With the new season almost here I have embarked upon my traditional rewatch of For All Mankind, especially because the Star City spin-off is following straight after.

David Attenborough [whispering]: “As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

BBC Four is repeating This Life to coincide with its 30th anniversary, beginning with a double bill on Wed 18 March with a new filmed intro from Daniela Nardini. #ThisLife

I kept hearing people raving about There Is No Antimemetics Division and it sounds like the kind of thing I like so I picked it up a few weeks ago. Straightaway it started fucking with my head because the more pages I read, the more certain I became that I'd already read it...

My New Year burnout meant I haven't been tracking my reading so finally caught up with it today. Very surprised to find that I've read 16 books so far this year!

Work has been all consuming since the start of the year. I keep postponing the most daunting tasks which is clearly a bad idea. I know I should take breaks to avoid burning out but I then keep thinking about all the urgent things I need to do. I'm always hoping in vain the next week will be easier

I don't know why I have this photo on my phone but I'm glad I do

I do miss this place but it's just been such a hectic year that I've not felt I could ever spare the time. I've not even kept up with movie watching. Nearly two months into 2026 and I've only watched 4!

It seems the only thing that could motivate me enough to come back here is #Sanremo2026

And as we heard this year's Sanremo theme tune, we also heard this year's Eurovision entry for San Marino #Sanremo2026

My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt

I don't mean to brag but... Nearly 8 hours into the first day back and I've still not accidentally typed 2025 😎

I finally switched our business email over to our website domain instead of the Hotmail one we had been using. Nearly 5 years that's been sitting near the top of my To-do list. Feels like I've aged another 5 years trying to get it functional.

I've definitely been feeling snowed under by notifications whenever I pick up my phone so have started culling anything nonessential. Same with emails. I need to reduce this overload of information clamouring for my attention.

I keep planning to post here but never do. I don't know why but social media is feeling like a chore these days.

Hear me out... 6-day weekends

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

📽️ 200/ The Princess Bride For my 200th flick of the year I had the pleasure to introduce @dionisea.bsky.social to The Princess Bride ☺️

📽️ 199/ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Never fails to be better than I remembered.

“Get out of my fucking seat.”

Work stress has been hitting hard lately. Yesterday was absolutely brutal. I feel totally wrung out.

📽️ 198/ The Running Man 🍿 So weird to see your hometown on the big screen being used to depict a dystopian future! 😄 Wembley Park stood in for the exteriors and entrance of the TV Network building, so it was a little distracting to keep spotting intimately familiar locations.

It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer… I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...

Calvin & Hobbes turns 40 today, apparently. I genuinely don't think there's been a better comic strip before or since this came out. I have the full collection and it's due a re-read. Just joyful, artistic, funny, thoughtful and timeless. Watterson is the GOAT

📽️ 197/ The Aviator Most normal billionaire.

📽️ 196/ The Wind That Shakes The Barley I needed to get the taste of Wolfwalkers out of my mouth.

📽️ 195/ Frankenstein This looks stunning in HDR. The lighting throughout the movie is spectacular. I had put Mia Goth's strange accent down to being a Yank imitating a Brit but it turns out she is actually from the UK 🤷‍♂️

The next Bond film is practically writing itself

In 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master' Freddy Krueger is resurrected by a dog pissing on his remains and I don't see why that wouldn't work perfectly well here.

All the Bonds are Bond and they should never attempt to justify or explain why they are different.

The Bond franchise is now officially a roguelike

Bollocks. The Bond franchise has repeatedly proven that you just stick another handsome guy in a tuxedo, have him order a martini and introduce himself to the nearest femme fatale. Job done.

new actor, line about settling into a new role, M says something about big shoes to fill, no further acknowledgement of any previous continuity

People rag on Reddit for it being full of weirdos, but sometimes that's the only place where people ask the big questions.

📽️ 194/ Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) It's fun but trying to be a solo Harley Quinn movie and an action ensemble flick pull it in too many directions.

📽️ 193/ The Rocketeer Another film that's perfect for a bit of Sunday afternoon adventure.

📽️ 192/ Eddington There is a sequence towards the end that feels like a great template for how to make a modern Western. I hope some people are inspired by it.

This just randomly popped into my head. Good to know it's still pant wettingly funny. youtu.be/qy_nU8RGWKA

📽️ 191/ Dunkirk I missed this in IMAX so without its selling point I had not felt the urge to watch it at home. With a new TV and surround sound I figured it was now worth a try. No doubt less impactful than on a big screen but still well worth watching.

Them: "Where did you go?" Me: "Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?" **electro fiddle shrieks**

My Dad ignored my birthday again this year. It's on Halloween so it's not like he wouldn't have had constant reminders. It clearly just isn't important to him to acknowledge it. He has a big birthday in a few weeks time and I'm due to fly over for it. Why should I? Would it be petty to bail?

📽️ 190/ Drive (Radio 1 Rescore) I've watched the opening car chase so many times but this is only the second full rewatch of the movie I've done. The version on Amazon Prime is the version with new songs selected by Zane Lowe. I'd have preferred to see the original again I think

📽️ 189/ Uncharted I have no experience of the games so was judging this purely as a film. I was hoping for National Treasure but expecting Tomb Raider but this fails to come anywhere close to either.

📽️ 188/ Wolfwalkers I'd heard nothing but praise so this was a slap in the face. It's been a couple of days & honestly I'm still seething. I can't get past the cultural context of the movie, but loads of native born Irish love it entirely so is that just the "plastic Paddy" chip on my shoulder?

Every year we get closer to this happening on the news

Leave to FIFA to come up with some really thoughtful bribes Say what you like but they really understand corruption. They live graft, they breathe it, they... believe in it, if that doesn't sound too mushy And it makes all the difference 🥰

I've spent a few days shying away from Bluesky because it was feeling like work. The enjoyment I get from sharing the movies I'm watching and rating was being overshadowed by the growing backlog I needed to deal with. I'm glad I didn't give up but I didn't like that feeling.