13. Oh Mary! is a very silly play that wants to be a musical about Mary Todd Lincoln.An anti-Hamilton,this is queer cabaret allowed to bust into straight theatre(as it does a lot)but mainly a sketch stretched beyond breaking point and held together by script and performances.I had a ball
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
13. Oh Mary! is a very silly play that wants to be a musical about Mary Todd Lincoln.An anti-Hamilton,this is queer cabaret allowed to bust into straight theatre(as it does a lot)but mainly a sketch stretched beyond breaking point and held together by script and performances.I had a ball
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
Watching Class Of 1999
Of the Terminator/Robocop clones out there, this cheap and bloodily cheerful 'robot teachers' movie is one of the most fun. The kids and their subculture are a bit rubbish but the moment the Department Of Educational Defense is introduced you know it'll be proper silly
Of the Terminator/Robocop clones out there, this cheap and bloodily cheerful 'robot teachers' movie is one of the most fun. The kids and their subculture are a bit rubbish but the moment the Department Of Educational Defense is introduced you know it'll be proper silly
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Watching Class Of 1999
Of the Terminator/Robocop clones out there, this cheap and bloodily cheerful 'robot teachers' movie is one of the most fun. The kids and their subculture are a bit rubbish but the moment the Department Of Educational Defense is introduced you know it'll be proper silly
Of the Terminator/Robocop clones out there, this cheap and bloodily cheerful 'robot teachers' movie is one of the most fun. The kids and their subculture are a bit rubbish but the moment the Department Of Educational Defense is introduced you know it'll be proper silly
Watching The Twelve Chairs
Mel Brooks makes a pretty straight adaption of the Russian story, with less Soviet doubletalk than expected and more slapstick, which is fine when it's him, Ron Moody and sexy young Frank Langella but disastrous when Dom DeLuise is on screen. The best gags are signage
Mel Brooks makes a pretty straight adaption of the Russian story, with less Soviet doubletalk than expected and more slapstick, which is fine when it's him, Ron Moody and sexy young Frank Langella but disastrous when Dom DeLuise is on screen. The best gags are signage
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Watching The Twelve Chairs
Mel Brooks makes a pretty straight adaption of the Russian story, with less Soviet doubletalk than expected and more slapstick, which is fine when it's him, Ron Moody and sexy young Frank Langella but disastrous when Dom DeLuise is on screen. The best gags are signage
Mel Brooks makes a pretty straight adaption of the Russian story, with less Soviet doubletalk than expected and more slapstick, which is fine when it's him, Ron Moody and sexy young Frank Langella but disastrous when Dom DeLuise is on screen. The best gags are signage
Reposted by Pete Baran
Impressive nerd using powers for good. Love to see it.
research fraud:
“The United States Attorney’s Office said that Dana-Farber had admitted that its researchers “misrepresented data and images that resulted in misinformation about research being published in 14 scientific journal articles”.
www.thetimes.com/article/3113...
“The United States Attorney’s Office said that Dana-Farber had admitted that its researchers “misrepresented data and images that resulted in misinformation about research being published in 14 scientific journal articles”.
www.thetimes.com/article/3113...
Amateur sleuth earns £2m reward for exposing research fraud
A British scientist has forced a leading US cancer research institute to pay a $15m legal settlement after trawling through scientific papers in his spare time
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Impressive nerd using powers for good. Love to see it.
Reposted by Pete Baran
My old 16-page comic where Frasier meets Columbo can be read on my website: joechouinard.com/columbo
October 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
My old 16-page comic where Frasier meets Columbo can be read on my website: joechouinard.com/columbo
Watching Peter Hujar's Day
Sorta experimental, sorta verbatim, Iras Sachs portrait of a day (well, two days since it seems to take a day to describe the previous day) constantly draws attention to its artificiality, though admittedly I'd watch Wishaw and Hall in anything and this worked for me
Sorta experimental, sorta verbatim, Iras Sachs portrait of a day (well, two days since it seems to take a day to describe the previous day) constantly draws attention to its artificiality, though admittedly I'd watch Wishaw and Hall in anything and this worked for me
January 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Watching Peter Hujar's Day
Sorta experimental, sorta verbatim, Iras Sachs portrait of a day (well, two days since it seems to take a day to describe the previous day) constantly draws attention to its artificiality, though admittedly I'd watch Wishaw and Hall in anything and this worked for me
Sorta experimental, sorta verbatim, Iras Sachs portrait of a day (well, two days since it seems to take a day to describe the previous day) constantly draws attention to its artificiality, though admittedly I'd watch Wishaw and Hall in anything and this worked for me
11. Good signage makes everyone's day better and I have been walking past this for 25 years slowly realising quite how good this basic yet massive sign is if you actually need an Optometrist.
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
11. Good signage makes everyone's day better and I have been walking past this for 25 years slowly realising quite how good this basic yet massive sign is if you actually need an Optometrist.
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
Watching The Crime Of Doctor Crespi
Very cheap Poe adaptation which smartly changes the title from The Premature Burial for suspense reasons. Stroheim is his own special effect, so you don't notice how threadbare the hospital set is until the one unavoidable location shot scene (the burial).
Very cheap Poe adaptation which smartly changes the title from The Premature Burial for suspense reasons. Stroheim is his own special effect, so you don't notice how threadbare the hospital set is until the one unavoidable location shot scene (the burial).
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Watching The Crime Of Doctor Crespi
Very cheap Poe adaptation which smartly changes the title from The Premature Burial for suspense reasons. Stroheim is his own special effect, so you don't notice how threadbare the hospital set is until the one unavoidable location shot scene (the burial).
Very cheap Poe adaptation which smartly changes the title from The Premature Burial for suspense reasons. Stroheim is his own special effect, so you don't notice how threadbare the hospital set is until the one unavoidable location shot scene (the burial).
Watching Killer Fish
I'm a fan of films that shift genre midway, but the title of the film gives away that it isn't going to stay as a high stakes heist movie. Lew Grade spent too much on something that looks quite cheap (model work is cute but fire and water never works).Majors is out of his depth
I'm a fan of films that shift genre midway, but the title of the film gives away that it isn't going to stay as a high stakes heist movie. Lew Grade spent too much on something that looks quite cheap (model work is cute but fire and water never works).Majors is out of his depth
January 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Watching Killer Fish
I'm a fan of films that shift genre midway, but the title of the film gives away that it isn't going to stay as a high stakes heist movie. Lew Grade spent too much on something that looks quite cheap (model work is cute but fire and water never works).Majors is out of his depth
I'm a fan of films that shift genre midway, but the title of the film gives away that it isn't going to stay as a high stakes heist movie. Lew Grade spent too much on something that looks quite cheap (model work is cute but fire and water never works).Majors is out of his depth
10. The Orb. Listening to their new album it is incredible how they are constantly trying to recapture that lightning in a bottle that was Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (the first minute of this one really tries). And whilst I have liked most tries, I am always going back to that one #agoodthing
January 11, 2026 at 1:43 PM
10. The Orb. Listening to their new album it is incredible how they are constantly trying to recapture that lightning in a bottle that was Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (the first minute of this one really tries). And whilst I have liked most tries, I am always going back to that one #agoodthing
Watching Heat Lightning
Not sure what makes this story of two sisters running a desert gas station work so well: it is soapy,melodramatic and run all sorts of weirdos through its gas food lodgings. The relationship between the sisters, and their secrets, feel real, and it builds into a lovely climax
Not sure what makes this story of two sisters running a desert gas station work so well: it is soapy,melodramatic and run all sorts of weirdos through its gas food lodgings. The relationship between the sisters, and their secrets, feel real, and it builds into a lovely climax
January 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Watching Heat Lightning
Not sure what makes this story of two sisters running a desert gas station work so well: it is soapy,melodramatic and run all sorts of weirdos through its gas food lodgings. The relationship between the sisters, and their secrets, feel real, and it builds into a lovely climax
Not sure what makes this story of two sisters running a desert gas station work so well: it is soapy,melodramatic and run all sorts of weirdos through its gas food lodgings. The relationship between the sisters, and their secrets, feel real, and it builds into a lovely climax
Watching Nothing But The Best
It's a class warfare black comedy with Alan Bates playing Peter Cook as the upwardly mobile clerk who sees a way of marrying the bosses daughter by taking posh lessons from Denholm Elliot. Not quite as murdery as I expected but almost worth it for Nic Roeg's camerawork
It's a class warfare black comedy with Alan Bates playing Peter Cook as the upwardly mobile clerk who sees a way of marrying the bosses daughter by taking posh lessons from Denholm Elliot. Not quite as murdery as I expected but almost worth it for Nic Roeg's camerawork
January 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Watching Nothing But The Best
It's a class warfare black comedy with Alan Bates playing Peter Cook as the upwardly mobile clerk who sees a way of marrying the bosses daughter by taking posh lessons from Denholm Elliot. Not quite as murdery as I expected but almost worth it for Nic Roeg's camerawork
It's a class warfare black comedy with Alan Bates playing Peter Cook as the upwardly mobile clerk who sees a way of marrying the bosses daughter by taking posh lessons from Denholm Elliot. Not quite as murdery as I expected but almost worth it for Nic Roeg's camerawork
Watching The Darkness
Generic name for a well constructed but ultimately Exorcist lite bit of Ancient-Indian-Burial-Groundsploitation, and it's a little disturbing how much of the spooky behaviour is just put on the autistic kid acting up.But Bacon and Mitchell anchor it well enough for minor scares
Generic name for a well constructed but ultimately Exorcist lite bit of Ancient-Indian-Burial-Groundsploitation, and it's a little disturbing how much of the spooky behaviour is just put on the autistic kid acting up.But Bacon and Mitchell anchor it well enough for minor scares
January 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Watching The Darkness
Generic name for a well constructed but ultimately Exorcist lite bit of Ancient-Indian-Burial-Groundsploitation, and it's a little disturbing how much of the spooky behaviour is just put on the autistic kid acting up.But Bacon and Mitchell anchor it well enough for minor scares
Generic name for a well constructed but ultimately Exorcist lite bit of Ancient-Indian-Burial-Groundsploitation, and it's a little disturbing how much of the spooky behaviour is just put on the autistic kid acting up.But Bacon and Mitchell anchor it well enough for minor scares
Watched Warfare
It's undeniably tense, and there's a good idea of slicing apart an operation going wrong; procedures, priorities and how it all falls apart in the heat of battle. But it is of course political with the protagonists as good guys and only a tiny shot of the lives wrecked in their wake
It's undeniably tense, and there's a good idea of slicing apart an operation going wrong; procedures, priorities and how it all falls apart in the heat of battle. But it is of course political with the protagonists as good guys and only a tiny shot of the lives wrecked in their wake
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Watched Warfare
It's undeniably tense, and there's a good idea of slicing apart an operation going wrong; procedures, priorities and how it all falls apart in the heat of battle. But it is of course political with the protagonists as good guys and only a tiny shot of the lives wrecked in their wake
It's undeniably tense, and there's a good idea of slicing apart an operation going wrong; procedures, priorities and how it all falls apart in the heat of battle. But it is of course political with the protagonists as good guys and only a tiny shot of the lives wrecked in their wake
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TFW two recent but very different interests overlap: read in Roger Lewis' biography of Peter Sellers last night that the actor was in the frame for a planned sci-fi film in the late '60s called The Alien written by ... Satyajit Ray, who was also going to direct. 1/3
January 10, 2026 at 10:17 AM
TFW two recent but very different interests overlap: read in Roger Lewis' biography of Peter Sellers last night that the actor was in the frame for a planned sci-fi film in the late '60s called The Alien written by ... Satyajit Ray, who was also going to direct. 1/3
Watched Acidman
She travels across the country to Appalachia to see her Dad who left when she was a kid,he's living in the woods chasing UFO sightings. She tries to get close but the UFO stuff and his disengaged personality doesn't help(though they bond over the dog). Good performances but slight
She travels across the country to Appalachia to see her Dad who left when she was a kid,he's living in the woods chasing UFO sightings. She tries to get close but the UFO stuff and his disengaged personality doesn't help(though they bond over the dog). Good performances but slight
January 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Watched Acidman
She travels across the country to Appalachia to see her Dad who left when she was a kid,he's living in the woods chasing UFO sightings. She tries to get close but the UFO stuff and his disengaged personality doesn't help(though they bond over the dog). Good performances but slight
She travels across the country to Appalachia to see her Dad who left when she was a kid,he's living in the woods chasing UFO sightings. She tries to get close but the UFO stuff and his disengaged personality doesn't help(though they bond over the dog). Good performances but slight
9. I was saying how much I enjoyed the cliffhangers in The Lowdown, but it kind of follows that I am thoroughly enjoying The Lowdown itself. It balances its twisty central whodunnit with politics and family drama with a typically great turn from Ethan Hawke and a stacked supporting cast
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
9. I was saying how much I enjoyed the cliffhangers in The Lowdown, but it kind of follows that I am thoroughly enjoying The Lowdown itself. It balances its twisty central whodunnit with politics and family drama with a typically great turn from Ethan Hawke and a stacked supporting cast
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
8. Cliffhangers are #agoodthing. Watching The Lowdown, released weekly, which has an egregious devotion to a high stakes cliffhanger I realised that, though manipulative, I love a proper, non-cheating cliffhanger. Probably rooted in Doctor Who, and summer reruns of movie serials.
January 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
8. Cliffhangers are #agoodthing. Watching The Lowdown, released weekly, which has an egregious devotion to a high stakes cliffhanger I realised that, though manipulative, I love a proper, non-cheating cliffhanger. Probably rooted in Doctor Who, and summer reruns of movie serials.
Watching Songcatcher
Janet McTeer plays music professor passed over for promotion again so she goes to visit her sister in Appalachia and discovers a trove of folk songs from Olde England, whilst falling in love with the people and learning to accept her lesbian sister. Gentle, truish stuff
Janet McTeer plays music professor passed over for promotion again so she goes to visit her sister in Appalachia and discovers a trove of folk songs from Olde England, whilst falling in love with the people and learning to accept her lesbian sister. Gentle, truish stuff
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Watching Songcatcher
Janet McTeer plays music professor passed over for promotion again so she goes to visit her sister in Appalachia and discovers a trove of folk songs from Olde England, whilst falling in love with the people and learning to accept her lesbian sister. Gentle, truish stuff
Janet McTeer plays music professor passed over for promotion again so she goes to visit her sister in Appalachia and discovers a trove of folk songs from Olde England, whilst falling in love with the people and learning to accept her lesbian sister. Gentle, truish stuff
Watching I'm Chevy Chase And You're Not
In the opening montage his daughter Emily says Chevy 'has this charisma, the asshole you love'and then asks if she can say asshole? The film-maker responds'a lot of people will unfortunately'
They do.
It's a fascinating portrait of a man meaner off of cocaine
In the opening montage his daughter Emily says Chevy 'has this charisma, the asshole you love'and then asks if she can say asshole? The film-maker responds'a lot of people will unfortunately'
They do.
It's a fascinating portrait of a man meaner off of cocaine
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Watching I'm Chevy Chase And You're Not
In the opening montage his daughter Emily says Chevy 'has this charisma, the asshole you love'and then asks if she can say asshole? The film-maker responds'a lot of people will unfortunately'
They do.
It's a fascinating portrait of a man meaner off of cocaine
In the opening montage his daughter Emily says Chevy 'has this charisma, the asshole you love'and then asks if she can say asshole? The film-maker responds'a lot of people will unfortunately'
They do.
It's a fascinating portrait of a man meaner off of cocaine
7. And since I just got back from there,. today's #agoodthing is The Kennington Bioscope, now running for over ten years, this volunteer run silent film night is a real joy. A full programme of shorts and features with intros and live accompaniment packs out the Cinema Museum monthly
Events › Kennington Bioscope – The Cinema Museum
cinemamuseum.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
7. And since I just got back from there,. today's #agoodthing is The Kennington Bioscope, now running for over ten years, this volunteer run silent film night is a real joy. A full programme of shorts and features with intros and live accompaniment packs out the Cinema Museum monthly
Watching The Goose Woman
Kennington Bioscope, presented by Kevin Brownlow, TGW is a terrific little melodrama about an ex opera singer whose career is ended by having a son. 20 years later as the star witness of a murder trial she regains fame, until she realises who the suspect is (it's her son!)
Kennington Bioscope, presented by Kevin Brownlow, TGW is a terrific little melodrama about an ex opera singer whose career is ended by having a son. 20 years later as the star witness of a murder trial she regains fame, until she realises who the suspect is (it's her son!)
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Watching The Goose Woman
Kennington Bioscope, presented by Kevin Brownlow, TGW is a terrific little melodrama about an ex opera singer whose career is ended by having a son. 20 years later as the star witness of a murder trial she regains fame, until she realises who the suspect is (it's her son!)
Kennington Bioscope, presented by Kevin Brownlow, TGW is a terrific little melodrama about an ex opera singer whose career is ended by having a son. 20 years later as the star witness of a murder trial she regains fame, until she realises who the suspect is (it's her son!)
Watching Resynator
The 'film-maker discovers their dead parent's secret life thru their work documentary is a pretty standard form now, but this is a step above the average because the thing (and analog synth trigged by its inputs) is interesting and tangible, and she gets enough musicians involved
The 'film-maker discovers their dead parent's secret life thru their work documentary is a pretty standard form now, but this is a step above the average because the thing (and analog synth trigged by its inputs) is interesting and tangible, and she gets enough musicians involved
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Watching Resynator
The 'film-maker discovers their dead parent's secret life thru their work documentary is a pretty standard form now, but this is a step above the average because the thing (and analog synth trigged by its inputs) is interesting and tangible, and she gets enough musicians involved
The 'film-maker discovers their dead parent's secret life thru their work documentary is a pretty standard form now, but this is a step above the average because the thing (and analog synth trigged by its inputs) is interesting and tangible, and she gets enough musicians involved
Watching My Bloody Valentine
If you rank your slashers by quite how stupid these victims are,the original My Bloody Valentine comes up pretty high. If the town slasher is supposed to be an ex miner who hates Valentines Day parties, maybe don't have a VDay party IN THE MINE.Gas mark gimmick isn't bad
If you rank your slashers by quite how stupid these victims are,the original My Bloody Valentine comes up pretty high. If the town slasher is supposed to be an ex miner who hates Valentines Day parties, maybe don't have a VDay party IN THE MINE.Gas mark gimmick isn't bad
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Watching My Bloody Valentine
If you rank your slashers by quite how stupid these victims are,the original My Bloody Valentine comes up pretty high. If the town slasher is supposed to be an ex miner who hates Valentines Day parties, maybe don't have a VDay party IN THE MINE.Gas mark gimmick isn't bad
If you rank your slashers by quite how stupid these victims are,the original My Bloody Valentine comes up pretty high. If the town slasher is supposed to be an ex miner who hates Valentines Day parties, maybe don't have a VDay party IN THE MINE.Gas mark gimmick isn't bad
Watching Missile To The Moon
It's a rocket not a missile, crewed by two blackmailed escaped convicts, a moon man who's been undercover on earth and a science couple. He wants to get back to the moon as it is exclusively inhabited by shit papier maché monsters and Miss World contestants
It's a rocket not a missile, crewed by two blackmailed escaped convicts, a moon man who's been undercover on earth and a science couple. He wants to get back to the moon as it is exclusively inhabited by shit papier maché monsters and Miss World contestants
January 7, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Watching Missile To The Moon
It's a rocket not a missile, crewed by two blackmailed escaped convicts, a moon man who's been undercover on earth and a science couple. He wants to get back to the moon as it is exclusively inhabited by shit papier maché monsters and Miss World contestants
It's a rocket not a missile, crewed by two blackmailed escaped convicts, a moon man who's been undercover on earth and a science couple. He wants to get back to the moon as it is exclusively inhabited by shit papier maché monsters and Miss World contestants