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It almost certainly was a joke originally, I think it might even have been Ruth Husko who did it originally. She's very funny.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Trying to mop up films I haven't seen by some of my favourite directors. This is a Scorsese film done just before Taxi Driver. Ellen Burstyn is a recent widow who tries to take her son to California to become a singer, but gets sidetracked on the journey. It's described in some places as a romantic comedy, and it is funny at times, but not sure I'd describe it as romantic. It's painfully realistic in places, and the relationship Alice has with her son is probably the most real feeling I've ever seen on screen. Definitely worth a watch, it's more than a curiousity. The Irishman Finally found time and inclination to watch this. First things first, this film looks like shit. Not just the de-aging, which is distracting, there is a really horrible sheen on everything. I don't know enough about post processing to know what they do, but this felt exactly the same as Mindhunters, a Netflix series from around the same time in there's something artificial in the picture that makes everything seem uncanny and super weird. Once I got past that, this is a fantastic film that flies by, justifies the runtime. Another incredible Pacino performance to add to the list to wave at wankers who criticise him. Joe Pesci was fantastic. I thought the story they tell with De Niros daughter being horrified by him was fascinating. I wish I didn't hate how this film looks. Sisters Brian De Palma film with Margot Kidder. More Hitchcock inspired stuff here, really good though until the slightly flat ending.

And now that's had two mentions in this thread, very fitting.

As far as I'm aware, menty b is used exactly like you've just used clinny deps, in a humourous way. Maybe someone would say people shouldn't joke about mental health, and to that I'd reply " I bet you've got a lot of followers on Bluesky. "

I don't think I've had a problem getting into a venue ever. I know it does happen occasionally obviously, but for 25 years of going to gigs, shows and events fairly regularly I can't recall it being an issue once for me.

That must be of some comfort to you.

Warner Bros sale on Steam. You can pick up all the Batman Arkham games for £7.50, which is an absolute steal if you've never played them. The Mordor games are also dirt cheap and really good, you don't need to know anything about Lord of the Rings to enjoy them.

I didn't actually remember your review (don't take that personally, I remember almost nothing, ever), it's actually coming up on a move podcast I listen to (shout out Action Boyz). I just felt for what they had built up it was very flat, but I do rate the movie highly overall.

Incredible.

Fire in the Sky Interesting alien abduction movie that whiffs the ending completely. I didn't realise until after I watched it that it was based on someone's memoir of their claim they were abducted, which sort of explains why it fizzles out. The scenes on the space ship are genuinely excellent though, and it's a really well shot film. R.O.T.O.R There are millions of low budget, terrible rip off films out there, but only a few (Samurai Cop, Miami Connection) have that magic fascinating watchability where every scene your wondering why any choice was made, and what shite is coming up next. This belongs in that family. This is a Robocop/Terminator knock off which was apparently first written as a comedy but then attempted to be turned into something more serious. The remnants of jokes in the script are by far the least funny thing about it. Cry-Baby Love John Walters, loved this film. Johnny Depp is in it, which is a bummer these days, but it's just wall to wall fun otherwise.

Hope there's a massive section of her reading The Worst Witch series and the scribbling notes.

Monkeybone (2001) Brendan Fraser Bridget Fonda Giancarlo Esposito Rose McGowan Whoopi Goldberg Dave Foley Megan Mullally Bob Odenkirk Doug Jones Edgar Allen Poe IV as Edgar Allen Poe John Turturro as the voice of a monkey

I really like the first one, the second was really interesting and I also think the third isn't bad, but after that they drop way off for me. They get bogged down in lore I couldn't give a toss about and they end up being really grating. New Nightmare is a lot of fun though.