Notices by John - 🎞️ Film Nerd 🎞️ (ukfilmnerd@mastodon.me.uk)

Usual story. Some contract probably expired and Google Movies removed the extended editions of Lord of the Rings from their catalogue and users libraries. No refunds either.

This is why #physicalmedia is your friend. No one can take it from you. Well, it can be stolen but that's being pedantic! 😁

Google removes access to legally bought Lord Of The Rings movies

https://filmstories.co.uk/news/google-removes-access-to-legally-bought-lord-of-the-rings-movies/

Posted today by #Lego on their official Instagram account. Well done, Lego, well done. 😁

"Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough. There's no age limit for those who never stop playing 🎈"

Roger Sweet, creator of He-Man, passes away.

I wonder if he saw any of the new film before he passed.

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/roger-sweet-dead-he-man-masters-of-the-universe-1236732902/

The future of films on streaming, please, no.

In this interview, Damon says Netflix suggested having an explosive moment in the opening to catch people's attention, Keep them watching.

Then, sadly, there were further suggestions that the plot is reiterated several times within the film's dialogue, as people watching will be on their phones and won't be fully concentrating.

😟

Matt Damon: Netflix Wants Movies to Account for Viewers on Their Phone

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/matt-damon-netflix-movies-restate-plot-viewers-on-phones-1236633939/

I still can't claim NFS: Heat as part of my PS+ subscription. I claimed Mickey and the other game last week but whenever I try to claim NFS, I'm told an error has occurred. Anyone else?

@Rasp I think your looking for a tool called Gparted.

It's a bootable Linux iso that loads a brilliant partitioning software. Free and open source.

EDIT: I've seen the replies, too late. 😂

https://gparted.org/

@libreoffice Curious. Why do some updates require manual downloading when others can run through the automatic updater?

@TheBreadmonkey Don't forget, Predator: Badlands next month.

Just had its premiere yesterday. The general consensus is that it's a fun film but don't go expecting Predator 1/2 levels of gore. It's a 12A.

And don't ever watch The Predator. 🤮

@TheBreadmonkey Firstly, I love Prey. Almost more than the original Predator.

Secondly, I really like AvP. It plays a little loose with the alien rules (chestburster after a few hours!?) but it's fun.

AvP: Requiem on the other hand. Wow! Here's the long answer from my 2021 review when I tried giving it a second chance...

https://wp.me/pdn8ew-6Rh

I've just seen this on the news and for the Louvre, particularly their security, it's utterly embarrassing.

Why?

The thieves, in broad daylight, used a ladder to break into a first floor window, steal priceless items and then leave. 7 minutes in total.

😱

'Chainsaw-wielding' thieves steal 'priceless' jewellery from Louvre in brazen heist
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/louvre-robbery-museum-paris-5HjdFc2_2/

These iPhone features are getting ridiculous!

(By Simon Meyer on IG (simonmeyer_director)

@libreoffice Thank you very much!!

Remember kids, winners don't use Word!

😁

My new phone has a feature to transform any still photo into a five-second video. (Of course via AI).

This is the only one I did because 1) it's AI, technically impressive but BOO. 2) This feature will become paywalled after a certain time, but I don't plan in using it again anyway.

So is anyone familiar with the cover to Pearl Jam's second album from 1993, Vs.?

Here a new film poster and a reminder that yes, this is a real film coming soon.

In a post on his official Instagram account, director Michael Bay says he has been working for a year and a half to figure out how to expand the Skibidi Toilet universe.

He admits he was trying to keep it secret and spent a week on a motion capture stage figuring out how to bring it to life.

Apparently he's working on a short film version to be released soon.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKk1yhHRy4b/?igsh=czVqb201ejJrZnFh

Predator: Killer of Killers is absolutely fantastic. It took a few minutes to get used to the style of animation but the following 90 minutes was an absolute blast. This is even better than some of the live action entries to the franchise.

I hope Dan Trachtenberg can keep up this level of quality with Predator: Badlands coming later in the year.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1376434-predator-killer-of-killers

@jacklaridian According to the wiki, test screenings were bad but Warners insisted that it wasn't the reason for its cancellation. But I guess we'll never know.

Fucking good! This is the man who decided to cancel the films Batgirl, Coyote vs. Acme and Scoob! Holiday Haunt, of which two were fully completed, so that Warner Bros would receive a tax break instead.

(Coyote vs. Acme is being released next year via a different studio.)

WBD Shareholders Vote Against Zaslav's $52 Million Pay Package

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-shareholders-vote-against-zaslav-ceo-pay-1236417375/

Another trailer has been released for the animated anthology, Predator: Killer of Killers, which is released on Disney+, 6th June.

You know what's coming next...the previous trailer already had me sold, and this one reveals more, so I stopped after the first minute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmIqgstI6mI

@rosey Maybe it's just me, but I find it amusing that you need beefy PCs with expensive GPUs to get ray tracing but yet developers have been faking the lighting effects for years in games and it's looked almost as good.