Tom Fordy
@thetomfordy.bsky.social
Writer, mostly about films and telly. Oncology dad.
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Tom Fordy
@thetomfordy.bsky.social
· Nov 21
In the last 3 years my 12yo has pioneered leukaemia treatments, gone deaf, lost and regained the ability to walk, had a bone marrow transplant & relapsed twice. Yesterday he started a Car-T immunotherapy trial. He’ll be home for a much deserved Christmas. One of the bravest kids on the planet
From me on the ridiculousness of Crank. www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/jaso...
‘If you stop, you die’: Inside Crank, the action masterpiece that super-charged Jason Statham
The OTT thriller was a delirious parody of the action genre that pushed ‘The Stath’ to the limit – and made him the star he is today
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March 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
From me on the ridiculousness of Crank. www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/jaso...
One from me on the real history of A Thousand Blows and the Forty Elephants. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/a-thous...
A Thousand Blows and the criminal girl gang that terrorised 1920s London
As shown in the Stephen Graham boxing drama, the Forty Elephants shoplifted from Harrods, blackmailed MPs – and died utterly unrepentant
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February 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
One from me on the real history of A Thousand Blows and the Forty Elephants. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/a-thous...
I wrote this about the great monster-maker Jack Pierce, the creation of Frankenstein's monster, and his hairy relationship with the Wolf Man. www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/jack...
The ‘sadistic’ makeup master who made The Wolf Man and Frankenstein – and died in obscurity
Jack Pierce terrified audiences – and annoyed Lon Chaney Jr – with his work on the Universal horror films. Why has he been forgotten?
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January 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I wrote this about the great monster-maker Jack Pierce, the creation of Frankenstein's monster, and his hairy relationship with the Wolf Man. www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/jack...
From me on probably the most popular Only Fools and Horses episode of them all, The Jolly Boys' Outing. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/only-fo...
When the Jolly Boys went to Margate: Inside David Jason’s favourite Only Fools episode
The Trotters’ Xmas trip to the beach had pathos, an exploding coach and Rodney punching a yuppie. Thirty-five years on, it’s still a classic
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December 13, 2024 at 4:27 PM
From me on probably the most popular Only Fools and Horses episode of them all, The Jolly Boys' Outing. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/only-fo...
On from me on Go, the most zeitgeisty late '90s films in existence (not to mention an alternative Christmas film). www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Go at 25: The making of the coolest ecstasy-fuelled Christmas movie of all time
Twenty-five years ago, Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes and Timothy Olyphant were among the cast of a twisty, randy crime caper set within rave culture and boasting Len’s ‘Steal My Sunshine’ on the soundtra...
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December 10, 2024 at 6:28 PM
On from me on Go, the most zeitgeisty late '90s films in existence (not to mention an alternative Christmas film). www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
My pick for the best ever Christmas comedy specials.
The 30 funniest Christmas TV specials – ranked
From The Office to Only Fools and Horses – are these the finest festive specials ever made?
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December 9, 2024 at 12:26 PM
My pick for the best ever Christmas comedy specials.
Truly my magnum opus. I tracked down some of gang in Wham's Last Christmas video to talk booze, hungover snowball fights, nudity, and impeccable hair. www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/w...
‘Princess Diana hair’ and naked debauchery: Inside Wham’s Last Christmas video
Vomiting, nudity, flatulence… The truth about George Michael’s picture-perfect vision of festive heartbreak, by those who were there
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December 5, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Truly my magnum opus. I tracked down some of gang in Wham's Last Christmas video to talk booze, hungover snowball fights, nudity, and impeccable hair. www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/w...
The Box of Delights first aired 40 years ago today. This is something I wrote about it a few years back, including an interview with Kay Harker himself, Devin Stanfield www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2020/12/2...
Inside The Box of Delights: 'You'd never have JK Rowling without John Masefield'
As a new book on the classic children's tale is released, Tom Fordy looks back at the BBC's seminal 1984 adaptation of The Box of Delights
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November 21, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The Box of Delights first aired 40 years ago today. This is something I wrote about it a few years back, including an interview with Kay Harker himself, Devin Stanfield www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2020/12/2...
In the last 3 years my 12yo has pioneered leukaemia treatments, gone deaf, lost and regained the ability to walk, had a bone marrow transplant & relapsed twice. Yesterday he started a Car-T immunotherapy trial. He’ll be home for a much deserved Christmas. One of the bravest kids on the planet
November 21, 2024 at 7:37 AM
In the last 3 years my 12yo has pioneered leukaemia treatments, gone deaf, lost and regained the ability to walk, had a bone marrow transplant & relapsed twice. Yesterday he started a Car-T immunotherapy trial. He’ll be home for a much deserved Christmas. One of the bravest kids on the planet
I wrote this a few years back about Nigel Kneale's Nineteen Eighty-Four (on the iPlayer now) www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/unadult...
How the ‘unadulterated horror’ of Peter Cushing’s Nineteen Eighty-Four broke the BBC
In 1954, Nigel Kneale's 'sadistic' George Orwell adaptation terrified the nation – and became TV's first ‘watercooler’ moment
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November 18, 2024 at 1:26 PM
I wrote this a few years back about Nigel Kneale's Nineteen Eighty-Four (on the iPlayer now) www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/unadult...
My pick for the best films about Romans and very naughty boys. www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/grea...
The 20 greatest Roman films of all time
Are you not entertained? Films set in Ancient Rome deliver spectacle, silliness – and lots of men in leather skirts. These are our top picks
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 5:12 PM
My pick for the best films about Romans and very naughty boys. www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/grea...
Just because I like sharing this video about my boy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1P4...
“This Whole Day Has Been Amazing” | West Ham Squad Surprise Emotional Fan | Like My Dreams
YouTube video by West Ham United FC
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November 13, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Just because I like sharing this video about my boy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1P4...