Stranger Things or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Wheelers

The moon belongs to everyone. The best things in life are free!

At 9 I probs only got one more year of Z believing in Father Xmas so doubling down and now have an Xmas of her believing in Krampus too.

A: so cool to have a couple weeks off together. So what do you normally do for lunch? We never get to have lunch. L: I get back into bed with a satsuma and watch bad movie analysis on YouTube. A: (gets back into bed with a satsuma and starts watching bad LFC analysis on YouTube) OK

Hi quick one you can comment on trump's hideous and vastly inappropriate statement about rob reiner and michele singer reiner's murders if you must but can you stop reposting it because some of us would rather not see that shit right now

A special movie night on a pile of pillows showing my kids The Princess Bride a couple weeks back was one of the best film experiences I’ve ever had. Devastating news. Rob Reiner brought so much joy to the world.

There are exactly two ways introducing myself to someone goes. 1. “What do you do?” “Film critic” “And people pay you for that?” 2. “What do you do?” “Journalist” “What type of journalist?” “Culture mostly” “Fun…. And people pay for you for that?”

Apple not providing screeners for Pluribus is just so damn mean.

At this point I hope the uk never getting The Pitt led to some lazy tv exec’s brutal dismissal.

For anyone who is aware of my intense adoration for Joel Edgerton please applaud as I have ticked “cry with and then hug Joel Edgerton” off the bucket list.

The Knives Out films are like the early Jonathan Creek Xmas specials to me (complimentary).

Solidarity with Palestine. Always.

Reappearing on this app to say I LOVED Frankenstein.

Not to brag but I have slept 4 hours total since Tuesday and I have started hallucinating little sparkles in my peripheral vision. It’s kinda jazzy!

I am on holiday and having a great time but also making excuses to go to run “errands” so I can watch the Alison Brie and Dave Franco press tour.

Looking for a voice actor who has done English to Arabic dubbing #journorequest

Thoughts this morning go out to the ‘AI documentary maker’ who found himself on #r4today trying to describe why dropping a few prompts into Veo3 to ‘tell the story’ of the US Bombing of Iran was some vital form of human truth-telling… only to find @leilalatif.bsky.social was his fellow guest… (1/n)

Got to have two of my favourite film criticism minds on the podcast this week. @lillcrawf.co.uk and @aadowd.bsky.social discussed Superman, Pavements and Alex Ross Perry stopped by for a chat too. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Make Superman Silly Again lwlies.com/reviews/supe...

Jurassic park… Jurassic world rebirth, the lost world Jurassic park, Jurassic world…. Jurassic park 3, Jurassic world lost kingdom………….Jurassic world dominion

My kid asked for a labubu and I made her read the Lorax to understand why the answer was absolutely not.

Happy 99th to the genius of Mel Brooks and an excuse for me to rewatch this clip 10 times. youtu.be/czaSMvp0QjI?...

Big fan right to the end

I will simply not recover of that dumbass billionaire having an unironic Gatsby themed wedding. What the fuck do those people think that book was about?

Non-hospitality people enjoying The Bear feels like cultural appropriation.

Anyone else hear the Jurassic Park theme song and insert lyrics? Mine are “Now we’ve found our hearts in Jurassic park with tonnes of dinosauuuurs. He didn’t like kids tho his girlfriend did but the villain was corporate greeeeed.”

Just got out of Jurassic World and my biggest take away is that Jonathan Bailey is a goddamn movie star.

File under the very least you could do.

My feeling is that if you didn’t like 28 Years Later you didn’t deserve it.

Bakerloo line more like baking-on-da-tube line innit.

Honestly so shooketh by the number of barefoot people walking in the park today. Including into the park public bathroom. Who raised you people?

The Arts Hour Sat 14 Jun 20:06 Local time @bbcworldservice @nikkibedi.bsky.social‬ talks to award-winning comedian Vir Das and cultural critic @leilalatif.bsky.social‬. Music from @piersfaccini.bsky.social and the Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

Director Ali Naushahi’s new BBC series shows how Jane Austen's legacy lives in the imaginations of all marginalised women. Read the full review by @leilalatif.bsky.social. hyphenonline.com/2025/06/13/j...

Of all the embarrassing things I have done today I saw two guys from behind who looked like they knew whats up and yelled to ask them if they knew where the Squid Games Party was and then they turned around and they were Lee Jun Jae and Lee Byung-hun… this embarrassment was the most recent.

Such fun on this weeks pod but i genuinely feel transformed by @misanharriman.bsky.social and incredible documentary. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

I have sky dived, I have skied off piste, I have swum with sharks and yet today I face the scariest thing. Articulating your thoughts on Rick And Morty on the internet www.avclub.com/rick-and-mor...

I have deleted my Tik Tok app. Please applause.

“I just want to be hot and happy.” Amanda Batula, Summer House

Living in a house full of Liverpool supporters this is a lovely day but honestly I’m mostly happy for Mo Salah and John Oliver.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! BENICIO DEL TORO AND MICHAEL CERA ON THE @lwlies.com PODCAST!!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Not to be that guy but a truly wonderful interview with two phenomenal talents will be on the podcast this Friday.

RIP William Tell, you woulda loved JJ winning Eurovision in Switzerland.

Had the most incredible time watching Kathleen Collins Losing Ground at the BFI last night as part of @ifursure.bsky.social’s Black Debutantes season. Legit told my friend I think the great tragedy of my life is that Bill Gunn and I are soulmates but we didn’t get to be alive at the same time

Think it’s really lovely that Tony Todd’s final film is sitting at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. Hope he knew how much we all liked him before he passed.

FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES WAS SO DARN FUN!

Woke up with a jolt and grabbed my phone internally screaming “what did Colman Domingo wear!!??!!”

The Arts Hour Sat 3 May 2025 20:06 Local time BBC World Service @nikkibedi.bsky.social and cultural critic @leilalatif.bsky.social discuss Ryan Coogler’s period vampire movie, Sinners. Plus, French filmmaker Louise Courvoisier on her award winning film Holy Cow. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

In wholesome news we’ve eaten dinner on a blanket in the garden every evening this week and there’s a robin that joins us every time and we have named it Lulu and we are building her a bird house this weekend so she knows it’s her home too.

About once a week I think about how great Final Destination 5 is and how its star Miles Fisher put out a true bop that is if Final Destination happened in Saved By The Bell. youtu.be/_lNEQAXX43g?...

REMINDER we made a whole issue on Ryan Coogler's Sinners and you can (and should!) buy it right now!!