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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and with special guests Marianne Cassidy and Luke Dunne, This Just In is a subset of The 250 podcast, looking at notable new arrivals on the list of the 250 best movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, Bryan Singer and Dexter Fletcher’s Bohemian Rhapsody.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 123rd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Notes:

• Recorded 17th November 2018.
• Bohemian Rhapsody at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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• Gary Trust at Billboard on the phenomenal success of Bohemian Rhapsody charting on the Billboard 100 in three different decades.
• Scott Mendelson at Forbes on the disconnect between the critical and audience responses to Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Pamela McClintock at The Hollywood Reporter on the cross-generational appeal of Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Dave March at Rolling Stone on Queen as “the first fascist rock band.”
• Lily Rothman at Time on the critical response to the original release of the song Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Remi Malek talks to The New Yorker about Bohemian Rhapsody, including his fake teeth.
• Chris Lee at Vulture on Bohemian Rhapsody‘s troubled path to the big screen.
• Producer Graham King talks to The Evening Standard about the production history of Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Roger Taylor talks to NME about why Sacha Baron Cohen left Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Nikki Finke at Deadline on Sacha Baron Cohen’s departure from Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Sacha Baron Cohen on The Howard Stern Show about his clashes with Queen over Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Kate Mossman at The New Statesman on how Bohemian Rhapsody presents Queen’s vision of themselves.
• Andy Greene at Rolling Stone offers a fact check of Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Ellen Stein at Slate on separating fact from fiction in Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Mikal Gilmore offers an account of Queen’s complicated and compelling history at Rolling Stone.
• Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender on Dailymotion.
• Sean Michaels at The Guardian on the current state of the relationship between John Deacon and the band.
• Debra Filcman at Ultimate Classic Rock on John Deacon as the band’s recluse.
• Kim Masters at The Hollywood Reporter on Bryan Singer’s firing from Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Kim Masters at The Hollywood Reporter on how Bryan Singer got hired (and then fired) from Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Dexter Fletcher discusses taking over directorial Bohemian Rhapsody with IndieWire.
• Wess Haubrich at The 405 reports on Rocketman, Dexter Fletcher’s biopic Elton John, releasing May 2019.
• The teaser trailer for Rocketman.
• Jenna Marotta and Dana Harris at IndieWire on the allegations against Bryan Singer.
• Andrew Pulver at The Guardian on the looming Esquire article about the allegations about Bryan Singer.
• Tatiana Siegel at The Hollywood Reporter on Bryan Singer’s plans to direct Red Sonja.
• Scott Meslow at GQ on “the unearned Mel Gibson redemption tour.”
• A.O. Scott at The New York Times on “the Woody Allen problem.”
• Trey Taylor at Interview Magazine on the launch party of Jazz in New Orleans.
• Randy Savoie at Offbeat Magazine on Queen’s wild night at the Fairmount.
• Matthew Horton at NME on the wildest stories about Freddie Mercury.
• Stephen Daw at Billboard on how Bohemian Rhapsody struggles with Freddie Mercury’s sexuality.
• Peter Knegt at CBC on how Bohemian Rhapsody perpetuates clichés about homosexuality.
• Aja Romano at Vox on the celluloid closet in Bohemian Rhapsody.
• Sara Kettler at Biography on Freddie Mercury’s complicated sexuality.
• Guy Branum at Pitchfork on Bohemian Rhapsody as a coming out song.
• The Telegraph on remarks that the Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police made about AIDS victims living in “a human cesspool of their own making.”
• David Rieff at The Guardian on the complicated legacy of Live Aid.
• Adekeye Adebajo at The Guardian on the stereotypes and clichés that Live Aid has perpetuated.
• Phil Nobile at birth.death.movies on Do They Know It’s Murder?
• Charlotte Krol at NME on the video that compares Freddie Mercury’s performance at Live Aid to Remi Malek’s recreation of it.
• Remi Malek talks to news.com.au about recreating that iconic LiveAid performance.
• John Orquiola at Screenrant on Mike Myers’ Bohemian Rhapsody cameo.
• Mike Myers discusses his history with Bohemian Rhapsody on The Late Show.
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