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I don't know what Twitter have done to the following feed but it's completely unusable now. Hopefully I can just stop using it now.
December 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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these are the kind of numbers that, *at the end of a president's term*, herald a total wipeout for his party in the next election.

we are in december of year one.
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Film Diary
Black Bag, 2025 - ★★★★

The most stylish film of the year. Like Matt Singer I was not expecting "Agatha Christie whodunit but way hornier” and liking it this much.
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Review of ‘Black Bag’ (2025) ★★★★
The most stylish film of the year. Like Matt Singer I was not expecting "Agatha Christie whodunit but way hornier” and liking it this much.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Film Diary
It's a Wonderful Life, 1946 - ★★★★★

I wasn't planning on going to the cinema to see this and thought once again I'd be failing to try and watch it at home over the holidays. This piece on the Hyde Park Picture House website convinced...
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Review of ‘It's a Wonderful Life’ (1946) ★★★★★
I wasn't planning on going to the cinema to see this and thought once again I'd be failing to try and watch it at home over the holidays. This piece on the Hyde Park Picture House website convinced me...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Film Diary
Pride & Prejudice, 2005 - ★★★★

At times it feels rushed but there are so many great moments that it's easy to see why this is getting more love 20 years later.
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Review of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ (2005) ★★★★
At times it feels rushed but there are so many great moments that it's easy to see why this is getting more love 20 years later.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Film Diary
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, 2025 - ★★★

Once Will Ferrell and Randall Park exited I had no idea who anybody in this was but they still turned out a decent enough Christmas film
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Review of ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’ (2025) ★★★
Once Will Ferrell and Randall Park exited I had no idea who anybody in this was but they still turned out a decent enough Christmas film
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December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Film Diary
The Mastermind, 2025 - ★★★★

After hearing very mixed things about this I was wondering which wayI 'd go and I'm definitely on the liked it side, edging towards loved it. There's just something so incredibly appealing right fr...
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Review of ‘The Mastermind’ (2025) ★★★★
After hearing very mixed things about this I was wondering which wayI 'd go and I'm definitely on the liked it side, edging towards loved it. There's just something so incredibly appealing right from...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Film Diary
A House of Dynamite, 2025 - ★★★★

The main problem with this is the horrible feeling that can't help but creep in everytime you think about the real world. Trying to set that aside I thought all of this was incredibly well done but...
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Review of ‘A House of Dynamite’ (2025) ★★★★
The main problem with this is the horrible feeling that can't help but creep in everytime you think about the real world. Trying to set that aside I thought all of this was incredibly well done but it's...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Film Diary
There's Something in the Barn, 2023 - ★★★

This tries to strike a balance between family comedy and horror and I'm not sure if either part worked as well as it should. Really wanted to like it more than I actually did.
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Review of ‘There's Something in the Barn’ (2023) ★★★
This tries to strike a balance between family comedy and horror and I'm not sure if either part worked as well as it should. Really wanted to like it more than I actually did.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Film Diary
Dune, 1984 - ★★★½

I'd seen this before but I don't know when, have no memory of it and almost didn't watch it as a David Lynch film. There's been somewhat of a reappraisal in recent years both before and after Lynch...
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Review of ‘Dune’ (1984) ★★★½
I'd seen this before but I don't know when, have no memory of it and almost didn't watch it as a David Lynch film. There's been somewhat of a reappraisal in recent years both before and after Lynch's...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Film Diary
Tokyo Godfathers, 2003 - ★★★★

Great to finally see this. So much funnier, stranger and sweeter than I was expecting.
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Review of ‘Tokyo Godfathers’ (2003) ★★★★
Great to finally see this. So much funnier, stranger and sweeter than I was expecting.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Film Diary
Silent Night, 2023 - ★★

After watching 'rubbish' Christmas films all day this was the once I decided to try and watch properly and don't think it deserved that level of attention. I was definitely too tired to try and wat...
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Review of ‘Silent Night’ (2023) ★★
After watching 'rubbish' Christmas films all day this was the once I decided to try and watch properly and don't think it deserved that level of attention. I was definitely too tired to try and watch...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Forgot to do this first thing and now wondering if I might be better at them later in the day

Minute Cryptic - 22 December, 2025
"Leads from our karaoke club amps interfere with Bose volume setting?" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Filmmaker Jeanie Finlay offers her 2015 BBC Storyville holiday documentary PANTO! (aka PANTOMIME) for free via her website. Available to watch until January 1, it’s the first time the well-reviewed doc has been widely accessible in the U.S.
jeaniefinlay.com Jeanie Finlay @jeaniefinlay.com · 1d
Www.jeaniefinlay.com/pantoforfree

Please share with your f&f

Merry Christmas everybody ♥️🌟♥️

★★★★ THE OBSERVER
★★★★ SUNDAY TIMES

Critic’s Pick: GUARDIAN. RADIO TIMES. DAILY MAIL, THE TELEGRAPH, TV TIMES, WHAT’S ON and TOTAL TV GUIDE
Panto for free — Jeanie Finlay — Artist and Film-maker
Www.jeaniefinlay.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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cosmicshambles.com
We are very excited to finally announce, For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music. An 8 part docuseries coming to screens next June. The entire history of music, from The Big Bang to AI, in a way that's never been told before. Presented by the wonderful Charlotte Ritchie. View the trailer now.
For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music | First Trailer | Charlotte Ritchie | Documentary
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December 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Not only am I a week behind on updating Letterboxd but I forgot to merge my #LIFF2025 films into my Films Of The Year list so now need to figure out where they all go.
December 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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We are delighted to announce the first films in the #KFF26 programme, including our Closing Film A PRIVATE LIFE starring Jodie Foster in her first French speaking lead role and a England Premiere WITHOUT PERMISSION from Winners director Hassan Nazer.

🔗 keswickfilm.org/festival/films
December 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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#ChristmasTV Mon 22

I'm giving up on doing this every day already but worth pointing out that Taskmaster Champion of Champions is tonight and a bunch of repeats of Mark Gatiss' Ghost Stories

And premiere of Challengers
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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I don't know what "Twitter" have done to their app but somehow it's even worse than before and just about unusable now just alternating between two random posts at bottom of timeline
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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#ChristmasTV Sun 21

Lots of great films today, not necessarily festive

It's A Wonderful Life
Jurassic Park
Scrooge (Sim)
Oppenheimer
Raging Bull

Also

Die Hard 2
John Wick 4
Little Mermaid (live action)
Batman Begins

And Mark Gatiss' 2022 stage version of A Christmas Carol
December 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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If Americans don't really do Boxing Day what was the point of moving to Pluribus. Much more inconvenient on 23/24 should've been 22/23 (and yes I know it's really because of Stranger Things but don't get me started on that madness)
December 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Watching the Box of Delights. God. I know you’re meant to say the CSO is shonky. Ha ha. Etc. But it isn’t. It’s very good indeed. As in: you can see it’s not real, it’s VFX, but it works. Matching surfaces in blue screen to the filmed settings is done so stylishly. So much love in the thing.
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Most of this year I've constantly felt like I'm at least a day behind where I thought I should be which is perhaps best illustrated by the state of my advent calendars.

AC1: 18
AC2: 10
AC3: 15
AC4: 3

Yes I have four advent calendars.
December 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Trying #AmazonMusic and is there any way to get the Android app to find castable devices with anything approaching a degree of reliability?
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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#ChristmasTV Sat 20

1975 Christmas Special Bod BBC4 8pm
Die Hard C4 9:10pm

Also

Sense & Sensibility
Edward Scissorhands
Planes Train and Automobiles

Which aren't Christmas film but feel festive
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM