Bruno Alves
@thebrunoalves.bsky.social
Writer-Director of the short film "Spooks". You can watch it on Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6LsS8g4Rttc
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Bruno Alves
@thebrunoalves.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Spooks (Super8 short film)
YouTube video by Bruno Alves Short Films
www.youtube.com
A year ago, I wrote, financed, shot and directed a short on Super 8 film (about two spies who know they are characters in a spy movie). In a few months, there will be another one (NOT about two spies who know they are characters in a spy movie), but for now, you can watch (or rewatch) this one here.
"And that's why you always go for it on 4th and short."
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"And that's why you always go for it on 4th and short."
MAGA in turmoil.
Bosa sack of Rodgers leading to Mason Rudolph returning to the game no comment yet from the WH
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
MAGA in turmoil.
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As basically anyone who’s talked to me since the summer knows, I’ve been working on this for months. Thanks to everyone who shared their insights. (I’ve got a lot more to say in the future, too.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
As basically anyone who’s talked to me since the summer knows, I’ve been working on this for months. Thanks to everyone who shared their insights. (I’ve got a lot more to say in the future, too.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
I am not familiar with his plays, but I am VERY familiar with his adaptation of Le Carré's THE RUSSIA HOUSE, a brilliant work of adaptation that was underappreciated at the time and remais underrated today.
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I am not familiar with his plays, but I am VERY familiar with his adaptation of Le Carré's THE RUSSIA HOUSE, a brilliant work of adaptation that was underappreciated at the time and remais underrated today.
Saw it a few weeks ago, and it's a brilliant film.
"Once in a while, you see a movie that doesn’t feel made, but extracted from a dreaming mind. It won’t go to you and hand over its meanings. You have to go to it." I reviewed The Secret Agent, my favorite film of 2025. Haunting, beautiful, profound. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...
The Secret Agent movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
This is one of the year’s best films, and one of the most distinctive.
www.rogerebert.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Saw it a few weeks ago, and it's a brilliant film.
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Russia rejected their own peace plan?
Russia flat out rejects Trump's 28-point peace plan: "Even in a reduced military and territorial form, Ukraine would remain a significant danger, requiring us to keep our forces on the western borders."
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Russia rejected their own peace plan?
That Mark Andrews touchdown was chef's kiss.
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
That Mark Andrews touchdown was chef's kiss.
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some scattered thoughts on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, which i saw last night boxd.it/bJHjTX
A ★★★★ review of One Battle After Another (2025)
This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.
boxd.it
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
some scattered thoughts on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, which i saw last night boxd.it/bJHjTX
Find someone who loves you as much as Greg Olsen loves going for it on 4th down.
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Find someone who loves you as much as Greg Olsen loves going for it on 4th down.
Nature is healing.
You're telling me Jameis did just enough to be fun before throwing a back-breaking interception with a chance to take the lead?
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nature is healing.
RELAY is a pretty good movie until the twist that completely ruins pretty much everything that comes before it.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
RELAY is a pretty good movie until the twist that completely ruins pretty much everything that comes before it.
They are not merely selling their voices. They are selling out every voice actor in the world, and should be ashamed of themselves.
1/2 My current book project deals in part with the fascinating developments in AI voice performance that are moving esp fast on the technical/financial fronts yet seem still overshadowed by broader sociocultural emphases on AI & visual components of media performance.
variety.com/2025/digital...
variety.com/2025/digital...
Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine Ink Deals for AI-Generated Versions of Their Voices With ElevenLabs
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs to produce virtual replications of their famous voices.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
They are not merely selling their voices. They are selling out every voice actor in the world, and should be ashamed of themselves.
Were these guys confused when Bond gained his 00 status in CASINO ROYALE, after decades of movies with other actors? Is it that difficult to understand that it all starts from scratch with each different actor (and even from movie to movie)?
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Were these guys confused when Bond gained his 00 status in CASINO ROYALE, after decades of movies with other actors? Is it that difficult to understand that it all starts from scratch with each different actor (and even from movie to movie)?
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I can’t believe this isn’t the Onion.
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I can’t believe this isn’t the Onion.
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This is an excellent film.
THE SECRET AGENT - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters November 26
YouTube video by NEON
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is an excellent film.
@thepressbox.bsky.social An amazing Only In Journalism word in Ross Douthat's latest newsletter: "perfervid". This one might even be an "Only in Douthat" word, actually.
Opinion | What Conservatives Should Do About Nick Fuentes
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@thepressbox.bsky.social An amazing Only In Journalism word in Ross Douthat's latest newsletter: "perfervid". This one might even be an "Only in Douthat" word, actually.
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weird thing about film culture today: box office success seems like an even bigger point of discussion than ever, yet ticket sales are clearly less and less a part of the project's overall profitability. since there's no transparency in how movies make money in streaming, we just don't talk about it
November 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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We’ve moved from George Orwell to Terry Southern, skipping right over Pynchon. Dante up next.
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We’ve moved from George Orwell to Terry Southern, skipping right over Pynchon. Dante up next.
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At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
@thepressbox.bsky.social Only in Journalism Word:
October 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@thepressbox.bsky.social Only in Journalism Word:
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Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together
Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together
Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down …
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together
This is a very normie take, but it's either Mascagni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana or Il Sogno, both in Scorsese's RAGING BULL.
What's your favorite use of pre-existing classical music in a movie not directed by Stanley Kubrick?
Mine is probably "Hall of the Mountain King" from Fritz Lang's M, the main melody of which is whistled by the killer.
Runner up: Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic") at the end of Alien
Mine is probably "Hall of the Mountain King" from Fritz Lang's M, the main melody of which is whistled by the killer.
Runner up: Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic") at the end of Alien
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is a very normie take, but it's either Mascagni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana or Il Sogno, both in Scorsese's RAGING BULL.