On my Substack, I’m kicking off a 10-part series talking about one of my cinematic loves - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Subscribe for free to get these in your inbox as I probably won’t put them all on social media. open.substack.com/pub/ajblack/...

On my Substack, I’m kicking off a 10-part series talking about one of my cinematic loves - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Subscribe for free to get these in your inbox as I probably won’t put them all on social media. open.substack.com/pub/ajblack/...

Kicking off a Substack where all of my writing, unless it’s for Film Stories, shall now go. Please subscribe and make an increasingly old man very happy. I thank you. substack.com/@ajblack/not...

Kicking off a Substack where all of my writing, unless it’s for Film Stories, shall now go. Please subscribe and make an increasingly old man very happy. I thank you. substack.com/@ajblack/not...

Wrote a bit about TOY STORY 5 and its use of technology @filmstories.bsky.social A few spoilers within so be cautious, but it’s a movie that warns us about the threat of tech to childhood but suggests we can make it work for us, not the other way around. filmstories.co.uk/features/toy...

Wrote a bit about TOY STORY 5 and its use of technology @filmstories.bsky.social A few spoilers within so be cautious, but it’s a movie that warns us about the threat of tech to childhood but suggests we can make it work for us, not the other way around. filmstories.co.uk/features/toy...

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: creepy anthologies, chilly aliens, lost entities and much more. Here’s what we’ve been up to… filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...

Name a film with a title that is a full sentence.

Just went to put the bin out. #UKHeatwave

In this heat remember your five a day: Breakfast: Solero Elevenses: Calippo Lunch: Fruit Pastilles lolly Tea: Strawberry Mivvi Dinner: Raspberry Ripple (2 litre tub)

Never saw this one back in the day so it was a first viewing and I was… whelmed, shall we say? Mark and I had a good chat about Beatty’s distinctive comic-book adaptation so enjoy if you listen.

Honestly, the replies to this thread just show off how gorgeous so much of the U.K. is. We really do so often forget that or take it for granted.

Some writing today for @filmstories.bsky.social about #007FirstLight and wondering if it’s stolen Denis Villeneuve’s thunder ahead of the next movie. filmstories.co.uk/features/007...

New episode! @lukewinch.bsky.social & @bazgreenland.bsky.social reach the end of #Babylon5 season 3. Joining them to tall the momentous season finale, Z'ha'Dum, are returning guests @ajblack.bsky.social and @clarajeanmc.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4gIC...

Writing today on @filmstories.bsky.social about #Backrooms (and I’ll have a podcast dropping on it tomorrow). Essentially, it’s okay if you don’t know the lore of this film. It’s a great watch anyway. filmstories.co.uk/features/the...

Writing today on @filmstories.bsky.social about #Backrooms (and I’ll have a podcast dropping on it tomorrow). Essentially, it’s okay if you don’t know the lore of this film. It’s a great watch anyway. filmstories.co.uk/features/the...

If you’re off to see #Backrooms this weekend, I highly recommend this deep dive into the YouTube series and the associated lore. I’m going tomorrow and whether the film touches on it or not, I feel a bit enriched for the experience. youtu.be/_RZLBeU3lxU?...

Did you know we have a whole FILM STORIES PODCAST NETWORK? Here's what our wonderful podcasters have been up to this week: filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...

Today on my parody podcast @dontcallusshirley.bsky.social, @mattjlatham.bsky.social, Guy Walker of @britcomgoes.bsky.social and I chat the 1967 take on CASINO ROYALE. It’s a disaster. The film isn’t great either. open.spotify.com/episode/4wqA...

NEW EPISODE! @steelbookbluray.com joins @ajblack.bsky.social for a new ongoing series looking at #JamesBond pre-title sequences, starting with the 1960s. Jetpacks, space shuttles, cross dressers - it’s got the lot! 🎧 on all platforms. open.spotify.com/episode/4Ijb...

Having a complete blast with the new #JamesBond game 007: #FirstLight. This absolute tune is on repeat this afternoon. Best Bond theme since Skyfall? Could well be. youtu.be/yFPy8rDmPLM?...

Just popped to the shops. #ukheatwave

Bloody delighted at the Villa tonight. Didn’t just win the final, they won it easily. Up the Villa! Onwards to the Champions League!

This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: magic, comedians, dark futures and much more. Here’s what we’ve been up to… filmstories.co.uk/film-stories...

NEW EPISODE! A load of old #Hokum this time with @ajblack.bsky.social @angryscotsman81.bsky.social & guest Emma Arneil. 🎧 & subscribe on all podcast platforms: open.spotify.com/episode/6YAO...

London welcomes Tommy Ten Names' "patriots"

Quite moved to report that Fleming ends the entire Bond saga with A RECIPE FOR SCRAMBLED EGGS

Just don’t tell him what he can’t do.

At least jury member Paul Laverty, the Scottish screenwriter & longtime collaborator of Ken Loach, had something coherent to say about AI www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

NEW EPISODE! The great @markoconnell.bsky.social joins @ajblack.bsky.social to chat his great new book BOND, QUEER BOND in a chat spanning 60 years of the big man. 🎧 on all podcast platforms. open.spotify.com/episode/42On...

Slightly increase a band: Wingsspan

You know you’re British and of a certain age when you see this title, Gary, and in your head whenever you read it you hear ‘Gaaaarrry’.

Loved this chat with @markoconnell.bsky.social about his new book and how queer stories have always intersected with #JamesBond across 60 years. It’s a great book, out Thursday, and I think a damn good chat about it. Enjoy!

Reading the media the last few days, you’d have thought that Reform had swept to power across the country. The reality is they have less than 1,000 out of 18,645 seats and control just 12 of 369 councils. More or less the same as The Greens. Everyone needs to take a breath.

Best adaptation of The Odyssey, wrong answers only.

“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t—“ “Go to MoneySupermarket.com!”

Awful news. One of the greatest artists of all time for my money.

Mine has always been, and probably always will be, Blade Runner. I’ve tried loads of times. I just don’t enjoy it. Never changes.

Your top 15 TV shows without thinking. Go for it! The X-Files Lost Game of Thrones Millennium Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Babylon-5 Frasier Alias Succession Better Call Saul Peep Show Sons of Anarchy Westworld Hannibal Thunderbirds

A lovely Saturday afternoon treat just popped through the letterbox. A further addition to my extended Bond scores collection. Bonkers film, this, but one with a great John Barry score.

Great chat about a mixed bag of a film, disappointingly. Hope you (and your mummy) enjoy!

This week, @danowen.bsky.social guested on @angryscotsman81.bsky.social’s other podcast, @modernhorrorpod.bsky.social with @ajblack.bsky.social - there to discuss another monster who frequents sarcophagus’s. Listen to our thoughts on LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY ⚱️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

Michael, is he beyond redemption? @ajblack.bsky.social and @rmuldrake.bsky.social discuss as we head into the final episodes of Season 2. #LOST open.spotify.com/episode/6NfR...

My parody movie podcast is back for a new series, every two weeks, and we start with one of my absolute all time favourites. Join us for some ridiculousness!

Dayum! This was fun to record, albeit about a really rather quite racist film now! Check out Dev and I chatting the first RUSH HOUR on @atthe90smovies.bsky.social too!

Okay, I might actually persevere with From now, despite getting to the end of a maddeningly inconclusive third season that made me want to put my head in the oven. If it’s getting a definitive ending, it might be worth pushing on with.

Well put. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Finally! A great podcast about Skinamarink… thank you @ajblack.bsky.social & @angryscotsman81.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...