Elio España
@elioespana.bsky.social
Writer & Filmmaker. Formerly of London, now of Folkestone. https://www.aftershocks.co http://spiritlevelcinema.co.uk
Fuck that’s a terrible movie. By complete happenstance was discussing it with a colleague just yesterday: it was transparently an opportunistic studio scramble to find an answer to First Blood.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Fuck that’s a terrible movie. By complete happenstance was discussing it with a colleague just yesterday: it was transparently an opportunistic studio scramble to find an answer to First Blood.
Interesting challenge because, yes, they are all mainly shit after those. Let’s see…
4. Total Recall
5. Conan
6. True Lies
7. The Running Man
8. The Last Action Hero
9. Red Heat
10. Raw Deal
4. Total Recall
5. Conan
6. True Lies
7. The Running Man
8. The Last Action Hero
9. Red Heat
10. Raw Deal
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Interesting challenge because, yes, they are all mainly shit after those. Let’s see…
4. Total Recall
5. Conan
6. True Lies
7. The Running Man
8. The Last Action Hero
9. Red Heat
10. Raw Deal
4. Total Recall
5. Conan
6. True Lies
7. The Running Man
8. The Last Action Hero
9. Red Heat
10. Raw Deal
Get “Why On Earth Didn’t They”, the new Sunday Times Number 1 Bestselling biography of the Starmer Years.
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Get “Why On Earth Didn’t They”, the new Sunday Times Number 1 Bestselling biography of the Starmer Years.
All it takes is for someone to call it, refuse to settle under any circumstances, obtain a humiliating defeat of Trump in court, and this whole shakedown racket will fall apart. I really hope that the BBC can be the one to do it.
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
All it takes is for someone to call it, refuse to settle under any circumstances, obtain a humiliating defeat of Trump in court, and this whole shakedown racket will fall apart. I really hope that the BBC can be the one to do it.
He exploits calculation of financial and business risk that companies (& their insurers) make. CBS caved because it feared its merger might be threatened - it would have won on a judgment.
The BBC is a foreign, state-owned corp. It’s in a good position to expose and negate this type of shakedown.
The BBC is a foreign, state-owned corp. It’s in a good position to expose and negate this type of shakedown.
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
He exploits calculation of financial and business risk that companies (& their insurers) make. CBS caved because it feared its merger might be threatened - it would have won on a judgment.
The BBC is a foreign, state-owned corp. It’s in a good position to expose and negate this type of shakedown.
The BBC is a foreign, state-owned corp. It’s in a good position to expose and negate this type of shakedown.
It’s a direct relationship - interesting, inspiring people are all Arsenal fans. If we hope to improve the political environment and the quality of our leaders, we will naturally see an increase in the visibility of Arsenal fans.
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
It’s a direct relationship - interesting, inspiring people are all Arsenal fans. If we hope to improve the political environment and the quality of our leaders, we will naturally see an increase in the visibility of Arsenal fans.
Much of the stuff Griffin was coming out with at that time is similar to what you hear from people like Matthew Goodwin now, yet Goodwin is uncontroversially invited onto Question Time to share his views as a “popular commentator”. The normalisation is complete, it really is a huge reversal.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Much of the stuff Griffin was coming out with at that time is similar to what you hear from people like Matthew Goodwin now, yet Goodwin is uncontroversially invited onto Question Time to share his views as a “popular commentator”. The normalisation is complete, it really is a huge reversal.
I remember when Nick Griffin appeared on Question Time 15years ago, it was seen as a shocking, though unavoidable, event. A senior panel was put together and the pervasive distaste at having to offer him airtime was made obvious. The panel spent the whole show attacking his ideas.
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I remember when Nick Griffin appeared on Question Time 15years ago, it was seen as a shocking, though unavoidable, event. A senior panel was put together and the pervasive distaste at having to offer him airtime was made obvious. The panel spent the whole show attacking his ideas.
Exporting our most hardcore Protestants from England that time has had such far-reaching effects.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Exporting our most hardcore Protestants from England that time has had such far-reaching effects.
Yes, it’s appalling racism. And has nothing whatsoever to do with Palestine, either.
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Yes, it’s appalling racism. And has nothing whatsoever to do with Palestine, either.
“Soldiers of Russia! Throw down your weapons! Remember Libya and Iraq! I bring tidings of deliberative democracy, and universal basic income!”
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Soldiers of Russia! Throw down your weapons! Remember Libya and Iraq! I bring tidings of deliberative democracy, and universal basic income!”
Er, we’ll just explain that we’re in favour of welfare and so have no intention of engaging in warfare.
We’ll explain that the only people to profit from their actions are arms dealer, and we’d like to raise wages instead.
They’ll then thank us and withdraw.
We’ll explain that the only people to profit from their actions are arms dealer, and we’d like to raise wages instead.
They’ll then thank us and withdraw.
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Er, we’ll just explain that we’re in favour of welfare and so have no intention of engaging in warfare.
We’ll explain that the only people to profit from their actions are arms dealer, and we’d like to raise wages instead.
They’ll then thank us and withdraw.
We’ll explain that the only people to profit from their actions are arms dealer, and we’d like to raise wages instead.
They’ll then thank us and withdraw.