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Eleventy8

Can a cynical Gen X"er find enlightenment on a sofa? Join me, a grumpy Brit, on a quest to become less of a digital zombie. Expect blunt talk on life, tech, and self-improvement, with rants, reflections, and the occasional existential crisis. It"s not therapy, it"s just me ranting... but it might be cheaper than paying a therapist.

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00:06:00

🗞️ Australian Content Quotas for Streaming Platforms

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/31

The Australian Government is looking to introduce legislation to make streaming platforms create more Australian content. On the surface, this doesn't seem like a bad idea, however… it's more Government interference, which essentially boils down to a 20% taxation on streaming platforms revenue. When has Government interference really done anything other than gain more control? #australia #streamingservices

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00:06:22

🗞️ Gilliam Unhappy With Time Bandits Apple TV Show

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/30

The Time Bandits Apple TV show could become another victim remade for 'modern audiences'. Paul reads an article on how the original Time Bandits co-creator and director, Terry Gilliam, is apparently displeased with the productions direction. Hollywood director, Taikia Waititi, is in charge of the show, and Gilliam was apparently supposed to be on filming location for 2 weeks, but only lasted 3

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00:56:47

🎬 The Revenant (2015) Movie Review - Grueling but...

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/30

The Revenant (2015) Paul's pick this week, as he was wanting to watch... a more modern western than the usual stuff Samir picks. Say what you like about Leonardo DiCaprio, the guy can act! The Revenant is a 2015 American epic western survival adventure film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. The screenplay by Mark L. Smith and Iñárritu is based in part on Michael Punke's 2002 novel The Revenant, which describes frontiersman Hugh Glass's experiences in 1823, and which is based on the 1915 poem The

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00:09:27

🗞️ Razzie Awards apologise for nominating Ryan Kiera...

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/27

The Razzie Awards, John Wilson, has issued an apology for nominating Ryan Kiera Armstrong for Worst Actress in the movie adaptation of Steven King's novel, Firestarter (2022). Will it matter? I think we can mostly agree that grovelling apologies will never matter to those that wish to be, and remain, offended. The potentially offended, if you will. Bear in mind that the Razzie's has been nominating child actors since 1982, only now are people offended? #TheRazzieAwards #Firestarter

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00:07:55

🗞️ The Last of Us Breaks HBO Records

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/26

Paul reads how The Last of Us episode 2 has broken HBO returning viewer records. Quite an achievement considering that most of the viewers already know the ending! Are you enjoying The Last of Us? Let Paul know what you think in the comments. Source https://screenrant.com/last-of-us-episode-2-viewership-numbers-details/ --- https://eleventy8.com Find us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TMUS1E Follow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3z9ZxTr Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3TOGUw9 Watch on Rumble:

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00:10:08

🍿 The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Rough Cuts

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/26

Samir talks about his love of the film, The Thomas Crown Affair. Samir breaks down the movie, while also adding some interesting history and facts about the casting. The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 American heist film directed and produced by Norman Jewison and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning Best Original Song for Michel Legrand's "The Windmills of Your Mind". A remake was released in 1999. #SteveMcQueen #TheThomasCrownAffair #FayeDunaway

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00:04:11

🗞️ Violent Night 2 in Development

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/25

Violent Night 2 is in development, Tommy Wirkola says. Paul reads about how the early stages of Violent Night 2 is shaping up, perhaps we'll get to learn more about the Norse side of Santa's past? Paul really hopes so! Watch our movie review of Violent Night. 🎬 Violent Night (2022) Movie Review - https://youtu.be/KIIOhy7eu4U Source https://www.thewrap.com/violent-night-sequel-update-tommy-wirkola/ #ViolentNight #ViolentNight2 #SantaClaus #DavidHarbour #TommyWirkola --- https://eleventy8.com Find

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00:03:59

🗞️ Pamela Anderson's #MeToo moment?

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/24

Pamela Anderson's new book, 'Love, Pamela', reveals a flashing incident on the set of the 1990's TV show, Home Improvement. Paul reads a Variety article explaining how Tim Allen, allegedly, flashed Pamela before shooting an episode of Home Improvement. Source https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/pam-anderson-tim-allen-flashed-penis-home-improvement-1235498326/ --- https://eleventy8.com Find us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TMUS1E Follow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3z9ZxTr Watch on YouTube:

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00:07:59

🗞️ XBOX Head, Phil Spencer. No to Cancel Culture

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/23

Grandstanding, and virtue signalling in video games, has become quite a thing in recent years. Paul reads how the XBOX head, Phil Spencer, praises video game developers who are refusing to let cancel culture steer their creative decisions. Source https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/01/19/xbox-head-phil-spencer-praises-video-game-devs-who-refuse-to-fear-the-current-culture-of-criticism-and-cancellation-calls-on-industry-to-turn-away-from-dividing-players-and-creators/ #xbox #philspencerxbox

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01:03:29

🎬 L.A. Confidential (1997) Movie Review - Masterfully...

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/23

Samir picked L.A. Confidential for this weeks movie review. A change of direction for Samir, he usually likes the old 60s and 70s classics. Anyhow, Paul has only seen this film once, but can't remember a minute of it. L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed, produced, and co-written by Curtis Hanson. The screenplay by Hanson and Brian Helgeland is based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel of the same name, the third book in his L.A. Quartet series. The film tells the story of a

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00:05:02

🗞️ Scorsese Praises Carpenter's, They Live

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/20

They Live (1988) is a great watch, and that's not just our opinion. Martin Scorsese also thinks John Carpenter's They Live is also a pretty good film. Paul reads how Scorsese praises, not only They Live, but also John Carpenter as a director. High praise indeed? They Live (titled onscreen as John Carpenter's They Live) is a 1988 American science fiction action film written and directed by John Carpenter, based on the 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson. Starring Roddy

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00:06:29

🗞️ Ubisoft Staff Strikes End of January

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/19

More money, for less pay. Ubisoft Paris staff are planning to strike at the end of January 2023. They want inflationary pay rises and a four-day working week, all when Ubisoft is projecting over $500 million losses, is now the right time to be asking for such things? Ubisoft has had a number of issues over the last few years, toxic work environment, stuffing UN Green agenda political messaging into games and flirting with a large percentage buy out from Tencent. Do we even care about Ubisoft's copy

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00:07:48

🍿 Cop Car (2015) Rough Cuts

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/18

Cop Car (2015) starring Kevin Bacon, Paul talks about this lesser known movie and how he discovered it by accident whilst having a movie night with the girlfriend. Cop Car is a 2015 American road thriller film co-written and directed by Jon Watts and starring Kevin Bacon, Shea Whigham, Camryn Manheim, James Freedson-Jackson and Hays Wellford. The film follows two young boys and juvenile delinquents who come across and hijack the abandoned police car of a corrupt sheriff. It premiered at the 2015

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00:05:30

🗞️ Joker 2 is Going to be a Musical

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/18

Ugh... Joker 2 is a musical, who asked for this, who thought it would be a good idea? Paul, rather depressed at this news, reads how Lady Gaga is going to be center stage as Harley Quinn, and Margot Robbie's reaction to it. Source https://movieweb.com/joker-2s-musical-sequel-is-logical/ --- Find us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TMUS1E Follow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3z9ZxTr Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3TOGUw9 Watch on Rumble: https://bit.ly/3D3LzDt Watch on Odysee:

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00:09:54

🗞️ Velma HBO Show Gets a Second Season?

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/17

With audience scores in double digits, and even the wokeists critics hating on it, Velma might get another season, can you Adam and Eve it?! Sources https://screenrant.com/velma-season-2-renewed-hbo-max-report/#why-velma-is-panned-by-audiences https://movieweb.com/velma-audience-score/#mindy-kaling-preempted-backlash-against-the-show-rsquo-s-changes-to-scooby-doo-canon https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/velma — Find us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TMUS1E Follow us on Twitter:

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00:05:55

🗞️ Tom Hanks as Villain in the MCU?

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/16

Could Tom Hanks become Doctor Doom in the MCU? Paul reads a news source that says it might be possible, rumour is that Tom Hanks is interested in playing a villain. Do you think he could pull it off? Source https://insidethemagic.net/2023/01/tom-hanks-next-mcu-villain-report-says-ab1/ --- Find us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TMUS1E Follow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3z9ZxTr Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3TOGUw9 Watch on Rumble: https://bit.ly/3D3LzDt Watch on Odysee:

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00:58:11

🎬 Kevin Smith's Clerks Trilogy - A Retrospective Chat

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/16

Kevin Smith had quite a unique path to film making. He co-produced, directed and wrote the first Clerks movie, which helped him come prominence. Clerks is a 1994 American black-and-white buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith (in his feature directorial debut), produced and edited by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, and starring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonhauer, Jason Mewes, Smith, and Mosier. It presents a day in the lives of store clerks Dante Hicks

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00:50:13

🎬 Duck, You Sucker (1971) Movie Review

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/10

Duck, You Sucker (1971) is our return to some semblance of normality after the Christmas Break. You can probably tell, this was Samir's pick. Duck, You Sucker! (Italian: Giù la testa, lit. "Duck Your Head", "Get Down"), also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time ... the Revolution, is a 1971 epic Zapata Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn, and Romolo Valli. Set during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the film tells the story

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00:44:51

🎬 Violent Night (2022) Movie Review - Dranged Santa Fun?

Eleventy8 ·

2023/01/02

Violent Night (2022), just in time for Christmas… sort of. Paul's pick this time around, Paul likes a different spin Christmas time entertainment, enough with the rose-tinted romance nonsense, let's have some violence! When a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, Santa Claus must step in to save the day (and Christmas). Violent Night is a 2022 American Christmas action comedy film directed by Tommy Wirkola and written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller. It follows Santa Claus

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01:09:49

🎬 The Last King of Scotland (2006) Movie Review -...

Eleventy8 ·

2022/12/26

The Last King of Scotland was Samir's pick this week. An especially festive choosing in time for Christmas merriment! The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock. Based on Giles Foden's 1998 novel, it depicts the dictatorship of Ugandan President Idi Amin through the perspective of a fictional Scottish doctor. The film stars Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy in these respective roles, with Kerry Washington,

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