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MaryAnn Johanson
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2024 in a nutshell. #CollapseIsHere
GIF of Cal Hockley (Billy Zane) in Titanic, getting desperate as he realizes that "It's starting to fall apart. We don't have much time."
01:44 PM - Apr 23, 2024
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Oh, and to be clear, this was two different doctors. Off sick. From the same GP surgery.

Nothing to see here...
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For the second time recently, I’ve a GP appointment cancelled on the day because the doctor was off sick.

Probably nothing to worry about, right?
05:27 AM - Apr 23, 2024
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😬😬😬😬
Air quality at the small-venue gig I attended last night.
😬😬😬😬

Good thing I wore a mask…
My Aranet shows a max of 7391ppm(!) for CO2 at 10:41pm last night.
07:23 AM - Apr 23, 2024
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For the second time recently, I’ve a GP appointment cancelled on the day because the doctor was off sick.

Probably nothing to worry about, right?
05:27 AM - Apr 23, 2024
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MaryAnn Johanson
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Time bug!
03:28 PM - Apr 21, 2024
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Smol housemate about to return from the same Cub Scout camp he brought Covid home from summer 2022. So I'mma be snorting and gargling on the reg until we're in the clear... 🙄
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12:28 PM - Apr 21, 2024
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#BFI has an #IMAX screening this Sunday, 21/4, for #EarthDay of searing doc #AnthropoceneTheHumanEpoch . An unforgettable film. https://www.flickfilosophe...
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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch documentary review: the destruction of our planet, in pictures (EIFF 2020) - FlickFilosopher.com

Astonishing: sometimes oddly beautiful but mostly like sci-fi horror. An anti-meditation nightmare, a call to arms if only we were ready to finally address our thoughtless impact on planet Earth.

12:18 PM - Apr 19, 2024
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Starting a rewatch of #TheGoodPlace cuz it feels like comfort viewing, and how forked is that?
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03:28 PM - Apr 18, 2024
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It's 7pm, so I think it's now okay to give up on the fantasy that I'm going to get any real work done today...
02:03 PM - Apr 18, 2024
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Woke up y'day w/*very* runny nose, ++sneezing, scratchy throat. Thought: fuck. Covid test negative (tho I wonder how good they are at catching new variants). Mucus clear, so prolly not infection? Feeling much better today. Late side effects from MMR jab? Still totes worth it!
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I, 54yo, just got measles booster on NHS. No access to my vax record, can't remember if I ever had measles (my mom wld know but she died 2022) and might be from era b4 2💉was a thing. NHS said, Come on down. So I did. Protect yourself, get a 💉if you're not sure. It can't hurt!
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12:29 PM - Apr 18, 2024
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So, #RottenTomatoes is suddenly prioritizing audience reviews AND making it even more difficult to find the reviews of critics who don't have Top Critic designation.

That's just fucking great.
08:46 AM - Apr 18, 2024
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Do you have to queue just to do your job? I do. I’m a film critic with almost 30 years experience, and I’m competing with Instagram influencers who weren’t even born when I started. All this for poverty-level income. Fuck me.
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04:20 PM - Apr 16, 2024
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No Cage rage in postapocalyptic monster drama #Arcadian , sorry (though I prefer Nic in this mode). My 🟡 review: https://www.flickfilosophe... [US cinemas]
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Arcadian movie review: they mostly come at night, mostly - FlickFilosopher.com

It exists safely within the vast subgenre of postcollapse afterscapes, but it does what it does well, with nicely drawn characters, a sense of cultural mythmaking, and freakishly unsettling creatures.

12:08 PM - Apr 16, 2024
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#CuratedCinema : 2016’s #TrainToBusan puts fast zombies in the enclosed spaces of a high-speed train. It’s, well, a ride. More+links: https://www.flickfilosophe... [leaves US #Netflix soon; on #StudiocanalPresents UK]
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curated cinema: zombies with a ticket to ride - FlickFilosopher.com

2016’s Train to Busan leaves US Netflix soon; on Studiocanal Presents in the UK (and lots of other services on both sides of the Atlantic).

01:21 PM - Apr 15, 2024
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#TheTroubleWithJessica features a great cast behaving in entertainingly terrible ways in an amazing house. My 🟡 review: https://www.flickfilosophe... [UK cinemas now]
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The Trouble with Jessica movie review: mortgaged souls - FlickFilosopher.com

The pleasures of this black comedy about London real estate and the hypocrisies of posh professionals lie in the terrific cast, especially Shirley Henderson, embodying entertainingly horrible people.

01:25 PM - Apr 12, 2024
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#TheTroubleWithJessica features a great cast behaving in entertainingly terrible ways in an amazing house. My 🟡 review: https://www.flickfilosophe... [UK cinemas now]
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The Trouble with Jessica movie review: mortgaged souls - FlickFilosopher.com

The pleasures of this black comedy about London real estate and the hypocrisies of posh professionals lie in the terrific cast, especially Shirley Henderson, embodying entertainingly horrible people.

01:25 PM - Apr 12, 2024
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#CuratedCinema : when fame kills art. Prep for the new Amy Winehouse biopic #BackToBlack with a revisit of the powerful 2015 doc #Amy . #Max US, #Prime UK. https://www.flickfilosophe...
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curated cinema: when fame kills art - FlickFilosopher.com

The 2015 documentary Amy is on Max in the US and on Prime in the UK (and other services, too).

12:44 PM - Apr 11, 2024
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40+ yrs as computer user (my first: TI-99/4A, early 80s), just had my first ever keyboard spill. Not just keyboard: it’s newish Macbook Air laptop. 😫

Was small amnt of liquid, think I mopped it all up quickly, but I’m on tenterhooks waiting to see if it’s gonna be okay.

Fuck.
09:34 AM - Apr 11, 2024
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#CivilWarMovie is a spineless dystopian action drama that defaults to a dangerously irresponsible both-sides-ism. Ugh, I hated it. My 🔴 review: https://www.flickfilosophe...
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Civil War movie review: a craven view from nowhere - FlickFilosopher.com

A spineless dystopian action drama that defaults to a dangerously irresponsible both-sides-ism; its pretense of “objectivity” is unfair to the journalist protagonists the film thinks it’s championing.

03:20 PM - Apr 10, 2024
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#CivilWarMovie is a spineless dystopian action drama that defaults to a dangerously irresponsible both-sides-ism. Ugh, I hated it. My 🔴 review: https://www.flickfilosophe...
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Civil War movie review: a craven view from nowhere - FlickFilosopher.com

A spineless dystopian action drama that defaults to a dangerously irresponsible both-sides-ism; its pretense of “objectivity” is unfair to the journalist protagonists the film thinks it’s championing.

03:20 PM - Apr 10, 2024
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#CuratedCinema : taking “Christian film” down a notch. 2020 indie #FaithBased punches up, not down, in its gentle skewering. Stream free (with ads) on #Tubi US, #wedotv UK. More: https://www.flickfilosophe...
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curated cinema: taking “Christian film” (but not Christians) down a notch - FlickFilosopher.com

2020’s Faith Based is on Prime and Tubi in the US, wedotv in the UK (and other services, too).

01:40 PM - Apr 09, 2024
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Just got randomly hit with the urge to rewatch one of the greatest cop shows ever -- 1990s Canadian series #DueSouth -- and it's not streaming anywhere? We used to be a society...
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12:02 PM - Apr 09, 2024
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Press release, just now: “THE CONJURING producer tapped to run the world's first studio dedicated exclusively to AI generated production.”

Fuck this shit. Please, no one work with this guy.
10:28 AM - Apr 09, 2024
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I went long on #LateNightWithTheDevil , though a lot of it is about its rather ironic (unintentionally) use of "AI"-generated imagery. Still, a 🟢 from me: https://www.flickfilosophe...
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Late Night with the Devil movie review: haunted by an AI specter - FlickFilosopher.com

Uniquely fresh yet also deeply lodged in the history of cinematic horror, with a powerful breakout performance from David Dastmalchian. But its triumph is, ironically, marred by the use of “AI” “art.”

09:15 AM - Apr 09, 2024
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Y'day I rec'd press releases for 2 movies both titled #SweetDreams . One: “surrealist satire on European colonialism from emerging filmmaker Ena Sendijarević.” Other: about “misfit softball team of recovering addicts” and stars Johnny Knoxville. Both open in US cinemas Friday. 🤌🏻
05:49 AM - Apr 09, 2024
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Delighted to announce that I’m one of the critic contributors to the just-released Beyond the Sight & Sound Canon, a greatest-but-overlooked film poll organized by They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
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Beyond the Sight & Sound Canon (Intro)

They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? is dedicated to the art of motion picture film-making and most specifically to that one particular individual calling the shots from behind the camera - the film director.

02:46 PM - Apr 08, 2024
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Liam Cunningham is a sexy fucker.

I said what I said.
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03:45 PM - Apr 04, 2024
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So, like, more than a few films are making me angry at the moment. Even movies I like! Am I entering an old-and-crotchety phase, or is everything just genuinely complete shit right now? (Probably a bit of both, TBH.)
02:08 PM - Apr 04, 2024
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Made a dentist appointment. Earned an adulting badge! https://www.tenneedledesig...
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Design Type: Digital Downloadable Design. You will receive the design files as a zip folder immediately after completing the purchase. We only sell downloadable digital machine embroidery design files. Design Variations: 2 Design Size: 2x2 inch, 3x3 inch Design Files included: .dst .exp .hus .jef .p..

02:54 PM - Apr 03, 2024
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Why is it so fucking rainy? It's global warming, kids. Get used to it.

There's not a single word about climate change in this article, BTW: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
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UK Weather: Why is there so much rain right now? - BBC Newsround

It's been a rainy year so far - so what are the reasons behind the damp weather in the UK?

12:48 PM - Apr 03, 2024
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