I have found reading a real comfort during the past few months. Plus, as I have been working from home I’ve had moe opportunities to read during the day (no commute, grabbing a fw minutes with the kindle during […]

Simon Russell Beale as Beria was chilling. Cruel, spiteful, conniving.

I am steeling myself for a long, drawn out conversation with Virgin (as you say, their website is great at selling you stuff – not so good when you want to downgrade!). But worth it to save some money and invest […]

Good point.

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Tender is the Flesh by Augstina Bazterrica
In a dystopian future (is there another kind?) animals have been infected by a virus that makes them poisonous to eat. In order to satisfy humankind’s i […]

Seen
High Maintenance. This appeared on Vimeo a few years ago and then I guess was snapped up by some network or other. It’s recently appeared on Sky Comedy and I am working my way through it. It’s a series of […]

Young Ones
The Office (UK version)
Extras (season 1)
Frasier
I’m Alan Partridge (Season 1)
Blackadder (2,3 & 4)
Inbetweeners
Not the nine o’clock news
Early Doors
Phoenix Nights
Curb your enthusiasm
Vic […]

Withnail & I. Of course.
Dumb and Dumber – First time I watched this, it made me cry with laughter.
Saw Life of Brian and Airplane in a double bill at the local fleapit back in the early 80s.
Spy. Melissa […]

Lonesome Dove is brilliant. Rollicking adventure, astonishing set pieces, wonderful characters including an implacable, cruel villain.

It’s a big novel, but I raced through it and wished it were twice as […]

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All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr
A beautifully plotted book, as we see the paths of the 2 main characters slowly converge in a war-torn French city. Vivid characters and some startling […]

Stevie Wonder?

Just didn’t get a chance to post last month so this is something of a bumper edition.
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Robicheaux: You Know My Name by James Lee Burke.
There is something paradoxically soothing about returning to B […]

Seen
Happy Death Day
Whilst this horror flick is wildly derivative (Groundhog Day meets teen slasher) it is also really entertaining. Helped no end by a witty script and Jessica Rothe, who is hugely charismatic […]

Thanks for pulling this together Dai. Good work, fella!

I’m very pleased that my #1 film sits proudly at the top of the pile (and that Withnail is in the top 20). I have seen Bladerunner numerous times, on n […]

I am more of a Marwood than a Deckard, but good as Mr McGann’s film is, I still think Bladerunner is an astonishing piece of work.

Wild at Heart. I remember watching this in London’s glittering West End when […]

Maybe take a look at Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Similar vibe to your recent read by the sound of it.

Also worth checking out Red Dragon & Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. Both thunderingly good […]

1 Bladerunner
2 Withnail & I
3 Toy Story 2
4 Wild at Heart
5 The Outlaw Josey Wales
6 Glengarry Glen Ross
7 Bull Durham
8 Goodfellas
9 Leave no trace
10 Arrival

Well that was difficult. If I look at […]

1. Seventh Tree = Goldfrapp
2. A grand don’t come for free – The Streets
3. The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
4. Settle – Disclosure
5 Simple Things – Zero 7
6. Lemonjelly.ky – Lemon Jelly
7. Version – Mark […]

The trilogy was on hard rotation on ITV 2 (or3 or 4) for years, and we’d often stumble across one of them when channel surfing. A nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

However it wasn’t until it was shown on […]

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GBH by Ted Lewis
Cold, sleazy, unsavoury. Which is pretty much all I want from a British crime novel, But I was disappointed by a limp finale.

The Last by Hanna Jameson
A post-apocalyptic murder mystery in […]