Alasdair Crews

I like films. I also like cricket. And Star Wars. Views are my own.

[John Wakefield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @JohnWakefieId]

Heat (1995) diner scene but it's between Coyote and Roadrunner, they have to hold up signs to talk, takes about 40 minutes.

[Robin @neocruyffista]

As James Gray’s Paper Tiger is currently in premiere at Cannes, here’s a throwback to this legendary clip. It permanently changed my perspective on the movie industry.

[Star Wars Holocron @sw_holocron]

Domhnall Gleeson says he has “no regret” about how Hux was portrayed in THE LAST JEDI.

“I really loved what Rian did with ‘The Last Jedi,’ and I loved what he did with Hux. There’s no regret from me about what happened there. Rian went his own way, and I wanted to be in a Rian Johnson film as well as in a ‘Star Wars’ film, and I got to do that.”

(Source: https://t.co/q3WmXkwStp)

[Kayleigh Donaldson @Ceilidhann]

I know I've said it before but truly the least interesting version of fandom is the one obsessed with data and victories. The focus on streams, review scores, box office, etc, as a way to "prove" that your favourite is better than someone else's is tedious & anti-art.

[Dave Tickner @tickerscricket]

An absolute disgrace, obviously, but let's not lose sight of the fact it's definitely going to be tremendously useful to have "You cried at the umpires until they overturned a wide so you didn't lose to Japan" up our sleeves somewhere down the line.

[Alasdair Crews @AJ_Crews]

@edinhelp Good evening. There seems to be a burst water main at the south eadt corner of Charlotte Square.

[Coyote vs. ACME @CoyoteACMEMovie]

Due to pressure from ACME’s pro-arachnid lobby, we’d like to issue the following correction.

[Coyote vs. ACME @CoyoteACMEMovie]

With great irresponsibility comes great power.

See #CoyoteVsACME in theaters today.

[Auteur House @auteurhouse]

Simpsons predicted the Criterion closet. 🤔

[Josh Slater-Williams @jslaterwilliams]

I had the incredible honour and pleasure of interviewing Rick Baker, Monster Maker for @TheAVClub

https://t.co/JgzAlhiE23

[reilly @GoodPostReilly]

JOHN CARROLL LYNCH AS FALSE FRASIER

[Mark Duplass @MarkDuplass]

$50k of my paycheck from The Morning Show. 2 actors. One location. First time 25 year old writer-director. Some light mentorship. A daring story none of the major film festivals would touch. Indie film is not dead yet.

[1/4 Black Garrett @QTRBlackGarrett]

First article you find in a Resident Evil game

[Nichole @NicholeDelly]

Christopher Nolan calls out amateur movie critics for thinking spotting a movie trope means the film failed

"That's a fundamental flaw of film criticism in a way, or storytelling criticism, because to be able to identify the mechanism does not invalidate the mechanism."

​"And that's a real problem in criticism today, because people have this idea that because I can understand why the story affects me, therefore it didn't work. That's not how storytelling works."

​"When I was talking about film criticism, I was talking more about amateur film criticism than professional film criticism... because they feel they've identified the mechanism, they feel that it invalidates it."

​"That could be true of certain elements, and film language evolves with that... but we do as filmmakers avail ourselves of that common language."

[TheWrap @TheWrap]

'Heat 2' is finally moving forward with Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale, but getting to this point was as tricky as a high-stakes heist as the sequel weathered budget battles, executive intrigue and a last-minute surprise move by David Ellison.

@DrewTailored and @elmayimbe have the exclusive inside story of how Michael Mann's $165 million crime epic was dropped by Warner Bros, picked up by Sony and Paramount and then finally rescued by Amazon MGM Studios.

https://t.co/DQTT4mDUI2

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Richard Linklater Looks Back at 'Boyhood,' 12 Years Later: "Time Never Quits Working on Us" https://t.co/DPnAwuoN4x

[Alasdair Crews @AJ_Crews]

Can confirm - phenomenal gig.

[Ross Maclean ON BLUESKY @ross_maclean]

Ross’s Second Year of Live Music™ is not above FOMO and so despite having seen him in Glasgow four months back, I couldn’t pass up the chance to see another awe-inspiring David Byrne gig — in Edinburgh this time. Don’t regret my decision for a second. Beautiful.

[Colin McLaughlin @colinthecrabb]

When ur at the Q&A and someone opens with "This is more of a statement than a question"

[Vithushan Ehantharajah @Vitu_E]

Ben Stokes burns down the church

⏯️ https://t.co/sLWhlGYVwD #EngvNZ