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One of cinema's most fascinating and fearless performers, Tilda Swinton celebrates her 66th birthday today!

From The Chronicles of Narnia and Doctor Strange to her Oscar-winning performance in Michael Clayton, Swinton has built an extraordinary career playing characters that are anything but ordinary.

Here at Boys On Film, our personal favourite is We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Lynne Ramsay's deeply disturbing psychological drama. Swinton's portrayal of a mother grappling with the aftermath of an unthinkable tragedy is nothing short of extraordinary. Unsettling, heartbreaking and impossible to forget.

🎥 What's your favourite Tilda Swinton performance? And does We Need to Talk About Kevin leave you as shaken as it does us?

#TildaSwinton #WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin #BoysOnFilm #LynneRamsay #FilmLovers #Cinema

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Channel 5 has revisited one of British television's strangest nights with a documentary about Ghostwatch. The original 1992 BBC programme starred Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene and appeared to be a live paranormal investigation, but was actually scripted drama. Around 30,000 complaints followed as some viewers became convinced the events and its ghost known as Pipes were real.

What TV programme or movie scared you as a child? #ghostwatch

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🎬 New review is live! We sat down with dance diva Katherine Ellis to talk about LADY — the feature debut from Samuel Abrahams, starring Fleabag's Sian Clifford as a narcissistic aristocrat who literally starts disappearing from view.

It's part mockumentary, part dark comedy, part something else entirely... and we had very different reactions. Is it a bold piece of magical realism or a brilliant idea stretched too thin? One thing we all agree on: Sian Clifford is absolute dynamite in this. 🔥 #lady #siancliford #moviereview

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Doctor Who and House of the Dragon star Matt Smith celebrates his 44th birthday today!

Born in Northampton, Smith made television history in 2010 when, aged just 26, he became the youngest actor to take on the lead role in Doctor Who, bringing the Eleventh Doctor to life.

Since then, he's built an impressive career across film and television, including a particularly unsettling turn in STARVE ACRE (2024).

Back in 2024, we reviewed this atmospheric British folk horror, written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo and adapted from Andrew Michael Hurley's acclaimed 2019 novel.

Starring Smith alongside Morfydd Clark, Starve Acre is a haunting tale of grief, ancient folklore and the sinister secrets lurking beneath the English countryside.


🎥 Have you seen Starve Acre? What did you make of it?

#MattSmith #StarveAcre #DoctorWho #HouseOfTheDragon #BoysOnFilm #FolkHorror #BritishHorror #HorrorMovies

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Today marks the anniversary of a landmark moment in cinema history, when French inventor Émile Reynaud presented an early form of moving animation to the public in Paris on 28 October 1892.

Established in 2002, International Animation Day celebrates the extraordinary art of animation, with 2026 marking its 25th edition.

To mark the occasion, we're revisiting a very special Boys On Film review from our guest Dina Burgess, who joined us to discuss WOLFWALKERS (2020).

🐺 Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, this animated fantasy adventure is the final chapter in Moore's acclaimed Irish Folklore Trilogy, following The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014).

Do you have a favourite animated film that can't be beaten?

#InternationalAnimationDay #Wolfwalkers #boysonfilm #animation #animatedfilms #irishfolklore #filmreviews

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Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon celebrates his 68th birthday today! 🎈

Joining the Birmingham band in 1980, Simon went on to become one of the defining voices of the decade, delivering an incredible run of hits including Rio, Hungry Like The Wolf, The Reflex and the James Bond theme A View To A Kill.

🎬 Back in 2023, Phil Marriott and Sean Vickers reviewed DURAN DURAN: A HOLLYWOOD HIGH, a feature-length docu-concert celebrating the band's extraordinary four-decade career, featuring exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and previously unseen archive material.

To celebrate Simon's birthday, we're revisiting our review of this fantastic tribute to one of Britain's most iconic bands.

🎶 What's your all-time favourite Duran Duran song? Let us know in the comments!

#SimonLeBon #DuranDuran #AHollywoodHigh #BoysOnFilm #80sMusic #MusicDocumentary #NewRomantic

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It's Howl at the Moon Day and Night, and what better excuse to revisit an 80s werewolf movie...

Released in 1981, Joe Dante's The Howling stars Dee Wallace as television journalist Karen White, traumatised in the course of aiding the police in their arrest of a serial murderer.

To celebrate, we're digging into the Boys On Film archives and reposting our review of this genre favourite.

🐺 Does The Howling still have bite 45 years later? Watch our review and let us know where it ranks among your favourite werewolf movies! #halloween

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Now we're interested.

The trailer for Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist: Martyrs has landed, and it looks seriously promising.

After the absolute mess that was David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer, our expectations were low. We had doubts about Flanagan tackling Carrie too, but he's already made us eat our words.

And that Martyrs poster? A striking nod to William Friedkin’s original, suggesting a creative team who actually understand what made The Exorcist so extraordinary in the first place.

#TheExorcistMartyrs #TheExorcist #horror #Halloween #movietrailer

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Well, this is a bit special! 🎬❤️

Back in January 2024, we reviewed Chuck Chuck Baby, Janis Pugh’s brilliant, funny and moving musical drama. Fast forward to today, and we’re watching ourselves on the DVD release!

For the very first time, Boys On Film has made it into the Special Features of a DVD! 📀

It’s an honour to be included alongside such a wonderful film, and a lovely moment for our movie review channel.

Massive thanks to Anne Beresford and everyone behind this release.

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After a short break, we are BACK.

Phil and Dan review BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL — the documentary exploring the chaotic making of Exorcist II: The Heretic, director John Boorman's ill-fated sequel to the greatest horror movie ever made.

From budget cuts and on-set near-death experiences to the film's brutal reception and unlikely cult following, the documentary reveals a filmmaker who stood by his bold, ambitious vision even when the world turned against it. Featuring interviews with Linda Blair, Joe Dante, Mike Flanagan and Boorman himself, it's a heartfelt look at a film that was meant to be elevated — not disposable.

🎬 Boorman and the Devil is in cinemas September 25th, from Blue Finch Film Releasing. #boormanandthedevil #horror #documentary

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