cowardly of Friends not to make Chandler and Janice endgame

i like it when american friends come to visit me in the UK because they'll say things like "not much of a 'baby on board' sticker culture here, is there?" and i just have to be like "yeah man"

ChatGPT told my baby that Santa isn’t real

Ultimately every statement about immigrants, laudatory or critical, is only as true as it is about people. The UK runs a deficit so *most people* are net beneficiaries just by definition! Our tax system is really lopsided so most people are net beneficiaries!

Emerald Fennel’s next project is a shot-for-shot remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) with Sabrina Carpenter as Cindy Lou Who and Jacob Elordi as The Grinch. Early set reports say that instead of wearing makeup, Elordi is “just going to be tall.”

what have we gained from the animated cover art for The Beach Boys Christmas album on Apple Music? what have we lost?

a lot of people are asking me: what’s the best case scenario here? simply, trump’s heart must grow three sizes after a sudden understanding of the power of cinema

Could one eat a banana in a new and interesting way? Or has all divine inspiration eroded back into the unrelenting ocean of time

“The Phantom Menace — the original Megalopolis? New Hollywood and the advent of CGI” — me if I was a film history major in college today

You can tell a lot about a person based on when they think Wes Anderson fell off

I really loved this piece. When I first started formulating what became @localfiles.club, my driving question was Why is the default in indie audio drama free? Or, as Keelin puts it: "What should we pay for, how should we pay for it... Especially when people are used to podcasts being mostly free."

it's mine. thanks apple! don't click the link, by the way.

this is what Reform UK want, btw — to break up families, to deport without due process, to weaponize "legal" immigration paths against perceived enemies

Stuart Little legacy sequel where the brother takes a girl home for Christmas and has to explain that a mouse is his literal blood kin

the best aspect of About Time (2013) is that it constantly introduces new rules about its version of time travel that it just as frequently discards for emotionally poignant moments. no logic but emotional logic.

I've always been convinced that video podcasts exist to force creators to be reliant on a closed distribution platform. Podcasts are built on tech (RSS) that nobody can own. Every major tech company has wanted to migrate podcasts to something proprietary, but it never sticks. Video is their answer.

*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly* people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!! *hitting you on the forehead with the spoon* STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...

thank you to the Audio Drama Gazette for alerting readers to LFC as a "cool thing"! make sure you subscribe to ADG for future cool things and audio drama recommendations.

Four Funerals and a Wedding. Legacy sequel starring Margaret Qualley as Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell’s daughter going to the funerals of all their friends. And she gets married.

Freshly added & binge-ready #AudioFiction! Ms. Shipton's Travelling Tea Shop | Dramatized cozy British fantasy Follow the adventures of a tea witch who breaks down in the small village of Talford. As she waits for her van to be repaired, Ms. Shipton sets up shop and meets the locals—a farmer […]

Does "Ms. Shipton's Travelling Tea Shop," sound good to you? It's the story of a tea witch and her cat, Misery, who break down in the English countryside. It's the first release from a new digital audio label from my former editor and friend @fakeadamcecil.bsky.social.

I'm thrilled that Ms. Shipton's Travelling Tea Shop, the first release from @localfiles.club, is now available to purchase and listen to on Bandcamp. (🧵) localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/ms-shi...

It’s A Wonderful Life is a heartwarming film about how living in upstate New York makes you want to kill yourself

One satisfied early listener: "This is a brilliant piece of audio, fantastically written! The sound editing is *chefs kiss* a work of art." Ms. Shipton's Travelling Tea Shop drops in 48 hours!

Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same. Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...

James Bond discourse reminds me that an ex's nan sat in solemn silence through the whole of Austin Powers, then said "Well I don't see how he gets all those women"

Counting down the days until Ms. Shipton's Travelling Tea Shop crashes into an audio player near you... our first release is out this Friday! Pre-order it today to get the files as soon as humanly possible. localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/ms-shi...

you can't just bring back austin powers. the franchise wrote itself into a corner after he volunteered to stay behind forever in the shagadelic dimension to save foxxy and vanessa. they already brought him back once without explaining how he escaped from fembot island, the audience won't buy it

summoned to the marsh by the mysterious Mr Peats to compete in various bog based challenges

Food banks need extra support this month! We've got a bundle with the Re: Dracula audiobook & concept album & blooper reel, and the Re: Carmilla super cut & score. All for $20, which will be donated to Feeding America and will feed over 200 people! ko-fi.com/s/e6a726eeae

@arthurdrakoni.bsky.social hi sam, would love to send you a new audiodrama to listen to in advance of release, in case you're interested in reviewing. what's the best way to get in touch?

new Bluesky app icon sucks, unfortunately

You learn a lot about a person based on their file keeping system or lack thereof.

the future of TV is webisodes

Thank you to @fictionpodcastwkly.bsky.social for including the shoutout to Ms. Shipton and Local Files Club in this week’s roundup! If you’re not already subscribed to Fiction Podcast Weekly, what are you waiting for? fiction-podcast-weekly.beehiiv.com/p/happy-audi...

does the UK have the equivalent of the “basic cable film,” i.e. a film well-known and remembered, if not necessarily loved, purely due to its status as a mainstay on television screens?

#lastfour #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

you seriously haven't heard?? someone called in a wellness check on Pigpen and apparently his parents had been dead so long they were just bare skeletons. everybody's talking about it

Charlie Browns mom: Waaah wah wah wah waaah waaah waaah wah Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him

@thepodcastgeek.bsky.social hey there, would love to send you a copy of the first @localfiles.club release in advance of release for your enjoyment — can you shoot me a DM? localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/ms-shi...

Solidarity with Zack. I can't imagine what it's like trying to have a difficult, nuanced, grown up conversation about an incredibly serious issue and while being constantly shouted at in that way. It's a nightmare just watching.

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

That’s awesome. I was concerned this streaming series completely threw out a millennia of dramatic theory. But now my concerns are assuaged.

We really don’t give Mary Jane enough credit for going from literal unknown rando with a high school degree to Broadway star in the span of what, a few years? [Spider-Man 2 & 3]

Here’s the trailer for Ms. Shipton’s Travelling Tea Shop—one minute of pure mood-setting for this five-part, full-cast audiodrama. Want to hear more? Listen to episode one and pre-order the full release on Bandcamp: localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/ms-shi...

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia. Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

Hell yes hell yes hell yes

hi! clown expert here. this is not funny, clowns only slip on bananas when they're in extreme distress.

This is exactly what we need. This is it. "New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"