Kate Phillips
@andanotherkate.bsky.social
Look what your god has done to me
Happy 65th birthday to Kenneth Branagh, seen here at his hottest as Roman Strauss in DEAD AGAIN.
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Happy 65th birthday to Kenneth Branagh, seen here at his hottest as Roman Strauss in DEAD AGAIN.
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Oscar information and websites should be organized by the year in which the awarded films were released, NOT the year the ceremony was held, and on this hill I will die.
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Oscar information and websites should be organized by the year in which the awarded films were released, NOT the year the ceremony was held, and on this hill I will die.
It’s well acted and beautifully directed but for some reason, HAMNET just didn’t quite click for me. I never really liked the book either, so I think I’m the problem. My Shakespeare movie power ranking:
1 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
2 ALL IS TRUE
3 BILL
4 HAMNET
(Gap of galactic proportions)
5 ANONYMOUS
1 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
2 ALL IS TRUE
3 BILL
4 HAMNET
(Gap of galactic proportions)
5 ANONYMOUS
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s well acted and beautifully directed but for some reason, HAMNET just didn’t quite click for me. I never really liked the book either, so I think I’m the problem. My Shakespeare movie power ranking:
1 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
2 ALL IS TRUE
3 BILL
4 HAMNET
(Gap of galactic proportions)
5 ANONYMOUS
1 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
2 ALL IS TRUE
3 BILL
4 HAMNET
(Gap of galactic proportions)
5 ANONYMOUS
I used to work for BBC News, and was incredibly proud to do so, and I've always given them the benefit of the doubt - but their performance over Brexit, and their magnification of Reform, and now their disgraceful mischaracterisation of the Peggie case have absolutely eroded my trust.
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I used to work for BBC News, and was incredibly proud to do so, and I've always given them the benefit of the doubt - but their performance over Brexit, and their magnification of Reform, and now their disgraceful mischaracterisation of the Peggie case have absolutely eroded my trust.
It’s a minor point, but I despise the presumptuousness of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. I’m a taxpayer*, and I disagree profoundly with everything they have ever said or done.
* Admittedly not in the UK these days, but my point still stands.
* Admittedly not in the UK these days, but my point still stands.
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It’s a minor point, but I despise the presumptuousness of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. I’m a taxpayer*, and I disagree profoundly with everything they have ever said or done.
* Admittedly not in the UK these days, but my point still stands.
* Admittedly not in the UK these days, but my point still stands.
Every year, I get my Dad a subscription to The Oldie for Christmas. This suits us both, because he loves the magazine and he is otherwise impossible to buy things for as an 87 year old whose principal interest is sleeping in front of the cricket. But they are now severely trying my patience.
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Every year, I get my Dad a subscription to The Oldie for Christmas. This suits us both, because he loves the magazine and he is otherwise impossible to buy things for as an 87 year old whose principal interest is sleeping in front of the cricket. But they are now severely trying my patience.
Both new songs are duds, and I’ve never cared for the title song, but I still really enjoyed WICKED: FOR GOOD. The leads are fantastic, the story is satisfying and As Long As You’re Mine is a favourite (though it could have stood a little bit more oomph here).
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Both new songs are duds, and I’ve never cared for the title song, but I still really enjoyed WICKED: FOR GOOD. The leads are fantastic, the story is satisfying and As Long As You’re Mine is a favourite (though it could have stood a little bit more oomph here).
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This is precisely what Trump looks like
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is precisely what Trump looks like
Reposted by Kate Phillips
It's very difficult to find the words that adequately reflect this kind of depravity of the soul.
The Home Office hopes the deportation of UK-born children will be seamless', a minister has said
Labour minister wants 'seamless' deportation of UK-born children
www.thenational.scot
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It's very difficult to find the words that adequately reflect this kind of depravity of the soul.
Every time I see Matthew Lillard is in a film, it makes me happy. Every time I see Quentin Tarantino is in a film, it makes me sad.
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Every time I see Matthew Lillard is in a film, it makes me happy. Every time I see Quentin Tarantino is in a film, it makes me sad.
BLUE MOON is a decent enough entry in one of my favourite genres - the sad sack showbiz has-been - although the attempts to make Ethan Hawke look tiny are incredibly distracting (think Peter Serafinowicz as Al Pacino), as is his bald cap. Andrew Scott is absolutely magnetic as Richard Rodgers.
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
BLUE MOON is a decent enough entry in one of my favourite genres - the sad sack showbiz has-been - although the attempts to make Ethan Hawke look tiny are incredibly distracting (think Peter Serafinowicz as Al Pacino), as is his bald cap. Andrew Scott is absolutely magnetic as Richard Rodgers.
It’s impressive for an organisation to humiliate itself further than UNITED PASSIONS, but FIFA has dug deep, and that’s before even considering the profound and persistent corruption. I resent being made to know so much about a body for whose mission I could not care less. youtu.be/kDz4ywq2zxs?...
United Passions - Official Trailer HD
YouTube video by FIFA
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It’s impressive for an organisation to humiliate itself further than UNITED PASSIONS, but FIFA has dug deep, and that’s before even considering the profound and persistent corruption. I resent being made to know so much about a body for whose mission I could not care less. youtu.be/kDz4ywq2zxs?...
I know it ought to be scary, because the world’s most powerful man shouldn’t be so easily and overtly and cheaply and vulgarly bribable, but it’s mainly just SO silly. It’s like KFC making up a literary prize, or Lidl suddenly deciding one day to give out gongs for marine biology.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I know it ought to be scary, because the world’s most powerful man shouldn’t be so easily and overtly and cheaply and vulgarly bribable, but it’s mainly just SO silly. It’s like KFC making up a literary prize, or Lidl suddenly deciding one day to give out gongs for marine biology.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN is the best Knives Out yet. I love the combination of elegant precision and mad baroque excess in Rian Johnson’s writing and direction, and this time he adds a core of genuine feeling to the parlour game. And Josh O’Connor! What an actor he is, and what a year he’s had.
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN is the best Knives Out yet. I love the combination of elegant precision and mad baroque excess in Rian Johnson’s writing and direction, and this time he adds a core of genuine feeling to the parlour game. And Josh O’Connor! What an actor he is, and what a year he’s had.
Ben Elton, when not strenuously insisting he originated every aspect of modern stand-up, is very interesting on why Mike in The Young Ones never worked as a character - a classic case of a horse designed by committee.
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Ben Elton, when not strenuously insisting he originated every aspect of modern stand-up, is very interesting on why Mike in The Young Ones never worked as a character - a classic case of a horse designed by committee.
I’ve been listening to lots of showbiz memoirs recently and enjoying tracking the web of beefs. Alexei Sayle dislikes Ben Elton, who dislikes Harold Pinter. Christopher Eccleston dislikes Mark Strong. And in a weirdly obscure and specific synergy, Eccleston and Kathy Burke both dislike Kerry Fox.
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I’ve been listening to lots of showbiz memoirs recently and enjoying tracking the web of beefs. Alexei Sayle dislikes Ben Elton, who dislikes Harold Pinter. Christopher Eccleston dislikes Mark Strong. And in a weirdly obscure and specific synergy, Eccleston and Kathy Burke both dislike Kerry Fox.
I think I can give myself marks for consistency.
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I think I can give myself marks for consistency.
I have just discovered to my astonishment that Marmite has a Best Before date. Surely that would have to be measured in geological time. I cannot conceive, ontologically, what off Marmite would be.
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I have just discovered to my astonishment that Marmite has a Best Before date. Surely that would have to be measured in geological time. I cannot conceive, ontologically, what off Marmite would be.
I have tried to eradicate my residual kneejerk hipster snobbishness, but I am still a little embarrassed by how much I like this song. It’s just a lovely, straight-faced tune and it makes me happy whenever I hear it. (I could still do without Jonathan Ross in the video.) youtu.be/Q_yuO8UNGmY?...
Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas [Official Video]
YouTube video by Ed Sheeran
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I have tried to eradicate my residual kneejerk hipster snobbishness, but I am still a little embarrassed by how much I like this song. It’s just a lovely, straight-faced tune and it makes me happy whenever I hear it. (I could still do without Jonathan Ross in the video.) youtu.be/Q_yuO8UNGmY?...
Why the hell does anyone pay attention to James Carville? The man was last relevant 33 years ago. It's like the way the British media still gleefully reports the views of Patrick Minford (although in fairness to Carville, at least he was right at one point in his life, unlike Big Pat).
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Why the hell does anyone pay attention to James Carville? The man was last relevant 33 years ago. It's like the way the British media still gleefully reports the views of Patrick Minford (although in fairness to Carville, at least he was right at one point in his life, unlike Big Pat).
If Tim Burton were ever tempted to do a George Lucas style revisit of BATMAN RETURNS, the only thing he should touch is the cut between these shots. Either cheekily wipe off the makeup as he rips the cowl or let him keep it on, R-Batz style. The film is otherwise perfect in every way.
November 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If Tim Burton were ever tempted to do a George Lucas style revisit of BATMAN RETURNS, the only thing he should touch is the cut between these shots. Either cheekily wipe off the makeup as he rips the cowl or let him keep it on, R-Batz style. The film is otherwise perfect in every way.
It is some time since I have thought about Kathy Lette, but I see she hasn’t changed. Even in sombre tribute, she just can’t help herself.
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It is some time since I have thought about Kathy Lette, but I see she hasn’t changed. Even in sombre tribute, she just can’t help herself.
I was not super stoked for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - I have usually found PT Anderson easy to admire, but hard to love - but it knocked my socks off. A rollicking, incandescent and hilarious juggernaut of virtuoso film-making, and all breathtakingly timely.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I was not super stoked for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - I have usually found PT Anderson easy to admire, but hard to love - but it knocked my socks off. A rollicking, incandescent and hilarious juggernaut of virtuoso film-making, and all breathtakingly timely.
And there, lurking away in the depths of YouTube, is the brilliance of Professional Foul. 80 minutes well worth anybody’s time (and, blimey, young John Shrapnel is quite the dish. Who knew?).
youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
Play of the Week - Professional Foul (1977) by Tom Stoppard & Michael Lindsay-Hogg
YouTube video by Play For Forever
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
And there, lurking away in the depths of YouTube, is the brilliance of Professional Foul. 80 minutes well worth anybody’s time (and, blimey, young John Shrapnel is quite the dish. Who knew?).
youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
Tom Stoppard, what a life and what a body of work. Arcadia is the best play I’ve ever seen, but any of Travesties, The Real Thing or The Invention of Love would have made him immortal. And on screen too - Professional Foul, Brazil, Empire of the Sun…every one an extraordinary achievement.
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Tom Stoppard, what a life and what a body of work. Arcadia is the best play I’ve ever seen, but any of Travesties, The Real Thing or The Invention of Love would have made him immortal. And on screen too - Professional Foul, Brazil, Empire of the Sun…every one an extraordinary achievement.