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🎥Wrinkles (2011) another opinion piece in my folders that had goine missing - it was probably on the old one. I loved this film and recommend it. This should make you smile in a gentle manner, but it doesn't sugarcoat old age either 🎥 #FilmSky #movie #film #Wrinkles #FilmOpinion
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Wrinkles aren’t so bad, trust me I know…
This is definitely not a film for children and definitely not a film for those of you who are terrified at the prospect of getting old.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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📽️Lars and the Real Girl (2007) watched in October 2018. I'll be honest, I loved this film. I told loads of people about it, wrote this; I don't think anyone bothered to see it. Fools, watch something different for change😆 📽️
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Mental health issues? Not one axe murder or senseless killing, so unrealistic!
Lars Lindstrom lives in the garage of his deceased parents’ house whilst his brother, Gus, and his wife Karin live in the main house. Lars is painfully shy and has problems even connecting with his…
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February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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📽️ The Martian (2015) watched and opinion given February 2018. Fairly simple -

This is a very good film, watch it.

This is a very good book, read it. 📽️

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A film that is out of this world – well it is, just don’t go around to Matt Damon’s house for mashed potatoes, honestly, trust me…
Man, and woman, are on Mars. The crew is exploring the surface and routinely performing their assigned scientific tasks when a terrific storm catches them exposed during the desperate track back to…
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February 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Short Term 12 (2014) watched and wrote the opinion piece the day before my 57th birthday 2019. I cannot recommend this film anymore highly #FilmSky #FilmOpinion #Film #Movie #ShortTerm12 #TheREALFilmCricket #BrieLarson #GreatFilm #HighlyRecommended
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Short Term 12 is a good film. Watch it.
A film so good. so realistic that you could mistake it for a documentary.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Done enough old paintings - here's an old film opinion The Florida Project watched around this time 4 years ago - I liked it... #TheFloridaProject #film #movies #BlueSkyFilmOpinion #TheRealFilmCricket #filmopinion #moviereview

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A little bit of Disney World that is not quite so magical…
Halley stays in one of the cheap motel’s that set alongside Walt Disney World in Orlando, she shares the small room with here small daughter Moonee and gets by on welfare, her best friend feeding h…
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January 29, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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📽️ Collosal (2016) watched and gave my opinion in January 2018 -well acted, well directed and is trying to say something interesting in a way that you possibly have not seen before. 📽️ Recommended #BlueskyFilms #films #movies #filmopinion #Collosal #TheREALFilmCricket #BlueskySciFi
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Colossal problems sometimes have small solutions.
Gloria is an out-of-work girl who has a drinking problem with wastrel friends and no self-control at all. Needless to say, her boyfriend finally has enough and kicks her out of the New York flat sh…
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February 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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1/2 📽️Emma (2020) watched in 2020, I liked it, was a great entertaining fun film. It holds up well and is better than a lot of adaptations. I don't expect many likes for opinion or for it to turn on BlueSky Films Thread📽️😒 #FilmSky #FilmOpinion #films #movies #Emma #TheREALFilmCricket
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Goodly done, Autumn, goodly done…..I’m not Jane Austen am I?
It is the Regency and Emma Woodhouse is a lady of leisure and wealth who seems to have a talent for matchmaking. She makes friends with Harriet Smith soon after her governess marries and leaves. Al…
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February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Another post that will get no traction. I like writing it seems people don't like reading it. Panic in Year Zero, which seemed far-fetched and cynical about US citizens, now in 2025 I would imagine it might be more accurate #film #movies #PanicinYearZero #RealFIlmCricket #FIlmOpinion
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Atomic bomb destroys LA? As long as I can get my coffee and sandwiches it’s all good…
Harry Baldwin and his wife and two children, are going on fishing trip with their ‘trailer’ from their home near Los Angeles when the drive is disturbed by what they first think is the flashing and…
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March 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The birthday is over, another painting is starting, but before that another film opinion. Love in the Villa is a silly romantic comedy. Read that bit again, that's what it is, not a world-changing political heavyweight message. Some of the reviews I have read.... #filmopinion #film bit.ly/3IPP9Yq
It’s silly romance film, with nice looking actors playing silly roles, ease up you lot, for entertainment’s sake…
A young schoolteacher, Julie, takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, despite having a devastating breakup with her boyfriend just before the trip that they were both going on. When she gets to the…
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July 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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13 Biggest Taylor Swift Reveals In Episodes 1 & 2 Of The End Of An Era Docuseries#reviewtime #ratingmovies #filmcritic #moviethoughts #honestreview #spoilerfree #spoileralert #moviediscussion #filmopinion #cinemareview #watchorpass #worthwatching #badrated #highlyrated #top10movies #rankingfilms #mo
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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1/2 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS - written June 2015. I have reposted this due to amazing amount of likes I got for my last portrait - the most ever on here. Rhys fans, read the last line of the piece... #WhatWeDoInTheShadows #film #movie #filmopinion #movieopinion #comedy #vampires
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Meeting these vampires won’t end well but you’ll probably die laughing.
Pricking the pompous bubble of vampire lore. What is not to like?
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December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Following on from my portrait of Jeremy Gardner, please find my opinion of that film, posted in December 2018 that would have been a few days after I watched it. I bought the Blu Ray soon after! #TheBattery #filmopinion #fiilm #movies #JeremyGardner
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What would you really do in a zombie outbreak, other than die, more than likely this – ladies and gentlemen I present The Battery.
A zombie film that doesn’t follow all of the tropes, made on a small budget the restraints help everyone including the viewer.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The Days Ahead (2025) a low-budget 'sort of' version of 1984's Threads, both films misunderstand nuclear weapons but make it clear the pointlessness of such warfare. It's not that bad, but my problems with the film are in the opinion piece. #film #movie #filmopinion #TheDaysAhead
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They dropped nuclear bombs on us – phew we didn’t get vapourised…I don’t think there’s any other problems that come with them is there?….
Sometime in the very near future the United Kingdom is attacked with ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons in an attempt by their ‘enemy’ to neutralise their ability to fight on further. Three separate groups…
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September 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT - opinion written in February 2023. Not a film for everyone, I was left neutral but I'd say definitely worth a watch - challenge yourself, see something a tad different - then have your own opinion... #TheBrandNewTestament #FilmOpinion #film #movies #movie
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God is Pernicious, Mean, Spiteful and Bad-Tempered – we are made in his image – makes sense to me….
God exists, he lives in an apartment in Belgium with his goddess wife and his daughter Ea. God is a git. He bullies both his wife and daughter, including physical violence, allowing only sport to b…
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January 2, 2026 at 9:40 AM
thestrovinator.bsky.social
Good Morning everyone. Thanks for the many new follows and 'likes' of my art.

Here is something I do too.

My latest film opinion. I've been doing this for over a decade and have about six website followers 😂
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Amazingly Elliott Gould was not sponsored by Marlboro
Private detective Philip Marlowe gets a visit from his long-time friend Terry, it transpires Terry needs him to drive him to the Mexican border after he has had a serious falling out with this wife…
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January 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Wolf Man (2025), yup I know it's another of my unpopular film opinions but I don't paint all the time and I haven't finished the latest, so you'll have to wait..short review, I didn't like it, longer one with the link #film #movies #filmcricketopinion #wolfman #filmreview #filmopinion bit.ly/4iWryBH
Don’t learn to drive in the USA…trust me.
Blake, his wife Charlotte and their daughter, Ginger, make a trip from their home in San Francisco to Oregon, where Blake originally lived to take possession of his missing father’s property and fi…
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May 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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BAD COMPANY (1972) my opinion of a 70s western written in April 2024. I saw this film as a youngster, liked it so much I watched it again, to write my opinion. Time has not changed my views; still a great, entertaining #film #movie #filmopinion #movieopinion #BadCompany #JeffBridges
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Avoiding conscription, I’m sure there’s someone who can give you stellar advice on this….
Drew Dixon, from a good home, religious and moral, has to leave his parents and head out of the USA to avoid being conscripted into the Union army, the same army and war that his beloved brother wa…
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January 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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You can blame the proper film critic @www.johnbleasdale.com, who I unreservedly recommend, for this opinion piece from the past. John posted about On the Beach reminding me I wrote about it in 2017! Here'tis #film #movies #filmopinion #REALFilmCricketopinion #OntheBeach #classic-films
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On the Beach is more relevant now than it was in 1959 and 2017, one day I suppose the maniac despots might watch this film, or read the book it is based on, and say ‘Hang on….’ but one day I will also...
The year is 1964 and an atomic war between the two super-powers has caused a potent radioactive fallout to envelope the northern hemisphere, wiping out all life as it progresses around the globe.  …
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July 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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A new REAL Film Cricket opinion has been posted!
The Final Programme (1973), Robert Fuest's take on Michael Moorcock's story (Moorcock hated it). It is very 70s, very disjointed, but not boring. Full Review is here.
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A dystopian future may have had Amsterdam ‘turned to ashes’ but at least chocolate digestives were still availabe.
Jerry Cornelius’ father has died, he was a top-level and secretive scientist. Jerry plans to destroy his father’s house with napalm after he gets his beloved sister out whilst leaving his addict an…
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March 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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🎥Semi Pro (2008) found this opinion in my files, I've never published it, unless it was on my old site that I discontinued, so like a similar one I found I have posted it here with explanations - obviously I'd like everyone to ignore this 🎥#FilmSky #Film #Movie #FilmOpinion #SemiPro
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I think ‘Semi Pro’ means the basketball players….not the actual film…I think
1976 and the Flint Tropics play in the American Basketball Association but always seem to finish last place and therefore play to mostly empty seats. Jackie Moon the owner is hopeful of being part …
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February 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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My latest film opinion piece. I watched this film back in around 1978 when was 16 and it stuck with me my whole life - I watched it a second time a few days back. Read the opinion if you want - STEELYARD BLUES (1973) bit.ly/4dwUFdO #film #movies #filmopinion #steelyardblues #RealFilmCricketOpinion
Wanting to leave authoritarian stuff-shirts behind and live with your wacky friends? Frankly there’s nothing wrong with that idea.
A band of ne’er-do-wells, misfits and dropouts are friends and fighting against the norms of society. Jessie Veldini is a stock-car racing ex-con dropout whose only ambition is to wreck every US ca…
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May 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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I posted up a painting that I honestly wasn't happy about, and now here is a film opinion piece that I've read back and, well...m'eh! The film itself is good but the writing?
To Be or Not to Be (1942) bit.ly/43AJMEp #film #movies #filmopinion #ReadFilmCricket #filmreview #JackBenny #CaroleLombard
Taking the mickey out of Nazis in 1941 was not a safe thing to do, luckily it’s 2025 so all’s good……Whose that knocking on the door?
Joseph and Maria Tura star in a Polish theatre company in Warsaw. Maria is beautiful and therefore has many admirers, one of these admirers is a young Polish Air Force officer, Stanislav Sobinski. …
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May 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Soylent Green (1973) no one likes these on BS, but I will keep writing them. I have checked and I had 2 views on my last opinion piece, I'm getting popular - or stalked? An interesting film that has little to do with the book bit.ly/4dGpBZt #film #movies #filmopinion #realfilmcricket #soylentgreen
Green crisps? That would never work, let’s be honest…
In a future 2022, New York has a population of forty million, and the elite live a life of luxury whilst everyone else is dirt poor, living in cars or stairwells and feeding on dried goods made by …
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May 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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📽️The last film I have watched in the cinema with my family (all of whom now have nothing to do with my wife and me) was Wonka - it was a packed cinema and I can genuinely say every person in there was laughing and enjoying themselves - superb #FilmSky #Film #Movie #Wonka #filmopinion
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Large businesses forming a cartel to stop a smaller business from succeeding. This hard-hitting political drama is intriguing…
Willy Wonka arrives by ship in the ‘city’ with dreams of opening a chocolate shop to sell his magical and wonderful chocolates. Unfortunately for him, the ‘city’ is home to three greedy and mean ch…
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January 31, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Love Again (2023) a daft, heart-string tugging, romantic comedy, not some great artistic piece that will change the world, approach it for what it is and it is a good film. Set in New York but oddly full of British actors #LoveAgain #film #movieopinion #filmopinion #realfilmcricket

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Repeat after me, this is a romantic comedy with a sad tinge, that’s it, not a realistic war story or superhero film….just trying to help.
Mira, a talented children’s book creator/illustrator, is madly and happily in love with John, but she witnesses his death at the hands of a drunken driver on a New York City street. Two years later…
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July 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM