@RexRobertus

Research: film and antiheroes. PhD. Writer. Photographer. Fan of literature, alternative music, and popular culture.

 Toronto, Ontario
Joined July 2012
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‘We did everything wrong!’ The tragedy of the hit-free band behind Blondie’s Hanging on the...

They gigged wildly, helped other groups to fame and their songwriting brilliance gave Blondie a signature track. Could a deathbed wish now see the Nerves finally making it big?

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Bay Street Video@BayStreetVideoOct 15
For the 16th year in a row, we’re happy to celebrate International Video Store Day! Celebrate with us with sales and exclusive VSD releases. Haven’t rented in a while because you were super late with Wild Things? As long as your account is up to date, we’ll take those fees off!
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Bay Street Video@BayStreetVideoOct 14
This was a fun chat, and we were happy to be included among a great group of people keeping physical media alive!
Toronto Star
@TorontoStarOct 10
Meet the purveyors and collectors who are carrying the torch for physical media in the age of streaming. thestar.com/entertainment/mo…

How a Toronto shop owner founded Video Store Day and helped launch a scene

Meet the purveyors and collectors who are carrying the torch for physical media in the age of streaming.

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‘We look like soft, made-up blokes, but we’re really tough’: Duran Duran on 80s excess, tabloid...

They spent their heyday on yachts, then rolled up their sleeves in the wilderness years. Ahead of a Halloween show at the O2, pop’s great survivors explain their staying power

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The Nobel Prize
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BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
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‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose

‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’

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Happy Friday!
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My pansies made it to October
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‘We wanted it to be a battlecry’: how Republica made 90s anthem Ready to Go | Music | The Guardian theguardian.com/culture/2026…

‘We wanted it to be a battlecry’: how Republica made 90s anthem Ready to Go

‘The day Saff came into the studio with red hair, I said, “We’re gonna be massive!” It was the missing link’

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My dad was a monster! Sara Karloff on reviving Frankenstein, 95 years on

Boris Karloff’s daughter and composer Michael Shapiro, whose musical score for the 1931 film is finally coming to London, talk about how it became a much-loved classic

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‘Being in Madness kept some of them out of jail’: how the baggy-trousered nutty boys made a...

From a jail-inspired light sabre fight to the moment a sax-player flew, Take It Or Leave It brilliantly captured the band’s grimy origins. Will the film’s return see it finally honoured as a music...

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Back to record shopping and drinking pints… cheers!
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Next up for me at #TIFF26 tiff.net/films/lemonade

Lemonade

Lewis Brophy delivers a breakout performance in Kim Bartley’s compassionate debut drama about Irish teen, forced to leave foster care on his 18th birthday, who must find his way in a world that...

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Variety
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'Pretenders' Review: A Superb Portrait of Chrissie Hynde and Her Legendary Band Captures Their Incandescence...and Tragedy variety.com/2026/film/review…

‘Pretenders’ Review: A Superb Portrait of Chrissie Hynde and Her Legendary Band Captures Their...

Joss Crowley's superb documentary explores the paradox of Chrissie Hynde: the smoldering punk who was also the most majestic songwriter of that scene.

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Albums in 200 Words@Albums200Sep 7
So some of u may have seen earlier that the site has gone, however I’m now on Substack u can subscribe, no cost, and it comes straight to your email or just click on below to read, I’m grateful to all that have read and supported, will still do requests albums200.substack.com/p/bob…
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Heartworms@iamheartwormsSep 7
A L B U M 2 🪟
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