Ben Oliver

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film
15 May 2025

Final Destination

“In death there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, and no escapes.”
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I’m watching these in anticipation of going to see the new in the cinema on Monday, having only vaguely heard of the premise but never actually seen a Final Destination film.

film
15 May 2025

Bait

A Cornish fisherman (Edward Rowe) begins to feel the pressure as his livelihood is more and more affected by incoming seasonal tourists.

film
14 May 2025

Live Wire

Some real 90s thriller sleaze here. A pre-Bond Pierce Brosnan plays a bomb defusal guy brought in to investigate the strange spontaneous combustion of a senator.

film
06 May 2025

The Penguin Lessons

A true (ish?) story about an English teacher living in 1970s Argentina (Steve Coogan) who reluctantly becomes friends with a penguin, and sneaks it into his boarding school.

film
27 April 2025

Leo

Leo the classroom lizard is 74 years old and has seen dozens of classes come and go over the years. He’s facing a crisis in his old age and decides to reveal to one of the children that he can talk and impart them with useful advice.

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