The Hidden - dir. Jack Sholder ★★★½
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde - dir. Roy Ward Baker ★★½
Scanners - dir. David Cronenberg ★★★
Talk to Me - dir. Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou ★★½
BlackBerry - dir. Matt Johnson ★★★½
The Creator - dir. Gareth Edwards ★★★
Barking Dogs Never Bite - dir. Bong Joon-ho ★★★
The Pigeon Tunnel - dir. Errol Morris ★★★
FOE - dir. Garth Davis ★★½
No One Will Save You - dir. Brian Duffield ★★
Ganja & Hess - dir. Bill Gunn ★★★
Phase IV - dir. Saul Bass ★★★
El Conde ('The Count') - dir. Pablo LarraÃn ★★★½
The Fountain - dir. Darren Aronofsky ★★
Maximum Overdrive - dir. Stephen King ★½
The Fury - dir. Brian De Palma ★★★½
Bottoms - dir. Emma Seligman ★★★½
...watched the following short films:
The Cowboy and the Frenchman - dir. David Lynch
Strange Way of Life (‘Extraña forma de vida’) - dir. Pedro Almodóvar
Castello Cavalcanti - dir. Wes Anderson
The Rat Catcher - dir. Wes Anderson
Poison - dir. Wes Anderson
The Swan - dir. Wes Anderson
...also watched the following:
Cheap Irish Homes S4 Eps 5-8
Gardeners' World 2023 Eps 28-32
Gogglebox S22 Eps 5-8
Grand Designs 2023 Eps 1-4
The Great British Bake Off S16 Eps 2-6
The Great House Giveaway S4 Eps 1-19
Have I Got News For You S66 Eps 1-4
Jamie Cooks the Mediterranean S1 Ep 4
Jamie's 5 Ingredient Meals S1 Eps 1-3
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing S6 Eps 5 & 6
Only Connect S19 Eps 12-16
Portrait Artist of the Year S10 Eps 2-4
Taskmaster S16 Eps 3-6
University Challenge S2023/24 Eps 12-16
Welcome to Wrexham S2 Eps 6-11
...read the following books:
The Guest - Emma Cline
Weirdo - Sara Pascoe
The Happy Couple - Naoise Dolan
...saw Republic of Ireland lose 2-0 to Greece at the Aviva Stadium
...listened to the following podcasts:
Elis James and John Robins
#292 - Smelting Success, Powerful Honey and The Arena of Worry
#293 - The Darkness of Dave, Hoi Polloi and Jacqueline Wilson (A)
#294 - Derbyshire Disrespect, Fruity Boy & Veg Head and Vibing on Ice
#295 - Badmin, Comedy Tapas and Making Uncertain Memories
The Frank Skinner Show
Coffee Claw
Milk Week
Geordie Bond
Little Plunger
Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
Olivia Flood-Wylie
Joe Kwaczala
Chris Witaske
Sona Movesian
Mindy Sterling
Zainab Johnson
The News Quiz
Series 112 - Episode 5
Series 112 - Episode 6
Series 112 - Episode 7
Series 112 - Episode 8
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Ep 54: Sam Carter
Ep 55: Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher
Ep 61: Reggie Watts
Ep 71: Amy Hoggart
Ep 79: Wyatt Cenac
Ep 89: Anne Marie
Ep 100: Ed Gamble and James Acaster (with special guest genie Claudia Winkleman)
Ep 101: Julie Adenuga
Ep 129: Jason Reitman
Ep 136: Fatiha El-Ghorri
Ep 138: Dane Baptiste
Ep 154: Esther Manito
Ep 157: Professor Brian Cox
Ep 164: Richard E.Grant
Ep 195: Judi Love
Ep 200: Ed Gamble and James Acaster (with special guest genie Rylan Clark)
Ep 202: Jimi Famure
Ep 206: AJ Odudu
Ep 207: Nick Frost
Ep 209: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Ep 211: Steve Coogan
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
RHLSTP 468: Sarah Millican
RHLSTP 469: Adil Ray
RHLSTP 470: Joe Lycett
RHLSTP Book Club 68 - Simon Farnaby
U Springin' Springsteen On My Bean
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The River - Disc 1
The River - Disc 2
Taskmaster: The Podcast
Ep 142. Lucy Beaumont - S16 Ep.3
Ep 143. Julian Clary - S16 Ep.4
Ep 144. Sue Perkins - S16 Ep.5
Ep 145. Susan Wokoma - S16 Ep.6