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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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FILMS… Mommie Dearest (1981)

Christina Crawford remembers Mommie (Dearest)... Please note that I know this biopic featuring Joan Crawford is controversial, but I'm just a girl in front of a much Razzie-nominated movie, asking you to give it a chance.
FILMS… Mommie Dearest (1981)
Christina Crawford remembers Mommie (Dearest)... Please note that I know this biopic featuring Joan Crawford is controversial, but I'm just a girl in front of a much Razzie-nominated movie, asking you to give it a chance.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Remembering birthday boy Simon MacCorkindale in Obsessive Love and this one for @madefortvmayhem.bsky.social

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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TV… Obsessive Love (1984) (TV MOVIE)
To Simon MacCorkindale’s soap opera hunk, Yvette Mimieux’s Linda is just a fan obsessed. Thank you very much… A story of a flight of fantasy or a plot with possible mental health …
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February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Happy Birthday Michael Ironside... here in the first of the Watchers franchise as reviewed when I remembered Roger Corman...

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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FILMS… Recalling Roger Corman and his Canadian Connections in the Watchers Film Franchise
A kid called Travis adopts a stray, golden retriever dog, little knowing this dog has a monster connection… Two government agents are on this dog’s tail in this loose adaptation, as exe…
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February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Revisiting Annette Crosbie as the Fairy Godmother in The Slipper and the Rose... for her birthday

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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FILMS… The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
A musical gem of a fairy tale… An alternative telling of the Cinderella fairytale from Prince Charming’s point of view..
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February 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Remembering Lorne Greene on his birthday as a French man in Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974) (TV MOVIE)...

#TVsky #Moviesky

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TV… Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974) (TV MOVIE)
Agnes Moorehead’s (très) adorable performance as the grande dame of the Television Movie… A TV Movie anthology of a series that should have been with some 1970s favourite stars.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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For @omacolt.bsky.social and #FebruaryMovieChallenge

Day 12. Prisoner of war. Alec Guinness and William Holden in Bridge on the River Kwai...

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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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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February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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For February 12
A movie that takes place in Georgia, USA
In recognition of Georgia Day
#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge... Smokey and the Bandit, as found in this list here...

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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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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February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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For #Bales2026FilmChallenge

Day 12 - Memorable Kiss.. The Thomas Crown Affair... that kiss between Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway... "he kisses her. and... the camera circles the kissing pair quickly until they are a blur of pre-1970s colour…"

#Filmsky

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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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February 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Happy Birthday, Damian Lewis, as a convincing Steve McQueen in what should have led to his lead role in a Steve McQueen spin off movie...

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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FILMS… Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019)
Chekov’s flamethrower… Tarantino reimagines those real life Hollywood tragic events of August 1969. Here he ensembles an all star cast with some big entertainment names both on and off …
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February 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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My memories of Burt Reynolds on his birthday...

#Filmsky #TVsky #Moviesky

What are your favourites?

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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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February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Remember Leslie Nielsen on his birthday with Fred Ward... in the last of the Naked Gun franchise

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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FILMS… About Fred Ward’s Fantastic Comic Reel Role as a Plucky Police Squad Villain
Returning to Fred Ward as a bad guy with a bomb of a plan… The last of the Naked Gun franchise finds Fred Ward, as a criminal up against “the one man who can stop him”, Det Sgt Fr…
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February 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Remembering Kim Stanley in Frances... with lovely Jessica Lange (below) in this biopic of Frances Farmer

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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FILMS… Frances (1982)
Come and get it, the tragic true story and the shocking biopic life of Frances Farmer… Jessica Lange gives a truly empathetic performance in this screenplay of Frances Farmer, the Hollywood s…
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February 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Do you remember birthday boy Sidney Sheldon's If Tomorrow Comes as mini series with a lovely Tom Berenger - as on this list and not below as that's a pic of The Thorn Birds... (discover the third on this list if you read on...)

#TVsky

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TV AND BOOK LISTS… My Three Favourite TV Adaptations from Books
Three 1980s mini series I adore that were also book adaptations… The last of my Wandering Through the Shelves for 2022 July posts has three of my favourites.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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For #Bales2026FilmChallenge

Day 11 - Snow Day Movie... Avalanche (1978) with a shouty Rock Hudson and lots of snow inspired silliness... (and puns)

#Filmsky #Moviesky

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FILMS… Avalanche (1978)
A Rock gets snowed under at work as a (snow) storm is brewing… A Roger Corman produced avalanche themed winter’s tale with the Rock with an icy ex-wife and a Thorne in his side.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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For February 11. Inventor in the #Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky

Dick Van Dyke's Caractacus Potts invents a sometimes flying, sometimes floating car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Apologies if this song is in your head now)

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FILMS… Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Transporting you back to a truly scrumptious musical… A children’s film which will drive you to distraction with James Bond connections.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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For @omacolt.bsky.social and #FebruaryMovieChallenge

Feb 11 Hospital in a Movie

#Filmsky #Moviesky

… In a remake, the titular teens, David and Lisa (1998) (TV MOVIE) meet on a mental health ward... with Sidney Poitier, Lukas Haas and Brittany Murphy

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TV… David and Lisa (1998) (TV MOVIE)
A touching teenage love story… Two young people meet in an adolescent mental health unit –  cared for by a kindly psychologist – strike up a friendship and fall in love.
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Sam Elliott and Parker Stevenson in Lifeguard (1976)
February 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin by Patrick Bertrand (1969)
February 8, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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Gena Rowlands is, Gloria (1980) Written and Directed by John Cassavetes
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Remembering today the late 🇺🇸American film and television composer and conductor #JerryGoldsmith (10 February 1929 – 21 July 2004) born #OnThisDay in Los Angeles, California
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
February 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Starting my Sunday with a sultry Scottish folk ballad. #NowWatching Tam Lin AKA The Devil's Widow (1970) #horrorsky #HolyHorror
February 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Michael Beck, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Terry Michos, Marcelino Sánchez, Brian Tyler, and Deborah Van Valkenburgh in The Warriors (1979)
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) Directed by Martin Scorsese stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon (1980)
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 AM