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Brian Lloyd

@brianmlloyd.bsky.social

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Entertainment Journalist. Host of Screenland. On the radio and TV sometimes. Previous bylines include entertainment.ie, Sunday Business Post, Sunday Times, Irish Independent and more

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 1d

New episode of Screenland out now. @zarahedderman.bsky.social is the guest this week talking Diane Keaton and 'Something's Gotta Give', and I'm talking about 'After The Hunt', 'Ballad of a Small Player' and the stupid bathroom renovation that is ruining my life. spotify.link/Shq9vr5juXb

'After The Hunt', 'Black Phone 2', 'Ballad Of A Small Player' + Zara Hedderman on 'Something's Gotta Give'

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 6d

To the tune of 'Head Like A Hole' by Nine Inch Nails...

Just some positive living slop by the Happy Pear dipshits, I'm not writing it all out.

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 6d

AND THIS IS HOW I FIND OUT

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 6d

On the show today: @ciaragreene.bsky.social on multi-tasking; The 'madness' of collecting; The conception hotel; @lindageddes.bsky.social on making yoghurt from ants; Showbiz News; Wine; @brianmlloyd.bsky.social reviews 'Good Boy' & 'A House of Dynamite'...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 7d

I liked it, I don't know if I loved it. It's a great concept, it's a good movie.

Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 7d

Three pets out of five.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 7d

"Catherine Connolly, you reach down and you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?"

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 7d

About to watch GOOD BOY with my good boy

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 11d

I SAID JIM GAV-OUT, GUYS

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Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 11d

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 11d

I've been enjoying No Man's Sky which has zero plot and a gigantic galaxy to explore. I don't need a story, it's nice, but playability keeps you in longer.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 12d

"A.I." boosters vs "A.I." critics

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 13d

The Smashing Machine hits Irish cinemas today. Got into on this week's episode of Screenland and how it shares some DNA with Fat City and Rocky III, and why Dave Bautista has the heart of an artist. open.spotify.com/episode/1oR3...

'The Smashing Machine', 'HIM', 'Re-Creation' + Dave Hanratty on 'The Newsroom'

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 13d

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Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 14d

Is nuacht an-bhrónach domsa í seo

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 15d

You don't scare me, that could be anyone's ass!

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 15d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 15d

It's Walter Matthau's birthday, therefore it's time for my favourite final shot in moving pictures.

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Brian Lloyd @brianmlloyd.bsky.social · 16d

Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

Hank Kingsley from The Larry Sanders Show

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 17d

“We used to build public housing. We stopped building public housing in 2009. That was an ideological decision. Now we go from crisis to crisis.”

@catherinegalway.bsky.social #Aras25 #Áras25 #Tonightvmtv

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