The video version of the Kevin Smith podcast episode (with the post-credits bit) is available now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2t5...

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"We just don't recognise life's most significant moments while they're happening. Back then I thought 'well, there'll be other days.' I didn't realise that that was the only day."

Relentless.

Coffee.

Wobbling.

Coffee.

The Film Stories podcast hits a milestone - and Kevin Smith kicks off our episode 500 celebrations with a very special episode. Have a listen: filmstories.co.uk/podcast/podc...

I've been getting lots of lovely notes today. Thank you. Those who got to the end of the podcast will hopefully appreciate why I'm struggling to respond to them at the moment x

New Birmingham event. Tim Vine! And Film Stories comes to the Mockingbird for the first time! January... mockingbirdcinema.com/MockingbirdC...

Trevor Beattie, as well as being exec producer of Moon, is launching an incredible charity initiative in Birmingham next week. Please help spread the word of the launch. Ticket details here. And do read up on what he's doing. Thank you. macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema/tons-...

putting her phone in a pouch would have made her killers less transphobic and violent?

I wish I was in more of a position at the moment to celebrate this, but I think I'm still allowed to be a little bit chuffed. Film Stories has got to 500 episodes... filmstories.co.uk/film-stories...

My latest #BCFC video is here.

Always a terrific read for #BCFC fans.

Why is the UK's broadcaster having people resign to placate Trump? What next? The BBC paying for his ballroom?

Right then, Sunday. I meet you with caffeine.

This continues to be a week. Bloody rollercoaster.

People I've held the door for and they didn't say thanks: Tom Watson Christopher Tookey

Coffee.

I don't like this week.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

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"When filming resumed later that evening, Black made a valiant attempt to rally everyone’s spirits. 'Let’s get some energy going,' he said, gesticulating wanly with a vape pen. 'As we get into it, it’ll crispen up and get more businesslike.'" This is incredible

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Had wanted to talk to Nicholas Hytner for years. He's obviously far more high brow than me, but I did manage to ask him if he sits with a six pack of lager and a bawdy comedy on a Friday night.

Woken up to a video of people cheering a human being being awarded a potential $1tn. A welcome reminder that enablers are part of the problem.

Sleep. Chortle.

Get your hands on a Krull 4K Steelbook, bundled with the latest, Krull-themed edition of Film Stories - while stocks last. Exclusively from our online store: store.filmstories.co.uk/products/iss...

Wrote this about one of maverick mischief-maker Larry Cohen's films.

Saying hello to the coffee.

Hannah is brilliant.

On the plus side, the coffee is working better this morning.

Nah, didn't fancy any sleep.

Just one interviewer: push back.

That has been A Weekend.

In hindsight, I think I wish I hadn't read the editorial letter in the new Den Of Geek print magazine.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Happy Halloween! Film Quiz Friday has risen from the grave for a one-off helping of spooky horror-themed questions. Who will survive? What will be left of them? Not questions you'll get here, but send us your scores out of 31 when you're done! (laughs in Vincent Price...)

I've just been reminded that today is the seven year anniversary of me leaving Den Of Geek. Crikey.

Very nice coffee, and thank you for asking.

The Horror and Her, a show dedicated to female voices and horror cinema, is the latest addition to the Film Stories Podcast Network. filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...

Musk is terrible at convincing me he's a genius, but great at convincing me he's a massive racist who's never read Tolkien in his life.

Join us as we look back at all the times John Rambo and Rocky Balboa managed to avoid the grim reaper. filmstories.co.uk/news/the-thr...

wake up babe, a new way of saying "we just put 14,000 people out of a job" just dropped

This looks fun... www.kickstarter.com/projects/ski...

At some point folks will look back at this stuff like leaded gasoline is viewed now.

Just got a notification from LinkedIn that someone in the AI industry is looking me up. Mate, don't bother.