Stephen (pronounced Steven, not Stefan)
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Thing that always surprises with 'The Italian Job'.
Its all cheeky, giggly fun but then you get to the actual robbery. Then its all water cannons and people being clobbered by baseball bats.
Its all cheeky, giggly fun but then you get to the actual robbery. Then its all water cannons and people being clobbered by baseball bats.
December 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thing that always surprises with 'The Italian Job'.
Its all cheeky, giggly fun but then you get to the actual robbery. Then its all water cannons and people being clobbered by baseball bats.
Its all cheeky, giggly fun but then you get to the actual robbery. Then its all water cannons and people being clobbered by baseball bats.
The Italian Job on BBC2 at the moment.
And another opportunity to see Irene Handl steal the whole film in under two minutes.
And another opportunity to see Irene Handl steal the whole film in under two minutes.
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Italian Job on BBC2 at the moment.
And another opportunity to see Irene Handl steal the whole film in under two minutes.
And another opportunity to see Irene Handl steal the whole film in under two minutes.
In lieu of any good TV today i decided to put on Avatar: Way of the Water thinking it may gee me up into seeing the new sequel this weekend.
Three hours later: it has not gee'd me up into seeing the new sequel this weekend.
Three hours later: it has not gee'd me up into seeing the new sequel this weekend.
December 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In lieu of any good TV today i decided to put on Avatar: Way of the Water thinking it may gee me up into seeing the new sequel this weekend.
Three hours later: it has not gee'd me up into seeing the new sequel this weekend.
Three hours later: it has not gee'd me up into seeing the new sequel this weekend.
The Bryant and May novels by the much missed Christopher Fowler.
Or the Anno Dracula novels and novellas by @annodracula.bsky.social
Or the Anno Dracula novels and novellas by @annodracula.bsky.social
OK, less contentious post:
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
December 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Bryant and May novels by the much missed Christopher Fowler.
Or the Anno Dracula novels and novellas by @annodracula.bsky.social
Or the Anno Dracula novels and novellas by @annodracula.bsky.social
My school used to redact this whole verse from its hymn books.
Lo! He abhors not the Virgin's womb.
Which is just basic respect, if you ask me. I don't know why you brought it up. A bit weird, really. I wouldn't go around mentioning it.
Which is just basic respect, if you ask me. I don't know why you brought it up. A bit weird, really. I wouldn't go around mentioning it.
December 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My school used to redact this whole verse from its hymn books.
Having an ideal pre-Christmas afternoon of telly: Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD first, and now onto The Ipcress File.
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Having an ideal pre-Christmas afternoon of telly: Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD first, and now onto The Ipcress File.
December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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On this day in 1981, the 52nd and final episode of Blakes 7 (Blake) was originally broadcast.
December 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On this day in 1981, the 52nd and final episode of Blakes 7 (Blake) was originally broadcast.
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The Monkees sing "Riu Chiu". 100 seconds of beautiful vocal work, with a bonus moment where as Micky sings, Peter and Davy exchange a look of pure delight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=riG8...
The Monkees - Riu Chiu (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by The Monkees
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The Monkees sing "Riu Chiu". 100 seconds of beautiful vocal work, with a bonus moment where as Micky sings, Peter and Davy exchange a look of pure delight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=riG8...
Cyril Cusack, in Juggernaut.
Less than two minutes of screen time but riveting.
youtu.be/C-7X5i_EQPE?...
Less than two minutes of screen time but riveting.
youtu.be/C-7X5i_EQPE?...
December 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Cyril Cusack, in Juggernaut.
Less than two minutes of screen time but riveting.
youtu.be/C-7X5i_EQPE?...
Less than two minutes of screen time but riveting.
youtu.be/C-7X5i_EQPE?...
Finished work until January 5th.
Starting my Christmas holiday properly with a rewatch of the Smith and Jones Homemade Xmas Video.
youtu.be/jEhGH3Sf66M?...
Starting my Christmas holiday properly with a rewatch of the Smith and Jones Homemade Xmas Video.
youtu.be/jEhGH3Sf66M?...
Smith and Jones Homemade Xmas Video
YouTube video by AmJam
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Finished work until January 5th.
Starting my Christmas holiday properly with a rewatch of the Smith and Jones Homemade Xmas Video.
youtu.be/jEhGH3Sf66M?...
Starting my Christmas holiday properly with a rewatch of the Smith and Jones Homemade Xmas Video.
youtu.be/jEhGH3Sf66M?...
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25 years. Still feels so unfair.
This remains my favourite Kirsty Maccoll recording. She's got a rotten cold but her sheer joy pushes it through.
youtu.be/HvRKTd3e-Do
This remains my favourite Kirsty Maccoll recording. She's got a rotten cold but her sheer joy pushes it through.
youtu.be/HvRKTd3e-Do
Kirsty MacColl - My Affair (Live At Jazz Café)
YouTube video by PassionateFriend
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
25 years. Still feels so unfair.
This remains my favourite Kirsty Maccoll recording. She's got a rotten cold but her sheer joy pushes it through.
youtu.be/HvRKTd3e-Do
This remains my favourite Kirsty Maccoll recording. She's got a rotten cold but her sheer joy pushes it through.
youtu.be/HvRKTd3e-Do
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I can't find the words.
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I can't find the words.
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Enjoyed David Mackenzie's RELAY (2024), especially the procedural elements: non-cartoony action thriller of the type that used not to be anything special, but now feels rare; NYC & New Jersey locations. Riz Ahmed is great in Ryan-O'Neal-in-The-Driver mode, would like to see him in more like this.
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Enjoyed David Mackenzie's RELAY (2024), especially the procedural elements: non-cartoony action thriller of the type that used not to be anything special, but now feels rare; NYC & New Jersey locations. Riz Ahmed is great in Ryan-O'Neal-in-The-Driver mode, would like to see him in more like this.
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🤖 NEW FEATURE: 100 years on from its production, Iain Hepburn takes a look back at the making of, reception to and rebuilding of this science-fiction epic.
www.thespoilist.com/building-and...
www.thespoilist.com/building-and...
Building and rebuilding Metropolis - The Spoilist
Metropolis began production in 1925. We look back at a century of changing reception, edits and reassembly.
www.thespoilist.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🤖 NEW FEATURE: 100 years on from its production, Iain Hepburn takes a look back at the making of, reception to and rebuilding of this science-fiction epic.
www.thespoilist.com/building-and...
www.thespoilist.com/building-and...
Can you be happy and at the same time filled with melancholy?
I'd have been 18 at the time of this #totp and in my first months of A'levels and generally been a blissful idiot.
What a time.
I'd have been 18 at the time of this #totp and in my first months of A'levels and generally been a blissful idiot.
What a time.
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Can you be happy and at the same time filled with melancholy?
I'd have been 18 at the time of this #totp and in my first months of A'levels and generally been a blissful idiot.
What a time.
I'd have been 18 at the time of this #totp and in my first months of A'levels and generally been a blissful idiot.
What a time.
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
December 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM