Martin McCallion
@devilgate.org
This Is Spinal Tap, 1984 - ★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/11/16/this-is-spinal-tap/
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This Is Spinal Tap, 1984 - ★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/11/16/this-is-spinal-tap/
‘[W]e might have to wait two years for the conclusion’ I wrote almost six years ago.
The conclusion of The Book of Dust arrived the other day. I haven’t started it yet, and now I’m thinking I might go back and reread the previous one first.
The conclusion of The Book of Dust arrived the other day. I haven’t started it yet, and now I’m thinking I might go back and reread the previous one first.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
‘[W]e might have to wait two years for the conclusion’ I wrote almost six years ago.
The conclusion of The Book of Dust arrived the other day. I haven’t started it yet, and now I’m thinking I might go back and reread the previous one first.
The conclusion of The Book of Dust arrived the other day. I haven’t started it yet, and now I’m thinking I might go back and reread the previous one first.
Asteroid City, 2023 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/10/16/asteroid-city/
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Asteroid City, 2023 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/10/16/asteroid-city/
Mission: Impossible II, 2000 - ★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/10/16/mission-impossible-ii/
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Mission: Impossible II, 2000 - ★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/10/16/mission-impossible-ii/
Mission: Impossible, 1996 - ★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/10/12/mission-impossible/
October 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Mission: Impossible, 1996 - ★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/10/12/mission-impossible/
📗 Books 2025, 23: How to Solve Your Own Murder, by Kristen Perrin: https://devilgate.org/2025/10/09/books-how-to-solve-your/
October 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
📗 Books 2025, 23: How to Solve Your Own Murder, by Kristen Perrin: https://devilgate.org/2025/10/09/books-how-to-solve-your/
Sliding Doors, 1998 - ★★½ (contains spoilers): https://devilgate.org/2025/10/05/sliding-doors-contains-spoilers/
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sliding Doors, 1998 - ★★½ (contains spoilers): https://devilgate.org/2025/10/05/sliding-doors-contains-spoilers/
The Italian Job, 1969 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/09/07/the-italian-job/
September 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Italian Job, 1969 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/09/07/the-italian-job/
180 pages in, and it’s only publication day. My local bookshop got my preorder in early and Lett me collect it.
Took the dustjacket off because it’s fiddly to hold.
Took the dustjacket off because it’s fiddly to hold.
September 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
180 pages in, and it’s only publication day. My local bookshop got my preorder in early and Lett me collect it.
Took the dustjacket off because it’s fiddly to hold.
Took the dustjacket off because it’s fiddly to hold.
The Naked Gun, 2025 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/08/14/the-naked-gun/
August 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The Naked Gun, 2025 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/08/14/the-naked-gun/
The Ballad of Wallis Island, 2025 - ★★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/08/05/the-ballad-of-wallis-island/
August 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Ballad of Wallis Island, 2025 - ★★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/08/05/the-ballad-of-wallis-island/
Clue, 1985 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/06/28/clue/
June 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Clue, 1985 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/06/28/clue/
This must be the latest I’ve set the hammock up since I got it in… oh, 2020?
June 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This must be the latest I’ve set the hammock up since I got it in… oh, 2020?
Sneakers, 1992 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/06/16/sneakers/
June 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sneakers, 1992 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/06/16/sneakers/
Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022 - ★★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/06/16/everything-everywhere-all-at-once/
June 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022 - ★★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/06/16/everything-everywhere-all-at-once/
Murder, My Sweet, 1944 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/05/26/murder-my-sweet/
May 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Murder, My Sweet, 1944 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/05/26/murder-my-sweet/
London Town, 2016 - ★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/05/12/london-town/
May 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
London Town, 2016 - ★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/05/12/london-town/
Kind of hard to believe, now, the one on the left would go on to lead Britain’s worst (or maybe best) spies. Still with fag in hand, mind you. I wonder if Gary Oldman smokes.
May 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Kind of hard to believe, now, the one on the left would go on to lead Britain’s worst (or maybe best) spies. Still with fag in hand, mind you. I wonder if Gary Oldman smokes.
Masked and Anonymous, 2003 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/05/01/masked-and-anonymous/
May 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Masked and Anonymous, 2003 - ★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/05/01/masked-and-anonymous/
One to One: John & Yoko, 2024 - ★★★★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/22/one-to-one-john-amp/
April 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
One to One: John & Yoko, 2024 - ★★★★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/22/one-to-one-john-amp/
Operation Mincemeat, 2021 - ★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/22/operation-mincemeat/
April 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Operation Mincemeat, 2021 - ★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/22/operation-mincemeat/
I'm Still Here, 2024 - ★★★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/07/im-still-here/
April 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I'm Still Here, 2024 - ★★★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/07/im-still-here/
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, 2024 - ★★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/04/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat/
April 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, 2024 - ★★★★½: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/04/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat/
The Ipcress File, 1965 - ★★★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/01/the-ipcress-file/
April 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The Ipcress File, 1965 - ★★★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/04/01/the-ipcress-file/
The Philadelphia Story, 1940 - ★★★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/03/26/the-philadelphia-story/
March 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Philadelphia Story, 1940 - ★★★★: https://devilgate.org/2025/03/26/the-philadelphia-story/