Kevin Lehane
@kevinlehane.com
Writer of Grabbers and cohost of www.bestbitspodcast.com and www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
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Another new ep dropped today! Inspired by the brilliant new Vince Gilligan show Pluribus, we picked our favourite post-apocalypse flicks. www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
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December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Another new ep dropped today! Inspired by the brilliant new Vince Gilligan show Pluribus, we picked our favourite post-apocalypse flicks. www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
Be more interesting to swap this tired argument for one on movies that aren't Christmas films, but feel like they are. For me, those are films like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, and Groundhog Day.
(Also, Die Hard absolutely is a Christmas film.)
(Also, Die Hard absolutely is a Christmas film.)
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Be more interesting to swap this tired argument for one on movies that aren't Christmas films, but feel like they are. For me, those are films like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, and Groundhog Day.
(Also, Die Hard absolutely is a Christmas film.)
(Also, Die Hard absolutely is a Christmas film.)
Film criticism can be an art in its own right. What a review. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tell...
Telluride '25: Hamnet - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
ZERO STARS/****starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwynscreenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, based on O’Farrell’s noveldirected by Chloé Zhao by Walter Chaw There is so m...
filmfreakcentral.net
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Film criticism can be an art in its own right. What a review. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tell...
It's good to have this on record so history has the full picture of him, but beyond that valid reason, none of his supporters will care about this, and none of his detractors will be surprised. He'll just end up booked on Question Time again because of it.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's good to have this on record so history has the full picture of him, but beyond that valid reason, none of his supporters will care about this, and none of his detractors will be surprised. He'll just end up booked on Question Time again because of it.
It's such a miserable state of the industry that Warner Brothers is going to end up being consolidated with a rival. Be it Ellison's Magamount, Netflix or Comcast which owns Universal, it's all bad options. Well done, Zaslav.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's such a miserable state of the industry that Warner Brothers is going to end up being consolidated with a rival. Be it Ellison's Magamount, Netflix or Comcast which owns Universal, it's all bad options. Well done, Zaslav.
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Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
A question on my mind when watching Pluribus is one I don't think the show needs to spend time on, but I find fascinating: if a writer lived in a world where there were no more readers, would they still write?
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A question on my mind when watching Pluribus is one I don't think the show needs to spend time on, but I find fascinating: if a writer lived in a world where there were no more readers, would they still write?
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I'm 30 minutes into the Predator franchise episode of @willandkev.bsky.social and holy hell is it hilarious.
Listen to it. You'll be glad you did.
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Listen to it. You'll be glad you did.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm 30 minutes into the Predator franchise episode of @willandkev.bsky.social and holy hell is it hilarious.
Listen to it. You'll be glad you did.
share.google/D2M1MLcZX9S9...
Listen to it. You'll be glad you did.
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PREDATOR fans (PRED-A-HEADS?) will enjoy Irish screenwriters @kevinlehane.com & @willcollins.bsky.social going through the PREDATOR films, from 1987 up to BADLANDS.
open.spotify.com/episode/08C8...
open.spotify.com/episode/08C8...
Prey It Ain't So, It's Predator Movie Rankings
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
PREDATOR fans (PRED-A-HEADS?) will enjoy Irish screenwriters @kevinlehane.com & @willcollins.bsky.social going through the PREDATOR films, from 1987 up to BADLANDS.
open.spotify.com/episode/08C8...
open.spotify.com/episode/08C8...
It’s absolutely criminal what they’ve done to Bishop Lucey Park.
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It’s absolutely criminal what they’ve done to Bishop Lucey Park.
I'm not sure why Trump sucking is news all of a sudden. I've always thought he sucked.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm not sure why Trump sucking is news all of a sudden. I've always thought he sucked.
Ah, do.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ah, do.
It's that time of year where every ad is for Christmas and each one more nauseating and naff than the last.
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's that time of year where every ad is for Christmas and each one more nauseating and naff than the last.
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Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
In an endless churning sea of slick, competent TV and polished, expensive cinema, Pluribus is the first thing in a long, long time that left me grinning because I felt something I've not in forever — inspired.
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In an endless churning sea of slick, competent TV and polished, expensive cinema, Pluribus is the first thing in a long, long time that left me grinning because I felt something I've not in forever — inspired.
What a class song, and music video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQB...
ROSALÍA - Berghain (Official Video) feat. Björk & Yves Tumor
YouTube video by RosaliaVEVO
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November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What a class song, and music video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQB...
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Every review matters, and means a lot. Thank you to this person. Delighted with that.
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Every review matters, and means a lot. Thank you to this person. Delighted with that.
Superb final of Celeb Traitors. Delighted with the result. What a show.
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Superb final of Celeb Traitors. Delighted with the result. What a show.
And they say movie stars no longer matter.
ah yes, Mason Chames. Good ol’ Madison Jersey. Yessir, my favorite star of the cinema, Chazberg Essex-Rhumba.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And they say movie stars no longer matter.
Just discovered Fireside by Kevin C. Olohan and it's terrific. Reminds me there are so many great shows out there that still manage to slip through the cracks. If you fancy being regaled on Irish myths and the meaning behind them, this podcast is superb.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just discovered Fireside by Kevin C. Olohan and it's terrific. Reminds me there are so many great shows out there that still manage to slip through the cracks. If you fancy being regaled on Irish myths and the meaning behind them, this podcast is superb.
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Every time a listener writes a review or gives us a rating it boosts the podcast. So thank you to Scannain! If you want to give us a lift, write a few words in the app wherever you listen and let the algorithm now we’re good! You can find links for the pod here: www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Every time a listener writes a review or gives us a rating it boosts the podcast. So thank you to Scannain! If you want to give us a lift, write a few words in the app wherever you listen and let the algorithm now we’re good! You can find links for the pod here: www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
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Brand new episode out. We discuss our favourite horror films of the last twenty-five years, pick our favourite horror villains, and then list our top three TV scares. www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
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November 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Brand new episode out. We discuss our favourite horror films of the last twenty-five years, pick our favourite horror villains, and then list our top three TV scares. www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
I'm starting to form a theory about eyebrows
November 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm starting to form a theory about eyebrows
Celebrity Traitors has been one of the best series of competition reality TV ever. It’s been so entertaining. Can’t wait for the final and haven’t a clue what way it’ll go.
October 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Celebrity Traitors has been one of the best series of competition reality TV ever. It’s been so entertaining. Can’t wait for the final and haven’t a clue what way it’ll go.