Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least

In an endless churning sea of slick, competent TV and polished, expensive cinema, Pluribus is the first thing in a long, long time that left me grinning because I felt something I've not in forever — inspired.

What a class song, and music video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQB...

Every review matters, and means a lot. Thank you to this person. Delighted with that.

Pluribus is great!

Superb final of Celeb Traitors. Delighted with the result. What a show.

And they say movie stars no longer matter.

Just discovered Fireside by Kevin C. Olohan and it's terrific. Reminds me there are so many great shows out there that still manage to slip through the cracks. If you fancy being regaled on Irish myths and the meaning behind them, this podcast is superb.

Every time a listener writes a review or gives us a rating it boosts the podcast. So thank you to Scannain! If you want to give us a lift, write a few words in the app wherever you listen and let the algorithm now we’re good! You can find links for the pod here: www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play

Brand new episode out. We discuss our favourite horror films of the last twenty-five years, pick our favourite horror villains, and then list our top three TV scares. www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play

I'm starting to form a theory about eyebrows

Celebrity Traitors has been one of the best series of competition reality TV ever. It’s been so entertaining. Can’t wait for the final and haven’t a clue what way it’ll go.

I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?" She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.

There's a hole in the bottom of the trashcan and he grows underground like a big green ginger root. Jim Henson confided that in me before he died.

Oh, so the Gen Z stare is a real thing. That was very odd.

Imagine if we taxed them even a little bit.

Accurate

Our run of fantastic presidents in my lifetime continues. Delighted and relieved with that result. The bots and trolls will be raging. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

This is such a fun series of Traitors.

A new low.

It should be illegal to release two films at the same time with the same title.

Typical and despicable.

She’s such a wretched candidate who has run a wretched campaign.

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

For those looking for some horror recommendations, we did a whole month of podcasts not long ago on The Best Bits. They're all collected here and free to listen to on our Patreon. We have some great special guests too. www.patreon.com/collection/1...

“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.

A nice review on Apple for the podcast. If you're a fan, we could desperately do with some more of these. On whatever app you use, please rate and review us. It's so helpful.

It was never a war.

Genuinely wretched.

I'm seeing nothing but slam pieces on Catherine Connolly and not a word about Heather Humphries. Odd, that.

I found this very moving.

I found this very moving.

Kevin and Will have what has to be the funniest, and often most insightful, movie podcast around. Give it a listen. You won't be disappointed.

I do a film and TV podcast with my pal @willcollins.bsky.social where we take something topical and do a top three procrastinating on mic. It's hard to promote it since the death of social media. But it's worth a shot signal boosting here again. Have a listen. linktr.ee/screenplaypod

How does this bring back the hostages?

I love a good car chase, and One Battle After Another has a great one.

Such a talented writer. He recently wrote this on his personal site and it's one of the saddest pieces of writing I've read, made worse now by his passing. Sad, but powerful and beautiful in its honesty. kalebhorton.ghost.io/going-down-t...

I ❤️ @mattbelloni.bsky.social for this. The ethics of Hollywood are basement level. Same for tech (see below a column I wrote in 2019).

This is what the majority of all socially media engagement is now under all the right wing controlled apps and it’s changing society for the worse. I don’t know why this is allowed.

I feel like they’ve changed how they report these atrocities. This is far less vague than it used to be.

A 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing The web of life is unravelling fast

Satisfying ending to Traitors. RTE, the cast and the producers put on a great show, but next time up the prize pot. There's a cost of living crisis for feck sake.

Our news should be banned from reporting on US news unless it directly involves us or affects us.

📣 Our second episode is out now. All about Robert Redford movies we love. That's the post. Short and sweet. Give us a listen, why don't you? Ah, do. linktr.ee/screenplaypod

In more positive posts, myself and my podcast wife @willcollins.bsky.social had a good time talking about our favourite Robert Redford films for the next episode of Screen, Play out on Monday. Podcasting with him keeps me sane. I hope you'll give it a listen. linktr.ee/screenplaypod

It feels frankly insane to scroll social media and see people talking about inane shit in between the worst people in the world succeeding in destroying our collective decency. I know the solution is to unplug. But any time I glimpse online it’s all so dystopian. And the fact we all think this —