Some kind of thaw has arrived, but Joe and Jake are still dependent on their own body heat for survival. This is the boys on the couch last night, I can' tell where one cat stops and the other one starts. But it doesn't matter; Joe and Jake are together and that's all that matters. Sleepytime now.

Out Friday 9th, Chloe Zhao's Hamnet is a strong and moving film about how pain infuses the creative process…Jessie Buckley gives a career best role as Agnes, with a strong sense of a natural woman who feels wronged by the torments that life has in store for her 4/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/07/h...

Joe and Jake welcome the Winter with their new seasonal collection. Their new line of poses and looks from their Handsome Cat Modelling School feature these stylish new stripe-boy looks. Joe and Jake are now avaliable for 2025 fashion shoots and wish all their stylish cat friends all the very best.

@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social has a classic Peter Sellers comedy at 4.40pm on Tues afternoon. Heavens Above features Joan Higson, Eric Sykes, Malcolm Muggeridge and Ludovic Kennedy, and an oddly John Lennon-esque performance from Sellers. 4/5 #TalkingPicturesTV film-authority.com/2025/08/05/h...

The late Robert Redford talked about his horror seeing an America he didn't recognise anymore, now we see it attacking eight different countries in the last year. Bertolucci's The Conformist is a relevant film about how weak-minded men are lured into fascism. 5/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/06/t...

Minus 11 temperature last night. The world outside never seemed so cold, miserable or depressing. Joe and Jake are two stripey cats who remember what it was like outdoors in a Scottish Winter. They are huddled up for warmth, and they suggest you do the same. Things can't get any worse, can they?

Richard Linklater naver makes a dull film, Blue Moon sees him re-team with Ethan Hawke from his Before Sunrise trilogy. Shot in 15 days in Dublin, it's an acerbic portrait of Larry Hart, the lyricist whose creative partnership with Richard Rodgers ends abruptly.4/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/05/b...

Joe and Jake don’t really know or care about the outside world, and it’s hard to blame them. I wish I was a cat.

My regular reader knows I love ice hockey movies, caused by Slap Shot and Youngblood as a teenager. The former had a lousy remake, but 2025's Youngblood updates the cool as puck action. US release is due March 6th 26, and this is so new there's no trailer yet. 4/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/04/y...

It's Caturday with Joe and Jake. These guys love a midnight yodel, and songs they love include... Caturday Night Fever Caturday in the Park. Catrurday Night's Alright for Fighting These boys are big #Caturday lovers, and they sincerely hope that you have the best #Caturday imaginable! Namaste!

Fancy a tense supernatural thriller you've never seen? Taken from a Peter Straub novel, Full Circle aka The Haunting of Julia features Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, and Tom Conti, 4/5 On @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tonight (Sat 3rd 2026) at 9pm. #TalkingPicturesTV film-authority.com/2023/04/27/f...

A return to the rom-com love traingle and the heavenly comedy, A24's Eternity features Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner in a smart, satitical story of star-crossed lovers in the afterlife. It's an upbeat, fun movie with personable young talent. 4/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/03/e...

I don't care if Monday's black Tuesday, Wednesday, heart attack Thursday, never looking back It's Friday I'm in love Always take a big bite It's such a gorgeous sight To see you eat in the middle of the night You can never get enough Enough of this stuff It's Friday I'm in love Jake-post breakfast.

Is George Clooney a movie star? Is the Pope a Catholic? I'll answer such tricky questions in today's review of Netflix's Jay Kelly. With several big names attempting to convince us Clooney is nothing of the sort, this analysis of movie stardom is well timed. 4/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/02/j...

#AuldLangSyne #HappyNewYear We two who've paddled in the stream From morning sun 'til night The seas between us roared and swelled Since the days of auld lang syne Joe and Jake wish everyone a great start to 2026, and leave you in the musical hands of MR ROD STEWART! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpc...

A 2025 obsession that continues into 2026 is the great films on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social with Edward Woodward starring in super-rare British supernatural chiller The Appointment at 9.55pm tonight, Jan 1st. I reviewed this on blu-ray here. #TPTV #TPTVsubtitles film-authority.com/2022/07/12/t...

Let's start 2026 with a stone cold banger; Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman strike a blow for charismatic film stars in Song Sung Blue, out now in the UK, US and elsewhere. They play Thunder and Lightning, a Neil Diamond tribute act in this uplifting true story. 5/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/01/s...

It’s Hogmanay 2025, Scottish for New Year’s Eve. Editorial cats Joe and Jake join up with the #plundercats party crew to go out and smash it tonight. 2025 was a year to forget, so come my friends, so let’s make the world a better place, chase away the darkness and make 2026 a year to remember!

My best film list of 2025 was topped by One Battle After Another, with Sinners, F1, Ballerina, Companion, Mickey 17, Weapons, The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Penguin Lessons and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. Got a problem with that? Feel free to argue... film-authority.com/2025/12/31/t...

Hey wait, don't take away 2025, I'm not finished with it yet! I'm still cramming in as many film as I can; I'm late to the party with the daft Bugonia, in which Emma Stone may be a hairy alien from Andromeda. The acting is great, but this film is deeply silly. 3/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/31/b...

It has come to the attention of my cat Joe that the choice of films reviewed on my blog has become rather silly, and that's not to Joe's liking. Despite spending his early years living in a bin, Joe is a very upright cat who does not approve of frivolity. Thank you for your attention to this message

I couldn't remember what Fackham Hall resembled until I saw Keep It Up Downstairs, an 'oh er missus' British 1976 comedy. Hazel Adair is the writer, Jack Wild, Willie Rushton and Diana Dors are all in the cast, and it's all more British than a toad in the hole. 3/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/30/k...

From Carry On to Confessions, there's a once great tradition of rude, crude but funny British comedies. Fackham Hall is a Dowtown Abbey/Godford Park spoof that has plenty of funny gags, making fun of nostalgia, class and the stiff-upper-lip culture in general. 4/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/30/f...

If I got for a lie down, Joe, Jake, or both of them crawl into the bed and cuddle up beside me. I've watched a few videos about this and apparently they are syncing themselves up to me like bluetooth devices, connecting their internal rhythms to mine. I hope it's good for them, it's good for me.

Reboot? Reimagining? Spiritual sequel? The meta 2025 version of Anaconda is a daft comedy rather than action, and offers an aimiable, self-deprecating watch. Paul Rudd, Jack Black and Steve Zahn play the film-makers, with a few cameos from the original stars. 3/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/29/a...

One can have a broken heart, living in misery Two can really ease the pain like a perfect remedy One can be alone in a crowd, like an island, he's all alone Two can make just any place seem just like being at home Joe x Jake=2 It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight

Not since Balls of Fury has table-tennis featured on the big-screen as it is in Marty Supreme, a lively, quirky story of Runyon-esque America. Timothée Chalamet excels, and there's Peter Gabriel, Tears for Fears and New Order on the anachronistic soundtrack. 4/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/28/m...

I’m pleased to announce Joe and Jake are the first cats to experience James Cameron’s Fire and Ash, enjoying 197 minutes of action from the comfort of the couch in one Boxing Day sitting. Joe enjoyed the postmodern revisionism but Jake liked seeing flying things; they were both exhausted by the end.

Holiday tentpoles like The Hobbit or Harry Potter can be a slog; 197 mins of Avatar: Fire and Ash didn't sound too promising, but as with previous trips to Pandora, what makes this is James Cameron; expect a 'kinetic kill' frenzy + industrial levels of action. 4/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/27/a...

shhhhhhhh.... Joe the cat is fast asleep. Should we wake him? Let's let him slumber. Later on, he'll get up and Joe and Jake will enjoy some playful bapbapbap antics for Boxing Day. But right now, it's all too much for Joe to think about, so we'll tiptoe round Joe today. Enjoy your Boxing Day!

I wrongly thought the song New York, New York was an ancient classic inspiring Martin Scorsese's 1977 film; it was actually written for it. Saw this as a teenager on Channel 4 and wasn't impressed, but either it's changed or I have, because it's way better now. 4/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/26/n...

Joe and Jake are editors and influencers all the year round; Christmas Day is the day they get to put their feet up and rest. For two little stripey cats, born in a bin and unwanted by anyone, it's been a long, worthwhile journey to find friends like you. They wish you all a very merry Christmas!

Today's pick is John Hughes's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), a celebration of a good old-fashioned family Yuletide. Whether you're with family, or friends, or making things as festive as you want by yourself, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! film-authority.com/2025/12/25/n...

After months of speculation, Jake the cat is delighted to announce details of his Christmas box, 2025. Jake's christmas box is white, large enough to sit on, and will sit at the bottom of the Christmas tree. Jake will sit on it with his arms nicely folded. Let Jake know if you need anothing else.

A steady rise in David Bowie's film-star credentials made 1986's Absolute Beginners briefly seem like the hottest of movies, but he's only in it for 8 minbutes and putting him front and centre in the advertising was a bait and switch compaign that backfired. 3/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/24/a...

How do cats fall asleep sitting up? This is Joe the cat an hour into a deep snooze while I was watching the 1989 version of The Phantom of the Opera. Oddly, I also feel asleep sitting up not long after taking this picture, so maybe it's not such a novelty after all. Joe is a complete sockpuppet.

The late singer/songwriter Chris Rea became a festive perennial with his Driving Home For Christmas song; he was also in a pretty dreadful Michael Winner film Parting Shots. Rea did a better job creating the score for Cross Country, a tough little 80s thriller. 4/5 film-authority.com/2024/12/05/c...

Rowan Atkinson was the breakout comedy star of 1979 via Not The Nine O'Clock news; he's still at it at 70 with Man Vs Baby, a four party series on Netflix. While the subversive edge of Blackadder is long gone, he's still got it when it comes to physical gags. 3/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/23/m...

Jake the cat is here for you. He is a small and quite timid, cowering wee beastie, but he has nothing but good intentions and positivity in his heart. Every day, I read Joe and Jake a selection of the positive messages that they get and I believe it does wonders for their confidence. Namaste!

A classic slice of downbeat 70's noir, Peter Yates' The Friends of Eddie Coyle is quite a different movie to the cut version I saw on the BBC as a teenager. Robert Mitchum rarely breaks a sweat as a gun-running criminal forced to snitch on Boston bank-robbers. 4/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/22/t...

Today would have been my mother’s birthday, she passed away back in Sept 2023, and I published a short piece about how much she gave to me, particularly in terms of her enthusiasm for the movies. It’s a celebration of things I still like to remember about her. film-authority.com/2023/12/21/w...

How long are your legs? Joe the cat is very proud of the length of his legs, and has stretched them out for all to see. Lengthy pipe cleaner-like appendages, Joe has a great set of stripey pins and doesn’t like anyone to forget it. He wishes all the people on the phone a fine and restful day.

We haven't had a hatewatch for a while, but the recent boxed set of Agatha Christie movies reminded me that there was a third Peter Ustinov/Hercule Poirot film in cinemas; hopes were high but unfortunately Appointment With Death was directed by Michael Winner. 2/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/21/a...

The Choirboys Call them irresponsible. Call them chaotic. Call them Joe and Jake. Just don't call them when there's trouble... ...because they're likely to be in the thick of it. Joe and Jake wish you all the best for #Caturday, and all the best to their many friends in the blue-sky community!

In 2024, I was approached by a publicist for a doc produced by Rob Reiner, directed by Dan Partland; God & Country shows how the Christian Nationalist movement were hoodwinked for political ends. Trump's comments about Reiner made me feel this worth reprinting 4/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/20/g...

The holidays are upon us, and we're left to stew in a dystopian nightmare of Trump/Epstein rule. Writers like Stephen King have been warning us about this since 1979, and The Long Walk has a vital job to raise awareness in young people about where we're at. 3/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/20/t...

What happened? Did someone eat their breakfast too quickly? Did someone throw it all up over the new rug? Joe did. That's how he rolls. And now the melancholy, the regret, Joe had everything he needed for a nice morning, but threw it all away. Second breakfast on hold till the right moment.

Apple TV is another streaming channel worth a once a year free trial to drain whatever's new and good out of it; The Lost Bus is a Paul Greengrass recreation of real life heroics that's based on a true story, but with characters far too blandly drawn to excite. 3/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/19/t...

Hello, I am Jake the cat. I am interested in doing nothing. For years, I perfected by ability to lie around like a pyjama case with no pyjamas in it, and I have finally gained mastery over this ancient art. I also enjoy eating, sleeping, and giving my brother a bapbapbap on his nog. That is all.

I should get in front of controversy by stating that I was offered and accepted a Bunny Hopps carrot pen by a representative of Disney after seeing the original Zootopia/Zootropolis movie. This gift did not affect my positive opinion of this movie or its sequel.4/5 film-authority.com/2025/12/18/z...