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Will Turntale
@not-ni-theaters.bsky.social
I first-time watch cult classics, B-movies, Criterion releases etc and discuss them

Retro and cult film blogger at willturntale.com

Host of Not Now in Theaters movie podcast -- https://spoti.fi/40DFTMv

Productions of Over-Egged Media, LLC
finished Alex Garland's Civil War.

What was up with the marketing for this movie? It's like a horror film following war journalists and the sickness of violence, not a political warning war film.

Few people write tense scenes that can make my skin crawl the way Garland can.

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November 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Catching up on some 2025 releases, checked out the A24 film Warfare.

I appreciated the completely earnest and immersive depiction of one operation gone bad.

No score and no glorification/heroism/characterization to be found.

A tense experience is all you'll get.

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November 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#NowWatching High and Low. I have never watched this Kurosawa film 🤷 Time to correct this omission 👍

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November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Revisited John Carpenter's Vampires. Forget the undead bloodsuckers. The misogyny is the actual scary thing.

New Podcast Episode out now:

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#filmsky #moviesky
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
John Woo's Bullet in the Head shook me up. So dark but heartfelt and moving. His "most personal film" and considered by many to be his best.

New podcast episode on this madcap action, crime, war, and drama film -- yes all of that -- out now.

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#filmsky #moviesky
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My #cats a few hours ago, resting after some good news out there
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Spooky the Skeleton, guarding my front yard.
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Prince of Darkness sounds like an Ozzy Osbourne biopic but is a #horror film dear to many John Carpenter fans.

Satan spreads like bacteria and mirrors like portals to hell.

New podcast episode on the film's greatness and lasting legacy below:

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#filmsky #moviesky
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In the Mouth of Madness's warnings about the power of media and the folly of following feel quite timely.

Is this the best John Carpenter movie from the 1990s and 2000s? New podcast episode exploring this movie below:

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#moviesky #filmsky
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
John Carpenter's Christine is an odd one -- many in the Carpenter fanbase rank it among his very best, but I think it's just OK.

Can anyone explain to me what I could be missing here?

New podcast episode exploring this film 👇

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#filmsky #moviesky
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Never make this today" gets tossed around like water, but Paul Verhoeven's (RoboCop) Flesh and Blood would NEVER happen now.

Not a single redeemable character...and I loved it!

New podcast on this "erotic historical adventure film" below:

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#filmsky #moviesky
October 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Oh, what John Carpenter could do with $100,000 and creative control!

Assault on Precinct 13 continues my John Carpenter series.

Making of, analysis, and legacy of this fine action thriller in this week's podcast episode.

You can listen at:

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#filmsky #moviesky
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's a rough world out there, but if my #cats can stick together, hey, maybe we can too. #catsofbluesky
September 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
With all this faltering trust in authority lately, perfect time to revisit Escape From New York. Maybe a real-life Snake Plissken is brewing in this chaos.

The movie's excellence and lasting legacy on this week's podcast episode

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#moviesky #filmsky
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's the crack of fall and no better time to revisit #horror master John Carpenter. First up -- The Fog.

Feel like this small-town ghost story could be called I know What You Did Last 100 Years Ago

You can listen to this week's podcast below

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#moviesky #filmsky
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Gangster films King of New York and New Jack City hit theaters just six months apart and both have Wesley Snipes.

But in a movie battle, which one comes out on top?

My latest podcast episode sorts it out.

You can listen here:
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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#filmsky #moviesky #review
September 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Subway is odd, not quite David Lynch weird, but poppy and awesome.

If only my city's public transit had designer labyrinths and pockets of subway-dwelling hippies to hang with!

New Podcast Episode on this #1980s film below

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

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September 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Silverado is an enjoyable, throwback western with all the old tropes. But it has one captivating relationship you would never expect and wish they had taken all the way to romance.

More on this fun film below 👇

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#moviesky #filmsky #review #1980s
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🤔I don't quite know what happened in The Shooting, and I like it more because of that. That's a hard trick to pull off!

New episode today about the supposed first "acid western" or "anti-western" and Criterion classic out now 👇

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

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August 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Fortress '92 is goofy sci-fi action, but corporate-controlled prisons feel relevant to our time.

And I'm pretty sure I'll think about the "intestinators" anytime I have a stomach ache in the future.

More in today's episode 👇

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August 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Rolling Thunder made test audiences try to physically assault the film executives

It's a solid revenge movie, but I wonder what could have been if it stuck to Paul Schrader's (Taxi Driver) script

New episode about this cult classic 👇

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

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July 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Runaway Train is somewhat like a lost Kurosawa movie and the only "philosophical" action thriller I've heard of. This #1980s movie regularly makes those "so underrated" lists people make for good reason

You can listen in to find out more at:
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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#moviesky #filmsky
July 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I didn't know if I was going to like Living in Oblivion, but it had me cracking up the whole way through.

Did you know this comedy started as a rant that evolved into a short that evolved into a movie?

More about this in today's episode👇

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#filmsky #moviesky
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dog Soldiers holds up as a solid, character-first action and #horror movie. The tall, hair on top werewolf designs 👏

But it's got some strange claims about Super Glue 🤔

All this and more on today's episode 👇

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#movies #filmsky #moviesky #review
July 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Vince Vaughn's performance in Brawl in Cell Block 99 👏 I knew the guy had done serious work before, but grind house style fight scenes? Didn't see that coming.

All this and more today on Not Now in Theaters podcast, links below 👇

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spoti.fi/40DFTMv

#moviesky #filmsky #review
June 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM