You know when you instantly regret saying something? Well I just told the woman down my road that my dog likes to sniff her bush.

I have a love/hate (maybe not that extreme) relationship with anime. Quite often it doesn’t do much for me, but Magentic Rose, the first part of #Memories hit the spot. Stunning.

Looking into the new Odeon in Bristol. These are completely unnecessary:

Just watched #AVistorToAMuseum. Bleak.

#LastFourWatched. I recommend Giovanni’s Island if you like depressing animation, akin to Grave of the Fireflies. Next up, a bleak Soviet film from the 80’s. 😅

Haven’t been online much but: spent a few days recovering from surgery in a treetop cabin, started reading this (big soft spot for TMNT), planning a potential return to Japan this year and watched #TurtlesCanFly (first film in years that’s made me quite tearful)

18 films for January. 11 of which were on the Criterion Channel, an indispensable subscription.

Why are they taking ages to confirm the new Bond? The speculation is so dull.

Incredible climber and a great achievement. I might be alone on this but live streaming it feels a bit Black Mirror. As a documentary it works (like Free Solo). As live entertainment it’s a bit morbid.

Someone needs to take out this petulant twat. Take out all of MAGA.

#LastFourWatched. Comfort film this evening though, having some bastard cancerous cells removed Tuesday.

Why doesn’t Europe, Canada and Australia just team up properly with China and give a big Fuck You to the US?

I do like Mark Ruffalo because he’s one of the few hollywooders who acknowledge this is not normal at all.

What a start to the year. It can only go downhill from here. #TheHumanCondition.

New treadmill is built. I can back into running before it starts warming up outside. Big tidy up of the garage now to make way for some more weight plates.

#LetterboxdFriday 👌

So far this year I’ve had to switch barbers because mine turned out to be a racist. Now I need to switch new dog groomers because the one I went to today is someone I had a weekend fling with who turned into a weird stalker. 😫

Why is the news so crap nowadays? BBC on the radio: “the White House said she was went to drive over the ICE officer, the Mayor disagrees and says there is video that suggests she didn’t”. The video is there. You’ve seen it. The nazi officer wasn’t in danger. Report as such, you pricks.

Watching part 2 of #TheHumanCondition and I’m surprised that I’ve never seen anyone reference it when talking about Full Metal Jacket’s most impactful scene. The latter was notably inspired by a book written *after* THCP2 was made yet the scenes are extremely similar.

Unpopular opinion: Filoni did a great job with Rebels and TCW, but the rest of the stuff he’s been involved with has been naff. He gets too attached to his own work and, on the whole, his ideas don’t translate well to live-action.

Watched part 1 of #TheHumanCondtion yesterday. Impactful. Going to have let this one sit in my mind for a little bit before I write a review and start part 2.

Love this.

Just lost 6 games in a row

#MartySupreme @letterboxd.social

Back to playing chess and I’m so rusty, but I played a 2 hour game last night and won although I was 9 pieces down to their 4 and on the back foot the majority of the game. So satisfying.

Is anyone surprised that X’s AI tool sexualises children? The company is owned by a man who is/was friends with know paedophiles….

Anyone who was outside that Swiss bar filming people on their phones burning to death through the venue windows, instead of trying to smash them/open the doors/drag people to safety, should be utterly ashamed of themselves.

Season 5 was a bit tedious and unnecessarily long but the final episode made up for it. A great conclusion. And just to annoy weird strangers on here again, I’m glad to see the back of Noah Schnapp, the crap Zionist actor that he is. Will was annoying to the end. 😁 #StrangerThings

Barely worth posting any @letterboxd.social stats because I watched so few films. Ended on a high though and watched mostly new stuff.

Goodbye 2025, it’s been quite the year. Here’s a post I wrote about a photo I took that meant more to me than any other this year. I’m not a natural writer so if you read it, be kind. www.rebelscout.co.uk/blog/chasing... See you in 2026 🫡

Tempted to watch Marty Supreme later this evening.

My good run of things not breaking has come to an end. January is going to be an expensive month: - My treadmill frame has cracked - Living room, dining room & garden lights have all decided to die at once - 12 year old washing machine is on its last legs

Good morning. Where would one go to find a decent copy of #Goyokin and #TheBlade to watch?

My grandad’s old damaged Rollei is too expensive to refurbish, so my dad has also gifted me his Mamiya as well. He thinks he purchased it replace the Rollei just before retiring so it’s near-mint. Excited to shoot my first roll of 120 soon.

Stranger Things: Kid 1: Oh no! We’re stuck in this thing! Kid 2: Wait! This is not a thing, it’s a different thing Kid 3: Yes! It’s like the thing in *insert pop culture ref* Kid 1: So if we go here and do that thing we can beat it!? Kid 2: Exactly! *kids go do exactly what they said* Repeat

Very much looking forward to watching this again at some point. #TheCure

Yesterday was fun. Time in dad’s den. Annual chess tournament. Playful dogs and lots of good food and merriment. Hope you all had a good one. 🎄

So much for me trying to watch more new releases by the end of the year.

Seriously need to switch off distractions and get some 2025 film releases in. Might start with The Mastermind tonight and Train Dreams tomorrow. Abysmal effort this year for new releases:

Talking of stupid boxing… you love to see it.

I used to like boxing but it’s a complete farce now. I don’t like AJ, but everyone knows he could have knocked that idiot out in the first round had he not been paid to hold back. A stupid circus act.

Continuing my plan to own physical copies of my fave albums (Youth by #Citizen) and also pick up the odd new one (erer by #Glitterer & The Art of Loving by #OliviaDean - which, although not my usual jam and I’m not the target audience, is really great. Her voice is amazing).

For anyone that’s played #E33, what difficulty did you play? I’ve read that parry/block is tricky in anything above easy mode?

I was skeptical about Letterboxd’s Video Store, and this would have been a good opportunity for transparency (a bit like music streaming cost vs. artist royalties). Let’s face it, a sizeable portion of the rental price is going to the new shareholders.

Recent shots from the trusty Fuji straight to camera roll. Contemplating getting a new camera in the new year, time to get properly back into 35mm film with a Leica M, perhaps. 🤔

Apple’s Liquid Glass is the worst thing they’ve done since trying to force Bono on my phone.

Really enjoyed this. #LeftHandedGirl

Tiring weekend walking this guy around one-handed, trying to stay sane at 6 year old’s birthday party and far too much small talk with distant relatives. Booked a hotel for the night and we’re going to snack on room service and have a bath (me not him).

This is probably fake but the obsession to wrack up crazy stats to be able to post about it online is deranged. Same for films. Nobody other than you gives a shit that you wasted your life watching the same film 50 times in a year. Some people are insufferable.