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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com

Kenneth Branagh’s bonkers mystery ‘Dead Again’ was released on this day in 1991. An appreciation:

aug 23, 2025, 6:25 pm • 242 54

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social

I ADORE this movie! Thank you for this!

aug 24, 2025, 2:12 am • 5 0 • view
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D. A. Hosek @dahosek.bsky.social

90s Kenneth Branagh was just so amazing. He’s had some moments in his later career, but he’s been closer to frozen peas than Citizen Kane since he split from Emma Thompson. Kind of makes me wonder if she was the real genius of their pairing.

aug 24, 2025, 4:41 am • 6 0 • view
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sam @lunarriviera.info

(highkey convinced she was behind the camera more often than not during much ado)

aug 24, 2025, 6:34 am • 4 0 • view
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social

I have often wondering this same thing

aug 24, 2025, 1:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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sam @lunarriviera.info

especially after sense & sensibility, right? it seemed obvious she knows what she's about!

aug 25, 2025, 5:20 am • 3 0 • view
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Kurt Weldon @kurtweldon.bsky.social

I like him better as Mike Church than as Hercule Poirot.

aug 23, 2025, 7:08 pm • 8 0 • view
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com

VERY MUCH SO, in a just world we'd have at least two more Mike Church mysteries

aug 23, 2025, 7:12 pm • 5 0 • view
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Kurt Weldon @kurtweldon.bsky.social

...in one of which he grabs Poirot by the mustache and goes total Moe Howard on his ass.

aug 23, 2025, 10:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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The Red Circle @scottyeager.bsky.social

I paid to see it in the theater and yep, it’s bonkers and fun.

aug 23, 2025, 6:56 pm • 3 0 • view
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bring on the dancing horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com

i love this vastly unappreciated movie. robin williams was a revelation to me in that small role he had. going to dive into this piece now

aug 24, 2025, 12:39 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mx. Tiffany Leigh @tiffanyleigh.bsky.social

Dead Again + Malice make a dandy twisty turny double feature

aug 23, 2025, 6:26 pm • 6 0 • view
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com

SCOTT FRANK 4EVER

aug 23, 2025, 6:51 pm • 4 0 • view
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Tobias Carroll @tobiascarroll.bsky.social

I remember going to see this with my folks at a now-shuttered theater in Shrewsbury, NJ. We parked next to a car in which I'm about 95% sure there was a couple just full-on fucking. Terrific movie, though. Tremendous supporting cast as well....

aug 23, 2025, 6:35 pm • 2 0 • view
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Fourmoyle 🇯🇲 @fourmoyle.bsky.social

📌

aug 23, 2025, 7:54 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dave Mueller @dave-mueller.bsky.social

I saw it. I enjoyed it!

aug 23, 2025, 6:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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Thought Portal @thoughtportal.bsky.social

this movie is so fucking bonkers

aug 23, 2025, 8:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mteague @mteague.bsky.social

The rewatch tonight was fantastic. Completely forgot how it ended! Hahahah. Great ride. Haven’t seen it since it was in theaters, I realized.

aug 24, 2025, 2:17 am • 3 0 • view
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Mteague @mteague.bsky.social

Watching this ASAP. Great piece

aug 23, 2025, 7:00 pm • 2 0 • view
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com

🙏

aug 23, 2025, 7:02 pm • 1 0 • view
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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social

I own this one on VHS. It’s a delightful thriller with great cameos by Robin Williams, Andy Garcia, Hanna Schygulla, Wayne Knight, and more. I love all the little Citizen Kane references.

aug 23, 2025, 7:35 pm • 6 0 • view
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Green Owl @greenowl.bsky.social

Ah yes, the movie that introduced me to both Branagh & Thompson.

aug 23, 2025, 10:00 pm • 2 0 • view
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Bart Barry @bartholomewb.bsky.social

hoopla has it for free

aug 24, 2025, 6:11 am • 2 0 • view
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Lizzie Blue @bluecarize.bsky.social

"A person is either a smoker or a non-smoker...the trick is to find out which one you are and be it" That line has always stuck with me.

aug 23, 2025, 8:30 pm • 5 0 • view
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bring on the dancing horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com

i think of this line at least once a week

aug 24, 2025, 12:40 pm • 2 0 • view
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Orlean Cooper @orleancooper.bsky.social

Geriatric Ninja Turtles Geriatric Ninja Turtles Geriatric Ninja Turtles 1990s make-up Aging power!

aug 23, 2025, 7:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com

👏

aug 23, 2025, 7:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social

Hell yeah man

aug 23, 2025, 6:32 pm • 4 0 • view
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com

thasssssright

aug 23, 2025, 6:50 pm • 2 0 • view
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Elle Fire @ellefire.bsky.social

I love this movie! And now I need to do a re-watch.

aug 24, 2025, 2:14 am • 3 0 • view
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Lynn Brenner @lynnbrenner.bsky.social

Wonderful appreciation of a delicious movie!!

aug 23, 2025, 10:24 pm • 2 0 • view
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dellaquella @dellaquella.bsky.social

I love this movie and haven’t thought about it in forever. Thank you!

aug 23, 2025, 7:09 pm • 2 0 • view
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pjrodriguez.bsky.social @pjrodriguez.bsky.social

Love that movie, but I hate that ending. ✂️ Tried a rewatch and still hated it. Great Robin Williams performance.

aug 23, 2025, 7:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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a full-on monet @janenx01.bsky.social

Oh my gosh I love this one!

aug 23, 2025, 7:54 pm • 2 0 • view
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Craig J. Clark @hoodedjustice.bsky.social

Saw that my freshman year of college. Haven’t seen it since, but the over-the-top climax (giant scissors!) has stuck with me.

aug 23, 2025, 6:27 pm • 5 0 • view
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Island of Reil - medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome @islandofreil.bsky.social

That was my only complaint - showing the scissors before Jacobi landed on them was a spoiler and broke the tension with a comic note. The camera should have shown Branagh dragging something but not the scissors themselves.

aug 25, 2025, 4:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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tronotized.bsky.social @tronotized.bsky.social

Good piece!

aug 23, 2025, 8:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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MagnoliaMer @magnoliamer.bsky.social

I love that movie!

aug 24, 2025, 12:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dan Lybarger @danlybarger.bsky.social

Nice work, Jason.

aug 24, 2025, 12:59 am • 2 0 • view
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social

Never seen it but this makes me want to.

aug 24, 2025, 4:14 am • 3 0 • view
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social

Loved this piece. So many great small moments in this film – my favorite might be the one scene cameo by Campbell Scott, the little shrug he gives after he vaults the fence.

aug 23, 2025, 6:54 pm • 25 2 • view
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com

thank you and GOD YES

aug 23, 2025, 6:55 pm • 7 0 • view
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wario speedwagon @atomicgiant.bsky.social

This is the least-loved tee in my shop, btw

aug 23, 2025, 6:57 pm • 13 3 • view
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Prog Rock Demon Hunter @thebitterguy.bsky.social

That’s beautiful.

aug 23, 2025, 10:14 pm • 5 0 • view
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zmulls @zmulls.bsky.social

That, and the delicious moment where Derek Jacobi suddenly breaks into his I CLAUDIUS stutter

aug 23, 2025, 11:52 pm • 3 0 • view
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Ryan Lohner (he/him) @ryanlohner.bsky.social

A real collaborative effort, where it has its own unique look just because test audiences were confused which scenes were flashbacks so they were made black and white, and Scott Frank had no intention of having the same actors just swap characters, which actually makes the twist more surprising.

aug 23, 2025, 8:20 pm • 4 0 • view
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Howard Carter (not THAT one) @howardrcarter.bsky.social

Wow...a film I remember loving when I saw it (on VHS maybe?) and now that I see what the screenwriter has done!! Reminder I need to track down THE LOOKOUT

aug 24, 2025, 10:59 pm • 1 0 • view
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TheDaddyOtaku 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 (He/Him/Daddy) @thedaddyotaku.bsky.social

Great flick!

aug 23, 2025, 7:07 pm • 2 0 • view