Pete Baran
@pb14.bsky.social
Full speed ahead to uber-woke, net-zeroist rejoinerism
Watching The Amityville Horror
Of the big horror films of the 70's there always seemed to be a stink hanging over TAH,not just for its'true story'bullshit. And that stink is correct, a selection of possessions, bad air and ghosts lurch from jump scare to cats at the window. Even Kidder can't save it
Of the big horror films of the 70's there always seemed to be a stink hanging over TAH,not just for its'true story'bullshit. And that stink is correct, a selection of possessions, bad air and ghosts lurch from jump scare to cats at the window. Even Kidder can't save it
February 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Watching The Amityville Horror
Of the big horror films of the 70's there always seemed to be a stink hanging over TAH,not just for its'true story'bullshit. And that stink is correct, a selection of possessions, bad air and ghosts lurch from jump scare to cats at the window. Even Kidder can't save it
Of the big horror films of the 70's there always seemed to be a stink hanging over TAH,not just for its'true story'bullshit. And that stink is correct, a selection of possessions, bad air and ghosts lurch from jump scare to cats at the window. Even Kidder can't save it
42. The Amityville Horror is not #agoodthing, a hackneyed grabbag of haunted house tropes and 70's rip-offs. Which in some ways describes Lalo Schifrin's score for it with its Hermann Psycho stings.But the actual theme tune is a dreamy kiddie sing song which is lovely,devoid of the rubbish around it
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title [The Amityville Horror, Original Soundtrack]
YouTube video by The Celluloid Highway
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February 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
42. The Amityville Horror is not #agoodthing, a hackneyed grabbag of haunted house tropes and 70's rip-offs. Which in some ways describes Lalo Schifrin's score for it with its Hermann Psycho stings.But the actual theme tune is a dreamy kiddie sing song which is lovely,devoid of the rubbish around it
Watching Pentathlon
Dolph plays a DDR modern pentathlete who defects to the US at the 1988 Olympics. His family is punished and he breaks down because the Wall came down a year later.A commitment to angsty realism is thrown over for his ex coach David Soul's Neo-Nazi nonsense. Squanders a great idea
Dolph plays a DDR modern pentathlete who defects to the US at the 1988 Olympics. His family is punished and he breaks down because the Wall came down a year later.A commitment to angsty realism is thrown over for his ex coach David Soul's Neo-Nazi nonsense. Squanders a great idea
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Watching Pentathlon
Dolph plays a DDR modern pentathlete who defects to the US at the 1988 Olympics. His family is punished and he breaks down because the Wall came down a year later.A commitment to angsty realism is thrown over for his ex coach David Soul's Neo-Nazi nonsense. Squanders a great idea
Dolph plays a DDR modern pentathlete who defects to the US at the 1988 Olympics. His family is punished and he breaks down because the Wall came down a year later.A commitment to angsty realism is thrown over for his ex coach David Soul's Neo-Nazi nonsense. Squanders a great idea
41. I will probably come back to various aspects of Ponies over the next few weeks as I am enjoying it immensely. But the first thing that leapt out at me that made me feel that this show knew it's stuff was the casting of the great Adrian Lester, he's always #agoodthing
February 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
41. I will probably come back to various aspects of Ponies over the next few weeks as I am enjoying it immensely. But the first thing that leapt out at me that made me feel that this show knew it's stuff was the casting of the great Adrian Lester, he's always #agoodthing
Watched Tempted By Love
Sweet Lifetime May December romance between a Michelin starred chef and a Michelin type using uber driver. But she's only back in the US for a bit and can't commit, whilst is he going to the cordon bleu school to suck up? Good on power dynamics and menopause
Sweet Lifetime May December romance between a Michelin starred chef and a Michelin type using uber driver. But she's only back in the US for a bit and can't commit, whilst is he going to the cordon bleu school to suck up? Good on power dynamics and menopause
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Watched Tempted By Love
Sweet Lifetime May December romance between a Michelin starred chef and a Michelin type using uber driver. But she's only back in the US for a bit and can't commit, whilst is he going to the cordon bleu school to suck up? Good on power dynamics and menopause
Sweet Lifetime May December romance between a Michelin starred chef and a Michelin type using uber driver. But she's only back in the US for a bit and can't commit, whilst is he going to the cordon bleu school to suck up? Good on power dynamics and menopause
Watching Summons To Death
A rather low key Bond style crime film from Shaw Bros; it takes some time to realise the protagonist is.There's a treasure map, a femme fatale and killer poker game and they nick the music from You Only Live Twice.It's too silly to be serious,but not as serious as its title
A rather low key Bond style crime film from Shaw Bros; it takes some time to realise the protagonist is.There's a treasure map, a femme fatale and killer poker game and they nick the music from You Only Live Twice.It's too silly to be serious,but not as serious as its title
February 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Watching Summons To Death
A rather low key Bond style crime film from Shaw Bros; it takes some time to realise the protagonist is.There's a treasure map, a femme fatale and killer poker game and they nick the music from You Only Live Twice.It's too silly to be serious,but not as serious as its title
A rather low key Bond style crime film from Shaw Bros; it takes some time to realise the protagonist is.There's a treasure map, a femme fatale and killer poker game and they nick the music from You Only Live Twice.It's too silly to be serious,but not as serious as its title
Watching Dracula A Love Story
Luc Besson's take on the count seems indebted to the last 30 years of Dracs. Lumbering Caleb Landry Jones whips through the Vlad the Impaler backstory, and has the bouffant of Coppola's. A Parisian setting, gargoyle minions and Christoph Waltz instead of Van Helsing
Luc Besson's take on the count seems indebted to the last 30 years of Dracs. Lumbering Caleb Landry Jones whips through the Vlad the Impaler backstory, and has the bouffant of Coppola's. A Parisian setting, gargoyle minions and Christoph Waltz instead of Van Helsing
February 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Watching Dracula A Love Story
Luc Besson's take on the count seems indebted to the last 30 years of Dracs. Lumbering Caleb Landry Jones whips through the Vlad the Impaler backstory, and has the bouffant of Coppola's. A Parisian setting, gargoyle minions and Christoph Waltz instead of Van Helsing
Luc Besson's take on the count seems indebted to the last 30 years of Dracs. Lumbering Caleb Landry Jones whips through the Vlad the Impaler backstory, and has the bouffant of Coppola's. A Parisian setting, gargoyle minions and Christoph Waltz instead of Van Helsing
40. Clive Owen's US accent has always been patchy, but he's great at hangdog. In Monsieur Spade he plays a retired Sam Spade who has found himself in France. It's 1963 and a crime in a nearby convent is too close for him to ignore. An unlikely mash up of character and setting and yes #agoodthing
February 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
40. Clive Owen's US accent has always been patchy, but he's great at hangdog. In Monsieur Spade he plays a retired Sam Spade who has found himself in France. It's 1963 and a crime in a nearby convent is too close for him to ignore. An unlikely mash up of character and setting and yes #agoodthing
Watching Munro
The best animated short Oscar winners in the 60's really weren't interested in beautiful animation. Munro is about as minimalist as a cartoon can be. Barely any backgrounds, the character design is minimal. But the story is fun,of a four year old that gets drafted. Tinkertoy Catch 22
The best animated short Oscar winners in the 60's really weren't interested in beautiful animation. Munro is about as minimalist as a cartoon can be. Barely any backgrounds, the character design is minimal. But the story is fun,of a four year old that gets drafted. Tinkertoy Catch 22
February 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Watching Munro
The best animated short Oscar winners in the 60's really weren't interested in beautiful animation. Munro is about as minimalist as a cartoon can be. Barely any backgrounds, the character design is minimal. But the story is fun,of a four year old that gets drafted. Tinkertoy Catch 22
The best animated short Oscar winners in the 60's really weren't interested in beautiful animation. Munro is about as minimalist as a cartoon can be. Barely any backgrounds, the character design is minimal. But the story is fun,of a four year old that gets drafted. Tinkertoy Catch 22
Watching Henry Fonda For President
The most intriguing film I missed at Bologna last year was this three hour essay film that takes Henry Fonda's career and life and uses that to tell a history of the USA. Rambling and in places reaching, it's a wonderfully idiosyncratic and intriguing journey
The most intriguing film I missed at Bologna last year was this three hour essay film that takes Henry Fonda's career and life and uses that to tell a history of the USA. Rambling and in places reaching, it's a wonderfully idiosyncratic and intriguing journey
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Watching Henry Fonda For President
The most intriguing film I missed at Bologna last year was this three hour essay film that takes Henry Fonda's career and life and uses that to tell a history of the USA. Rambling and in places reaching, it's a wonderfully idiosyncratic and intriguing journey
The most intriguing film I missed at Bologna last year was this three hour essay film that takes Henry Fonda's career and life and uses that to tell a history of the USA. Rambling and in places reaching, it's a wonderfully idiosyncratic and intriguing journey
Watching Bridal Boot Camp
Apparently real things for brides to lose weight before a wedding, this frippery reinvents it as a mixture of tradwife and self esteem class, because their boot camp instructor is just a mean girl.
Apparently real things for brides to lose weight before a wedding, this frippery reinvents it as a mixture of tradwife and self esteem class, because their boot camp instructor is just a mean girl.
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Watching Bridal Boot Camp
Apparently real things for brides to lose weight before a wedding, this frippery reinvents it as a mixture of tradwife and self esteem class, because their boot camp instructor is just a mean girl.
Apparently real things for brides to lose weight before a wedding, this frippery reinvents it as a mixture of tradwife and self esteem class, because their boot camp instructor is just a mean girl.
Watching The Kiss
It's a 'trapped in a loveless marriage picture which complicates its own plot purity, but luckily Garbo is up to the task. She starts the film ending one affair because married, gets suckered into a compromising position by a kid and her husband dies.Will the court find the truth?
It's a 'trapped in a loveless marriage picture which complicates its own plot purity, but luckily Garbo is up to the task. She starts the film ending one affair because married, gets suckered into a compromising position by a kid and her husband dies.Will the court find the truth?
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Watching The Kiss
It's a 'trapped in a loveless marriage picture which complicates its own plot purity, but luckily Garbo is up to the task. She starts the film ending one affair because married, gets suckered into a compromising position by a kid and her husband dies.Will the court find the truth?
It's a 'trapped in a loveless marriage picture which complicates its own plot purity, but luckily Garbo is up to the task. She starts the film ending one affair because married, gets suckered into a compromising position by a kid and her husband dies.Will the court find the truth?
Watching Rats!
A scrappy emo indie action comedy set in Pfresno Texas where a zealous pig cop arrests a kid and sends him undercover to try to bust a nuke smuggling ring during a hand chopping serial killer spree. Rampant bad taste and comic gore can't hide the energy and ACAB heart in this thing
A scrappy emo indie action comedy set in Pfresno Texas where a zealous pig cop arrests a kid and sends him undercover to try to bust a nuke smuggling ring during a hand chopping serial killer spree. Rampant bad taste and comic gore can't hide the energy and ACAB heart in this thing
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Watching Rats!
A scrappy emo indie action comedy set in Pfresno Texas where a zealous pig cop arrests a kid and sends him undercover to try to bust a nuke smuggling ring during a hand chopping serial killer spree. Rampant bad taste and comic gore can't hide the energy and ACAB heart in this thing
A scrappy emo indie action comedy set in Pfresno Texas where a zealous pig cop arrests a kid and sends him undercover to try to bust a nuke smuggling ring during a hand chopping serial killer spree. Rampant bad taste and comic gore can't hide the energy and ACAB heart in this thing
Watching The Screaming Skull
The poster and a helpful narrator tell us that the film-makers guarantee you a free burial if you die of fright during this Rebecca rip-off but they notably don't promise this courtesy if you die of boredom - which is a much more likely outcome.
The poster and a helpful narrator tell us that the film-makers guarantee you a free burial if you die of fright during this Rebecca rip-off but they notably don't promise this courtesy if you die of boredom - which is a much more likely outcome.
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Watching The Screaming Skull
The poster and a helpful narrator tell us that the film-makers guarantee you a free burial if you die of fright during this Rebecca rip-off but they notably don't promise this courtesy if you die of boredom - which is a much more likely outcome.
The poster and a helpful narrator tell us that the film-makers guarantee you a free burial if you die of fright during this Rebecca rip-off but they notably don't promise this courtesy if you die of boredom - which is a much more likely outcome.
39. Another from San Ginés, the Marbella coffee and churros site is twinned with one in Madrid, and is full of celeb photos, even if the ones are quite faded, this still wasn't a bad selection to sit by
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
February 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
39. Another from San Ginés, the Marbella coffee and churros site is twinned with one in Madrid, and is full of celeb photos, even if the ones are quite faded, this still wasn't a bad selection to sit by
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
Watching Rent-A-Groom
🎵If your Hallmark lead needs marrying just call Rent-a-groom
We've got Steves and Sauls and Petes and Pauls at Rent-a-groom
You can let our actor woo you, and accidentally fall in love
'Cos we aim to please, we'll go down on our knees, that's Rent-a-groom🎶
🎵If your Hallmark lead needs marrying just call Rent-a-groom
We've got Steves and Sauls and Petes and Pauls at Rent-a-groom
You can let our actor woo you, and accidentally fall in love
'Cos we aim to please, we'll go down on our knees, that's Rent-a-groom🎶
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Watching Rent-A-Groom
🎵If your Hallmark lead needs marrying just call Rent-a-groom
We've got Steves and Sauls and Petes and Pauls at Rent-a-groom
You can let our actor woo you, and accidentally fall in love
'Cos we aim to please, we'll go down on our knees, that's Rent-a-groom🎶
🎵If your Hallmark lead needs marrying just call Rent-a-groom
We've got Steves and Sauls and Petes and Pauls at Rent-a-groom
You can let our actor woo you, and accidentally fall in love
'Cos we aim to please, we'll go down on our knees, that's Rent-a-groom🎶
Post a tree you photographed
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Post a tree you photographed
Reposted by Pete Baran
Bradford, West Yorkshire. 2026.
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Bradford, West Yorkshire. 2026.
The existence of Measles suggests the further existence of Yousles and A Dog Named Boosles
February 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The existence of Measles suggests the further existence of Yousles and A Dog Named Boosles
Watching Splitsville
Ashley asks Carey for a divorce so Carey stays with Paul and Julie who admit to being in an open marriage. Distraught because Ashley wants to have sex with other men, Carey has sex with Julie which infuriates Paul.Fights, partner swapping and escalation comedy ensues. Very funny
Ashley asks Carey for a divorce so Carey stays with Paul and Julie who admit to being in an open marriage. Distraught because Ashley wants to have sex with other men, Carey has sex with Julie which infuriates Paul.Fights, partner swapping and escalation comedy ensues. Very funny
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Watching Splitsville
Ashley asks Carey for a divorce so Carey stays with Paul and Julie who admit to being in an open marriage. Distraught because Ashley wants to have sex with other men, Carey has sex with Julie which infuriates Paul.Fights, partner swapping and escalation comedy ensues. Very funny
Ashley asks Carey for a divorce so Carey stays with Paul and Julie who admit to being in an open marriage. Distraught because Ashley wants to have sex with other men, Carey has sex with Julie which infuriates Paul.Fights, partner swapping and escalation comedy ensues. Very funny
Watched We Bury The Dead
The problem with films where dead people come back to life as aggressive brain damaged creatures is that no matter how much serious relationship heft you build on it, it's always going to be a zombie movie. And that comes with expectations this film doesn't fulfill
The problem with films where dead people come back to life as aggressive brain damaged creatures is that no matter how much serious relationship heft you build on it, it's always going to be a zombie movie. And that comes with expectations this film doesn't fulfill
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Watched We Bury The Dead
The problem with films where dead people come back to life as aggressive brain damaged creatures is that no matter how much serious relationship heft you build on it, it's always going to be a zombie movie. And that comes with expectations this film doesn't fulfill
The problem with films where dead people come back to life as aggressive brain damaged creatures is that no matter how much serious relationship heft you build on it, it's always going to be a zombie movie. And that comes with expectations this film doesn't fulfill
Watching Bears And Bad Men
Decent Larry Semon two reeler which really takes off when Stan Laurel turns up. A backwoods family feud that takes off when some bears get involved. The extended two bear, up and down the mountain set piece is terrific
Decent Larry Semon two reeler which really takes off when Stan Laurel turns up. A backwoods family feud that takes off when some bears get involved. The extended two bear, up and down the mountain set piece is terrific
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Watching Bears And Bad Men
Decent Larry Semon two reeler which really takes off when Stan Laurel turns up. A backwoods family feud that takes off when some bears get involved. The extended two bear, up and down the mountain set piece is terrific
Decent Larry Semon two reeler which really takes off when Stan Laurel turns up. A backwoods family feud that takes off when some bears get involved. The extended two bear, up and down the mountain set piece is terrific
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
38. Churros. With Chocolate from San Ginés in Marbella
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 AM
38. Churros. With Chocolate from San Ginés in Marbella
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
Watching Second Guessing Love
She's a party planner unlucky in love whi gets very specific advice from a fortune teller
He's a modern artist who is also unlucky in love who fulfills the prediction from the FT
He(2) is an insufferably handsome narcissistic nepo baby
It shouldn't take her 80 minutes
She's a party planner unlucky in love whi gets very specific advice from a fortune teller
He's a modern artist who is also unlucky in love who fulfills the prediction from the FT
He(2) is an insufferably handsome narcissistic nepo baby
It shouldn't take her 80 minutes
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Watching Second Guessing Love
She's a party planner unlucky in love whi gets very specific advice from a fortune teller
He's a modern artist who is also unlucky in love who fulfills the prediction from the FT
He(2) is an insufferably handsome narcissistic nepo baby
It shouldn't take her 80 minutes
She's a party planner unlucky in love whi gets very specific advice from a fortune teller
He's a modern artist who is also unlucky in love who fulfills the prediction from the FT
He(2) is an insufferably handsome narcissistic nepo baby
It shouldn't take her 80 minutes