Mat Brewster
@themidnightcafe.bsky.social
Hate it when I gain a new follower who then likes several of my posts only to discover it is porn spam.
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hate it when I gain a new follower who then likes several of my posts only to discover it is porn spam.
In what will probably be my final entry for #noirvember I caught Key Largo (1948) tonight. But what a film to go out on! Absolute perfection.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
In what will probably be my final entry for #noirvember I caught Key Largo (1948) tonight. But what a film to go out on! Absolute perfection.
Finally got around to watching Superman (2025) today. I liked it more than I expected, but not enough to understand the lavished praise it received. There are some very fun parts but good golly are there way too many characters to keep up with.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Finally got around to watching Superman (2025) today. I liked it more than I expected, but not enough to understand the lavished praise it received. There are some very fun parts but good golly are there way too many characters to keep up with.
Caught She Rides Shotgun this afternoon. I'd never heard of it before, but it is a pretty great little thriller with a wonderful performance from a very young Ana Sophia Heger, and an always great John Carroll Lynch.
November 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Caught She Rides Shotgun this afternoon. I'd never heard of it before, but it is a pretty great little thriller with a wonderful performance from a very young Ana Sophia Heger, and an always great John Carroll Lynch.
More catching up with 2025 movies, this morning I watched The Man In My Basement which has an intriguing premise and has a couple of terrific lead performances. It doesn't quite stick its landing but it is more than worth the watching.
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
More catching up with 2025 movies, this morning I watched The Man In My Basement which has an intriguing premise and has a couple of terrific lead performances. It doesn't quite stick its landing but it is more than worth the watching.
For some dumb reason the only theater playing the new Knives Out movie anywhere near me is an old run down one that isn't even worth going to. So to make up for it we watched the first one again. It remains an utter blast.
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
For some dumb reason the only theater playing the new Knives Out movie anywhere near me is an old run down one that isn't even worth going to. So to make up for it we watched the first one again. It remains an utter blast.
I forgot to post this last night, but the Friday Night Horror Movie was Heart Eyes. I didn't love this as much as Werewolves Within, but I am definitely on board with Josh Ruben making a thousand horror comedies.
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The Friday Night Horror Movie: Heart Eyes (2025)
I was about halfway through Heart Eyes before I realized that it was directed by the same guy who made Werewolves Within (2021), Josh Ruben. I quite liked that movie. It was smart and funny and cle…
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November 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I forgot to post this last night, but the Friday Night Horror Movie was Heart Eyes. I didn't love this as much as Werewolves Within, but I am definitely on board with Josh Ruben making a thousand horror comedies.
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I think I'm gonna spend the next several weeks catching up on films I missed that were released in 2025. I caught After the Hunt yesterday and absolutely hated it.
Everything about it felt designed to annoy me and it gets an A+ for that. I wanted to throw my TV out the window by the time it ended.
Everything about it felt designed to annoy me and it gets an A+ for that. I wanted to throw my TV out the window by the time it ended.
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I think I'm gonna spend the next several weeks catching up on films I missed that were released in 2025. I caught After the Hunt yesterday and absolutely hated it.
Everything about it felt designed to annoy me and it gets an A+ for that. I wanted to throw my TV out the window by the time it ended.
Everything about it felt designed to annoy me and it gets an A+ for that. I wanted to throw my TV out the window by the time it ended.
Post big Thanksgiving lunch we watched the classic Doctor Who story The Horror of Fang Rock. Despite it having one of the dumbest looking villains it remains one of my favorite classic era stories.
I love a good base under siege story and the lighthouse makes for an excellent base.
I love a good base under siege story and the lighthouse makes for an excellent base.
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Post big Thanksgiving lunch we watched the classic Doctor Who story The Horror of Fang Rock. Despite it having one of the dumbest looking villains it remains one of my favorite classic era stories.
I love a good base under siege story and the lighthouse makes for an excellent base.
I love a good base under siege story and the lighthouse makes for an excellent base.
Fewer things give me more nostalgia than Maxell XLII
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Fewer things give me more nostalgia than Maxell XLII
Just watched The Mad Miss Manton (1938) with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. She's a rich socialite, he's a reporter. Together they solve a murder and fall in love. Feels like a prototype for The Lady Eve.
Not a lot of real laughs, but it is very silly and an enjoyable watch.
Not a lot of real laughs, but it is very silly and an enjoyable watch.
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just watched The Mad Miss Manton (1938) with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. She's a rich socialite, he's a reporter. Together they solve a murder and fall in love. Feels like a prototype for The Lady Eve.
Not a lot of real laughs, but it is very silly and an enjoyable watch.
Not a lot of real laughs, but it is very silly and an enjoyable watch.
Neil Young & Promise of the Real performing in Berlin on July 20, 2016
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Neil Young & Promise of the Real performing in Berlin on July 20, 2016
Sophia Loren in Pilgrim of Love (1954)
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Sophia Loren in Pilgrim of Love (1954)
Good movie.
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Good movie.
Raymond Burr in a promo for Perry Mason.
I've been reading some of the Perry Mason novels lately. I should really give the TV show a try again (I used to watch them as a kid but haven't given them much of a thought in years).
I've been reading some of the Perry Mason novels lately. I should really give the TV show a try again (I used to watch them as a kid but haven't given them much of a thought in years).
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Raymond Burr in a promo for Perry Mason.
I've been reading some of the Perry Mason novels lately. I should really give the TV show a try again (I used to watch them as a kid but haven't given them much of a thought in years).
I've been reading some of the Perry Mason novels lately. I should really give the TV show a try again (I used to watch them as a kid but haven't given them much of a thought in years).
Miles Davis on the Midnight Special TV program, 1973
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Miles Davis on the Midnight Special TV program, 1973
William Conrad and Hazel Brooks in a promo for Body and Soul (1947)
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
William Conrad and Hazel Brooks in a promo for Body and Soul (1947)
Queen
Possibly Glasgow Scotland, May 30th. 1977. Again that's the date of the bootleg this comes from, but it might just as easily be another date stolen for the disc.
Possibly Glasgow Scotland, May 30th. 1977. Again that's the date of the bootleg this comes from, but it might just as easily be another date stolen for the disc.
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Queen
Possibly Glasgow Scotland, May 30th. 1977. Again that's the date of the bootleg this comes from, but it might just as easily be another date stolen for the disc.
Possibly Glasgow Scotland, May 30th. 1977. Again that's the date of the bootleg this comes from, but it might just as easily be another date stolen for the disc.
Marlon Brando in a publicity still from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Marlon Brando in a publicity still from A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Van The Man Morrison
Possibly in Madid, 2022 (at least that's what the cover art says.
Possibly in Madid, 2022 (at least that's what the cover art says.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Van The Man Morrison
Possibly in Madid, 2022 (at least that's what the cover art says.
Possibly in Madid, 2022 (at least that's what the cover art says.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nastassja Kinski
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Nastassja Kinski
Caroline Munro
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Caroline Munro
Bonnie Langford and Colin Baker in a very silly promo for Doctor Who.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Bonnie Langford and Colin Baker in a very silly promo for Doctor Who.
There is a new 4K set of 4 films Alec Guinness made for Ealing Studios. I watched the first one - The Lavender Hill Mob - tonight (1951). I'd seen it before, but it remains delightful.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
There is a new 4K set of 4 films Alec Guinness made for Ealing Studios. I watched the first one - The Lavender Hill Mob - tonight (1951). I'd seen it before, but it remains delightful.