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Books, cats, Jesus, Neighbours
Books, cats, Jesus, Neighbours
One week to go! @kaggsy59.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One week to go! @kaggsy59.bsky.social
Twinless (2025) is SO good. It's about two men who meet at a grief group for people who've lost twins (though I cried less than I'd expected, given that premise).
Dark, sometimes funny, often melancholy, and always very well written, acted and directed. Dylan O'Brien is, as they say, a revelation.
Dark, sometimes funny, often melancholy, and always very well written, acted and directed. Dylan O'Brien is, as they say, a revelation.
October 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Twinless (2025) is SO good. It's about two men who meet at a grief group for people who've lost twins (though I cried less than I'd expected, given that premise).
Dark, sometimes funny, often melancholy, and always very well written, acted and directed. Dylan O'Brien is, as they say, a revelation.
Dark, sometimes funny, often melancholy, and always very well written, acted and directed. Dylan O'Brien is, as they say, a revelation.
Most often "I FOUND this hat!"
(Honorary mention to "Soon, we'll be spelling EVERYthing with letters.")
(Honorary mention to "Soon, we'll be spelling EVERYthing with letters.")
October 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Most often "I FOUND this hat!"
(Honorary mention to "Soon, we'll be spelling EVERYthing with letters.")
(Honorary mention to "Soon, we'll be spelling EVERYthing with letters.")
BBC Good Food seems to have experimented with using AI to respond to comments, and it's PRETTY aggressive
September 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
BBC Good Food seems to have experimented with using AI to respond to comments, and it's PRETTY aggressive
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is SUCH a good film. About friendship, and the pitfalls of social media - most impressively, feels like real friendships feel.
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is SUCH a good film. About friendship, and the pitfalls of social media - most impressively, feels like real friendships feel.
Why does Dakota Johnson look like two children trying to get into a movie?
August 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Why does Dakota Johnson look like two children trying to get into a movie?
Did everyone read this in the 90s? I'm new to it and already blown away by the voice so well captured.
August 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Did everyone read this in the 90s? I'm new to it and already blown away by the voice so well captured.
Don't think I've ever seen SRK on better form than in Dear Zindagi - he gives such warmth, charisma and humour to a character who could easily have been awkward (and Alia Bhatt excellent too).
August 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Don't think I've ever seen SRK on better form than in Dear Zindagi - he gives such warmth, charisma and humour to a character who could easily have been awkward (and Alia Bhatt excellent too).
Wowww Kriti Sanon is always good, but her performance in Mimi (2021) is extraordinary.
She plays a woman with Bollywood aspirations who agrees to be the surrogate for an American couple who want a child - and things get increasingly complicated from there.
She plays a woman with Bollywood aspirations who agrees to be the surrogate for an American couple who want a child - and things get increasingly complicated from there.
July 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wowww Kriti Sanon is always good, but her performance in Mimi (2021) is extraordinary.
She plays a woman with Bollywood aspirations who agrees to be the surrogate for an American couple who want a child - and things get increasingly complicated from there.
She plays a woman with Bollywood aspirations who agrees to be the surrogate for an American couple who want a child - and things get increasingly complicated from there.
What would happen if all the women in the world died... except one?
That's the premise of Susan Ertz's unusual, interesting 1935 novel Woman Alive - with wonderful illustrations by Bip Pares.
Review here: www.stuckinabook.com/woman-alive-...
That's the premise of Susan Ertz's unusual, interesting 1935 novel Woman Alive - with wonderful illustrations by Bip Pares.
Review here: www.stuckinabook.com/woman-alive-...
July 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What would happen if all the women in the world died... except one?
That's the premise of Susan Ertz's unusual, interesting 1935 novel Woman Alive - with wonderful illustrations by Bip Pares.
Review here: www.stuckinabook.com/woman-alive-...
That's the premise of Susan Ertz's unusual, interesting 1935 novel Woman Alive - with wonderful illustrations by Bip Pares.
Review here: www.stuckinabook.com/woman-alive-...
also, the actor playing Jana looks so like Eliza Coupe
July 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
also, the actor playing Jana looks so like Eliza Coupe
I really enjoyed Thiruchitrambalam (2022) - my first Dhanush film and surely not my last. Lovely, poignant intergenerational dynamics between son, father, and grandfather. A few OTT dramatic moments, but we'll forgive it. (And some excellent choreo!)
June 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I really enjoyed Thiruchitrambalam (2022) - my first Dhanush film and surely not my last. Lovely, poignant intergenerational dynamics between son, father, and grandfather. A few OTT dramatic moments, but we'll forgive it. (And some excellent choreo!)
After feverishly waiting for Bhool Chuk Maaf, it turned out to be a very 3-star film, sadly. The timeloop idea came quite late, the moral conclusion didn't work (since the 'moral decision' was clearly driven by selfish need to escape the timeloop).
June 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
After feverishly waiting for Bhool Chuk Maaf, it turned out to be a very 3-star film, sadly. The timeloop idea came quite late, the moral conclusion didn't work (since the 'moral decision' was clearly driven by selfish need to escape the timeloop).
Look at this stunning cover for G.B. Stern's The Woman in the Hall!
Available to preorder in the @blpublishing.bsky.social shop: shop.bl.uk/products/the...
Available to preorder in the @blpublishing.bsky.social shop: shop.bl.uk/products/the...
May 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Look at this stunning cover for G.B. Stern's The Woman in the Hall!
Available to preorder in the @blpublishing.bsky.social shop: shop.bl.uk/products/the...
Available to preorder in the @blpublishing.bsky.social shop: shop.bl.uk/products/the...
Is this a new meme
May 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Is this a new meme
I have yet to see any reviews of The Spring Begins by Katherine Dunning, since it was reprinted - guys, this is such a good book! Read it, tell people about it! (Stare at that lovely cover!)
May 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I have yet to see any reviews of The Spring Begins by Katherine Dunning, since it was reprinted - guys, this is such a good book! Read it, tell people about it! (Stare at that lovely cover!)
Anyway, this is my answer - massively underrated Joni album IMO
May 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Anyway, this is my answer - massively underrated Joni album IMO
Woman Alive is a really interesting 1935 novel about futuristic 1985, where a plague has wiped put every woman and girl... except one.
April 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Woman Alive is a really interesting 1935 novel about futuristic 1985, where a plague has wiped put every woman and girl... except one.
