Swerthers
@swerthers.bsky.social
Book Jockey Extraordinaire, pro-PR, anti-Tory, all posts dictated but not read!
Went to see Four Lions in the smallest screen in Exeter Odeon in my early 20s. Only other person was a middle aged bloke sat a few seats away.
We both laughed our arses off throughout. At the end we shared a look that felt to me "I'm glad I watched this with someone else who got how funny this is!"
We both laughed our arses off throughout. At the end we shared a look that felt to me "I'm glad I watched this with someone else who got how funny this is!"
I would like to hear if you have ever had one (1) transformational experience in a movie theater. Don't care if it's high art or low, somber or funny, poetic or banal - I just want to hear about that one time at the movies that changed you at the atomic level.
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Went to see Four Lions in the smallest screen in Exeter Odeon in my early 20s. Only other person was a middle aged bloke sat a few seats away.
We both laughed our arses off throughout. At the end we shared a look that felt to me "I'm glad I watched this with someone else who got how funny this is!"
We both laughed our arses off throughout. At the end we shared a look that felt to me "I'm glad I watched this with someone else who got how funny this is!"
I know I should go to bed, but I feel like I'm watching either the start of the 2nd American Civil War or the beginnings of WW3.
Either one, I am worried for our future as a species, and I hope future generation have the opportunity learn the lessons that seem to have been forgotten since 1945.
Either one, I am worried for our future as a species, and I hope future generation have the opportunity learn the lessons that seem to have been forgotten since 1945.
January 8, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I know I should go to bed, but I feel like I'm watching either the start of the 2nd American Civil War or the beginnings of WW3.
Either one, I am worried for our future as a species, and I hope future generation have the opportunity learn the lessons that seem to have been forgotten since 1945.
Either one, I am worried for our future as a species, and I hope future generation have the opportunity learn the lessons that seem to have been forgotten since 1945.
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Hamnet review - I was skeptical going in... but Chloé Zhao's intimate awards contender might just be major
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Review: Hamnet
Director: Chloé Zhao Stars: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn Hamnet – I film I was fairly skeptical about before entering the theatre – made me think a lot about the magic of pe…
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January 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Hamnet review - I was skeptical going in... but Chloé Zhao's intimate awards contender might just be major
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The Running Man (2025) review - You've had a Long Walk, now time for a marathon…
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Review: The Running Man (2025)
Director: Edgar Wright Stars: Colman Domingo, Josh Brolin, Glen Powell It’s evident throughout this remake – and it was probably self-evident beforehand – that Edgar Wright has …
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November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Running Man (2025) review - You've had a Long Walk, now time for a marathon…
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Die My Love review - Lynne Ramsay and Jennifer Lawrence go feral
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Review: Die My Love
Director: Lynne Ramsay Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek There’s a meme doing the rounds at the minute which reads, “i[sic] can handle all of life’s traum…
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November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Die My Love review - Lynne Ramsay and Jennifer Lawrence go feral
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Frankenstein review - @realgdt.bsky.social has created his masterwork. Run toward it.
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Review: Frankenstein (2025)
Director: Guillermo del Toro Stars: Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac, David Bradley That this has been Guillermo del Toro’s lifelong dream to bring to fruition makes complete sense. Hasn’t M…
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November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Frankenstein review - @realgdt.bsky.social has created his masterwork. Run toward it.
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As they are every Christmas Eve, Perfect Roast Potatoes are #RecipeOfTheDay. And while I’m rather embarrassed by the immodesty of this particular recipe title, in all honesty, I can’t disavow it www.nigella.com/recipes/perf...
Perfect Roast Potatoes
Needs must and all that, so I have always been an open anti-perfectionist, but in truth (and I’m sorry to repeat what I’ve said before) it is impossible to cook roast potatoes without needing them to ...
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December 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM
As they are every Christmas Eve, Perfect Roast Potatoes are #RecipeOfTheDay. And while I’m rather embarrassed by the immodesty of this particular recipe title, in all honesty, I can’t disavow it www.nigella.com/recipes/perf...
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Good morning everyone. Happy Saturday
November 30, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Good morning everyone. Happy Saturday
Looks delicious, will attemptnto make!
In case you don’t have a go-to pumpkin pie recipe, there’s a reason I’ve been making this one for about 20 years*. Lemme know if you try it!
*I omit the bourbon
*any pie crust recipe should work
*I omit the bourbon
*any pie crust recipe should work
November 28, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Looks delicious, will attemptnto make!
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I had a lot of fun discussing some excellent short films with @stoghz.bsky.social & @trivialad.bsky.social on this week's episode of @sequelisers.bsky.social.
You can even watch most of them for free on YouTube and we included links for them in the show notes.
open.spotify.com/episode/4lJb...
You can even watch most of them for free on YouTube and we included links for them in the show notes.
open.spotify.com/episode/4lJb...
Inter-Season 14.2 - Short Films
Sequelisers · Episode
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November 27, 2024 at 10:11 PM
I had a lot of fun discussing some excellent short films with @stoghz.bsky.social & @trivialad.bsky.social on this week's episode of @sequelisers.bsky.social.
You can even watch most of them for free on YouTube and we included links for them in the show notes.
open.spotify.com/episode/4lJb...
You can even watch most of them for free on YouTube and we included links for them in the show notes.
open.spotify.com/episode/4lJb...
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A recent photo of the river Exe and some trees in the mist.
Sorry, I apologise for posting Exe/tree/mist views on Bluesky.
Sorry, I apologise for posting Exe/tree/mist views on Bluesky.
November 21, 2024 at 7:14 AM
A recent photo of the river Exe and some trees in the mist.
Sorry, I apologise for posting Exe/tree/mist views on Bluesky.
Sorry, I apologise for posting Exe/tree/mist views on Bluesky.
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Please repost (retweet) stuff on here. Once that stopped on Twitter, we comedians didn’t feel the platform was working for us. I know it’s a wank thing to ask to publicise us, but we need it and we publicise loads of other things. Isn’t reposting a comedian better than reposting outrage? I hope so.
November 21, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Please repost (retweet) stuff on here. Once that stopped on Twitter, we comedians didn’t feel the platform was working for us. I know it’s a wank thing to ask to publicise us, but we need it and we publicise loads of other things. Isn’t reposting a comedian better than reposting outrage? I hope so.
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Captain Tom's daughter making sure he wouldn't find out what she was doing with the money.
November 21, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Captain Tom's daughter making sure he wouldn't find out what she was doing with the money.
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Town square marketplace of ideas
September 9, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Town square marketplace of ideas
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Wonderfully poignant!
November 18, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Wonderfully poignant!
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OH GOD - HERE IT IS
For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today....
This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
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This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
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November 17, 2024 at 7:06 PM
OH GOD - HERE IT IS
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Many years ago, I came across a book called "Over 1000 Why's And How To Be Wise".
It consists of 1704 questions written by one person, and a lot of them are insane!
I shall post one page a day for amusement and discussion!
It consists of 1704 questions written by one person, and a lot of them are insane!
I shall post one page a day for amusement and discussion!
November 18, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Many years ago, I came across a book called "Over 1000 Why's And How To Be Wise".
It consists of 1704 questions written by one person, and a lot of them are insane!
I shall post one page a day for amusement and discussion!
It consists of 1704 questions written by one person, and a lot of them are insane!
I shall post one page a day for amusement and discussion!
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They’re not the brightest.
November 17, 2024 at 2:02 PM
They’re not the brightest.
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Do you ever get the feeling the world’s gone crazy? With this in mind, I play the Flintstones theme in the style of the Russian classics.
November 16, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Do you ever get the feeling the world’s gone crazy? With this in mind, I play the Flintstones theme in the style of the Russian classics.