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Mother Suspiria :autism:

My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror #books far & wide.

Darkly unsettling, unique, and deeply weird, SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES contains the horrifying, the haunting, and the wryly humourous. D. Matthew Urban has crafted an excellent, disquieting assortment of eldritch fables where nightmarish, uncanny characters and scenarios abound. (Cursed Morsels Press)

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Paperback of SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES by D. Matthew Urban
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FilmFileUK

Casting our eyes back to 1973 this week as we take a deep dive into sci-fi western, Westworld, as well as the sequels and series that followed. Andy took time to check out two new releases this week, The Amateur and Drop, and shares his thoughts. News, neat things, and all the usual chat round it all off.

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Spotify for CreatorsEpisode 253: Doesn't Anything Work Around Here? by FilmFileCasting our eyes back to 1973 this week as we take a deep dive into sci-fi western, Westworld, as well as the sequels and series that followed. Andy took time to check out two new releases this week, The Amateur and Drop, and shares his thoughts. News, neat things, and all the usual chat round it all off.Get In TouchThreads @filmfileukBlueSky @filmfileuk.bsky.socialMastodon @filmfileuk@mastodonapp.ukX @FilmFileUKInstagram FilmFileUKYoutube https://tinyurl.com/yv5skc42Email podcast@filmfile.uk
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Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪

#review #if #lindsayanderson #film #cinema #movies #malcolmmcdowell

My ★★★★ review of if.... (1968) on #Letterboxd boxd.it/9pV9Vh

boxd.itA ★★★★ review of if.... (1968)Dark humor alert, If.... is a landmark of (counter)cultural cinema. Malcolm McDowell gives a stunning performance in this key film of British cinema history. Might feel a bit dated, but what If.... you'd watch it anyway? You won't regret it, I guess. Did you know?.... .... Earned Malcolm McDowell the part of Alex in A Clockwork Orange (1971). .... Features the first instance of a full-frontal female nude passed by the British Board of Film Classification. Previously there had been instances of flashes of nakedness - notably in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966) - but "If..." had a prolonged shot of
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Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪

#turksfruit #paulverhoeven #film #cinema #holland #review #turkishdelight

My ★★★★ review of Turkish Delight (1973) on #letterboxd: boxd.it/9pVl5R

boxd.itA ★★★★ review of Turkish Delight (1973)Before Paul Verhoeven gave us Basic Instinct, Showgirls and Starship Troopers (sexually explicit and violent), he preluded (in a way) with Turks Fruit / Turkish Delight. And a delight this movie is. Verhoeven always claimed his movies represent life as it is, they don't influence it. That's a very good way to look at his body of work. The film becomes a touching story about love and loss, about extasy and despair. Turks Fruit is, rightfully, an attack on petite bourgeoisie. Provocative. A work of art. Chemistry between Hauer and Van de Ven one of the best portrayed in (European)
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Terence Eden’s Blog

Gadget Review: Benfei USB-C to Ethernet Adapter

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Sure, WiFi is basically fine. But sometimes you need the raw power, high speed, and utter reliability of Ethernet. Billions of packets hurtling down twisted copper pair in order to deliver your data - that's what it is all about, right?

But - alas! - laptops don't have Ethernet ports these days. And mobile phones tend to shun them as well. Who can save us from the tyranny of multi-GigaHertz radiowaves?!

The good folk at Benfei have sent me their latest gadget and, somehow, I need to make 300 words out of "plug into device, plug in Ethernet cable, data go fast". Let's see how that goes!

My hands trembling, I plugged in the svelte USB-C plug into my waiting laptop. With a satisfying "clunk", the Ethernet cable docked into the waiting receptacle. An instant later, subtle LEDs began to flicker as the data pulsed through the CAT6 and into my computer.

For Linux nerds, this is a 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. Plugging it in just worked - although there are drivers for Linux, Mac, and Windows if you need them.

Just for a laugh, I plugged it into my Android phone and - amazingly - it also just worked. I was free from the shackles of poor 5G coverage. Well, I could only go as far as my Ethernet cable stretched, but the speeds were fantastic.

This claims to be good up to 1Gbps. Sadly, I downgraded my Gigabit broadband, but let's see just how fast it can go. Here's a speed test run from my Android phone:

Fair play! That totally maxed out my home broadband.

Verdict

It's a cute little unit. For about a tenner - depending on how The Algorithm feels - this can't be beat. The short cable is nicely braided, the silver design is inoffensive, and you get the standard Ethernet blinkenlights to tell you it's working.

Please click the affiliate links so my family doesn't starve.

A USB-C to Ethernet converter.
Terence Eden’s Blog · Gadget Review: Benfei USB-C to Ethernet Adapter
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Terence Eden

🆕 blog! “Gadget Review: Benfei USB-C to Ethernet Adapter”
★★★★★

Sure, WiFi is basically fine. But sometimes you need the raw power, high speed, and utter reliability of Ethernet. Billions of packets hurtling down twisted copper pair in order to deliver your data - that's what it is all about, right?

But - alas! - laptops don't have Ethernet ports these days. And…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/04/gadge
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#gadget #review #usb-c

A USB-C to Ethernet converter.
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Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )

From: blenderdumbass . org

Wrath of Man is one of such, very Guy Ritchie, very crime trillery, very Quentin Tarantino-inspired films. It has just enough cold detachment, just enough calculated precision and just enough artful pathos to make you feel the false-psychopathy of the main character played by Jason Statham.

Read: blenderdumbass.org/reviews/wra

blenderdumbass . orgWrath of Man is why I love Guy Ritchie
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Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )

From: blenderdumbass . org

Obviously I watched Revenge because it was directed by Coralie Fargeat, the director of current world-wide phenomenon The Substance. Even though Revenge is her directorial debut, I didn't not think it would be a bad film going into it, based on what I know about The Substance. And my expectations w...

Read: blenderdumbass.org/reviews/rev

blenderdumbass . orgRevenge ( 2017 ) is a kind of movie Nicolas Winding Refn would masturbate to
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