Ian Loring
ianloring.bsky.social
Ian Loring
@ianloring.bsky.social
Co-host of the Film Basterds podcast

Also on Reddit as FilmBIan

X profile gone and replaced with some guy I don’t know. Probably a nazi?
Not that it’ll have any impact but gone are my following of Man United and Mercedes given the absolute shower of shit Ratcliffe’s spouted. It’s really depressing but that hypocritical dickhead having anything to do with things I follow is just beyond for me now.
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Didn’t like the new Muppet Show at all. My tolerance for Sabrina Carpenter is low and my god that’s a handicap but I didnt laugh once and I don’t know how that happens.
February 5, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Let’s go
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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We'll be live with our MinnMax x Giant Bomb ICE OUT stream in 30 minutes! Watch, enjoy, and help protect our neighbors!
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MinnMax is a place about games, friends, and getting better. We stream Bonus Pod every Monday at 3pm Central, New Show Plus every Tuesday at 12pm Central, and JeffM streams games at 1pm Central on…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Catherine O’Hara dying is the real icing on the fucking shitty January cake. RIP to a GREAT.
January 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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A very happy New Jason Statham Day to all who celebrate.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 AM
LABOUR. STOP. HITTING. YOURSELVES. Who the fuck wants their child training an AI while getting answers which may or may not be right? God you’re disappointing.
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.

AI can help us do that.

Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:51 PM
F1 best picture nominee. Let’s fucking go.
January 22, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Delroy Lindo and Amy Madigan noms, you love to see it
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Marty Supreme rocks. Stressful as fuck but also funny with Timmy giving what should be a Leo beating Best Actor performance. A film you wish they made more like.
January 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
The music of Blade 2 really does tie the Kingdom of Heaven room together
January 2, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Year end catch up continues. It Was Just An Accident is as good as everyone says, funnier in parts than expected but a chilling ending. Enjoyed Caught Stealing more than expected, maybe too dark for the crime caper feel but Butler is ace and the sense of place is terrific.
December 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Bit of year end catch up. The Mastermind is more evidence that I’m not on Kelly Reichart’s wavelength, decent opening half hour but becomes quite limp and directionless with a solid lead performance from O’Connor but nothing in the character to hang my hat on. Enjoyed Cloud, kinda less genre than…
December 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Really enjoyed Anaconda, most I’ve had an audience laugh in a cinema for ages. Black and Rudd very funny but the entire cast gets good bits. Hope it makes money, we need goofy, silly comedies on the big screen.
December 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Couldn’t find an un-smiling photo this year, so I guess tis a very merry Chris Messina to you all.

Here’s a present from me: my book is free for the holidays.

UK -
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US -
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December 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Didn’t expect HFR to get all up in Avatar in IMAX, literally switches between frame rates within shots in dialogue scenes at times. Looks bloody good during action though fair play.
December 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Enjoyed the new Avatar more than expected but my highlight of that several hours was the Odyssey prologue by a distance. That score is going to be an all timer.
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Vulture Cinematrix No. 632: Dec 18, 2025

I got 7/9 Correct
Score: 1910

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Too many bad guesses at Tyler Perry…
Cinematrix No. 632: December 18, 2025
Can you name an Oscar-nominated Paul Dano movie?
vulture.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Have to say, The Force Awakens being 10 years old? Could have told me it was older and I’d believe you, we’ve had more Star Wars content in that time than between ‘77 and then and it feels like there’s been the opposite of a temporal pincer movement because of it
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Watched Megadoc last night. Coppola changing his mind about why he wanted to make it, Shia alternating personable and insufferable, Hoffman seeming not that grouchy and Figgis looking like he’s going to vibrate when thinking about how much he enjoys Aubrey Plaza? A very good time.
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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In our second Billy Bob Blanchettmas ep of @areyoumoviemad.bsky.social we are PUSHING TIN
(And I talk the sadness of Blue Moon, Oh. What. Fun., the Kill Bill Fortnite short and Zootropolis 2, whilst Johnny likes Wake Up Dead Man and Wicked For Good)

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December 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Vulture Cinematrix No. 630: Dec 16, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2598

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Cinematrix No. 630: December 16, 2025
Can you name a Lupita Nyong’o movie with a 2+ hour runtime?
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December 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Well that Budget… from a professional POV, it’s just made life harder lol, historically hard to get people to be serious about paying into a pension and now it’ll be even more so. Very much doubt most employers will be as generous in their schemes going forward and people won’t be paying more in..
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The mines in Clair Obscur can get fucked
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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These streams feel like a testament to the idea that if the world ended tomorrow Dan would probably accidentally end up as a cult leader leading the remnants of humanity.
STILL ALIVE IN SPANISH MINECRAFT SQUID GAMES. DAY 3 BEGINS twitch.tv/danryckert
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM