Awful world out there. Increasingly so. Try not to let it get to you. It's not easy.

Scully let's split up. I'll interview this beautiful botanist and you go check out the sewer system full of human bones

It's the 7th of January. The USA have attacked Venuezuela and kidnapped their leader, they have seized a Russian tanker, and they want to invade Greenland, which is part of Denmark, so effectively attacking a NATO country, which is an act of war against all of NATO. It's the 7th of January.

Deep Space Nine.

This must be the first Lego Brad Pitt?

Would strongly support this. New Bond needs a different sound. Like when Chris Cornell absolutely knocked it out the park for Casino Royale, felt like a mission statement. Just getting Dua Lipa would be boring. www.nme.com/news/music/n...

I am trying to look respectfully

Harvey Dent, I'd imagine

Fine, I'll admit it, this one gets me a little bit excited. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH1X...

No thanks.

Let's wait until the Bond casting is actually confirmed. Because it's just a rumour at this stage. But people are treating it like fact.

I am an adult. I make choices every day. I could read Dickens or Dostoevsky. The breadth of literature is open to me, all the emotions and complexity of the human condition, written by great artists. Anyway...

The Doc's alive! He's in the Old West but he's alive!

Anyone still using X, after all this, needs their head examined. That's not the moral high ground. It's a fact now.

I'd say Princess Mononoke is the best, but Kiki's Delivery Service is my favourite.

The EU will. But the UK won't because we are pissant of a country, pathetic in every way that matters.

Making a list of all the new films coming out this year that I want to see, anyone got anything I have missed? boxd.it/KOVLy

Once again, plain to see that the "Online Safety Act" had nothing to do with safety or protecting children, it was all about data collection and monitoring.

It didn't help that it snowed again overnight. This is a hard return to the office.

I don't even know if I managed to say what I was trying to articulate. boxd.it/crOtYt

Back to work tomorrow. After two full weeks off. The most time I've had off in nearly a decade.

Oh look, it's gone down again.

Film for the evening. I know this is a bit of a marmite type film but I absolutely love it, it's exactly what film should be for me. It's the kind of story I wish I could have told.

I've stopped doing "Start your day with" but I feel it would be remiss of me to not share this picture of Renate Reinsve.

Very clever build, and it looks great!

Anyone know if We Bury The Dead is getting a UK release? The UK based reviews say it is available to rent digitally but I can't find it anywhere.

Does anyone else remember when Letterboxd used to work regularly?

Rose Ayling-Ellis is quite lovely. #Taskmaster

And that's Shadow completed. All three are excellent games, though Shadow is a little on the short side. Kind of a shame that the new game will be a 'reboot' because I'd rather they carried on with this aspect of the series.

Not enough Daniela Melchior. Which is true of most films. boxd.it/cpzxs9

Made it to the cinema. Just.

Letterboxd stats from 2025. For what they're worth. Which is very little.

So it begins

2026 viewings

Cinemas had a good run. 100ish years.

Should keep me busy

To be clear, it's not the Enterprise. That's beyond me.

Oops

Fallout continues to be great TV. Which is increasingly rare these days.

I know these things are popular, but on the very rare occasion that I catch some of "regular" TV, I feel like I lose a few brain cells.

2020: Underwater 2021: Pig 2022: The Worst Person in the World 2023: Godzilla Minus One 2024: Perfect Days 2025: Black Bag

Normally I do "no rewatch January" but I've decided to set less rules on my film watching this year. So my first film of the year is Superman. Because that's what I want to watch.

Happy New Year!

Always go to the pub with a cat

This hasn't changed massively, but I have shifted a few things around. I think it has been a good year, and I've enjoyed a lot of films, and the overall variety has been great. My top 20 films of 2025.

And my last film of 2025, no.539, is Before Sunset, because of course it is.

Second last film of 2025

Been on a 15 mile walk with my brother, home for my last two films of the year, then out for a pub quiz tonight.

Start your day with Léa Seydoux

"She does have your eyes" "I know... I know"