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Romanian satirist and experimental filmmaking punk rocker Radu Jude returns to his usual feel-good(!) terrain with his latest movie, Kontinental '25. Out in cinemas now (link in article)
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/kontinental-...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/kontinental-...
Kontinental '25 (2025) Hard-to-swallow satire from Romania's smartest joker - The Geek Show
Romanian satirist and experimental filmmaking punk rocker Radu Jude returns to his usual feel-good(!) terrain with his latest movie, Kontinental '25.
thegeekshow.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Romanian satirist and experimental filmmaking punk rocker Radu Jude returns to his usual feel-good(!) terrain with his latest movie, Kontinental '25. Out in cinemas now (link in article)
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/kontinental-...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/kontinental-...
FRANKENSTEIN: del Toro’s itch is finally scratched! Extravagantly silly and sentimental, packed with fleshy cadavers and jaw-ripping grue. Elordi follows in the footsteps of Doug Jones as a pretty, lanky, pale beastie among del Toro’s finest. Isaac does a Ruffalo in Poor Things voice. #LFF
October 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
FRANKENSTEIN: del Toro’s itch is finally scratched! Extravagantly silly and sentimental, packed with fleshy cadavers and jaw-ripping grue. Elordi follows in the footsteps of Doug Jones as a pretty, lanky, pale beastie among del Toro’s finest. Isaac does a Ruffalo in Poor Things voice. #LFF
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The Police Crime thriller is a completely different mood in 2025 than it was in 2002, a mood that Joe Carnahan's underrated and endlessly grimy NARC taps into. Out now on @arrowvideo.bsky.social Blu-Ray #review
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/narc-2002-re...
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/narc-2002-re...
NARC (2002) Out now on Arrow Video Blu-Ray
The Police Crime thriller is a completely different mood in 2025 than it was in 2002, a mood that Joe Carnahan's underrated and endlessly grimy NARC taps into.
thegeekshow.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Police Crime thriller is a completely different mood in 2025 than it was in 2002, a mood that Joe Carnahan's underrated and endlessly grimy NARC taps into. Out now on @arrowvideo.bsky.social Blu-Ray #review
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/narc-2002-re...
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/narc-2002-re...
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We wrap up today with a very different spin on the Invisible Man formula with Yoshiyuki Kuroda's family friendly The Invisible Swordsman.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release here:
thegeekshow.co.uk/the-invisibl...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release here:
thegeekshow.co.uk/the-invisibl...
The Invisible Swordsman (1970) Out now on Arrow Video Blu
We wrap up today with a very different spin on the Invisible Man formula with Yoshiyuki Kuroda's family friendly The Invisible Swordsman.
thegeekshow.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We wrap up today with a very different spin on the Invisible Man formula with Yoshiyuki Kuroda's family friendly The Invisible Swordsman.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release here:
thegeekshow.co.uk/the-invisibl...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @arrowvideo.bsky.social release here:
thegeekshow.co.uk/the-invisibl...
#28YEARSLATER spoilers
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Not wanting to stoke any irl conspiracies here, but I left questioning if the virus was actually infectious anymore. In fact, this is a film where the only transmission of the virus happens in the initial outbreak in the prologue. 1/7
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Not wanting to stoke any irl conspiracies here, but I left questioning if the virus was actually infectious anymore. In fact, this is a film where the only transmission of the virus happens in the initial outbreak in the prologue. 1/7
June 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#28YEARSLATER spoilers
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Not wanting to stoke any irl conspiracies here, but I left questioning if the virus was actually infectious anymore. In fact, this is a film where the only transmission of the virus happens in the initial outbreak in the prologue. 1/7
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Not wanting to stoke any irl conspiracies here, but I left questioning if the virus was actually infectious anymore. In fact, this is a film where the only transmission of the virus happens in the initial outbreak in the prologue. 1/7
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Join @uncutrobcast.bsky.social, @simonramshaw.bsky.social, @jimmydeanfilm.bsky.social & Graham for the latest episode of Uncut. In this edition, we discuss the work of #classichollywood acting legend, Marlene Dietrich.
That tickles your fancy, listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/75XN...
That tickles your fancy, listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/75XN...
Marlene Dietrich - they don't make Hollywood Stars like that any more
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June 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Join @uncutrobcast.bsky.social, @simonramshaw.bsky.social, @jimmydeanfilm.bsky.social & Graham for the latest episode of Uncut. In this edition, we discuss the work of #classichollywood acting legend, Marlene Dietrich.
That tickles your fancy, listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/75XN...
That tickles your fancy, listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/75XN...
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A nostalgic blast from Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich, In the Lost Lands. It recalls the DVD era of action cinema that we've missed so much.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @studiocanal.com release here: thegeekshow.co.uk/in-the-lost-...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @studiocanal.com release here: thegeekshow.co.uk/in-the-lost-...
In the Lost Lands (2025) Out now on 4K, Blu-ray, & Digital
A nostalgic blast from Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich, In the Lost Lands. It recalls the DVD era of action cinema that we've missed so much.
thegeekshow.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A nostalgic blast from Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich, In the Lost Lands. It recalls the DVD era of action cinema that we've missed so much.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @studiocanal.com release here: thegeekshow.co.uk/in-the-lost-...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @studiocanal.com release here: thegeekshow.co.uk/in-the-lost-...
Friendship first half vs Friendship second half
June 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Friendship first half vs Friendship second half
New crittering over at @moviemarker.bsky.social
🔥 The rage that is Nicolas Cage heads to Australia for a spot of sun-kissed, sweaty revenge, in Lorcan Finnegan's #TheSurfer which is in UK cinemas this Friday
💫 An MM debut for @simonramshaw.bsky.social. Check out his ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ review HERE:
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💫 An MM debut for @simonramshaw.bsky.social. Check out his ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ review HERE:
moviemarker.co.uk/the-surfer-
@vertigorel.bsky.social
The Surfer ★★★★
Released: 9th May 2025 Director: Lorcan Finnegan Starring: Nicolas Cage Sun, sweat and salty revenge are baked into Lorcan Finnegan’s fourth feature, The Surfer, a dehydrated Ozploitation daydream hea...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
New crittering over at @moviemarker.bsky.social
The Irishman has been officially renamed ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’.
May 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Irishman has been officially renamed ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’.
I was intrigued, moved, alarmed and provoked by @joshuaoppenheimer.bsky.social’s #TheEnd, which is, for my money, the most interesting thing currently playing in theatres. Here’s why 👉 thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
April 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I was intrigued, moved, alarmed and provoked by @joshuaoppenheimer.bsky.social’s #TheEnd, which is, for my money, the most interesting thing currently playing in theatres. Here’s why 👉 thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
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What do you get when you mash together zone of interest & the act of killing as a musical? Well, something very divisive for starters. But also, Joshua Oppenheimer's The End #mubi
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
The End (2024) Out in UK Cinemas
What do you get when you mash together zone of interest & the act of killing as a musical? Well, something very divisive for starters. But also, The End.
thegeekshow.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
What do you get when you mash together zone of interest & the act of killing as a musical? Well, something very divisive for starters. But also, Joshua Oppenheimer's The End #mubi
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-end-2024...
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Drawing a line under the The Japan Touring Film Programme for 2025, @simonramshaw.bsky.social looks at the Light Samurai Sci-fi of A Samurai in Time. Which is also out from @thirdwindowfilms.com at the end of the Month #review
Read More Here: thegeekshow.co.uk/a-samurai-in...
Read More Here: thegeekshow.co.uk/a-samurai-in...
A Samurai in Time (Japan Foundation Touring Film 2025)
Drawing a line under the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme for 2025, Simon looks at the Light Samurai Sci-fi of A Samurai in Time.
thegeekshow.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Drawing a line under the The Japan Touring Film Programme for 2025, @simonramshaw.bsky.social looks at the Light Samurai Sci-fi of A Samurai in Time. Which is also out from @thirdwindowfilms.com at the end of the Month #review
Read More Here: thegeekshow.co.uk/a-samurai-in...
Read More Here: thegeekshow.co.uk/a-samurai-in...
Turning on the film grain in the last shot of Severance was deliciously diabolical, possibly the most evil visual decision they could have taken, what a way to rub salt in the wound.
March 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Turning on the film grain in the last shot of Severance was deliciously diabolical, possibly the most evil visual decision they could have taken, what a way to rub salt in the wound.
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Closing the weekend, Tom Noonan's lost american indie classic isn't just ahead of its time, What Happened Was and its awkward anti-romance is decades ahead of the curve.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @filmsradiance.bsky.social blu-ray here: thegeekshow.co.uk/what-happene...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @filmsradiance.bsky.social blu-ray here: thegeekshow.co.uk/what-happene...
What Happened Was (1994) Out now from Radiance FIlms
Tom Noonan's lost american indie classic isn't just ahead of its time, What Happened Was and its awkward anti-romance is decades ahead of the curve.
thegeekshow.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Closing the weekend, Tom Noonan's lost american indie classic isn't just ahead of its time, What Happened Was and its awkward anti-romance is decades ahead of the curve.
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @filmsradiance.bsky.social blu-ray here: thegeekshow.co.uk/what-happene...
Read @simonramshaw.bsky.social's #review of this new @filmsradiance.bsky.social blu-ray here: thegeekshow.co.uk/what-happene...
Happy Oscar Night to all who celebrate! In anticipation of an upcoming longer video that celebrates the previous cinematic year, here is a taste of my audiovisual remix of the best films of 2024.
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2024 - An Audiovisual Remix (preview) by Simon Ramshaw
Happy Oscar Night to all who celebrate! In anticipation of an upcoming longer video that celebrates the previous cinematic year, here is a taste of my audiovisual…
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March 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Happy Oscar Night to all who celebrate! In anticipation of an upcoming longer video that celebrates the previous cinematic year, here is a taste of my audiovisual remix of the best films of 2024.
vimeo.com/1061871468
vimeo.com/1061871468
Osgood Perkins follows up 2024's horror darling, Longlegs, with the Monkey, a movie about a mechanical monkey with an insatiable bloodlust. And maybe they are more alike than they seem #review @neon-rated.bsky.social
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-monkey-2...
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social here: thegeekshow.co.uk/the-monkey-2...
The Monkey (2025) Out in Cinemas Nationwide
Perkins follows up 2024's horror darling, Longlegs, with the Monkey, a movie about a mechanical monkey with an insatiable bloodlust.
thegeekshow.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The burgeoning 'real life soldiers telling their experiences through fiction’ sub-genre returns with Sunray: Fallen Soldier. Out now on Digital Platforms via @vertigorel.bsky.social
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social on the Site now: thegeekshow.co.uk/sunray-falle...
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social on the Site now: thegeekshow.co.uk/sunray-falle...
Sunray: Fallen Soldier (2025) Out now on Digital Platforms
The burgeoning 'real life soldiers telling their experiences through fiction’ sub-genre returns with Sunray: Fallen Soldier. Out now on Digital Platforms.
thegeekshow.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The burgeoning 'real life soldiers telling their experiences through fiction’ sub-genre returns with Sunray: Fallen Soldier. Out now on Digital Platforms via @vertigorel.bsky.social
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social on the Site now: thegeekshow.co.uk/sunray-falle...
Read More from @simonramshaw.bsky.social on the Site now: thegeekshow.co.uk/sunray-falle...
The man who liberated my sense of what art could be more than any other, a pitch-dark sunbeam straight to the psyche, is no longer sharing the planet with us. I feel privileged to have existed when he did, and to experience his art in real time is a treasure I cannot relive. Rest in peace, Director.
January 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The man who liberated my sense of what art could be more than any other, a pitch-dark sunbeam straight to the psyche, is no longer sharing the planet with us. I feel privileged to have existed when he did, and to experience his art in real time is a treasure I cannot relive. Rest in peace, Director.
Would’ve been the last person to call this, but I’d say Star Wars’ latest universe expansion #SkeletonCrew is exactly what the writhing beast needed, that also finally gave in to something rarely seen in any strand of its world: active references to stories outside of its own. 1/17
January 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Would’ve been the last person to call this, but I’d say Star Wars’ latest universe expansion #SkeletonCrew is exactly what the writhing beast needed, that also finally gave in to something rarely seen in any strand of its world: active references to stories outside of its own. 1/17
A 🧵on the ‘I don’t know who Robbie Williams is, so I don’t care who Robbie Williams is, and of course Better Man is bombing and it deserves to’ discourse…
I’ll admit to a reservation I had before seeing the film, but one I haven’t really seen others acknowledge... 1/
I’ll admit to a reservation I had before seeing the film, but one I haven’t really seen others acknowledge... 1/
January 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A 🧵on the ‘I don’t know who Robbie Williams is, so I don’t care who Robbie Williams is, and of course Better Man is bombing and it deserves to’ discourse…
I’ll admit to a reservation I had before seeing the film, but one I haven’t really seen others acknowledge... 1/
I’ll admit to a reservation I had before seeing the film, but one I haven’t really seen others acknowledge... 1/
Den of Thieves 2 looking great and all, but what’s with all Panera Bread product placement??
January 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Den of Thieves 2 looking great and all, but what’s with all Panera Bread product placement??
Quietly fell in love with #ARealPain, a fine-tuned dramedy that features its two leads abroad, but still on home territory. A gentle reminder of Eisenberg’s complicated likeability and Culkin’s brash wit, both doing what they do best with a script laying out its wares in a careful, considered way. 🧵
January 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Quietly fell in love with #ARealPain, a fine-tuned dramedy that features its two leads abroad, but still on home territory. A gentle reminder of Eisenberg’s complicated likeability and Culkin’s brash wit, both doing what they do best with a script laying out its wares in a careful, considered way. 🧵