Gareth
@gareth.entertainium.co
Film/politics/video games. He/Him. Digital Editor for Entertainium.co. Views are mine and not representative of any organization.
I've rewatched one of my favourite comedy films, the epic It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). letterboxd.com/gbrading/fil...
A ★★★★★ review of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is such a gargantuan undertaking, and such an outlier in the directorial efforts of Stanley Kramer. It's a film which has far too much, and is also too long, but I can'...
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December 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I've rewatched one of my favourite comedy films, the epic It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). letterboxd.com/gbrading/fil...
I've owned the soundtrack for years, but I finally got around to watching Zabriskie Point (1970). Michelangelo Antonioni's examination of the end of the optimism of the 1960s. letterboxd.com/gbrading/fil...
A ★★★½ review of Zabriskie Point (1970)
For many years, Zabriskie Point languished as being regarded as one of the worst films ever made, notoriously dubbed the "worst film made by a director of genius" in the 1978 book "The Fifty Worst Fil...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I've owned the soundtrack for years, but I finally got around to watching Zabriskie Point (1970). Michelangelo Antonioni's examination of the end of the optimism of the 1960s. letterboxd.com/gbrading/fil...
This article somehow completely misses the erosion of Parliamentary Sovereignity in the form of treating the Supreme Court decision on trans rights as gospel, when any Act of Parliament could immediately undo it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Did 2025 mark the end of British parliamentary democracy as we know it? | Andy Beckett
The conventions and rituals that define the way we do politics rapidly eroded this year – setting the UK on a course into the unknown, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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December 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This article somehow completely misses the erosion of Parliamentary Sovereignity in the form of treating the Supreme Court decision on trans rights as gospel, when any Act of Parliament could immediately undo it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nic Cage as John Madden looks kinda like when Alan Partridge got fat because he had a Toblerone addiction.
December 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Nic Cage as John Madden looks kinda like when Alan Partridge got fat because he had a Toblerone addiction.
@lamentablyawake.bsky.social Cheers for all the reskeets! 😀
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
@lamentablyawake.bsky.social Cheers for all the reskeets! 😀
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As we reach the final stretch of our Game of the Year series, it's time to see what were our Biggest Disappointment(s) of 2025.
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Game Of The Year 2025: Biggest Disappointment – Entertainium
Every high has a low and in 2025 we had our share of them. Watch out, it's our Biggest Disappointment category stumbling into Game of the Year.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As we reach the final stretch of our Game of the Year series, it's time to see what were our Biggest Disappointment(s) of 2025.
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I've watched Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). The worst Avatar film (so far). letterboxd.com/gbrading/fil...
A ★★½ review of Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Avatar: Fire and Ash claims to be the third Avatar film, but in spirit and in form, this is Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Part Two. With a massively inflated runtime, it just feels like this entire ...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've watched Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). The worst Avatar film (so far). letterboxd.com/gbrading/fil...
Liberal brain thinking that everything will be able to go back to normal at the end of Trump's second term shows they have learnt absolutely nothing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel
When the president targeted me and my TV show, millions said no. So don’t give up on us – and always remember, we’re not all like him, says US talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel
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December 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Liberal brain thinking that everything will be able to go back to normal at the end of Trump's second term shows they have learnt absolutely nothing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ready for more Game of the Year? You better be, because we've got the next category all ready to go. It's Best Story, with #CitizenSleeper from @jumpovertheage.com taking the cup.
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Game Of The Year 2025: Best Story – Entertainium
We move on to our fourth Game of the Year category with Best Story!
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December 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ready for more Game of the Year? You better be, because we've got the next category all ready to go. It's Best Story, with #CitizenSleeper from @jumpovertheage.com taking the cup.
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
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A few words from me on last year's remasters of Tomb Raider I-III, plus @gareth.entertainium.co on System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition.
We're all getting up there, so why not give a shoutout to our favorite Old Game of 2025? It's the next category in Game of the Year. Let's get going, shall we, Ms. Croft?
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Game Of The Year 2025: Best Old Game – Entertainium
Our third award for our Game of the Year is for the Best Old Game not released in 2025.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A few words from me on last year's remasters of Tomb Raider I-III, plus @gareth.entertainium.co on System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition.
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The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
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a) this is pathetic regime shit from CBS.
b) this is genuinely his dream, he would so much rather be a TV host than president.
b) this is genuinely his dream, he would so much rather be a TV host than president.
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
a) this is pathetic regime shit from CBS.
b) this is genuinely his dream, he would so much rather be a TV host than president.
b) this is genuinely his dream, he would so much rather be a TV host than president.
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Moving on in our Game of the Year celebration, it's the Best Music category. Congrats to @blippo.plus on the win!
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Game Of The Year 2025: Best Music – Entertainium
Entertainium's Game of the Year coverage continues with our second award, for Best Music.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Moving on in our Game of the Year celebration, it's the Best Music category. Congrats to @blippo.plus on the win!
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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roll a deception check with disadvantage
December 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
roll a deception check with disadvantage
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Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment co-founder and the head of EA's Battlefield series, has died at age 55. gameinformer.com/2025/12/22/v...
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment co-founder and the head of EA's Battlefield series, has died at age 55. gameinformer.com/2025/12/22/v...
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It's that time of the year again! We kick off our Game of the Year festivities with the Best Game Feel award!
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Game Of The Year 2025: Best Game Feel – Entertainium
Our Game of the Year Awards for 2025 kick off with our initial prize, for Best Game Feel.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's that time of the year again! We kick off our Game of the Year festivities with the Best Game Feel award!
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Our @official.entertainium.co Game of the Year Awards commence! First up is Best Game Feel, going to @babystepsgame.bsky.social ! entertainium.co/2025/12/22/g...
Game Of The Year 2025: Best Game Feel – Entertainium
Our Game of the Year Awards for 2025 kick off with our initial prize, for Best Game Feel.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our @official.entertainium.co Game of the Year Awards commence! First up is Best Game Feel, going to @babystepsgame.bsky.social ! entertainium.co/2025/12/22/g...
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The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.
I confess it's never been one of my favourite Christmas song's but Driving Home for Christmas is a classic "late afternoon/early evening" Christmas song. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74
Middlesbrough-born musician had hits with Driving Home for Christmas, On the Beach and The Road to Hell
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December 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I confess it's never been one of my favourite Christmas song's but Driving Home for Christmas is a classic "late afternoon/early evening" Christmas song. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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Sounds like they're trying to Bari the story.
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Sounds like they're trying to Bari the story.
Oh, it's THAT bad is it? Damn, he'll be gone by the summer at the latest then.
Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be prime minister by next Christmas, says Labour chair – UK politics live
Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be prime minister by next Christmas, says Labour chair – UK politics live
Anna Turley says people will start to ‘see and feel’ change in public services and cost of living from next year
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December 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Oh, it's THAT bad is it? Damn, he'll be gone by the summer at the latest then.
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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I love working at the Department of Justice and participating in a conspiracy to cover up the demented 80 year old president's sex crimes. I spend 18 hours a day redacting documents and there's a putrid husk where my soul used to be
December 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I love working at the Department of Justice and participating in a conspiracy to cover up the demented 80 year old president's sex crimes. I spend 18 hours a day redacting documents and there's a putrid husk where my soul used to be