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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · 11h

ENJOY THE SILENCE: After all the bombast of #HouseofGuinness, is it time for the more muted #comedy of #LeonardandHungryPaul on #BBC2 whicu has #JuliaRoberts as narrator? Or should we stick with the din of #TheDonaldTrumpShow on #Channel4?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/10/enjo... #alexlawther

Alex Lawther and Jamie O'Donnell make the case for the sensitive, nerdy man in BBC2 and RTE's six part comedy Leonard and Hungry Paul.

Sometimes the captions just write themselves - First Lady Melania Trump and US President Donald Trump's encounter with the Easter Bunny features in Channel 4's The Donald Trump Show.

If you fancy rewatching Elon Musk looking really gauche in the Oval Office, then Channel 4's The Donald Trump Show might be the show for you. But can you be bothered?

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · 2d

BLACK AND WHITE BOYS: Critics outside #Ireland have fawned over it. Critics inside Ireland have lambasted it. So who is right about the recent #Netflix #StevenKnight show #HouseofGuinness?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/10/blac... #Guinness #entertainment #Dublin #AnthonyBoyle #JamesNorton

Gloriously over the top or hideously stereotypical? What does Pomona make of Steven Knight's Netflix Irish period drama House of Guinness?.

James Norton's putting on his top hat and polishing his Dublin accent in Netflix's House of Guinness but is it one of his best screen performances?

Niamh McCormack is a feisty young Irish rebel in House of Guinness but how convincing is writer Steven Knight's crafting of her character Ellen Cochrane and the other female characters?

Jack Gleason plays a twinkly eyed, silver tongued fixer in House of Guinness but is his performance a bit too much Kellogg's Lucky Charms?

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · 8d

NEVER MIND THE BOLL**KS: The inspirational story of #Scotsman #JohnDavidson and his role in raising awareness of #Tourettes syndrome is told in #KirkJones #ISwear. But does the film laugh at or laugh with sufferers?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/10/neve... #richardaramayo #film #maxinepeake

Richard Aramayo portrays John Davidson in Kirk Jones' movie I Swear about the Scotsman's pivotal role in raising awareness of Tourette's Syndrome.

Maxine Peake plays a mental health nurse with a big heart on Kirk Jones' I Swear.

Peter Mullan's caretaker Tommy Trotter takes Richard Aramayo's Tourettes sufferer John Davidson under his wing in I Swear - a film that celebrates empathy and kindness.

John Davidson received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II in Edinburgh but, as the movie I Swear depicts, his struggle with Tourettes Syndrome was also to the fore.

Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · 11d

Did you watch Episode 3 of Series 3 of #BlueLights last night? What did you think? Check out the Slugger O'Toole review of the Episode. sluggerotoole.com/2025/10/13/t...

Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · 12d

LA DEE DA, LA DEE DA: As the world of #cinema adjusts to the passing of #DianeKeaton at the age of 79, Pomona remembers a versatile actress whose iconic screen collaborations with #WoodyAllen #AlPacino #GoldieHawn and others in #films will be treasured.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2025/10/la-d...

Diane Keaton captured a Best Actress Oscar with her kooky performance in Woody Allen's Annie Hall.

Diane Keaton starred in The Little Drummer Girl, a big screen adaptation of a John Lewis Carre tale about the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

Diane Keaton's CV included many Hollywood comedy hits like The Father of The Bride with Steve Martin and Martin Short.

As Kay in The Godfather trilogy, Diane Keaton provided a moral touchstone that exposed the depths plumbed by Al Pacino's Michael Corleone.

Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · 18d

Did you watch Episode 2 of Series 3 of #BlueLights last night? See if you agree with the @sluggerotoolepols.bsky.social review.. sluggerotoole.com/2025/10/06/f...

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After last week’s riproaring start to the third season of ‘Blue Lights,’ how did Episode Two fare? Before we find out, a quick reminder that as with reviews of episodes of previous series of ‘Blue Lig...

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · 27d

DROWNING MEN: With #director #TimMielants and #CillianMurphy teaming up again on the #Netflix #movie #Steve, see why Pomona is enchanted by the English reform school #drama and also by the #StevenSoderbergh #spy #thriller #BlackBag.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/09/drow...

Cillian Murphy teams up with the director Tim Mielants again for the blistering English reform school movie Steve.

Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender are a British spy couple at the centre of efforts to unmask a traitor in Steven Soderbergh's espionage thriller Black Bag.

Tracey Ullman rises to the occasion with a supporting performance of real substance opposite Gillian Murphy in Netflix's Steve.

Naomie Harris and Rege Jean Page are just two of the famous faces that pop up in Steven Soderbergh's star studded, twisty British spy tale Black Bag.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Sep 21

SHOWBIZ BABY!: #SpikeLee & #DenzelWashington are back together again for a #music industry #thriller #Highest2Lowest. But what does Pomona make of this & another #showbiz tale #JasonReitman's #SNL movie #SaturdayNight?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/09/show... #cinema #newyork #comedy #rap

Denzel Washington plays a music industry legend caught in a ransom situation in Spike Lee's thriller Highest 2 Lowest.

Jason Reitman's Saturday Night focuses on the behind the scenes chaos before the airing of the first episode of NBC's comic institution Saturday Night Live.

ASAP Rocky goes toe to toe with Denzel Washington when it comes to verbally sparring in Spike Lee's New York music industry action thriller Highest 2 Lowest on Apple TV+.

Nicholas Braun's Andy Kaufman chats to Finn Wolfhard's NBC studio tour guide in the SNL movie Saturday Night.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Sep 7

MAKING THE CUT: Two #films from either side of the Irish Sea, #BrendanCanty's #Cork coming of age #drama #Christy and #MikeLeigh's #London tale #HardTruths explore the harsh realities of life. Why are they must sees?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/09/maki... #realism #cinema #movies

Brendan Canty's touching Cork coming of age movie Christy sees Danny Power's eponymous hero struggling to keep on the straight and narrow.

Marianne Jean Baptiste teams up again with veteran English director Mike Leigh as an angry middle aged mum in the London drama Hard Truths, now on Netflix in the UK.

Diarmuid Noyes is Shane, the brother of the eponymous hero of the Irish movie Christy - a realist drama that bucks expectations.

Tuwaine Barrett and David Webber are the son and father Moses and Curtley dealing with a mother and wife's rage in Mike Leigh's appropriately titled Hard Truths.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Aug 30

HOME TRUTHS: #RichardOsman's popular sleuth book #thethursdaymuderclub has hit the screen with #HelenMirren #PierceBrosnan #BenKingsley & #CeliaImrie. But is a host of famous #British & #Irish acting faces in the #Netflix film enough to win us over?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/08/home...

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley & Celia Imrie put their heads together to solve crimes in Chris Columbus' sleuth movie for Netflix, The Thursday Murder Club.

Naomi Ackie and Daniel Mays plays cops on the case of a murdered retirement home owner but can they stay two steps ahead of the senior citizen sleuths in Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club?

David Tennant's greedy retirement home owner tries to recruit Henry Lloyd-Hughes' Polish labourer to his cause in Chris Columbus' Netflix murder mystery The Thursday Murder Club.

Jonathan Pryce's chess fanatic Stephen Best wrestles with dementia in Netflix's adaptation of Richard Osman's popular murder mystery novel The Thursday Murder Club.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Jul 14

RUNNING DOWN THE CLOCK: Season Four of #TheBear finds the show back on top form. But could it be the best season yet of the #Disney+ #Hulu #Chicago #comedy #drama?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/07/runn... #jeremyallenwhite #ayoedebiri #ebonmossbachrach #abbyelliott #LizaColonZayas #LionelBoyce

Jeremy Allen White's Carmy Berzatto and Ayo Edebiri's Sydney Adamu are back in the kitchen in Season Four of The Bear but can they stand the heat?

Ebon Moss-Bachrach's Richie Jerimovich always seems five seconds away from a breakdown even when he's on top in The Bear but does he crack in Season Four?

Abby Elliott's Natalie Berzatto has a new mouth to feed in Season Four of The Bear but can she also help keep her brother's Chicago fine dining restaurant afloat?

Danielle Deadwyler is just one of the guest stars who shine in Season Four of the Chicago culinary comedy drama The Bear.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Jul 27

STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE: #AppleTV has banked on a #golf sitcom starring #OwenWilson but does #Stick make the cut?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/07/stra... #petedager #pga #mariatrevino #lillikay #marcmaron #keeganbradley #collinmorikawa #wyndhamclark #maxhoma #timothyolyphant

Owen Wilson and Peter Dager share a moment of glory in the golf sitcom Stick.

Lilli Kay, Marina Trevino, Judy Greer and Marc Maron round out the supporting cast in Apple TV Plus's Stick.

After years in the doldrums, Owen Wilson's former PGA Tour pro Pryce Cahill gets a new lease of life in the Apple TV plus comedy drama Stick.

Collin Morikawa is one of the famous golfing faces that appear in the first season of the Apple TV Plus comedy drama Stick.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Jul 26

IN THE HOLE: #AdamSandler is back 29 years later as the eccentric #golf legend #HappyGilmore in the #Netflix #sequel #HappyGilmore2. But do we really need this star studded sequel?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-h... #movies #jacknicklaus #scottiescheffler #film #eminem #rorymcilroy

Adam Sandler is back as the eccentric golf legend Happy Gilmore in Netflix's Happy Gilmore 2 but can he justify a sequel to the 1996 original?

Eminem pops up as a deranged golf heckler in Happy Gilmore 2 but is this a waste of his talent?

Career Grand Slam champion Rory McIlroy is just one of a host of famous faces from the sport who plays himself in Happy Gilmore 2 but is he as good as an actor as he is on the fairways?

Christopher McDonald's Shooter McGavin comes face to face with his nemesis Adam Sandler's working class golf hero Happy Gilmore 29 years after the original film.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Jul 25

FORE PLAY: As the #sequel to the beloved #AdamSandler #golf #comedy #HappyGilmore surfaces on #Netflix, Pomona revisits the original. But does it stand the test of time?.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2025/07/fore... #juliebowen #christophermcdonald #pgatour #movies #carlweathers #denisdugan

Adam Sandler's golf comedy Happy Gilmore has attained cult status among pros but does it stand the test of time?

Christopher McDonald's villain Shooter McGavin and Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore have become cult movie comedy characters in the 29 years since the release of Happy Gilmore.

Modern Family's Julie Bowen went on to greater things after building her career as the PGA Tour PR manager Virginia Venit in Happy Gilmore.

Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore is prone to angry ice hockey style outbursts in the golf comedy but 29 years on and ahead of its Netflix sequel Happy Gilmore 2, does the movie hold up?

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Aug 2

FOOD OF LOVE: As TV execs search for the next #NormalPeople, what does Pomona make of the Yorkshire Aussie drama #MixTape? And does the #BBC1 #sitcom #HereWeGo finally hit its comic stride? loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Jul 30

FAMILY LOSS: #JimmyMcGovern's hard hitting drama #Unforgivable with #AnnaFriel #BobbySchofield #DavidThrelfall & #AnnaMaxwellMartin takes a difficult subject & crafts an intelligent tale around it. Find out why Pomona thinks it's as good as #Adolescence loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/07/fami...

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Aug 5

BEING FRANK: As #LiamNeeson & #PamelaAnderson team up for a 2025 #reboot of #TheNakedGun, can they trump the original?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/08/bein... #film #dannyhuston #comedy #paulwalterhauser #movies #CCHPounder #entertainment #leslienielsen #priscillapresley #spoof #losangeles

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson team up for the 2025 reboot of the detective spoof The Naked Gun but is their film as good as the 1988 original?

Danny Huston and Liam Neeson lock horns in The Naked Gun reboot but do they deliver sufficient laughs?

We know from his action movie career Liam Neeson is good at gunplay but can he fire off gags as Frank Drebin Jr in The Naked Gun reboot?

Paul Walter Hauser and Liam Neeson step into the shoes of George Kennedy and Leslie Nielsen in the 2025 reboot of The Naked Gun but are they funny enough?

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Aug 25

TV HEAVEN, TV HELL: Two documentaries capture the best and worst of television. But what does Pomona make of #MoviedromeWelcomeToTheCult on #BFIPlayer & #AppleTv+ and #FitForTVTheRealityofTheBiggestLoser ?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/08/tv-h... #moviedrome #bbc2 #AlexCox #MarkCousins

Alex Cox introduces The Wicker Man on the much loved BBC2 cult movie programme Moviedrome.

The Biggest Loser was a massive ratings success for NBC but as Netflix's Fit for TV The Reality of The Biggest Loser shows it was a deeply flawed and morally questionable concept from the start.

Journalist Samira Ahmed is one of the Moviedrome fans interviewed on the documentary Moviedrome Welcome To The Cult on BFI Player and Apple TV+.

Biggest Loser winner Danny Cahill is among those interviewed on Netflix's three part documentary Fit for TV The Reality of The Biggest Loser.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Aug 24

PIANO MAN: The two part #HBO #docuseries #BillyJoelAndSoItGoes is an honest five hour deep dive into the American rock star's career. But does it make a compelling case for him to get more critical respect? The Pomona review is in.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/08/pian... #billyjoel

HBO's two part, five hour docuseries Billy Joel And So It Goes makes an impassioned case for him to be regarded as one of the greatest songwriters and performers in rock music history but does it convince?

$Billy Joel has always had a fractious relationship with music critics but does HBO's Billy Joel And So It Goes help him overcome the sniffiness of critics who were not prepared to give him the credit his music deserved?$ Long time friend Bruce Springsteen is among the stars who wax lyrical about Billy Joel in the HBO docuseries Billy Joel And So It Goes

Long time friend Bruce Springsteen is among the stars who wax lyrical about Billy Joel in the HBO docuseries Billy Joel And So It Goes

Ex wife Christie Brinkley is among those who provide insights into the successes and failings of Billy Joel in a docuseries that really is warts and all.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Aug 29

NO, PRIME MINISTER: #Netflix pits #SuranneJones as a British PM alongside #JulieDelpy as the French President in #Hostage. But does the political thriller convince?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/08/no-p...

Netflix's Hostage sees Suranne Jones British Prime Minister holding press conferences at a drop of a hat outside Downing Street with Julie Delpy's French President but is it credible?

Ashley Thomas's husband of the Prime Minister is kidnapped in French Guiana while working for Medicins Sans Frontiers in the political thriller Hostage.

Scandal lurks in the wings as the French President's stepson Matheo Lewis parades his girlfriend, Sophie Robertson's Saskia Morgan at a London reception.

Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy dabble on politics in Netflix's thriller Hostage but is its handle on world affairs convincing?

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Sep 5

WATERSHED: 50 years on from its original release, #Jaws is back on #cinema screens. Pomona reflects on #StevenSpielberg's game changing #blockbuster.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2015/06/wate... #film #royscheider #richarddreyfuss #robertshaw #lorrainegary #murrayhamilton #sharks #movies

Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss go shark hunting in Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking blockbuster Jaws.

From its gripping opening moments, Steven Spielberg's Jaws redefined popular cinema and continues to wield huge influence on future generations of film directors.

Bruce the animatronic shark from Jaws is etched in Hollywood folklore but with so many production difficulties how did Steven Spielberg's Jaws overcome the problems it presented?

With its iconic film poster, iconic music and iconic cast, Steven Spielberg's Jaws gripped audiences in 1975 and still hasn't let go 50 years later.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Sep 14

GAME OF DRONES: Two #BBC dramas - one a #Norman historical #drama and the other a contemporary thriller set on #Cardiff. But what does Pomona make of #King&Conqueror & #TheGuest?.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/09/game... #CBS #JamesNorton #GabrielleCreevy #NikolajCosterWaldau #EveMyles

BBC and CBS have teamed up for a swords and shields drama about events leading up to the Battle of Hastings but is King and Conqueror any good?

Gabrielle Creevy and Eve Myles play two women on opposite ends of the wealth scale but does their story in the Welsh thriller The Guest convince?

Eddie Marsan plays Edward the Confessor in King and Conqueror opposite Nikolaj Coster Waldau, James Norton and Juliet Stevenson.

Emun Elliott and Gabrielle Creevy star in the Cardiff based thriller The Guest on BBC1.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Sep 16

RENAISSANCE MAN: #RobertRedford didn't just make his mark on the big screen. Arguably what he did off it for other actors and filmmakers was his greatest achievement. Pomona remembers a great #Hollywood icon following his death at the age of 89.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2025/09/rena... #sundance

Robert Redford wasn't afraid to dabble in politics in films like The Candidate.

Robert Redford stars alongside Jane Fonda in Barefoot In The Park - one of his best onscreen partnerships.

Robert Redford clutches his Best Director Oscar for his Best Picture winning Ordinary People.

Robert Redford turned in one of his greatest on-screen performances towards the end of his career in the gripping nautical tale All Is Lost.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · Sep 20

READ ALL ABOUT IT: #ThePaper is a #sequel #spinoff of #TheOffice US but is it as good as the #sitcom that inspired it? Check out Pomona's thoughts on it & #pokerface #season2.. loveitinpomona.blogspot.com/2025/09/read... #DomhnallGleeson #NatashaLyonne #timkey #rheaperlman #simonhelberg #toledo

Domhnall Gleeson stars as Ned Sampson, editor in chief of the Toledo Truth Teller in a spin off of The Office US but does it hit the same heights?

Natasha Lyonne's amateur sleuth Charlie Cale is back for a second season of Poker Face but is the magic still there?

Tim Key plays a toilet paper company strategist in The Paper but is his comic talent put to good use in the Peacock sitcom?

Kumail Nanjiani is just one of the famous faces who pops up as a guest star in Season Two of Poker Face.

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Dan McGinn @danmc2.bsky.social · 25d

#BlueLights is back. But what did I make of the opening episode of Series 3? Catch the Slugger review.. sluggerotoole.com/2025/09/29/a...

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