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If you're in the US, tomorrow Friday the 25th you can see Studio 666 in the cinema. This is a horror comedy with and by the Foo Fighters in which you can also see Jenna Ortega. Should be fun! I'm so jealous.
#JennaOrtega #Studio666Movie



This is what happens if you only impose weak, token sanctions. Putin takes it as a sign it's ok to continue his war. We should have zero economic dealings with Russia and a country that so flagrantly violates international law, has no place in the UN Security Council.



Starting to suspect that people going on dates is just a myth perpetuated by the film industry to sell more films. Like the story of the emperor's new clothes, but 'you're not a worthy individual if this dating world seems invisible to you' and everybody going like, that's not me, I'm not that loser. Well, I'm the little boy.


"Heat it up but don't let it boil"

Sorry, what do you mean? Should I heat it up or not?




It seems that 2 million pounds buys the UK ruling party and ensures that no more than token sanctions will be imposed.


I don't understand why most of @DoveCameron's previous singles are suddenly inaccessible on both @TIDAL and @Spotify. Leaving only 'Boyfriend' and 'Taste of You'. Now my playlists are so empty...

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MEDIA: If you use the word β€œpeacekeepers” in your heds or subheds you are indulging Kremlin propaganda. *Stop it*. This is a Russian invasion of Europe and your *job* as a journalist is to say so clearly and unambiguously.

β€”a journalism professor at an R1



Putin's invasion of Ukraine seems extremely imminent and I feel so helpless. We should not accept another country to be swept of the map. Any sanctions should be complete and absolute, the Russian regime should be cut off from any international dealings whatsoever. Don't take their gas. Don't include them in any political or economic decision making. Don't do any business at all. And not in that way that it is just a card to play in any future negotiations. We're done with Putin and will not deal with him as long as he's in charge of Russia.




The worst possible thing the West can do right now is impose weak, inconsequential sanctions.

Putin will treat them as a doormat for him to step on as he further invades Ukraine.



Binged the final (fourth) season of UnREAL this weekend, the series with Shiri Appleby. It was a worthy closing of this amazing show, getting to quite some climax. Two episodes this season directed by Shiri, so that's great too.
#ShiriAppleby #UnREAL #UnREALtv


I'm not thinking appeasement will work this time either.


"They have either all retired while still teenagers or gone on a break from the sport with no return imminent."

There is something really wrong in (Russian) figure skating.



Shared a photo and video on Instagram and as part of my split social media personality wanted to share it on the fediverse too. Photo went ok on Pixelfed, the video was not accepted. Tried Friendica, failed too. Where oh where to upload a video on the fediverse?

Hang on. I have my own Peertube server. Why didn't I think about that...

Anyway, the share-as-remote-self function of Friendica has now also been tested and works fine.





EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Ortega talks playing Wednesday Addams for Tim Burton: "She's a Latina character, and that's never been represented," she tells Empire.

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For the Stephanie Leonidas #BirthdayRewatch I'll start my rewatch of season one of Snatch. Hapless London gangsters need the help of Stephanie's character to shift their accidental loot before the mob finds out they have it.


14 February is a date with a special significance: it's Stephanie Leonidas's birthday! Happy Birthday @StephLeonidas !

Here she is in Van Der Valk. Catch her also in Killjoys, Defiance, American Gothic, Snatch, Mirrormask, Crusade in Jeans, etc, etc...

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Completed my collection of American Gods blu-rays recently, which is that series where Emily Browning plays 'the dead wife'. Interesting that her character dies season 1, episode 1, yet in season 3 she's still around. As she should be. Starting the rewatch at season 2.
#EmilyBrowning #AmericanGods
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Yeah, he's my husband. If you hurt him I'll kill you.
-- Laura


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I have read the first two books, seen the first film based on the second book, but haven't seen the third film based on the fourth book yet. It has Felicity Jones in it, so let's go.
#FelicityJones #Inferno #DanBrown
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Depicting the WHO as an efficient tracking and tracing organisation. Rather dates this film.
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Stuff to discuss, which I won't because of spoilers, but let's just say that 'evil organisation' has some logic flaws in their propaganda which are easy to point out but which this film doesn't. Which makes the film feel like just some light viewing.


As a Jessica Alba fan I have of course seen The Eye, a thriller from a while back (2008). But iMDB alerted me to a small role that ChloΓ« Grace Moretz also plays in this film. This means that without knowing it, I had already seen ChloΓ« even before Kick Ass, which I thought was where I saw her first. Checking it out now, with this extra information.

This "you won't believe her eyes" tagline... very funny. I'll be remembering that along with the "fuller" line out of Dark Angel... no further comment.

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It must have been the bandana that made me not recognise her...


I knew Emily Browning gave a mesmerising performance in Sucker Punch, but only today I found out that some mesmerising versions of songs on the soundtrack were sung by her as well. E.g. the hauntingly fitting version of Sweet Dreams (are made of this) is her.


Colombia Records posting a bathroom selfie from one of their artists rather than some official glossy photo shoot, I like it.

Dove Cameron's boyfriend comes out on Friday.

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Also, in Europe it's already Friday and for us her song is already available on TIDAL and Spotify!


Happy Birthday @ChloeGMoretz !

I'm celebrating her 25th birthday by rewatching her amazing performance in The Miseducation of Cameron Post. May I also recommend the other films I saw recently, Shadow in the Cloud and Mother/Android? Or her million other films.
#ChloΓ«GraceMoretz

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post is such a great film! I may have some weird taste in films, having Life is Sweet and Home for the Holidays in my all time favourites list rather than some classics, but this film certainly is a recent addition to that list. It's right up my alley.


My attempt to use TIDAL is not going well. Upon minutes of signing up I find several songs attributed to the wrong artist and no way to report this. Also despite TIDAL (like Spotify) supposedly having 80mln songs, I'm missing some artists. Also, it's not free outside the US.


Watching more Felicity Jones in Chalet Girl.
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Girl tries to win a snowboarding competition for the prize money and the fact that she never snowboarded before isn't even the biggest problem. Nice film with themes of dealing with loss and class differences. I like that the men in this film that are pigs are really shown to be pigs.


A bit disturbing of this mainstream tv series to have a baby character straight up murder someone, not accidentally but intentionally. I know they have this good vs evil thing going on and the guy was very evil, but still.
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The only way to stop a bad baby with a gun is a good baby with a gun


It says on the packaging that these cookies can be kept until October 2022, but that's not true since I finished them already.


We need nuclear fusion to be viable and we need it now.

Looks like there are two more steps:

  1. The next research reactor (ITER) needs to break even
  2. Commercial reactors generate more electricity than they use


BBC News - Oxford's JET lab smashes nuclear fusion energy output record
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If dinosaurs would spend less time roaring and more time hunting, they wouldn't let all these time travelling humans get away.

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I recently read the Oscars eligibility rules and tried to understand them. I was surprised any film is eligible to be voted for at all. Released outside LA first? Not eligible. Less then three screenings in a theater per day for the first week? Not eligible. Released on streaming? Not eligible. All kinds of exceptions for festivals and covid-related streaming versions of those, but still.

E.g. The Fallout won SXSW 2021, lot of Oscars chatter around it, but it is not on the list of eligible films of this year. It came out on HBO Max in 2022, which probably means it is not eligible next year either. I may have tried to understand the rules, I didn't say I succeeded.
#Oscars #AcademyAwards

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Giving myself a treat and watching Jenna Ortega in The Babysitter: Killer Queen. I really liked that film and Jenna is so good in it (as always).

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Rewatching UnREAL with the seasons a bit out of order, but I can still see that Shiri Appleby is amazing. And she directs some of the episodes as well!

Most people watch her in UnREAL because they liked her in Life Unexpected or Roswell, but I saw and liked her even earlier as the rather lively character Tara in Xena.



Jenna Ortega being in the top ten films only twice is because she only has two films out at the moment.
#JennaOrtega #Scream #ScreamMovie #TheFallout


The Top 10 Most Popular Films on Letterboxd This Week

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Rewatching Sucker Punch with Emily Browning: a big cgi film done right, with meaning and heart behind the story and great acting.
#EmilyBrowning #SuckerPunch
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Today Scream opens in Dutch cinemas and also today it was announced that another installment, the sixth already, will be made!
#Scream #ScreamMovie #JennaOrtega
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@ChloeGMoretz @hitRECordJoe In 1974, Jones established β€œJonestown” in Guyana, and on Nov. 18, 1978, Jones commanded his followers to drink poison. More than 900 people died in one of the largest mass murder suicides on record

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