James Allison

James Allison

@gingerjames.bsky.social

Development Producer/Question Writer Co-creator of The Answer Run Creator of www.faroutquiz.com Author of The Film Nerd Quiz Book Series https://linktr.ee/James_Allison

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So I've made a game! Introducing Far Out - The daily numbers-based quiz! - Each day you start with 100 pts - You answer 3 numerical questions - How far you out from the correct answer = how many points you lose - Lost all your points and it's game over! You can play it here: www.faroutquiz.com

Judging by the number of times I’ve heard “No, no, no, no!” and “Bad dog!” coming from my next-door neighbour over the past two weeks, chihuahuas sound like an absolute nightmare.

Caught Ghosts: The Possession of Button House tonight. So good! If they want to make one of these every 2/3 years I will be there opening weekend every time.

Tonight's film was 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die'. A nutty sci-fi film that scratched an itch for something a little original. It also stars Sam Rockwell, who automatically makes any film he stars in get 3 stars.

Finally got round to seeing The Odyssey at the IMAX. I'm going to sound like a philistine saying this, but the bigger screen added absolutely nothing except seeing how many shots were actually out of focus.

Ok, the film ended up being absolute shite but I would recommend watching it for just how batshit nuts the third act is in comparison to the rest of the film. It's like they replaced the writer and director and just went with whatever they wanted.

James Allison@gingerjames.bsky.social

Tonight's film is 'Drop'. How the guy hasn't walked out of this date after 10 minutes I have no idea.

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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

It was pretty cool that they filmed parts of it in my local pub though, which I didn't realise until it popped up.

James Allison@gingerjames.bsky.social

Case in point - look how sanitised and flat the sequel looks in comparison to the original. #PracticalMagic2

Case in point - look how sanitised and flat the sequel looks in comparison to the original. #PracticalMagic2

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Tonight's film is Practical Magic 2. Apart from the cinematography making it look like a typical Netflix movie, what annoys me most is how broken the timeline is. The first film came out 28 years ago, they've all got smartphones, and yet the daughters are somehow in their early 20s in this one.

Tonight's film is Practical Magic 2. Apart from the cinematography making it look like a typical Netflix movie, what annoys me most is how broken the timeline is. The first film came out 28 years ago, they've all got smartphones, and yet the daughters are somehow in their early 20s in this one.

If you'd have told me ten years ago that the nation would be gripped on who would yawn first - Ross Kemp or Jerry Hall, I'd have thought you were crazy. #CelebrityTraitors