Rob Atkinson
@robatk.bsky.social
Mainly here to chat nonsense about films, TV, music, books and running.
Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
Just the two this week, but what films!
I'm already wanting to rewatch Persona to understand it a bit more...
Just the two this week, but what films!
I'm already wanting to rewatch Persona to understand it a bit more...
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday!
Just the two this week, but what films!
I'm already wanting to rewatch Persona to understand it a bit more...
Just the two this week, but what films!
I'm already wanting to rewatch Persona to understand it a bit more...
I'll not pretend, I probably understood half of that, but my main takeaway is that is that it's one woman talking to her subconscious about the deeds of her life? Either way, this is some of the best cinematography I have ever seen and the performances are phenomenal. A rewatch is a must.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'll not pretend, I probably understood half of that, but my main takeaway is that is that it's one woman talking to her subconscious about the deeds of her life? Either way, this is some of the best cinematography I have ever seen and the performances are phenomenal. A rewatch is a must.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
Starting off with an absolute bang!
Every so often we dream of escaping our lives - new place, no connections, a fresh start. But what if it's not as perfect as it would seem and you can't escape it? Melancholic, dripping in dread. Cinematography and editing top notch. A perfect horror.
#FilmSky🎥
Every so often we dream of escaping our lives - new place, no connections, a fresh start. But what if it's not as perfect as it would seem and you can't escape it? Melancholic, dripping in dread. Cinematography and editing top notch. A perfect horror.
#FilmSky🎥
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Starting off with an absolute bang!
Every so often we dream of escaping our lives - new place, no connections, a fresh start. But what if it's not as perfect as it would seem and you can't escape it? Melancholic, dripping in dread. Cinematography and editing top notch. A perfect horror.
#FilmSky🎥
Every so often we dream of escaping our lives - new place, no connections, a fresh start. But what if it's not as perfect as it would seem and you can't escape it? Melancholic, dripping in dread. Cinematography and editing top notch. A perfect horror.
#FilmSky🎥
Book 48 - Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
This time Pratchett takes aim at Hollywood and the greed, commercialisation and veracity of stories told. A fun cast of old and new characters. A highly entertaining read, but not top tier Discworld.
#BookSky📚💙
This time Pratchett takes aim at Hollywood and the greed, commercialisation and veracity of stories told. A fun cast of old and new characters. A highly entertaining read, but not top tier Discworld.
#BookSky📚💙
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Book 48 - Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
This time Pratchett takes aim at Hollywood and the greed, commercialisation and veracity of stories told. A fun cast of old and new characters. A highly entertaining read, but not top tier Discworld.
#BookSky📚💙
This time Pratchett takes aim at Hollywood and the greed, commercialisation and veracity of stories told. A fun cast of old and new characters. A highly entertaining read, but not top tier Discworld.
#BookSky📚💙
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday
Solid Springsteen biopic
Wonderfully designed kabuki style grim tale
Blackly comic tale with the science vs magic debate
Egyptian take on a Hitchcock thriller with societal issues raised
Del Toro doing what he does best
Solid Springsteen biopic
Wonderfully designed kabuki style grim tale
Blackly comic tale with the science vs magic debate
Egyptian take on a Hitchcock thriller with societal issues raised
Del Toro doing what he does best
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday
Solid Springsteen biopic
Wonderfully designed kabuki style grim tale
Blackly comic tale with the science vs magic debate
Egyptian take on a Hitchcock thriller with societal issues raised
Del Toro doing what he does best
Solid Springsteen biopic
Wonderfully designed kabuki style grim tale
Blackly comic tale with the science vs magic debate
Egyptian take on a Hitchcock thriller with societal issues raised
Del Toro doing what he does best
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Book 47 - The Return to Edan by Philip Chase
An excellent end to this journey. By not adhering to conventional fantasy endings, it made this somewhat unique. The multiple POVs throughout the whole series really came into the fore, as there were some emotional character moments that were justified.
An excellent end to this journey. By not adhering to conventional fantasy endings, it made this somewhat unique. The multiple POVs throughout the whole series really came into the fore, as there were some emotional character moments that were justified.
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Book 47 - The Return to Edan by Philip Chase
An excellent end to this journey. By not adhering to conventional fantasy endings, it made this somewhat unique. The multiple POVs throughout the whole series really came into the fore, as there were some emotional character moments that were justified.
An excellent end to this journey. By not adhering to conventional fantasy endings, it made this somewhat unique. The multiple POVs throughout the whole series really came into the fore, as there were some emotional character moments that were justified.
Book 46 - Carrie by Stephen King
A really quite simple story that's pretty gruesome. I liked the snippets of information from the inquest and medical professionals, but equally disrupted the flow of the story...
#BookSky📚💙
A really quite simple story that's pretty gruesome. I liked the snippets of information from the inquest and medical professionals, but equally disrupted the flow of the story...
#BookSky📚💙
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Book 46 - Carrie by Stephen King
A really quite simple story that's pretty gruesome. I liked the snippets of information from the inquest and medical professionals, but equally disrupted the flow of the story...
#BookSky📚💙
A really quite simple story that's pretty gruesome. I liked the snippets of information from the inquest and medical professionals, but equally disrupted the flow of the story...
#BookSky📚💙
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
There's a lot to unpack in this short, but excellent film. At its heart, it's a Hitchcockian thriller, with a good dose of neorealism for good measure. It explores obsession and how it can takeover completely. The film also focuses on economic freedom and worker's rights.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There's a lot to unpack in this short, but excellent film. At its heart, it's a Hitchcockian thriller, with a good dose of neorealism for good measure. It explores obsession and how it can takeover completely. The film also focuses on economic freedom and worker's rights.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
Tuesday evening run done
🎶 Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me 🎶
##lRunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
🎶 Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me 🎶
##lRunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Tuesday evening run done
🎶 Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me 🎶
##lRunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
🎶 Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me 🎶
##lRunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Elements of horror and farce mix in this blackly comic drama about science vs magic. Max von Sydow's Vogler is both mysterious, passionate and desperate, it's an interesting character study. All in all, there were a lot of elements I enjoyed, but there was a detachment I felt from it.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
October 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Elements of horror and farce mix in this blackly comic drama about science vs magic. Max von Sydow's Vogler is both mysterious, passionate and desperate, it's an interesting character study. All in all, there were a lot of elements I enjoyed, but there was a detachment I felt from it.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
Absolutely stunning film, the set design to the colourisation, just so immersive. It's haunting and beautiful and the premise is grim, but it all works. I didn't think the kabuki style would work for me, but fortunately I was completely wrong.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
October 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Absolutely stunning film, the set design to the colourisation, just so immersive. It's haunting and beautiful and the premise is grim, but it all works. I didn't think the kabuki style would work for me, but fortunately I was completely wrong.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
Saturday 5k - ✔️
🎶 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel 🎶
#RunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
🎶 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel 🎶
#RunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Saturday 5k - ✔️
🎶 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel 🎶
#RunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
🎶 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel 🎶
#RunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday
A solid week.
A decent adaptation of the play. Direction bland
Johnson was good in serious role. Rest didn't grip me
Had a great time with this Kurosawa. Fun
An excellent holistic look at the sinking of the Titanic.
#LastFourWatched
A solid week.
A decent adaptation of the play. Direction bland
Johnson was good in serious role. Rest didn't grip me
Had a great time with this Kurosawa. Fun
An excellent holistic look at the sinking of the Titanic.
#LastFourWatched
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday
A solid week.
A decent adaptation of the play. Direction bland
Johnson was good in serious role. Rest didn't grip me
Had a great time with this Kurosawa. Fun
An excellent holistic look at the sinking of the Titanic.
#LastFourWatched
A solid week.
A decent adaptation of the play. Direction bland
Johnson was good in serious role. Rest didn't grip me
Had a great time with this Kurosawa. Fun
An excellent holistic look at the sinking of the Titanic.
#LastFourWatched
What I really enjoyed about this film was how it portrayed the sinking of the Titanic by encompassing the stories of everyone on the ship. They maybe brief snapshots of those onboard, but recurring to tell their stories. The way the sinking happened still looks great.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What I really enjoyed about this film was how it portrayed the sinking of the Titanic by encompassing the stories of everyone on the ship. They maybe brief snapshots of those onboard, but recurring to tell their stories. The way the sinking happened still looks great.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
After the aborted 5k yesterday, glad I managed to do it today.
🎶 Suede - Autofiction 🎶 #RunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
🎶 Suede - Autofiction 🎶 #RunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
October 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
After the aborted 5k yesterday, glad I managed to do it today.
🎶 Suede - Autofiction 🎶 #RunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
🎶 Suede - Autofiction 🎶 #RunningPunks #Running #UKRunChat
This was a hell of a lot of fun! Tahei and Matashichi provide great comic relief, as well as showing the struggles and desperation of the poor in society, as they're embroiled in national politics. Two outstanding moments in the horse chase and the lance duel scenes.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
October 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This was a hell of a lot of fun! Tahei and Matashichi provide great comic relief, as well as showing the struggles and desperation of the poor in society, as they're embroiled in national politics. Two outstanding moments in the horse chase and the lance duel scenes.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
October 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Wrestledream tonight and my predictions.
Also Mercedes Mone has a segment, whether that's a match, I'm not sure. Either way, manifesting the wrestler FKA Dakota Kai rocks up.
#AEW #Wrestledream #AEWWrestledream
Also Mercedes Mone has a segment, whether that's a match, I'm not sure. Either way, manifesting the wrestler FKA Dakota Kai rocks up.
#AEW #Wrestledream #AEWWrestledream
October 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Wrestledream tonight and my predictions.
Also Mercedes Mone has a segment, whether that's a match, I'm not sure. Either way, manifesting the wrestler FKA Dakota Kai rocks up.
#AEW #Wrestledream #AEWWrestledream
Also Mercedes Mone has a segment, whether that's a match, I'm not sure. Either way, manifesting the wrestler FKA Dakota Kai rocks up.
#AEW #Wrestledream #AEWWrestledream
It's not a bad film per se, but this felt a bit lacking. I couldn't buy into the relationship between Brick and Maggie, which is central to the film. The dynamics between the father and sons and also the sisters in law work really well. Direction and cinematography are bland.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It's not a bad film per se, but this felt a bit lacking. I couldn't buy into the relationship between Brick and Maggie, which is central to the film. The dynamics between the father and sons and also the sisters in law work really well. Direction and cinematography are bland.
#FilmSky🎥
#FilmSky🎥
Happy #LetterboxdFriday
The Blob - Not enough Blob. Great theme tune.
Touch of Evil - Welles shines in this film noir
Elevator to the Gallows - I too want to be soundtracked by Miles Davis walking the streets of Paris
The Blob - Not enough Blob. Great theme tune.
Touch of Evil - Welles shines in this film noir
Elevator to the Gallows - I too want to be soundtracked by Miles Davis walking the streets of Paris
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday
The Blob - Not enough Blob. Great theme tune.
Touch of Evil - Welles shines in this film noir
Elevator to the Gallows - I too want to be soundtracked by Miles Davis walking the streets of Paris
The Blob - Not enough Blob. Great theme tune.
Touch of Evil - Welles shines in this film noir
Elevator to the Gallows - I too want to be soundtracked by Miles Davis walking the streets of Paris