Dan
@zotwot.bsky.social
Teacher, Cinephile, Nature Lover, Dyspraxic.
I mostly post film and TV chat & occasional bits of writing
I mostly post film and TV chat & occasional bits of writing
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Dan
@zotwot.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Films I've watched from '1001 Films You Must See Before You Die'
I'm gradually working my way through '1001 Films You Must See Before You Die', going in chronological order. I've seen a fair few from the list already but I'll add them to this list when I reach them...
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I'm very slowly working my way through '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' in chronological order which is a long and gradual but very enjoyable project.
This thread will discuss the films as I get to them. You can see where I am in this list: boxd.it/8iwnA 📽️
This thread will discuss the films as I get to them. You can see where I am in this list: boxd.it/8iwnA 📽️
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Reposted by Dan
In "celebration" of thr Pepto Bismol ad now being on the radio, I took some popular radio-friendly songs and added the "Diarrhea" guy.
January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
In "celebration" of thr Pepto Bismol ad now being on the radio, I took some popular radio-friendly songs and added the "Diarrhea" guy.
📽️ Song Sung Blue
Loved this film! Initially warm and fun but there's a brutal tonal shift that changes the film significantly.
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Loved this film! Initially warm and fun but there's a brutal tonal shift that changes the film significantly.
boxd.it/crIXwn
A ★★★★½ review of Song Sung Blue (2025)
" I'm not a songwriter. I'm not a sex symbol but, I am an entertainer." Struggling musician Mike Sardina (Hugh Jackman) meets fellow down-on-her-luck musician Claire (Kate Hudson) and the pair enter a...
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January 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
📽️ Song Sung Blue
Loved this film! Initially warm and fun but there's a brutal tonal shift that changes the film significantly.
boxd.it/crIXwn
Loved this film! Initially warm and fun but there's a brutal tonal shift that changes the film significantly.
boxd.it/crIXwn
My Letterboxd 2025 stats
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January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
My Letterboxd 2025 stats
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The Best Films of 2025
In which I review the year in cinema...
dysfunctionaldan.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My Christmas has started off with some short films including one about school shootings ('All the Empty Rooms' on Netflix) which was fantastic but not exactly festive. I live an unusual life.
December 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My Christmas has started off with some short films including one about school shootings ('All the Empty Rooms' on Netflix) which was fantastic but not exactly festive. I live an unusual life.
Here's the second installment of my new film newsletter featuring Bugonia, Frankenstein and more:
monsterfilmclub.substack.com/p/bugonia-an... 📽️
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Bugonia and Frankenstein
Plus Hedda, Ballad of a Small Player and more!
monsterfilmclub.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here's the second installment of my new film newsletter featuring Bugonia, Frankenstein and more:
monsterfilmclub.substack.com/p/bugonia-an... 📽️
monsterfilmclub.substack.com/p/bugonia-an... 📽️
I've created a new weekly film newsletter highlighting the best (and worst) films of the week. It's an exciting new project and I hope some people might read and subscribe to it.
monsterfilmclub.substack.com/p/a-house-of...
monsterfilmclub.substack.com/p/a-house-of...
A House of Dynamite
Plus The Mastermind and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
monsterfilmclub.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I've created a new weekly film newsletter highlighting the best (and worst) films of the week. It's an exciting new project and I hope some people might read and subscribe to it.
monsterfilmclub.substack.com/p/a-house-of...
monsterfilmclub.substack.com/p/a-house-of...
📽️ Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
This week's random streaming entry on Letterboxd's Top 10. Nothing special about the documentary itself but a compelling and disturbing story.
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This week's random streaming entry on Letterboxd's Top 10. Nothing special about the documentary itself but a compelling and disturbing story.
boxd.it/b0eX6j
A ★★★ review of Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (2025)
This Netflix documentary tells the story of teenager Lauryn Licari and her then boyfriend Owen McKenny who were sent thousands of anonymous and hateful text messages over several years. It's told thro...
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September 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
📽️ Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
This week's random streaming entry on Letterboxd's Top 10. Nothing special about the documentary itself but a compelling and disturbing story.
boxd.it/b0eX6j
This week's random streaming entry on Letterboxd's Top 10. Nothing special about the documentary itself but a compelling and disturbing story.
boxd.it/b0eX6j
📽️ The Conjuring: Last Rites
A really enjoyable send-off for the franchise even if the horror stuff feels very familiar
boxd.it/b0dCyT
#TheConjuring
A really enjoyable send-off for the franchise even if the horror stuff feels very familiar
boxd.it/b0dCyT
#TheConjuring
A ★★★½ review of The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
"Once we start, there's no going back. Anything can happen. And most likely anything will." Is this the best installment in The Conjuring series? Probably not. But I think is probably my personal favo...
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September 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📽️ The Conjuring: Last Rites
A really enjoyable send-off for the franchise even if the horror stuff feels very familiar
boxd.it/b0dCyT
#TheConjuring
A really enjoyable send-off for the franchise even if the horror stuff feels very familiar
boxd.it/b0dCyT
#TheConjuring
📽️ Lilo and Stitch (2025)
As a fan of the original, I hated this. It's just soulless!
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#LiloandStitch
As a fan of the original, I hated this. It's just soulless!
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#LiloandStitch
A ★★ review of Lilo & Stitch (2025)
" I just think he's a lot cuter than you think he is dangerous." I love the original Lilo and Stitch and think it's a perfect animated film. I've never been keen on the live-action remakes and didn't ...
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September 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
📽️ Lilo and Stitch (2025)
As a fan of the original, I hated this. It's just soulless!
boxd.it/b0cEoT
#LiloandStitch
As a fan of the original, I hated this. It's just soulless!
boxd.it/b0cEoT
#LiloandStitch
I'm a bit behind on posting reviews so here comes a batch...
September 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'm a bit behind on posting reviews so here comes a batch...
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Just watched @rspb.bsky.social's short film "Return" about white-tailed eagles. It's really lovely! A few years ago seeing one locally seemed impossible but now I've seen them all over the area and they are even breeding!
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RETURN - a 50-year story of repair, resilience, and White-tailed Eagles - FULL FILM 4K | RSPB
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September 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just watched @rspb.bsky.social's short film "Return" about white-tailed eagles. It's really lovely! A few years ago seeing one locally seemed impossible but now I've seen them all over the area and they are even breeding!
youtu.be/uInFdcL876I?...
youtu.be/uInFdcL876I?...
📽️ I really enjoyed "The Roses", very funny with some great performances but also some real emotional depth too.
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#TheRoses
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#TheRoses
A ★★★★ review of The Roses (2025)
"I suppose sometimes I do hate you. Sporadic hatred!" I had high hopes for this film given it's cast and am pleased it lived up to them. Architect Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch) meets chef Ivy (Olivia Co...
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August 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📽️ I really enjoyed "The Roses", very funny with some great performances but also some real emotional depth too.
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#TheRoses
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#TheRoses
📽️ I really enjoyed the film adaptation of "The Thursday Murder Club" but it's not without it's problems:
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#TheThursdayMurderClub
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#TheThursdayMurderClub
A ★★★½ review of The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
"Now we've got a real case to solve. Isn't it wonderful! Obviously R.I.P. and all that". I enjoyed watching this and thought much the same as when I read the books- spending time with the Thursday Mur...
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August 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📽️ I really enjoyed the film adaptation of "The Thursday Murder Club" but it's not without it's problems:
boxd.it/aVjxvd
#TheThursdayMurderClub
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#TheThursdayMurderClub
📽️ I always try to watch @letterboxd.social's Top 10 films each week which is why I ended up watching Amazon's "The Map That Leads to You".
Decent production values and Madilyn Cline is pretty good but I didn't love the script. boxd.it/aU1aWb
Decent production values and Madilyn Cline is pretty good but I didn't love the script. boxd.it/aU1aWb
A ★★½ review of The Map That Leads to You (2025)
"Love is what makes us dance in the face of death." The streaming services have clearly realised that weepie romance films do very well and they keep churning them out. This has some decent production...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
📽️ I always try to watch @letterboxd.social's Top 10 films each week which is why I ended up watching Amazon's "The Map That Leads to You".
Decent production values and Madilyn Cline is pretty good but I didn't love the script. boxd.it/aU1aWb
Decent production values and Madilyn Cline is pretty good but I didn't love the script. boxd.it/aU1aWb
For my followers, I am going to keep this account as talking about films, TV and general stuff and all my wildlife stuff is going to be on @wildlifedan1.bsky.social so go & follow that account if that's your thing.
August 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
For my followers, I am going to keep this account as talking about films, TV and general stuff and all my wildlife stuff is going to be on @wildlifedan1.bsky.social so go & follow that account if that's your thing.
📺 #AlienEarth 1.4: This show is so brilliant! Interesting and unsettling to see the kids, especially Nibs, starting to fall apart. And that eye alien is very unpleasant!
August 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📺 #AlienEarth 1.4: This show is so brilliant! Interesting and unsettling to see the kids, especially Nibs, starting to fall apart. And that eye alien is very unpleasant!
I'm very slowly working my way through '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' in chronological order which is a long and gradual but very enjoyable project.
This thread will discuss the films as I get to them. You can see where I am in this list: boxd.it/8iwnA 📽️
This thread will discuss the films as I get to them. You can see where I am in this list: boxd.it/8iwnA 📽️
Films I've watched from '1001 Films You Must See Before You Die'
I'm gradually working my way through '1001 Films You Must See Before You Die', going in chronological order. I've seen a fair few from the list already but I'll add them to this list when I reach them...
boxd.it
August 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm very slowly working my way through '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' in chronological order which is a long and gradual but very enjoyable project.
This thread will discuss the films as I get to them. You can see where I am in this list: boxd.it/8iwnA 📽️
This thread will discuss the films as I get to them. You can see where I am in this list: boxd.it/8iwnA 📽️
Ocean with David Attenborough and F1 were my favorite first watches for June. Lots of enjoyable films this month.
July 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Ocean with David Attenborough and F1 were my favorite first watches for June. Lots of enjoyable films this month.
Have a pain in my abdomen and have so far self-diagnosed multiple potentially fatal conditions. One day I will remember that Googling doesn't help!
June 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Have a pain in my abdomen and have so far self-diagnosed multiple potentially fatal conditions. One day I will remember that Googling doesn't help!
I had zero expectations and no interest in the sport but I utterly loved #F1TheMovie. So much fun & genuinely thrilling, a properly good time at the cinema.
My ★★★★½ review on Letterboxd boxd.it/a9m4Tz
My ★★★★½ review on Letterboxd boxd.it/a9m4Tz
A ★★★★½ review of F1 The Movie (2025)
"Hope is not a strategy. Create your own breaks." Director Joseph Kosinski and writer Ehren Kruger delivered an absolute crowd-pleaser with Top Gun Maverick and they've done it again here. Elements of...
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June 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I had zero expectations and no interest in the sport but I utterly loved #F1TheMovie. So much fun & genuinely thrilling, a properly good time at the cinema.
My ★★★★½ review on Letterboxd boxd.it/a9m4Tz
My ★★★★½ review on Letterboxd boxd.it/a9m4Tz
#Ironheart 1.1: Not an especially exciting start, I felt like they could have moved the plot on more quickly, but Dominique Thorne is great as RiRi.
June 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#Ironheart 1.1: Not an especially exciting start, I felt like they could have moved the plot on more quickly, but Dominique Thorne is great as RiRi.
A second pair of breeding ospreys in Poole Harbour! Amazing news. I've just booked a Summer Safari cruise and am looking forward to potentially seeing some of these birds & the other amazing stuff the harbour has to offer.
We have some very exciting news:
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-news/...
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-news/...
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A second pair of breeding ospreys in Poole Harbour! Amazing news. I've just booked a Summer Safari cruise and am looking forward to potentially seeing some of these birds & the other amazing stuff the harbour has to offer.
Really enjoyed 28 Years Later and have been thinking about it a lot. It's the sort of film that could become a firm favourite of mine if the sequels also turn out to be great. #28YearsLater
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A ★★★★ review of 28 Years Later (2025)
"Memento amori" 28 years after the initial release of the rage virus it is now contained to the British Isles which are quarantined with no-one allowed to leave. A small community survives on Holy Isl...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Really enjoyed 28 Years Later and have been thinking about it a lot. It's the sort of film that could become a firm favourite of mine if the sequels also turn out to be great. #28YearsLater
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