Stephen Baker

Avid cinephile and film score/blu-ray collector. Blogs about cult movies, film soundtracks, Lego builds + halcyon days of gate crashing movie premieres

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Latest Lego-blog dropped here @Belle_Ve_Bricks #legoideas #lego #seinfeld
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For a director coming off an 8yr lull & heading towards the big 80 #DavidCronenberg’s #CrimesOfTheFuture plays like his greatest hits & maybe invites obvious criticisms of self-reverence but it is impressively edgy & squishy with a fleshy tongue wagging within its cinematic cheek

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headline spinners in 89 version. Battinson steps up to the Bat-challenge with subtle depiction of the dual character. Style of the picture grabs you by the lapels from the get-go and growls, like Keaton’s iconic version famously did in a quietly authoritative tone “I’m Batman!”

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Matt Reeves’ The Batman double-downs on Joker’s nihilistic vibe and uses an impressively broad canvas on which to paint a noir-driven detective story, chock full of nifty callbacks & juicy surprises. The plotting gets way murky in the 2nd act and made me long for the expository

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Watched mine last night, followed by David Cairns’ illuminating visual essay…

[Eureka Entertainment @Eurekavideo]

"★★★★★ Superb Cold War spy thriller as good as ever'

Blu Ray: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | The Arts Desk https://t.co/mMIuubHHqC

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Another great release from @indicatorseries of #RidleyScott’s come down after his exotic triptych of sci-fi/horror/fantasy world building. Here he explores New York’s class divide with a somewhat hackneyed story proposal that glimmers with a master’s eye for mise-en-scene #bluray

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Totally agree with said tweet

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If this gets 1000 retweets we'll ask @martin_compston if we can put one of Steve Arnott's waistcoats in the National Museum of Scotland*. #LineOfDuty

*disclaimer: we, the social media team, do not have this power but it's worth a try.

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17 The Michael Mann coolness of the whole enterprise
18 Brentiss bints finally getting their comeuppance
19 That moment where Kate assumes Steve had shagged Steph
20 Ted’s fire and fury speech

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Highlights from #LineofDutyFinale (2nd viewing)
1 No shark-jumping revelations ie it was Ted all along
2 The production order to to render Jo
3 The payoff to said PO with Silence of the Lambs bait & switch
4 Mid point Fairbank revelation
5 Steve’s solo moment leaning against car

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#definately satisfied with #LineOfDuty finale, what do people want nowadays? The trouble with all this #H chasing is that people were setting themselves up for sure-fire disappointment. At least the big reveal felt plausible not to mention apt @Cparks1976 #ObsessedWithLineOfDuty

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14 Taking down the Wall of Corruption photos
15 The Codas: Terry Boyle off the hook, Osbourne still at large, Buckles having the last laugh, AC-12 ever diminishing power
16 Jo’s advertisement for Witness Protection

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#definately satisfied with #LineOfDuty finale, what do people want nowadays? The trouble with all this #H chasing is that people were setting themselves up for sure-fire disappointment. At least the big reveal felt plausible not to mention apt @Cparks1976 #ObsessedWithLineOfDuty

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Watched the fascinating hr-long doc last night on the making of #DrTerrorsHouseofHorror featuring the scholarly likes of Jonathan Rigby & @ReeceShearsmith waxing lyrical & diving deep into the wonderful world of #AmicusFilms + portmanteau horror #PeterCushing #ChristopherLee

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Absolutely loving said podcast @Cparks1976 it’s the only way to climb down from that Line of Duty ledge after an episode drops #ObsessedWithLineOfDuty #LineOfDuty #Thurwellisnotdead

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How come AC-12 had blinders on to Jo’s fortress of locks in her swank pad? It never came up during her glass box session. @Cparks1976 #ObsessedWithLineOfDuty #LineOfDuty #motherofgod

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Been caning series 1 to 5 with my partner (my 2nd watch, cue much smugness from me) + then decompressing with said top podcast (check your folders). S6 not the 1st time Ted has dropped the mic with diesel comment @Cparks1976 #ObsessedWithLineOfDuty #suckingondiesel #weegobshite

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#WestSideStory2021 #StevenSpielberg #stevenspielbergmasterimage

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#WestSideStory2021 #StevenSpielberg

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#WestSideStory2021 #StevenSpielberg

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That shot of the bleeding shadows of the two converging gangs, knitting together like sinewy fingers, over the ‘A Steven Spielberg Film’ legend demonstrates Spielberg’s enduring command of the ‘master image’ + bodes well for this cinematic retelling https://t.co/EuEZkTInA2

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That shot of the bleeding shadows of the two converging gangs, knitting together like sinewy fingers, over the ‘A Steven Spielberg Film’ legend demonstrates Spielberg’s enduring command of the ‘master image’ + bodes well for this cinematic retelling https://t.co/EuEZkTInA2

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Thought I’d celebrate @SecondSightFilm’s upcoming snazzy release of #TheBabadook with the photo I took in my local graveyard of an actual Babadook, can you spot him? #spotthebabadook

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*THE BABADOOK: LIMITED EDITION* June 21st
4K UHD/Blu-ray box including 150 page hardback book with essays by @annabdemented Daniel Bird @kat_diabolique @richpieces @Systemshocks @laura_venning, archive and production material, plus 6 art cards. Pre-order https://t.co/PucTr2qTnj

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Projectionist, can you run the Buster Keaton for me? I have always loved the projector audio that precedes the main feature with Eureka’s #MastersofCinemaSeries : it instantly conjures a mental environment for cinephile curation and appreciation @eurekaentertainment #blurayreview