Had a great time at my first Green Man festival last weekend. I’ll definitely be going back next year! Nice to not have to walk miles a day compared to bigger festivals and there was non-stop music I was into. 10/10 experience
Movie Log 🍿: Weapons, 2025 - ★★★★
Gripping and creepy in all the right measures.
Movie Log 🍿: Materialists, 2025 - ★★★
It’s no Past Lives but it’s still a very well made film.
Movie Log 🍿: Yes Man, 2008 - ★★★
A fun little movie that’s heavy on the twee but still heartwarming enough. Soundtrack is pretty good and I wish there were albums’ worth of Munchausen By Proxy music I could listen to
Movie Log 🍿: Mission: Impossible III, 2006 - ★★★½
This is a real return to form! Full of Abram-isms, it’s like watching Fringe but with more action. Excellent stuff.
Movie Log 🍿: Mission: Impossible, 1996 - ★★★½
I love that the vault would have all the most sophisticated sensors in the world but stops short of having a camera for the guard outside to watch. Overall it was very fun!
Movie Log 🍿: 13 Going on 30, 2004 - ★★★½
Honestly a really enjoyable 90 minute movie
Movie Log 🍿: Friendship, 2024 - ★★★★★
Pure absurdist hilarity. Any film that makes me cry with laughter gets five stars.
Movie Log 🍿: Predator 2, 1990 - ★★★
Quite a long way better than I anticipated. Budget must’ve been blown to bits on the spaceship
Movie Log 🍿: Bring Her Back, 2025 - ★★★★★
Well that’s one way to explore grief I suppose..
I’ve just been reading the documentation on the Apple Music Embedded player whilst looking at a neat way to simplify the creation of ‘music’ posts on my blog and discovered they support an auto theme that honours the system colour …
Going to try and get my second micro.blog theme finished this week, time allowing. When that’s out of the way, onto some fun with plugins and feeds 😎
Overpriced pints in the sun in Brighton this weekend to watch a stacked lineup of bands including English Teacher (pictured). When they say “on the beach” they mean it!
Finished reading: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 📚
This was mountains better than I anticipated. Suspense was great, whipped through it in no time just because I couldn’t put it down.
Time to right a wrong and finally read this book!
Movie Log 🍿: The Shrouds, 2024 - ★★½
If I’d have known more about why the movie was made going in, it would’ve made so much more sense. I thought it was madly dry with some atrocious dialogue. Still, fun and original.
Is there anything better than watching a live show as the sun goes down? The Black Keys last night were excellent, as were the vibes.
A couple of updates in my current blog theme just now. I’m trying to get this ready to be in the hands of everyone else like Microwave. Super happy with some of the feedback from people on that and pleased it’s getting used. Some more …
Movie Log 🍿: Hot Milk, 2025 - ★★★
Some really nice cinematography here. Good old bit of bleakness, nobody gets to be happy.
Movie Log 🍿: 28 Years Later, 2025 - ★★★★½
Even without an ending that hilarious, this is a truly outstanding film. The entire cast acts the socks off it. The way it’s shot is really engaging and frantic. That ending, though, is something else
Movie Log 🍿: Men in Black, 1997 - ★★★★★
Blockbusters just don’t get better than this. Unbelievable practical effects (the alien’s face opening in the morgue?!) and impeccable acting (Edgar). I’d watch it every day if I could
Stumbled upon a band called Rocket I’d not heard of yesterday. Spent a good while listening to it and then discovered they’re playing at Green Man festival in August, which I’ll be at. Feels like a nice win!
Lovely couple of days in Wales experiencing the full range of possible weather and drinking an awful lot of beer.
It’s 10:30pm and I’m sat outside drinking a beer in my garden. It’s only just going dark and it’s over 20°. Summer doesn’t last long here but my word when it hits it’s remarkable.
Movie Log 🍿: Fingernails, 2023 - ★★★
Felt a little half-baked in the concepts but I liked the story.