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I probably think that film you love is DOGSHIT
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Number one for me in 2019! I had forgotten that.
Top 20 films of 2019
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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#nowwatching Top Secret!
Top Secret in a 4k box set with Airplane and the Naked Gun.
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Tis excellent.
Glad of whiskey in front of a fire.
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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A very good friend got me this for my birthday. Am trying it now.
Johnny Walker Blue Label.
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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#nowwatching Brewster McCloud.
#nowwatching Brewster McCloud.
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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My 2025 film catch up starts here. #nowwatching Misericordia.
My 2025 film catch up starts here. #nowwatching Misericordia.
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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As another work week ends, remember the good word from Brother McNulty now and always.
McNulty from The Wire saying fuck the bosses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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That is a pretty great week lads.
Letterboxd ratings: Planes, Trains and Automobiles 4.5 stars, The Graduate 4 stars, Back to the Future III 3.5 stars, California Split 4.5 stars.
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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DID IT NOT LOVE YOU BACK
The usual bullshit Irish Times headline from ex-pats: I miss Ireland’s wildness and divilment, but after 20 years away, I know it’s not for me
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Agnés says take a break.
Picture of my cat Agnés on my desk, stopping me from working.
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Oh yes.
Pic of Mercury Rev ticket booked for the 14 October 2026 in Vicar Street.
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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#nowwatching Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles film poster.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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ALSO
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits
Photo of professional dickheads Ian O'Doherty, Kevin Myers and David Quinn.
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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This is a great read about a terrific film. LOVED this part.

Also, I might rewatch this later.
The best illustration of the touch-and-go nature of the shoot is probably the story of character actor Troy Evans, just starting out in 1987, who was hired for what was intended to be the one-day, one-line role of the cheese truck driver at the end of the journey. Troy Evans (“Antisocial Trucker”): They hired me and I was going to shoot in LA. And they offered me a thousand dollars, for this one day, to go in and say that one line. Then my agent called a couple of days later, and said, “They’ve decided they’re going to shoot that scene in New York.” And I said, “So am I off the movie?” “No, no, no, you’ll go to New York.” Well, about this time, they decided that they would use this scene as their cover set, because there was threatening snow, so they’re holding me. If it snows, then they’ll shoot this with me in the truck, with the snow blowing. But it didn’t snow, and they kept holding Evans for his one scene—at $1,000 a day—as the company moved from Buffalo to Ohio to St. Louis to Illinois, taking him along for the ride to each new location. Evans: I don’t remember, it was 11 cities total. Ended up, I’m pretty sure, we finally shot the scene in Kankakee, Illinois, on my 51st day. So I left home not having $300 in rent. And when I went back home, having done my one line in the movie, we bought our first house.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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End it all Larry Goodman.
Larry Page Becomes No. 2 Richest—Bumping Larry Ellison
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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I feel like it would barely break the top 20 most talked about films of the year.
‘After the Hunt’: the story behind the most talked-about film of the year
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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A movie that takes place where I am from.

Both Ballymun and Dublin.
Picture from the film Adam and Paul.
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Fuck it, the weekend isn't over yet. #nowwatching The Graduate.
The Graduate film poster.
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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#nowwatching Back to the Future III.
Back to the Future III film poster.
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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My veggie suet mince pie mix is ready to do its thing for a week or two.
Mince pie mix with vegetarian suet.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I have started and abandoned many well regarded new TV shows recently and despaired at the quality.

But I am loving The Lowdown with Ethan Hawke. Feels properly artistic with some real feeling behind it. Also extremely entertaining. Highly recommend.
The Lowdown TV show poster.
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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#nowwatching California Split.
California Split film poster.
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM