I am one (ONE) paid sub off a nice round number, so why not come in for £1 a month and make a happy man very old?

Midday Matinées@middaymatinees.bsky.social · 2d ago

We’ll have multiple pieces each week for the rest of October thanks to #lff #londonfilmfestival & #horroctober (h/t @princecharlescinema.com), with one film that qualifies for both. £1.00 a month for most of this stuff, with a free tier for a taste of it. #filmsky www.patreon.com/cw/MiddayMat...

So this is a thing that's happening.

Read this to condemn/applaud a parrot even more diabolical than Iago.

Kristen Hanley Cardozo@khandozo.bsky.social · 3y ago

My grandfather had a dog that loved him very much and a parrot that loved him very much, and the parrot would play the MEANEST tricks on the dog using my grandfather's voice and the dog's desire for my grandfather's approval.

Brother staying over for an early train, asks to be woken up. 9 yo offers to handle it. With a deafening cry of “HE’S GOING TO LOVE THIS” he: - Sets up flamenco music on his tablet. - Dances into brother’s room. - Yells “WAKE UP NOW PLEASE” - Dances out of the room. Brother is, indeed, awakened.

I want to see the Sam Raimi adaptation of this story.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 3y ago

remember the lady from New York who was cursed forever by ass-biting cockatoo ownership

Four Weddings and a Funeral in Berlin Carry On The Waterfront Star Wars of the Roses

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2d ago

Combine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film.

I would also like to add Justin Johnson’s priceless Brian Blessed story from the recording of the Cutaway Comics bonus commentary. BB is merrily TALKING when he stops dead- “OH SHIT! I FORGOT KENNETH BRANAGH’S COMING TO TEA!” Followed by a confused Sir Kenneth looming into view on the webcam…

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

‘He punched a polar bear on the nose!’ Ninety glorious years of Brian Blessed – by Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester and more

If you’re interested in this first, may I recommend my wonderful husband’s wonderful post on @middaymatinees.bsky.social about the first film? bsky.app/profile/midd...

Jonathan Calder@lordbonkers.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hooray for Holyrood? "The 46-minute feature film, featuring spoken parts and synchronised sound throughout, premiered in Edinburgh in October 1926, a year before The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, hit New York’s screens."

This is glorious. I’d usually extract a good quote, but it’s truly all killer, no filler.

‘He punched a polar bear on the nose!’ Ninety glorious years of Brian Blessed – by Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester and more

Peeing in the sink he shared with Derek Jacobi, making a badger video with Brian May, climbing Everest with Alan Hinkes … as the great actor blasts into his 90s, stars celebrate his ‘loudness and madn...

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“things you could have removed while you waited were your wallet, your stomach lining, your mind and your will to live. The muggers and pushers and pimps and hamburger salesmen, in no particular order, could arrange all these things for you.” Kings Cross as described by [checks notes] Douglas Adams

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 4d ago

I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross.

Never obvious despite herself. RIP.

In hindsight the moshpit was a mistake.

Dan Thomas@itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 4w ago

I queued up ALL NIGHT to get tickets to this

As Jeffrey Archer has died, reposting this. It’s like Ladysmith Black Mambazo doing backing vocals for Ladbaby.

Spinky’s Mama@spinkysmama.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Possibly the widest ever gulf between the talent of the author and the talent of the illustrator.

The time Jeffrey Archer called me a pathetic worm.

A guest column by our Canada corespondent @graemeburk.bsky.social, who looks at the Canadian VHS grey market. buttondown.com/cooray_smith...

Fade to Grey

It’s a guest column by our occasional Canadian correspondent, the brilliant Graeme Burk this time, whose book about Doctor Who’s creator Sydney Newman can be...

buttondown.com

Very good news- the story’s brilliant. It’s unadaptable, but I’d love to see Conan Doyle’s The Silver Mirror because the narrator’s wonderful. He’s susceptible to supernatural events not because he’s a believer or a sceptic but because he’s exhausting himself to bring down a corrupt businessman.

TV Zone@tvzoneuk.bsky.social · 6d ago

BBC announces new Ghost Story For Christmas from Mark Gatiss. Martin Freeman and Jim Broadbent will star in Dickens’ dark tales, The Bride’s Chamber. More details: www.tvzoneuk.com/post/thebrid...

This week's MM is deep-ish dive taking in a Canadian Prime Minister called Trudeau and a David Cronenberg film about cars, neither of which are the ones you're expecting. Probably.

Midday Matinées@middaymatinees.bsky.social · last wk.

In subscribers‘ inboxes already, a new Midday Matinée on how changes in Canadian tax law enabled David Cronenberg‘s film about cars. No, not that one. It’s payday week & you can become a subscriber for just £1.00 a month. Or try the free tier & see if you like it. www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine...

A reverse example: the Outpost Gallifrey poster claiming to be Nik Kershaw (including memories of Live Aid) but when [redacted member of household] referred to this on Twitter tagging the official account the man himself denied it. I think about the motivation behind this, more often than I’d like.

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · last wk.

I don't think they'll ever recreate what it was like to be on twitter in the 2010s. Soap opera stuff happening constantly. Poster you were vaguely aware of involved in federal fentanyl bust. Poster whose jokes you occasionally liked posed as his aunt (or wife?) for 6 years. Pastor who steals jokes

Not Doctor Who edition: Callan: Death of a Hunter The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Anne of Cleves Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Nemesis Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The ABC Murders Frasier: Something Borrowed, Someone Blue Ghosts: It’s Behind You Detectorists: Series 3 episode 1

­­　­　­　the­　­­　­　­ ghostes@rem.bsjky.team · last wk.

whats your favorite episode of a television show

Doctor Who edition: The War Games episode 8 Inferno episode 6 Warriors’ Gate episode 4 Kinda episode 2 Remembrance of the Daleks episode 1 Dalek Doomsday The Day of the Doctor The Doctor Falls Eve of the Daleks The Giggle Dot and Bubble

­­　­　­　the­　­­　­　­ ghostes@rem.bsjky.team · last wk.

whats your favorite episode of a television show

In subscribers‘ inboxes already, a new Midday Matinée on how changes in Canadian tax law enabled David Cronenberg‘s film about cars. No, not that one. It’s payday week & you can become a subscriber for just £1.00 a month. Or try the free tier & see if you like it. www.patreon.com/MiddayMatine...

We’re having the kitchen skylight replaced. 9yo has asked whether we can use the hole in the ceiling to install a bed pulley trapdoor like Wallace’s “so I can slide down into the kitchen and have my breakfast like The Wrong Trousers”. Jim: “it wouldn’t be *impossible*.”

21st century only: Ali & Ava Another Year The Death of Stalin All of Us Strangers The Zone of Interest

Johnnie Johnstone@johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 2w ago

What would you say is the greatest British film of all-time? Gimme a Top 5.

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... Will the real first episode of Doctor Who please stand up? New at Psychic Paper now.

An Unearthly Child(ren)

”The Second Time Around” It was once fairly obscure high fan knowledge that the first episode of Doctor Who was recorded in its entirety1 twice, weeks apart....

buttondown.com

This was absolutely marvellous- insightful Q&A with producers and actors expertly moderated by Dr Mark Aldridge, original props (the hat!) and a surprise appearance by Joan Hickson’s granddaughter. Also Guy Slater, George Gallaccio, Norman Stone and Rose Keegan have *views* on the ITV Marple 😈

Spinky’s Mama@spinkysmama.bsky.social · 4w ago

Are you going to the Riverside Studios Mirror Crack’d screening on the 27th?

PSA: there’s still about 30 tickets for the Halloween Blake’s 7 Collection screening available for general public booking.

TIL that the last gas street lamps were installed in *2009* around the Queen Mother memorial on The Mall, as she had specifically requested gas lamps to burn 24 hours a day for the Changing of the Guard.

Spinky’s Mama@spinkysmama.bsky.social · 2w ago

There would have still been gas street lamps in London. The transition to electric street lighting was ongoing after WW2, like the horse-drawn/ motorised transition, and (mostly) completed by the late 60s. There’s still some gas lighting in London today, complete with lamplighters.

How to fix Brideshead Revisited.

fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'd met a man in a gay club and gone back to his place for some together time. It went well, then his sister brought us tea and toast in bed the next morning. And that's how I met my wife. She still makes an excellent cup of tea.

Catching up with #70up - the observer effect: Michael Apted is an actual participant, Charles on the consent and editorial issues, Jackie’s partner saw her on the previous programmes, giving Nick something to look forward to as he reached the end, all the concluding reflections.