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Mike McCahill
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Film and TV journalist for the Guardian, Telegraph and Little White Lies. A child of Richard Marx and Rola Cola.
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Uh-oh.
Screengrab of this week's UK singles chart, showing Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" re-entering at #82. Screengrab of this week's UK singles chart, showing Wham's "Last Christmas" re-entering at #96.
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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On DRAGONFLY, PLAINCLOTHES and THE RUN [below], plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Committed jogger Zanna (Roxanne McKee) stands at a leafy crossroads while out running through the woods - two in-image graphics ("HIDE IN CAVE" and "KEEP RUNNING") outlining her specific choice - in a still from Paul Raschid's interactive horror-thriller THE RUN.
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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On FRANKENSTEIN, HEDDA [below] and BACK TO THE FUTURE at 40, plus THE FIELD and KEEPER OF PROMISES on demand, and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Hedda Gabler (Tessa Thompson), in a plunging green evening dress and white gloves, greets her guests in a scene from Nia DaCosta's HEDDA.
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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On ROOFMAN, THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR [below], THE BAD GUYS 2 and JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH on demand, plus a Samantha Eggar obituary and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
From the POV of an officer's bodycam, fiftysomething Susan Lorincz, dressed in a nightgown and pullover, emerges into her front yard in a still from Geeta Gandbhir's documentary THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR.
October 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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On A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, GOOD BOY [below] and KANTARA: A LEGEND - CHAPTER 1, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Cast in shadow, a retriever (Indy) turns with a baleful look towards a dark figure occupying the foreground in a scene from Ben Leonberg's chiller GOOD BOY.
October 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Zut alors! The assistant director on 1993's very first episode of EUROTRASH - repeated on Talking Pictures in the early hours of this morning - was none other than Erick Zonca, later of arthouse faves THE DREAM LIFE OF ANGELS and JULIA.
The IMDb credits page for the first ever edition of EUROTRASH, listing Erick Zonca as assistant director.
October 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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On I SWEAR [below], URCHIN, THE SMASHING MACHINE, HIM and CORPSE BRIDE at 20, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
John Davidson (Robert Aramayo) throws a friendly arm around smiling nurse Maxine Peake in a scene from Kirk Jones's film I SWEAR.
October 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Has to be Nigel Blackwell, no?
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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On HOMEBOUND and THEY CALL HIM O.G., the reissued THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER [below], plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
A blue Navi sits atop the back of a whale-type thing in a watery scene from James Cameron's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER.
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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On ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER [below], HAMILTON, STEVE, THE SOUND OF MUSIC at 60 and BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN at 100, plus a Stuart Craig obituary and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
A grimacing Leonardo DiCaprio, in beanie and dark sunglasses, places a call on a public payphone in a still from Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.
September 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Anyway, who wants to see a photo Paul McCartney took of George Harrison wearing not one but TWO top hats?
A Paul McCartney photo of George Harrison wearing not one but TWO top hats (and an indifferent expression).
September 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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On GHOST TRAIL, QUEEN OF THE RING [below] and THE SHEPHERD CODE: ROAD BACK, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Wrestler Mildred Burke (Emily Bett Rickards) clutches the top rope while sitting in her corner in a still from Ash Avildsen's QUEEN OF THE RING.
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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New supergroup just dropped.
A listings page for this Thursday night on Talking Pictures TV. At 9.05pm, THE WHEELTAPPERS AND SHUNTERS SOCIAL CLUB promises "Bill Haley and the Krankies".
September 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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On THE LONG WALK, HIGHEST 2 LOWEST and LOKAH CHAPTER ONE: CHANDRA, plus THE MODERNS [below] on demand, a Jacques Charrier obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Keith Carradine, in shirtsleeves, applies the finishing touches to a knock-off Cézanne painting in a still from Alan Rudolph's 1988 film THE MODERNS.
September 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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How's *your* Friday going?
Sir Clifford "Cliff" Richards frowns at his acoustic guitar during his performance on the BBC's coverage of Live Aid, "live from London nightclub Legends".
September 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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I'm a PTA fan, and I am excited to see ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, but you're fucking *cuckoo* if you fall for this grift (and also helping to make cinema even less affordable).
September 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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On THE CONJURING: LAST RITES [below], ON SWIFT HORSES, THE CASTLE, ICE ON FIRE and JUMANJI at 30, plus a Graham Greene obit and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Exorcist Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) holds his wife Lorraine (Vera Farmiga), standing aghast in a kitchen, in a still from THE CONJURING: LAST RITES.
September 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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On SORRY, BABY [below] and PRINCE: SIGN "O" THE TIMES, plus a Frank Price obituary and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Agnes (Eva Victor) stares intently at the pages of a thesis taped to her bedroom window in a still from Victor's film SORRY, BABY.
August 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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A framegrab of a Bluesky exchange. "Another possibility is that Trump had some kind of procedure that's difficult to hide." "Big naturals."
August 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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On THE LIFE OF CHUCK, EDDINGTON [below], TOGETHER and NOT OKAY, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Sheriff Joaquin Phoenix confronts Mayor Pedro Pascal on the street in a scene from Ari Aster's EDDINGTON.
August 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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On MATERIALISTS, WEAPONS, the reissued PRINCESS MONONOKE [below] and WOLF CHILDREN, plus BEATING HEARTS and HARVEST on demand and the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
A masked rider atop a deer extends his bow and arrow towards the camera in a scene from Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 animation PRINCESS MONONOKE.
August 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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On THE NAKED GUN [below], AMADEUS and 40 ACRES, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/2atsxbkk
Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson), dressed in a schoolgirl's uniform, threatens to throw a multicoloured lollipop at an offscreen opponent in a still from Akiva Schaffer's THE NAKED GUN.
August 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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On THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, BRING HER BACK, SAIYAARA and the reissued SUMMER WARS [below] and MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE, plus the weekend charts and picks: tinyurl.com/59huhtut
Young hero Kenji gazes longingly at his teenage beloved Natsuki, sat at a computer, in a scene from Mamoru Hosoda's 2009 animation SUMMER WARS.
August 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I saw this yesterday, which seems even less likely.
A photo of a concerned-looking Cliff "Clifford" Richard, above the caption "Cliff Richard Lives in Nuneaton With His Partner - See Photos".
July 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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A fun Cameron Crowe/Peter Gabriel story I read earlier today.
July 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM