Sat down for my next London Film Festival showing and it's one of the big films at the festival, and one at the Royal Festival Hall, Hamnet. I haven't read the book but heard great things about it. #lff2025 #londonfilmfestival #lff

Post your disappointment in the game of life

About to go in to watch a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This will only be the second Shakespeare play I've seen in person after I watched Coriolanus last year. Heard great things about this production. Should be a great afternoon.

Just sat down to watch the stage version of North by Northwest. Going to be interested to see how Hitchcock translates to stage. Should be a fun evening

My ratings for each of the short films shown at @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social. It was a toss up for me between The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess and Les Bétes for my favourite one. Also good to have a little chat with @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social about the shorts after the screening

Sounds like a job for the Punisher Transformer

Got some incredible views of the stars and the Milky Way whilst in Kaikoura tonight. Absolutely incredible to see.

Had a brilliant day at the Auckland War Memorial museum. Fascinating to see the different exhibitions on life in Auckland, the role of New Zealand in war. The highlight was a Maori cultural demonstration. An incredibly profound and beautiful experience.

Another highlight of the Hobbiton set tour was getting to see inside a Hobbit hole. This wasn't one used in the films but you could see it being in there. The attention to detail in everything from the furniture to the decorations was incredible to see and it was an absolute joy to see it all.

Had a brilliant day today going around the Hobbiton set. Got to see the different sets used in the films. The attention to detail in all the exteriors was a joy to see, hear and even smell (there were little smokers to create smoke in the chimneys). An incredible day for a Lord of the Rings fan.

Had a brilliant day today going around the Hobbiton set. Got to see the different sets used in the films. The attention to detail in all the exteriors was a joy to see, hear and even smell (there were little smokers to create smoke in the chimneys). An incredible day for a Lord of the Rings fan.

About to start the first leg of the journey to spend the next two weeks in New Zealand. Been wanting to go to New Zealand for years, going to be a proper bucket list holiday

Just sat down to watch the stage version of Boys From the Blackstuff. Going to be interesting to see how it translates to stage.

Seeing what should be a fascinating double bill today of Battleship Potemkin (with live music accompaniment) and The Battle of Algiers at Bristol Megascreen @swsilents.bsky.social

Here are my predictions for what I think will win at the Oscars, along with films that weren't nominated that I would have liked to have seen (two for each category) and my personal choices. Not 100% confident in my picks as it's been a weird Oscar season, can see a few surprises happening

I've now seen all of the Best Picture nominees at the Oscars and I've got my ranking of them. Doesn't quite reflect my thoughts as there is a massive gulf in quality to me between all of the other nominees and Emilia Pérez, which is probably the worst Best Picture nominee I've seen in a long time

My ranking of all the films from 2024 I saw this year. There are some films released in 2023 outside the UK that only got released here this year. By that same metric, a film like Flow, which would be in my top 10, is not eligible for my list since it is not released until next year.

1. Best Sweater - Christopher Lee's yellow one in The Wicker Man
2. Cozy film - Greta Gerwig's Little Women