Last week one of my students asked me to name two favourite bands I had seen live that I would want to see again. I thought… I then named Duke Special and The Wannadies. Yesterday both announced gigs near me. Were they listening???

A reason for never watching ads on tv again. Saturday morning ads - 1020am - included ‘life insurance’, ‘will writing’ and ‘cancer diagnosis’. Joy.

Brody on a family outing with his mum and two of his sisters.

This is also another amazing cinematic discovery: www.gremlns.com/gremlins-rou...

Amazing

I seem to have turned the tv on recently for every Brit win in the Winter Olympics. I don’t watch much tv…

Been down the Seth Holt rabbit hole, now onto the Don Chaffey train. Two very underrated filmmakers who were troubled by the booze.

This is what happens when students are working and you have a set of pens in front of you.

When Bargain Hunt is more exciting than the Winter Olympics 😬

Cat & Dog have not let me sleep. I am so tired. Cat spent most of the night meowing to tell me he had done a poo in his litter tray! Dog has been up and down the stairs wanting to wander after the Cat and then jump all over me, presumably to tell me about the poos. Welcome to the weekend. I’m done.

Stop it with the de-ageing. Let them be the dinosaurs they are.

7 years ago this dude came to stay. He still loves this couch & still loves curling his tail around this feet like a stripy noose. He’ll be 13 next month.

Currently reading the making of the greatest movie ever filmed in Malta. I love this movie.

He/Him Man and the Masters of the Pronouns.

Talking it through with my pal, we reckon that because X is such a cesspool, and you can’t ‘tweet’ anymore that we should reboot Twitter… …But call it Trotter, and the messages are called Rodneys. Also, you can only Rodney about Only Fools and Horses. Thems the rules.

All the Basils

Should I wait? Are @deafcrocodile.bsky.social going to release Lemonade Joe on Blu?

My blood sugars have been all over the place this holiday, diabetes has been a drag because of it, I’ve been wheezing & coughing cos of my chronic asthma and now I’ve thrown my back out. I’ve asked to be turned into glue next, might be useful for something?

One of the Beebs current Traitors backed my mad supernatural series so of course I want them to win.

I might have found a way I want to do the feature after all. Might…

I’m currently obsessing over Czech films from the 60s and 70s. My kind of nuts.

Before I give up this entirely, im a screenwriter/producer/director, sometime editor & lecturer. Algorithm gods pls connect me w/ others spirits: - horror / fantasy fans - classic cinema - Film & TV nerds - live action cartoon fans - Comic Book nerds - Producers - directors - cat & dog fans - etc

In 2026 I aim to watch more Harold Lloyd.

MTV signed off years ago, surely? www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

Let’s all hope 2026 is a better 2025 than 2025 could ever be. Happy end of 2025 everyone.

Even Brody the dog will be pleased to see the back of 2025

Today has been wiped out thanks to diabetes. First time in ages since I felt like utter crap because of it.

I’ve been watching a bunch of films this December that feel like glorious magic tricks - which is what cinema should be about. I’ve also watched a bunch of shit.

Maybe I was in the wrong mood for it, but the episode of Pluribus I watched last night (could’ve been ep 5 or 6) bored the pants off me and has made me contemplate not bothering to finish it.

I’ve realised, again, how much I dislike Christmas.

I’m confused as to what constitutes a Christmas movie these days. If Die Hard isn’t, despite being set at Christmas, having Santa related tomfoolery etc, then a sadistic child taking out two crooks at Christmas can’t be one either.

Even Paul Rudd knows Tadley is the centre of the Universe.

Will daddy finish work tomorrow Magic 8 Ball?

No top ten films from me this year, unless you want my top ten films of 1949…

I think social media is not for me anymore…

On the set of Ealing’s The Ladykillers from 1955. My favourite film ever. 70 years old this week. Starring Katie Johnson, Alec Guinness, and my personal fave, Danny Green.

Lovely tribute to The Lady Killers but what's striking is how much better almost everything looks today. www.bfi.org.uk/features/70-...

I watched The Ladykillers (1955) two days ago not realising at the time I was watching it on its 70th birthday. Spooky. Love this movie. Amazing.

I told one of my students to watch 1967’s musical comedy Smashing Time with Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. She did, and then created some amazing fan art.

Movie a movie better by adding John Carpenter’s to the title :

HMV hasn’t been HMV for years

The neighbourhood sounds of inflating Santas.

Student : “I’m into the classics, old films” Me : “Like what?” Student : “Ah you know, anything made around 2010” Me : “…”

OINK! (1986): Brilliantly subversive kid's comic which featured strips from Charlie Brooker, Tony Husband, Frank Sidebottom, and Marc 'Lard' Riley. Caused a proper stink at the time; WH Smith eventually moved it to the top shelf!

Naked cat puppetry

12 years of Shawshanking.

They don’t make movie stars like this anymore.

I reckon Trumpy Trump sent his BBC grumbles letter to Points of View.

My dog has just barked at a unknown ball in the garden like a baby, my cat has just done the stinkiest poop in the litter tray and woken the house house with his wail to tell us. It is 1am, by the time i get back to bed the cat and dog are both sat on bed, forcing me to sleep around them both. FML.

Pluribus is very good. Ive never watched Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul, but ive always like Gilligan from X Files days. Cant wait to see where this one goes. m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5...