Mark Ayling
@markayling.bsky.social
Science fiction scribbling, horror loving, fantasy and crime consuming NHS herbivore bloke. Wrote a bit of film and book review guff over the years.
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Mark Ayling
@markayling.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Northern Futures
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I am not even sure if you can buy it anymore, but here’s my first ever short story collection from some time ago. Figured I needed to post it here for completeness before I finish the next one… which is all but done… #sciencefiction #crime #shortstories www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Fut...
Still probably my favourite Halloween ‘sequel’… love the cheeky meta Halloween TV spots too. Plus Tom Adkins. Win win.
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Still probably my favourite Halloween ‘sequel’… love the cheeky meta Halloween TV spots too. Plus Tom Adkins. Win win.
Returning some zen to the house after a very stormy night…
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Returning some zen to the house after a very stormy night…
Early morning reading…
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Early morning reading…
Bit late to this one but better late than never…
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Bit late to this one but better late than never…
Intergalactic indeed…
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Intergalactic indeed…
Reposted by Mark Ayling
People abandoning Spotify (never used it) due to their connections with investing in military technology.
Cue lots of people wondering where to get their music fix instead.
Support. Physical. Media.
Pay the artists.
Cue lots of people wondering where to get their music fix instead.
Support. Physical. Media.
Pay the artists.
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
People abandoning Spotify (never used it) due to their connections with investing in military technology.
Cue lots of people wondering where to get their music fix instead.
Support. Physical. Media.
Pay the artists.
Cue lots of people wondering where to get their music fix instead.
Support. Physical. Media.
Pay the artists.
Reposted by Mark Ayling
The Raft went hard.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Raft went hard.
I can’t recommend this highly enough. 5ish hours extremely well spent. Could be time to revisit a few Scorcese scenes…
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I can’t recommend this highly enough. 5ish hours extremely well spent. Could be time to revisit a few Scorcese scenes…
Keeping the sequel-itis going… Fast times at b movie high…
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Keeping the sequel-itis going… Fast times at b movie high…
That was some sequel…
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
That was some sequel…
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#Christmas favourite #HomeAlone premiered #OTD. Catapulting flesh Bart Simpson McCauley Culkin to superstardom, the #movie was a mega phenomenon, breaking all kinds of records & becoming a yuletide tradition for decades to come
Here's the story 👇
vhsrevival.com/2020/12/17/k...
Here's the story 👇
vhsrevival.com/2020/12/17/k...
Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal: How Home Alone Became a Festive Record Breaker
John Hughes will never win any awards for pure artistry, but with Home Alone he achieves something much rarer. There are films we can discuss on a more cerebral level, films that possess the kind o…
vhsrevival.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#Christmas favourite #HomeAlone premiered #OTD. Catapulting flesh Bart Simpson McCauley Culkin to superstardom, the #movie was a mega phenomenon, breaking all kinds of records & becoming a yuletide tradition for decades to come
Here's the story 👇
vhsrevival.com/2020/12/17/k...
Here's the story 👇
vhsrevival.com/2020/12/17/k...
Absolutely positively one of my favourite, though also exhausting, film viewing experiences of the year.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Absolutely positively one of my favourite, though also exhausting, film viewing experiences of the year.
Bit of a nuts and bolts remake/sequel. Doesn’t really earn its sting in the tail. Enjoyable enough.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Bit of a nuts and bolts remake/sequel. Doesn’t really earn its sting in the tail. Enjoyable enough.
Sunday Townes Van Zandt vibes helping me smash a plum jam cake together… Rock n Roll.
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Sunday Townes Van Zandt vibes helping me smash a plum jam cake together… Rock n Roll.
Cannot recommend this highly enough. A wonderful companion piece in this anniversary year to one of cinema’s most inclusive and transgressive films. Great stuff.
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Cannot recommend this highly enough. A wonderful companion piece in this anniversary year to one of cinema’s most inclusive and transgressive films. Great stuff.
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‘It takes a lot of energy to be an asshole’
Steven Soderbergh knows the score.
Interview by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
Steven Soderbergh knows the score.
Interview by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
‘It takes a lot of energy to be an asshole’
Steven Soderbergh knows the score.
Interview by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
Steven Soderbergh knows the score.
Interview by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
Always a winner…
Laserdiscs?
What IS going on at your local movie rental establishment?
All the latest from Snips is now up on YouTube, in this weeks Inside The Video Store.
youtu.be/bq3Ix6lLyEE
What IS going on at your local movie rental establishment?
All the latest from Snips is now up on YouTube, in this weeks Inside The Video Store.
youtu.be/bq3Ix6lLyEE
Inside The Video Store: Episode Eighty-Five (Laserdiscs?!?)
YouTube video by Snips Movies
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Always a winner…
Feeling socio-politically hopeful for the first time in a bit and listening to something lovely to mark the occasion.
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Feeling socio-politically hopeful for the first time in a bit and listening to something lovely to mark the occasion.
Late night double feature… thanks to @snipsmovies.bsky.social I am officially Kaiju’d out!
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Late night double feature… thanks to @snipsmovies.bsky.social I am officially Kaiju’d out!
Back into the wackier realm of out there kaiju flicks with this one tonight… a strange brew indeed…
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Back into the wackier realm of out there kaiju flicks with this one tonight… a strange brew indeed…
Bit of a right passage this one. Never grow old, indeed…
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Bit of a right passage this one. Never grow old, indeed…
Can’t think of a better way to spend #halloween2025 than watching this absolute classic on 4K. Once again, grateful to @snipsmovies.bsky.social for giving us over to absolute pleasure…
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Can’t think of a better way to spend #halloween2025 than watching this absolute classic on 4K. Once again, grateful to @snipsmovies.bsky.social for giving us over to absolute pleasure…
#happyhalloween🎃👻 the human algorithm says lets kick the day off with the master… for obvious reasons…
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#happyhalloween🎃👻 the human algorithm says lets kick the day off with the master… for obvious reasons…
So I spent the day buying music and watching stuff as prep for Halloween… and here’s what I watched… #HappyHalloween Almost.
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So I spent the day buying music and watching stuff as prep for Halloween… and here’s what I watched… #HappyHalloween Almost.
Dad and mam round today for a visit and a feed… Dad. Always a Stones man.
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Dad and mam round today for a visit and a feed… Dad. Always a Stones man.