallenge2025

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Day 14: Car Racer... This lot in

The Fate of the Furious (2017)....

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FILMS… The Fate of the Furious (2017)
We are family. All my buddies and me… Our fave band of dudes is back, with one guy gone rogue and it’s not Jason Statham!
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November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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For Day 14: #Bales2025FilmChallenge

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Community in movie... do those kids of the Damned count???

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FILMS… Village of the Damned (1995)
Mark Hamill takes a shot in a damned good remake… Revisiting Midwich with those spooky kids in a mostly familiar plot, premise and all-star cast directed by John Carpenter.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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For #NovemberMovieChallenge for @omacolt.bsky.social
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Day - 14 Music composed in a movie...

Hugh Grant's one time 80s band member composes... in Music and Lyrics... just one in this list

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FILM LISTS… My Three Favourite Films with some Non-Famous and Famous Pairings
Non-famous loves for three fictional rich and famous… The third of my Wandering Through the Shelves for 2022 posts lists three of my favourites on this topic.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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For #NovemberMovieChallenge by @omacolt.bsky.social : catch up

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Day 11: Car jump in a movie.

Smokey and the Bandit, just one here from Burt Reynolds...

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FILM LISTS… Some of the Best Bits from Actor, Burt Reynolds
Looking back at the iconic Burt Reynolds in just a few of his comic and celebrated roles… Remembering this charismatic actor in his defining roles as sex symbol, centre-fold, action man and a…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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For #NovemberMovieChallenge by @omacolt.bsky.social : catch up

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Day 10: A member of the US Marines in a movie...

Take your pick from ex-Marine, and remember Gene Hackman...

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FILM LISTS… Some from Gene Hackman: A Former US Marine and an Acting Man
Once upon a time before Hollywood… On Gene Hackman’s career as a Marine and with an entertainment connection.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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For #NovemberMovieChallenge by @omacolt.bsky.social: catch up

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Day 9: Chess in a Movie...

The Thomas Crown Affair...

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FILMS… The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Is Vicki merely a pawn in Thomas Crown’s game? Its her move… The sexual chemistry simmers between the mastermind behind a bank heist and the insurance investigator hired to check him ou…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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For #NovemberMovieChallenge by @omacolt.bsky.social : catch up

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Day 8: An author in a movie ... Misery

Remembering James Caan as the acclaimed author, Paul Sheldon as his No1 fan’s obsession goes too far…

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FILMS… Recalling James Caan, a King Adaptation supported by a Crown of Talents
Remembering him as the acclaimed author, Paul Sheldon as his No1 fan’s obsession goes too far… After a car accident, an author meets his nurse, a big fan of his book series.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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For #NovemberMovieChallenge by @omacolt.bsky.social : catch up

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Day 7: A bridge in a movie,

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)...

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FILMS… The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Whistling an iconic tune whilst they march… A British Colonel is instructed to build a bridge over the River Kwai. Later, one of his men after escaping the camp will be asked to return to blo…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Revisiting Dack Rambo in Fantasy Island for his birthday...

#TVSky

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TV… Fantasy Island (1981), Devil and Mr. Roarke / Ziegfeld Girls / Kid Corey Rides Again Se5 Ep2
Two Ziegfeld Girls visit the island of make believe… Mr Roarke, Tattoo and Julie meet the plane with a wannabe cowboy, the devil and some one time Ziegfeld girls take a holiday.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Remembering Garry Marshall on his birthday...

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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FILM LISTS… Great Movie Gems from the Director, Garry Marshall
Reliving the great movies of Garry Marshall… Here are some of the movies I remembered him for as a director.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Revisiting Richard Mulligan for his birthday in SOB, heading this all star cast...

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FILMS… S.O.B. (1981)
Hollywood or bust? A successful film director after a recent flop at the box office,takes a big gamble.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Remembering birthday boy Oskar Werner in this tribute to Gena Rowlands, when they starred in Columbo

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TV… Playbacking One of Gena Rowlands’ TV Roles in Columbo (1975), Playback Se4 Ep5
Gena Rowlands adds an empathetic portrayal of a tragic figure in a Columbo whodunnit… Remembering Gena Rowlands as she starred with her often film collaborator, Peter Falk in a sterling perfo…
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November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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For @omacolt.bsky.social #NovemberMovieChallenge

Day 13 - conspiracy in a movie... (and catching up tomorrow...)

Three Days of the Condor... Robert Redford's best...

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FILM LISTS… Retaking in the Sights with a Bird’s Eye View of Robert Redford’s Reels
Remembering the multi talented filmmaker, Robert Redford, with a double bill… About Redford’s directorial role with some feathered acting peers and on-screen, as the CIA’s Condor …
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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For the #Bales2025FilmChallenge

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Day 13... Memorable kitchen or cooking scene...

This episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958)... Lamb To The Slaughter Se3 Ep28

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TV… Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958), Lamb To The Slaughter Se3 Ep28
Murderer Mary Maloney has more than her Police Chief’s husband’s bun in the oven… A man tells his pregnant wife he’s leaving her with a delicious twist in this tale.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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For Day 13...
#EdwardsMovieCharacterChallenge2025

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Played by Alec Baldwin... Did enjoy him in Rock of Ages, as an old rocker...

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FILMS… Rock of Ages (2012)
Cruising back to the 1980s with the Rock of Ages movie… A romantic musical about a girl and boy wanting to find fame as rock stars in the 1980s with a rock soundtrack.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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For Nov 11: Catching up.... Dysfunctional Family...

Knives Out (2019)

Catching up for the #Bales2025FilmChallenge

#Films
#Movies

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FILMS… Knives Out (2019)
Every member of Harlan Thrombey’s family is unhappy in their own way… Christopher Plummer’s character is discovered to be murdered on his 85th birthday, as the enigmatic Southern …
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November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Catching up for the #Bales2025FilmChallenge

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Day 10... Makes me grateful... Makes me happy that this foursome of actors and actresses were given such a fabulous film to show their talents... those Oscar nods say it all

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FILMS… Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
A night of truth and illusion… In the wee small hours, after a faculty party, a college professor’s wife invites her husband’s new colleague and his wife over and they continue to…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Catching up for the #Bales2025FilmChallenge

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Day 9... Unlikely friendship... Charles Bronson and Alain Delon in one on this list... in the heist film in Farewell, Friend (1968)

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FILM LISTS… For Speakeasy’s Film Friday Challenge No 5… A Trip Overseas
What do the Americans George Chakiris, Shelley Winters and Charles Bronson have in common? Returning to the 1960s and 1970s, to spot these three American acting talents in European roles adding som…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Catching up for the #Bales2025FilmChallenge

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Day 8... a movie with a memorable feast scene... The Big Chill, after that all star cast of seven prepare a meal...

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FILMS… The Big Chill (1983)
And then there were seven… One time friends meet up at their university friend’s funeral after his suicide. They spend the weekend together and are joined by the dead man’s young …
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November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Catching up for the #Bales2025FilmChallenge

#Filmsky
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Day 7... A rainy day favourite... for the all star cast, sumptuous setting and so much more, Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

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FILMS… Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
It’s murder when it’s all stars abound the Orient Express… Detective Hercule Poirot has a murder to solve from a dozen suspects with a motive to kill for.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Happy Birthday Ryan Gosling... here in a list of his movies...

#MovieSky
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FILM LISTS… Three Reel Romances with Ryan Gosling
A winning weekend with Ryan Gosling… A girls only weekend with three different movie romance genres with three really different reactions to one Ryan Gosling.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Happy Birthday Harvey Stephens, aka the child who played Damien, and Damien the kid David Warner warned you about (still with me???)

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FILMS… The Omen (1976)
Warner’s camera never lies as it foreshadows things to come… The American Ambassador adopts a baby after his own child dies at birth, little realising this child is straight from hell. …
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November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Revisiting Grace Kelly on her birthday in High Society...

#Filmsky
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FILMS… High Society (1956)
Bing is (still) in love with his uptown girl, but you are invited to her wedding to someone else… On the day of her wedding, socialite Tracy Lord has three men to choose from, all of whom lov…
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November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM