Archive
2024
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Movie Log 🍿: Die Hard, 1988 - ★★★★ Now I have a machine gun Ho Ho Ho
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Movie Log 🍿: Psycho, 1960 - ★★★★★ Watched the 4K restoration of this and it was immaculate. Every single shot had the creepiness …
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Movie Log 🍿: Grand Theft Hamlet, 2024 - ★★★½ Really enjoyable documentary that at times felt very obviously scripted. Shoutout to ParTeb for …
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I will be fuming if all the best album of the year lists don’t include Manning Fireworks by MJ …
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Movie Log 🍿: Misery, 1990 - ★★★★½ Gripping film that’s acted brilliantly. Music is great too
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Need to start watching the second series of Silo soon. Loved the first which sent me into reading …
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Finished reading: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky 📚 — what a brilliant story! Really well …
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Had a blast in Bruges last weekend. Belgium was such a great place to visit 🇧🇪
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Movie Log 🍿: Carol, 2015 - ★★★★½ What a beautifully shot movie this is. I found it was paced perfectly and the acting was …
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Movie Log 🍿: Gladiator II, 2024 - ★★★★ Really enjoyed this. Sits really well with the original
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Quite a few people wanting to try in Bruges
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Movie Log 🍿: Hot Shots! Part Deux, 1993 - ★★★½ Wild bit of parody watched on a hotel TV late at night. Some hilarious moments. I LOVED YOU IN WALL …
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I’m in Bruges for the weekend, sampling fries and beers. This one was particularly nice
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14 year old me would’ve been super pleased to hear I’m off to watch Yellowcard tonight
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Movie Log 🍿: Point Break, 1991 - ★★★★ Slow motion shots of waves breaking all over the show. Great action movie, everything you want is …
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Watching Jimmy Eat World next week, been an incredibly long time coming. Looks like they’re playing …
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Movie Log 🍿: Small Things Like These, 2024 - ★★★★ Felt so desperately sorry for Bill throughout the whole film. Beautifully shot and really well …
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Movie Log 🍿: Heretic, 2024 - ★★★ Hugh’s great in this. The plot was perhaps a little contrived but I enjoyed the movie regardless
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I’ve just used Legacy Scrobbler for the first time. It’s a nifty bit of software that …
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📍 Checked in at New Century Down to see Molchat Doma. Big Tuesday night!
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Movie Log 🍿: The Outrun, 2024 - ★★★ Very well acted and well shot movie. I understand the timeline flitting would’ve been a creative …
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Movie Log 🍿: The Substance, 2024 - ★★★★★ Never has a film overwhelmed me quite like this. Was sat in the car for ages after leaving the …
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Lovely to spend a day in Valencia last week. Already feels ages ago 😭
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I cannot stop listening to Art Brut. I can’t and won’t.
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Movie Log 🍿: Megalopolis, 2024 - ★★ I think I just watched a two hour perfume ad
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Finished reading: Chaise Longue by Baxter Dury 📚 One indicator that I’m holiday is the rate I’m …
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I can’t even imagine how bad the hangover would be from this
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Just finished: The Hobbit (Enhanced Edition) by J. R. R. Tolkien 📚 Nice intro to the world. I’m a …
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🐈 Mabel looking cute for the camera
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I’ve got a new (old) toy! Remarkable how well this works given it must be fifteen years old. Even …
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Movie Log 🍿: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 - ★★★★★ Bad Trip Simulator 1968 How any of that was created with the methods available at the time blows my …
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Just about to get stuck into this. Busy day full of trepidation ahead of tomorrow’s triathlon. 😬
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Very nearly got my first micro.blog theme ready to go. Few more things on the list and I can see …
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Movie Log 🍿: The Terminator, 1984 - ★★★★½ This is cinema everyone! The stop motion robot clumsily chasing Sarah is as good as it gets
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Rip CDs Automatically When Inserted with Ubuntu 24 & ABCDE I’ve recently started to buy CDs again. Buying and having physical music is just great. The …
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The sunset last night was bonkers
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Drinking beer with my feet up. This is one of the good days
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Set up Plex to store my CD collection and got Plexamp up and running. Awesome to have FLACs on the …
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I just finished reading Solaris by Stanisław Lem the other day. Quite a weird one, but really …
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Movie Log 🍿: Twisters, 2024 - ★★★★ Full of drama, super intense and a lot of fun. I spent literally every tornado scene searching for a …
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I had a lovely little automation for posting instagram photos to my blog. Turns out the images don’t …
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Movie Log 🍿: Longlegs, 2024 - ★★★ No better than three. A shame because I was very excited for this one. Felt like it should’ve been …
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Movie Log 🍿: Triangle of Sadness, 2022 - ★★★★ Three very distinct acts make this really fun. Loved the whole movie. Was expecting cannibalism, …
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Movie Log 🍿: Kinds of Kindness, 2024 - ★★★½ Spent a lot of this movie baffled but really enjoyed the absurdity. The anthology style is …
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Went to Scotland for the first time. Not sure how it took me so long 🏴
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📍 Checked in at Inverary Come to Scotland for a few days in the rain and sun 🏴
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What I really love about Glastonbury is that every inch of the place has something to look at. …
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Movie Log 🍿: The Devil Wears Prada, 2006 - ★★★ A fairly easy watch for a tired Tuesday night
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Movie Log 🍿: A Quiet Place: Day One, 2024 - ★★★ Unlocked a whole new set of fears for my cat
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Spent the week on a farm. Two horrible bus journeys, horrendously heavy bags and red hot sun. Worth …
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Movie Log 🍿: The Matrix, 1999 - ★★★★★ Everything about this film is spot on. All the way down to the closing credits. Special effects …
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Movie Log 🍿: Source Code, 2011 - ★★★ It’s a bit all over the place but I enjoyed it. Groundhog Day in the multiverse
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How’d I get to 30 and not hear Mezcal Head by Swervedriver? Man this album is excellent
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Spent some time yesterday modding a Game Boy Advance I bought on eBay. Turns out when I played the …
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Just submitted a micro.blog search !bang to DuckDuckGo. If approved, should speed up my searching!
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Movie Log 🍿: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, 2024 - ★★★★ Good action and good storytelling. I enjoyed it a lot. Definitely rewatching this at some point
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Movie Log 🍿: I, Robot, 2004 - ★★★★ Love how completely unnecessary Shia LaBeouf’s character is in this movie
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Movie Log 🍿: The Fall Guy, 2024 - ★★★ I thought this was a pretty fun popcorn movie. References galore and some snazzy expensive looking …
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Having a dance-punk moment. Radio 4 and Le Tigre and nothing more today 🎵
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We were all this cat in the sweltering heat this past weekend
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Finished reading Leviathan Falls yesterday. Honestly feel a little sad to get to the end of the …
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I think the benefits of the Fediverse and in particular the concept of POSSE have clicked in the …
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Spent a few days in Dublin drinking copious amounts of the good stuff. The city feels quite similar …
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Just been for a very cold dip in the Irish Sea t.co/3GRs8frNk…
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Movie Log 🍿: Jaws, 1975 - ★★★★★ That zoom onto Scheider when he realises it’s a shark is perfection. Everything about this is …
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Movie Log 🍿: Red Eye, 2005 - ★★★ Under 90 mins ✅ Scarf around a wound so you don’t have to pay for special effects ✅ Presumably …
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Movie Log 🍿: Chalet Girl, 2011 - ★★ Sega will redesign half of Crazy Taxi to take out a Pizza Hut and these guys won’t even dub a new …
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Drank a really enjoyable few pints of this after work yesterday. I’m going to pretend that I …
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The camera on the iPhone 15 Pro is outstanding. Snapped this outside the pub last night
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Movie Log 🍿: Erin Brockovich, 2000 - ★★★★ You throw a shot driving through the desert in a movie and I’m going to stay invested. This film …
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Movie Log 🍿: The Day After Tomorrow, 2004 - ★★★ I remember the CGI looking an awful lot better than this
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Another weekend well spent in the French Alps. Have my legs ever been this tired?
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I’ve only gone and cracked it. an IFTTT-free solution for getting new reviews from my …
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Movie Log 🍿: Dune: Part Two, 2024 - ★★★★ Well all that build up in the first film wasn’t for nothing. Watched in IMAX and was blown away by …
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Nearing the end of a very draining week. I’ve got some good progress on my IFTTT replacement to try …
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Hello World! If everything goes well, then I’ve posted my first micro.blog post through a new app I’m …
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Seems IFTTT have made webhook applets a pro feature. Might be the kick I needed to create a …
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It’s a beautiful evening. I left work in daylight today! Summer might actually happen again
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We’re building up to the time of year that Glastonbury announcements are made. Delving through my …
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🍿 Movie Log: Shiva Baby, 2020 - ★★★★★ The balance of comedy and suspense here is just perfect. Marvellously made
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🍿 Movie Log: Poor Things, 2023 - ★★★★ Gritty Barbie
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Nearly a week since turning 30. Quite the party thrown, complete with harrowing bunting. Those faces …
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🍿 Movie Log: Reprise, 2006 - ★★★ I can totally see this as related to The Worst Person In The World. It felt similarly made. An …
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🍿 Movie Log: All of Us Strangers, 2023 - ★★★★½ Is this one of the truly saddest films of all time? Quite possibly. A swirling tale of loneliness. …
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🍿 Movie Log: Society of the Snow, 2023 - ★★★★ ¿Que necesito empacar para mi viaje a Chile? Lo sé, ¡solo cigarrillos! People sure did smoke in the …
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Another week spent in the beautiful French Alps. Fantastic weather, great skiing. Even better food …
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Lovely snowy morning in Manchester today. Currently packing to go skiing, took a lot of willpower …
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🍿 Movie Log: Leave the World Behind, 2023 - ★★½ The book was a really great read but this movie has made a couple of pretty weird changes that …
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🍿 Movie Log: Priscilla, 2023 - ★★★½ I cringed a lot watching this film. The sheer creepiness of it was hard to take. I felt incredibly …
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Listened to Zane Lowe’s interview with Brandon Flowers today and really enjoyed it. The music nerd …
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I am one calendar month from my thirtieth birthday. No existential dread yet, but I reckon it’ll …
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Currently reading: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 📚
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Mabel pretending to be cute for food 🐈
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🍿 Movie Log: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006 - ★★★★★ First movie of the year. Ultimate ‘bro’ comedy. I don’t know what to do with my hands
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Binged some more For All Mankind today. Watching on a new TV and having my mind blown by the …
2023
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🍿 Movie Log: Saltburn, 2023 - ★★★★ This movie drips 2006. The styles, the music, the aspect ratio. Immaculate
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🍿 Movie Log: Alien, 1979 - ★★★★★ This film is incredible! It looks unbelievable in its remastered version. I am a huge fan of user …
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🍿 Movie Log: Horrible Bosses, 2011 - ★★★½ Really quite the cast on this film. Colin Farrell’s character had me cracking up. Big Al’s Toy Barn …
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Been coming up with a list of improvements for my blog and things I’d like to add next year. …
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🍿 Movie Log: Moana, 2016 - ★★★ Proper post-Christmas fodder. All I hear when I’m alone is the rock singing now
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🍿 Movie Log: Wonka, 2023 - ★★★★★ Miles better than I expected going in. Someone in casting was trying to win a bet by getting that …
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View from the bus stop
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🍿 Movie Log: Elemental, 2023 - ★★ This film was a dud. It was bound to happen to Pixar eventually. Extra star for that water animation
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Today is the first fabled Glastonbury ticket sale. The dread is already kicking in, hopefully I can …
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🍿 Movie Log: Dream Scenario, 2023 - ★★★½ Unexpectedly funny, dark and weird. Nick Cage runs away with this role. Definitely recommend …
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🍿 Movie Log: Anatomy of a Fall, 2023 - ★★★★ And the award for best acting from an animal goes to: View on Letterboxd.com
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I have bought WAY too much chocolate for Halloween with the assumption people might trick-or-treat. …
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Found a jukebox with Rated R by QOTSA last night. Had to subject the entire pub to a bit of that! 🎵
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Went for Korean BBQ in Stockport last weekend. Just the ultimate kind of dinner! 🔥
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I just bagged tickets to see Queens of the Stone Age in Manchester in November. Incredibly excited …
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🍿 Movie Log: Killers of the Flower Moon, 2023 - ★★★★½ Lily Gladstone is unbelievable in this film. Leo is incredible in this film. Everyone is! You see …
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Wild beer tried the other day. The Grapefruit and Pineapple ones are delicious, but this was a weird …
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Going to have a crack at altering my theme here to be a grid. Tried that before with a few things …
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Memento, 2000 - ★★★★ Cool concept. Well made, didn’t need to keep notes like some Nolan movies
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Mean Streets, 1973 - ★★★★ The soundtrack of this film SLAPS
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The Creator, 2023 - ★★★ Original sci-fi is great, I’m here for that. This is, however, just 9/11 with robots
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BlackBerry, 2023 - ★★★½ Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton are great in this. I’ll be pitching movie night to my work next …
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Dead Poets Society, 1989 - ★★★★ We’re all just food for worms
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Took a trip to an outdoor cinema in Greece a couple of weeks ago. Gutted it’s not something that’s …
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bird.makeup is an invaluable resource for migrating away from the birdsite. Can get the accounts I …
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I’m back again! Missed having a blog. Determined to make this work this time. Does anyone have …
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Past Lives, 2023 - ★★★★★ This film is just beautiful. One of those movies that makes you see everything differently when you …
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Oppenheimer, 2023 - ★★★★ Hard to describe this film. It is visually incredible and the cast is insane. Not sure where it …
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Hot Fuzz, 2007 - ★★★★★ Everyone and his mum’s packing round here
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Beau Is Afraid, 2023 - ★★★½ What the fuck
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Little Miss Sunshine, 2006 - ★★★★ I really thought the acting in this was phenomenal. Reminded me of the Always Sunny pageant episode, …
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Missing, 2023 - ★★★½ This film had me gesturing violently at the screen a few times. Gripping and the unique way of …
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Layer Cake, 2004 - ★★★ Dumbledore said a swear word
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Renfield, 2023 - ★★★★ A self-aware movie that’s hilarious from the start to end. The CGI blood budget must’ve been huge
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TÁR, 2022 - ★★★ Artistically this film is spot on. It looks great, sounds great, and the acting from Cate Blanchett …
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Another Round, 2020 - ★★★★ I had a quick check at how much a breathalyser would cost at the end of this film. Not sure I took …
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Ones to watch All the films I wanna watch Triangle of Sadness Midsommar
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The Menu, 2022 - ★★★★ Get someone who looks at you like chef looks at those burgers cooking
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Had the cinema to myself last week. This Odeon in Manchester has the AMC colours still, which I …
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Plane, 2023 - ★★★ You don’t need to watch this film to know what’s going to happen. That’s not necessarily a bad …
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Knock at the Cabin, 2023 - ★★★½ Shyamalan has the most hilarious cameo in this film. It’s a good thriller but I think the ‘twist’ …
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White out conditions in Val d’Isere last week.. I’m slowly adjusting to being home but it’s not …
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Had a pretty monumental week away skiing in Val d’Isere. The snow really came in for us on the …
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The Fabelmans, 2022 - ★★★½ All round a not-so-bad film. Chuckled at the quick horizon shift at the end. A nice telling of the …
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Spent the night slogging away designing a theme for my micro.blog and think I’m getting …
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Here’s Mabel the cat having a yawn 🐱
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A Man Called Otto, 2022 - ★★★★ First film of 2023! This film is a precise mashup of Gran Torino and Up. Even had the trip to the …
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Made my grand return to micro.blog today. Pleased to be back and I’m going to sink some effort …
2022
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Avatar: The Way of Water, 2022 - ★★ Bad
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, 2022 - ★★★★ Not as good as the first but enjoyable!
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Aftersun, 2022 - ★★★★ Spent 100 minutes waiting for something explosive when in fact the entire film just slowly burned. …
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The Silence of the Lambs, 1991 - ★★★★½ What a performance from Anthony Hopkins, genuinely terrifying. Probably a bit criminal that it took …
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Taxi Driver, 1976 - ★★★★ What a rollercoaster. Some great soundtracking and the shots are superb. A wild, wandering journey …
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The Banshees of Inisherin, 2022 - ★★★★½ So good. Bleak and funny. Great acting. The “takes two to tango” back and forth had me laughing my …
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Amsterdam, 2022 - ★★½ Not great, not bad. Cast is insane but the story is maybe a bit too convoluted for me. I do like …
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Don't Worry Darling, 2022 - ★★½ I think this is a great concept that’s been badly delivered
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Napoleon Dynamite, 2004 - ★★★★ ✊🏻 yesssss
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In Bruges, 2008 - ★★★★½ Colin Farrell really hates Bruges
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Jackie Brown, 1997 - ★★★½ Quentin goes easy on the violence but keeps the feet in this one. Great double cross thing going on
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See How They Run, 2022 - ★★★★ It’s a whodunnit. You see one, you’ve seen ‘em all. This one’s particularly good though
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Jaws, 1975 - ★★★★★ Saw this in IMAX for a special. It’s just iconic. Animatronics are better than CGI. That classic …
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Flightplan, 2005 - ★★★ I don’t think Sean Bean says “bastard” in this film, which would’ve definitely bought it another …
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Heat, 1995 - ★★★★½ Spent the whole film thinking it looked familiar. Then “GREAT ASS” and it came flooding back. What a …
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Flee, 2021 I watched this movie in its native languages, with French subtitles. Difficult to understand that, …
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The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999 - ★★★★½ This movie had great pace. Perhaps just highlighted because I’d watched Moulin Rouge the night …
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Moulin Rouge!, 2001 - ★★★½ Take your eyes off this for 30 seconds and you’ll miss about 25 important plot points. It really …
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Face/Off, 1997 - ★★★ I want to take his face 🤏 … 🫴 off
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Bodies Bodies Bodies, 2022 - ★★★★ Unexpectedly one of the funniest films of the year. Haven’t heard a whole cinema laugh like that in …
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1, 2003 - ★★★★ If you lose a limb suddenly blood sprays out like a fire hydrant for at least 10 seconds
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Nope, 2022 - ★★★★½ Think we could have another contender for film of the year on this one. I guess when we see …
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Bullet Train, 2022 - ★★★ A fun film that’s very different to most of what I’ve seen released this year. A really quite …
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Brian and Charles, 2022 - ★★★★ It’s so nice to watch a film that’s just a nice story. Brian invents an artificially intelligent …
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Elvis, 2022 - ★★★ I swear Tom Hanks is doing the same accent here as he did in The Terminal. I think the film spent a …
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The Bob's Burgers Movie, 2022 - ★★★★½ This film was an absolute treat. Packed full of all the little intricacies that make the TV show …
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, 2022 - ★★★½ Well now I’ve got to watch Paddington 2
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One Hour Photo, 2002 - ★★★ Starting at the end of this movie was a bad idea in my opinion. We could’ve been left with more …
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004 - ★★★★ Severance for relationships. Cool. Not entirely what I expected it to be, arguably better. A big bag …
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Turning Red, 2022 - ★★★★ Could relax once I found the Pizza Planet truck. Animation has come on such a ridiculous length in a …
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The Worst Person in the World, 2021 - ★★★ I’m not sure what I was meant to leave this film thinking or feeling. Julie’s a long way from the …
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The Batman, 2022 - ★★★½ A beautiful film. Batman doesn’t really develop at all throughout the film though. It’s also a …
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Films in which Jim Broadbent says “the greater good” Hot Fuzz The Duke
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The Duke, 2020 - ★★★★½ A simple story of a remarkable bloke. Bonus points for getting Jim Broadbent to say “the greater …
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The Godfather: Part II, 1974 - ★★★★ Lacked a bit of something that the first film had for me - just a bit of the magic. Still remarkably …
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The Godfather, 1972 - ★★★★★ I’d not watched this film until this week. A complete bucket list film I was waiting for the right …
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Moonfall, 2022 - ★½ A lot of ridiculous stuff happens in this movie but it peaks for me at the space shuttle having …
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Dune, 2021 - ★★★★ A lot of setting up shop for movie two. And space bagpipes
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Us, 2019 - ★★★★ I went to watch this film on my own in the cinema when it was released. If it weren't for the comic …
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Requiem for a Dream, 2000 - ★★★ This film is bleak. It's so unbelievably bleak.
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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, 2019 - ★★★★½ This film is just great. I have nothing more to say
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The Big Lebowski, 1998 - ★★★★½ Am I wrong?
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Back to the Future, 1985 - ★★★★★ Unequivocally the best movie of all time. This is everything that a movie needs to be and should aim …
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Se7en, 1995 - ★★★★ Great film, annoying to have forced ‘7’ into the name and make this film so much of a pain to find
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Nightmare Alley, 2021 - ★★★ I think maybe what was going to happen was a bit too signposted for me? Nonetheless, a good film …
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Jackass Forever, 2022 - ★★★★ It’s juvenile comedy, it really is. There’s something just so funny about seeing someone take a …
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Belfast, 2021 - ★★★★½ Watched on Sunday February 6, 2022.
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Licorice Pizza, 2021 - ★★★★ Watched on Sunday January 9, 2022.
