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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 14h

The new Tame Impala is pretty good, am I insane or does he sample Enya's Orinoco Flow in one song.

Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 14h

But I'm still not going to watch Wicked, you can't make me.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 14h

If you're a Lynch fan and missing him, this is a good little documentary and one which will definitely spark inspiration.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 14h

Perhaps appropriately, there's not actually that much footage of Lynch himself in this, it mainly lets the films be the talking, but what we do get his great. There's one clip from a 2020 weather report that genuinely made me tear up a bit.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 14h

The film is structured into chapters with each being narrated by a different person, starting with film critic Amy Nicholson and then mainly other filmmakers like John Waters (especially interesting as a Lynch contemporary), David Lowery, Karyn Kusama and more.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 14h

There's nothing hugely revelatory here but it is well put together and it's just fun to see all these famous images juxtaposed.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 14h

Saturday night seems to be turning into Documentary night as this evening I watched 'Lynch/Oz' an enjoyable documentary about the influences of The Wizard Of Oz on David Lynch and beyond.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 18h

Does David Olusoga have a nose piercing?

Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 18h

The Big Dog Theory

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 18h

Celia Imrie is absolutely batshit, I love her.

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journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · Aug 19

Saturday is all about drinking your little coffee and playing it by ear

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

This Maccabi thing really is driving me insane. The media and our MPs live in an alternate reality.

Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Main Show;

Darby
Hangman
Statlander
Jurassic Express
Briscoe
Brodido
Thekla
The Demand
Mercedes

Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

AEW WrestleDream Predictions, Pre-Show;

FTR
Eddie & Hook
Bayne & Ford
Roddy & The Conglomeration

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Insane how much this article isn't actually about the issue and is just him moaning about Polanski.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Good shit

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Him being on the wrong side of this issue was grimly predictable. Can't wait for next week's Football Weekly when Max and Barry will chicken out of saying what they actually think and then Phillipe Auclair does say it but then throws in a random shot at Claudia Sheinbaum or Maduro for no reason.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

I see Barney Ronay's shat himself again.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Correct decision, now the rest of the family should give it all up too.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’

In statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew says he will give up titles and honours including the Duke of York * Virginia Giuffre book extract: ‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’ Prince Andrew has agreed to give up his title as the Duke of York, he said in a statement released through Buckingham Palace. He said: “In discussion with the king, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family. Continue reading...

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to a vinyl compilation of 1970s Japanese 'Acid Folk' and it absolutely rules.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Just a fun time 'they don't make 'em like that anymore even though a sequel just came out' movie, it definitely made me miss both Paxton and PSH throughout, such great screen presences.

Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

The evil corporate team led by Cary Elwes also has Patrick Fischler (who is called Flanders haha) and Zach Grenier. The way he dies is particularly nasty.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

The supporting cast of this movie is incredible, Helen Hunt's ragtag crew is a murderer's row of that guy legends, Philip Seymour Hoffman (looking incredibly 2020s) of course, but also Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Todd Field and more.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

I think what elevates this is the central romance between Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, the conceit of them being exes in the middle of a divorce feels fresh and I have to say, the kiss at the end was so good I got annoyed at Twisters all over again for denying us a Glen Powell/DEJ snog.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

It was interesting to see how much the sequel basically just directly repeated, even the use of an old horror movie on a cinema screen during a storm isn't new, this used The Shining, and Twisters used Frankenstein.

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