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Mark Donaldson

@markdonaldson.bsky.social

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Freelance writer about movies, Star Trek and Doctor Who, lapsed cinema manager, co-host of @onthetimelash.bsky.social

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 7d

Really happy with the programme we've got lined up for October. Eisenstein! Downton! Documentaries! If you're in or around Stockton, come pay ARC's cinema a visit!
arconline.co.uk/whats-on/

Battleship Potemkin (1925) dir. Sergei Eisenstein with new score by The Pet Shop Boys and Dresdner Sinfoniker

Motherboard (2025) dir. Victoria Mapplebeck

Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 7h

Nothing convinces me more that the backlash against Slow Horses from certain publications is manufactured for clicks more than actually watching Slow Horses. The interrogation scenes between Kristin Scott Thomas and Christopher Chung this week were 👌

Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 8h

Tonight, Clare Balding proved a universal truth that anyone working in customer service could tell you: people do not read signs. #CelebrityTraitors

A big bloody sign that reads PULL LEVER TO LOCK IN YOUR ANSWER

Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 9h

Jonathan Ross' Top Gun jacket definitely feels like he's had a Taskmaster costume waiting to go but never got the call. #CelebrityTraitors

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AAAAH-riadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 9h

Alan Carr is Linda at an 11 #CelebrityTraitors

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 9h

Alan Carr AND Jonathan Ross? That's two massive personalities. The Traitors are gonna end up killing themselves.
#CelebrityTraitors

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AAAAH-riadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 9h

the only good news all year #CelebrityTraitors

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 9h

Cannot tell for the life of me if Charlotte Church is taking the mic or taking it seriously which make it even better #CelebrityTraitors

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 9h

You'd be insane to choose Mark Bonnar as a Traitor. Subvert expectations, finally give the bloke a chance to play a good guy. #CelebrityTraitors

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 17h

Nick Clegg is the Duplo Tony Blair.

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Martonnax at 99.8% Restoration @rakshasa.bsky.social · 21h

How fucking embarrassing is it for the entire political establishment that they're being outflanked on the left by MICHAEL FUCKING HESSELTINE

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 20h

The last one buckled me, hahaha

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Andboo Scare @andrewblair.co.uk · 21h

* change national anthem to Mogwai Fear Satan
* Bring Arran a bit nearer
* Neeps and tatties to be combined into Neeties
* Cities will have legs installed and roam the country
* A bothy for every child
* Anyone with mental health gets five minutes in a cave with a struggling spider

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22h

John Swinney is set to unveil new plans for an independent Scotland

'A fresh start': John Swinney to unveil new Scottish independence plans

www.thenational.scot

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my God this.

You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.

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Chris Farnell is behind you right now @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 1d

If only we knew what sorts of emissions significantly contribute to people needing to use inhalers, maybe we could find a way to fight this environmental menace.

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 2d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

local12.com

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 2d

That happened to me last year. I was raging!

Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 2d

Got my flu jab on Saturday and today I'm sick and run down. Is that a normal side-effects thing or a purely unrelated second thing?

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Joe Ford @docoho44.bsky.social · 2d

Will people vote for arrogant superiority (and whatever Dave is up to?) or will they vote for fun, spectacle and modern day TV (techniques and narratives)? Press play and find out! @thepolisbox.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/live/KRXLChu...

The Polis Box Live! : War Of The Sontarans

YouTube video by The Polis Box : Live!

www.youtube.com

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

Game of Thrones. Haven't seen a single episode because dragons and sword and sandal stuff isn't really my bag. Then I read a snippet of one of the books which was seemingly written by a horny teenager so I swore off it completely.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

Purely coincidental, of course, but it's quite apt that "How Are You? It's Alan Partridge" debuts at the end of the week of the Riyadh Comedy Festival recriminations.

Alan Partridge hosting a camel milk commercial for Saudi TV

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, and yes, I'm having a pint afterwards. Three Brothers' rather delightful Blackberry Blonde in the equally delightful House of Hop pub. #picturesthenpint

Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

Unfortunately, I had the same emotional disconnect with The Smashing Machine that I've had with every Safdie Brothers movie that isn't Uncut Gems. It's undoubtedly A Good Film but it left me cold and couldn't escape the shadow of your Raging Bulls.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Mark Kerr in Bennie Safdie's The Smashing Machine

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

Enjoying each and every time someone says "Dunstable" in episode four of Object Z

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

For those who take a niche interest in the Americanisation of UK rightwing politics, formerly Tory-linked student group Turning Point are increasingly going down the Charlie Kirk-type evangelical path.

[Not the point, but I love the idea of 2025 Soho being some hotbed of sin]

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 4d

This is England. ENGLAND IS MINE. Current politics and current Morrissey have mangled my brain, clearly.

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