Just watched the "One Way Out" episode of Andor for the first time and what do you mean Star Wars has the capacity to be this incredible? And it just chooses not to be?

I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks. On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

The fact that we are coming up on four years since Hawkeye and not one single studio (let alone Marvel) has tried to capitalise on the absurd chemistry Hailee Steinfeld & Florence Pugh shared there is proof this industry's not fit for purpose.

#NowWatching a screener.

#NowWatching GoldenEye.

The state of trans healthcare in the UK now is inhumane and deliberately designed to be so by successive governments (including our current one). My initial assessment is coming up on Tuesday and that's five-and-a-half years after being put on the waitlist (six after referral). This cannot stand.

If I couldn’t come up with better phrases for dick than “magic wand” I would simply not start beef with someone who had a CupcakKe feature

If you're in the UK, Netflix now has both seasons of Interview with the Vampire. They are some of the very best seasons of television this decade and you owe it to yourselves to watch them.

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

FUCK. Nothing good is ever allowed to stay in this miserable world.

#NowPlaying: "All That Is Over" by SPRINTS. #MusicSky

Most people are gonna focus on how Fennell talks about rough sex like a horny teenage boy who just discovered the concept for the first time. I'm more angrily baffled by the idea that Jacob Elordi makes a perfect Heathcliff just cos he looks good with sideburns. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

All he knows is rage, rage, rage. [SPRINTS at Night & Day Café, Manchester on 28th September 2025]

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Instant all-timer episode, this week. Genuinely think Reece might have murdered someone if there weren't a full camera crew and studio audience as witness. #Taskmaster

Unless these are just some all-time awful singles choices, @shadowtodd.bsky.social had better start firing up those Trainwreckords jets in preparation for the new Tame Impala album.

Let's have another check-in with the historically-revilled Labour government and see how things ar- *DEAD DOVE, DON'T EAT*

That Riyadh Comedy Festival line-up - whilst also being filled with all the people you'd expect at a morally bankrupt event - is really giving credence to my belief that any stand-up comedian who can play arenas should be forced to retire on the spot.

Well, if there was any doubt left Alien: Earth was the work of the same guy behind Legion, that finale should've finished it off. I dug this season a lot, but I can tell so many people are gonna have HATED it. #AlienEarth

Now this looks bug-fucking-wild! youtu.be/LJraZRHhFwQ

Y'all fight for comedians. Which is why you don't have Black journalists to oppose Trump, but you do have famed resistance leaders *check notes* Matt Parker and Trey Stone.🤷🏿‍♂️ Kimmel is interviewing Gavin Newsom in his return. His podcast guests were the dudes that got the Black journalists fired.

Whipped through Indika tonight. It's basically an A24 movie you have to press buttons to move through, and you should instantly know from that description whether or not it's for you. (I rather dug it!)

#NowWatching Sinners.

#AEW X WarioWare

BOY HOWDY, Taskmaster this week has provided plenty of fresh material for my nightmares! #Taskmaster

Some days, you just gotta drop everything and have cat snuggles.

Out in select UK cinemas from today, Ash Avildsen's biopic about trailblazing women's pro wrestler Mildred Burke, Queen of the Ring, is an old-fashioned (for better and worse) crowdpleaser. My review for @moviemarker.bsky.social: www.moviemarker.co.uk/queen-of-the...

It is one of the most annoying things in all of reality that the "exercise releases endorphins that make you feel better" thing turns out to be mostly true.

I wrote about the experience of government of, by, and for people who have been driven insane by screens. (This is a gift link, please Consider Defector if you are interested in subscribing to a website) defector.com/the-united-s...

Seth Rogen wins all the Emmys then immediately sets about bringing back The Muppets. That's why he's the last 00s comedy giant still standing! deadline.com/2025/09/the-...

Now, I'm no mathematician or professional political analyst, folks, but I'd hazard a guess that these numbers are bad...

Opening night Gorillaz tour ticket secured! This process would be much faster and less stressful for everyone involved if Damon & Jamie could officially have permanent access to my bank account.

"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself." Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.

#NowWatching a screener.

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and godfather for independent cinema as Sundance founder, dies at 89.

I know we're past midway in September, but I am still intending to do a What I've Been Watching for August. Just got at least two other pieces I need to finish first.

We officially need to place a moratorium on awards show hosts doing bits about acceptance speeches running long. It's beyond hacky, you're neutering one of the ceremony's selling points, and has now looped back around to being disrespectful to those ostensibly being rewarded for their work. #Emmys

#NowWatching 48 Hrs.

#NowPlaying: "Radical Optimism" by @dualipa.bsky.social. #MusicSky

good that Keir has broken his silence this morning to ... continue posting on a website run by a man who yesterday addressed a far right rally to call for his overthrow, while not in any way addressing said far right rally

Now that I'm home after a long day of cinema-watching, I'm gonna take a nice refreshing drink of water and check what's been going on in the UK as I-WHAT IN THE FUCK?!

#NowWatching Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.

#NowWatching Honey, Don't!

#NowWatching Caught Stealing.

#NowWatching The Long Walk.

#NowWatching The Naked Gun [2025].

FUCK OFF. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Apparently, it's not enough for Damon & Jamie to have drained my bank account to almost nothing at the start of the month. They want to finish the job cos they know I'm a loyal servant for Gorillaz. open.spotify.com/track/50BLjP...

I wish somebody would think of me with the same level of devotion as Bryan Fuller does Hannibal. bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3899719/b...