John McArthur

On the latest Moviescramble podcast we have the deleted scenes from the Dracula review. Lots of what we’ve been watching. open.spotify.com/episode/4ijkIP…

@MissMaimePeas Did you spot the Hitch cameo?

Today's second film is a Hitchcock classic 🛶 Thank you, @JohnScramble for letting me know this was on Channel 4! #NowWatching 🎞 Lifeboat #FilmX

Cracking @moviescramble #podcast recorded this morning 🎙 @JohnScramble and I discussed Sentimental Value and representations of fatherhood on screen. Episode coming soon 💜 #FilmX

On the new moviescramble podcast, we look at the 2026 movie slate open.spotify.com/episode/7sAiM5…

On the latest @moviescramble #podcast, we discuss which films we are most looking forward to throughout the rest of this year 🍿🎬🎟 #FilmX open.spotify.com/episode/7sAiM5…

"At the heart of the film lies a difficult question: can someone who has spent their entire life within a system meaningfully challenge it?" We review James J. Robinson's directorial debut, First Light, screening at #GFF26 🙏🏻 #FilmX @glasgowfilmfest moviescramble.co.uk/2026/03/03/lig…

"With Hasan in Gaza is less a documentary than a testament – an act of preservation and defiance in a place where erasure is a daily reality." Read our full review from @glasgowfilmfest 🍉 #GFF26 #FilmX #Documentary moviescramble.co.uk/2026/03/04/has…

We think Effi o Blaenau is a "must watch" and there "aren’t enough superlatives to describe Leisa Gwenllian’s central performance". Catch it at the Glasgow Film Festival 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 moviescramble.co.uk/2026/03/04/eff… #FilmX #GFF26 #WelshCinema #EffiOBlaenau @MetFilmDistrib @S4C @CreativeWales

Splitsville was the Suprise Film at this year's Glasgow Film Festival 😲 Here's our review of the "unromantic comedy" 💔 #FilmX #Splitsville #GFF26 moviescramble.co.uk/2026/03/05/spl…

Josh O'Connor is starting from scratch in the quiet drama, Rebuilding. Max Walker-Silverman's film is up for the Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival 🐎 #FilmX #GFF26 #JoshOConnor moviescramble.co.uk/2026/03/05/reb…

Agnieszka Holland’s biopic of Franz Kafka tells a conventional story in an unconventional manner.  Here's our review from the Glasgow Film Festival 📚 #FilmX #FranzKafka #biopic #GFF26 @FilmsBoutique moviescramble.co.uk/2026/03/06/fra…

Bury the Devil's "commitment to atmosphere over exposition pays off". Screening at Fright Fest in Glasgow, here's our review 😈 #FrightFest #FilmX #GFF26 #HorrorMovies moviescramble.co.uk/2026/03/06/bur…

"Think of England proves to be a far more provocative and emotionally charged film than its premise suggests." Here's our review from @glasgowfilmfest 🎥 #GFF26 #FilmX #WW2 #BritishFilm @GiantFilms moviescramble.co.uk/2026/03/06/eng…

In the first of our Universal Monsters podcast marathon, we discuss the 1931 version of Dracula followed by the 2025 film, Dracula: A Love Story. buff.ly/GKXmZGo

#nowwatching Lifeboat. Somehow never seen it before today. Superb, tight and claustrophobic thriller.

Desperate times call for desperate measures in Park Chan-Wook's No Other Choice. Here's the Moviescramble review 🪏🪴 #FilmX #NoOtherChoice #ParkChanWook moviescramble.co.uk/2026/01/24/cho…

ICYMI ... I reviewed the new #ParkChanWook film, No Other Choice for @moviescramble 🪏🪴 #FilmX #NoOtherChoice moviescramble.co.uk/2026/01/24/cho…

On the new moviescramble podcast we look back at our favourite films of 2025. open.spotify.com/episode/0GI7X1…

We are prepping for brand new special edition episodes of the podcast 🙌🏻 No spoilers ... all will be revealed soon 😉 #FilmX #podcast

Robert Duvall ... What a versatile and lengthy career 😢 #FilmX