@bensutherland.bsky.social
Screenwriter and Late Editor at The i Paper.
F1 has become the biggest box office hit of Brad Pitt's entire career. Astonishingly, the film it replaced is World War Z. Had no idea that had done so well
04.08.2025 16:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Wrote for @theipaper.com about the death of Ozzy Osbourne and how Black Sabbath turned the sound of industrial Birmingham into a new music genre
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I *knew* there was something iffy about that story as to why the Salt Path couple lost their home. No matter how many stories I searched none of it added up. Well done @chloehadj.bsky.social for getting to the truth observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
06.07.2025 09:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@simonmayo.bsky.social Courtesy tvrdb.com, can confirm Onibaba was indeed first shown in 1970, on ITV on 20 July
05.07.2025 14:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Crystal Palace really does have the most beautiful station
29.06.2025 10:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Fifteen years ago today. Never forget πΊπΈ
12.06.2025 16:12 β π 670 π 60 π¬ 32 π 8@simonmayo.bsky.social Actually took my breath away when you started Take 2 talking about Fearless on the pod, what with today's news.
12.06.2025 19:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If I can be genuine for a moment, this week has seen my 4th proper column for @theipaper.com and the joy Iβm getting from writing for them is hard to express. I hope that youβre enjoying reading and I hope there will be much more to come
06.06.2025 16:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Why itβs important to make sure youβve got food in for your vegan friends - even when the apocalypse happens - by me for @theipaper.com
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Thatβs no way to talk about Lance Stroll
24.05.2025 08:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
And in todayβs paper, the cutdown
22.05.2025 10:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh thatβs so kind! Thank you!
21.05.2025 23:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am! The very same!
21.05.2025 20:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0In turn, this has made MY day.
21.05.2025 09:48 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A little samplette
21.05.2025 08:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
So having posted about the 20th anniversary of the 1st @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social podcast, I tried to put into words for @theipaper.com why it is so special - what @simonmayo.bsky.social and @kermodemovie.bsky.social get so right. I'd love it if you'd give it a read
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They mostly talked Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith - it doesn't get the warmest of receptions - but there's also a nice review of a documentary called What The Bleep Do We Know, about humanity's place in the universe.
Happy birthday @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social
Exactly 20 years ago today, the very first download (the BBC would not let them use the word "podcast") of @kermodemovie.bsky.social / @simonmayo.bsky.social's format-defining programme - what we now know as Kermode and Mayo's Take - was made available. It's here:
archive.org/download/ker...
And the full, 11-minute transcription of the Pirates 3 review
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High School Musical 3
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The Closer Problem
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The origin of the word "Wittertainment"
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The Unfortunate Event
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Nicolas the French Engineer (who incidentally I worked with myself quite often when I was at the World Service)
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Absolutely thrilled to see that @simonmayo.bsky.social / @kermodemovie.bsky.social in-joke collection site Witterpedia is back online! Courtesy the iWittr app. I made a few contributions to it Back In The Day. Amongst my favourite pages:
Meg Ryan Is A Helicopter Pilot iwittr.com/wiki/page/Me...
Just heard on @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social someone point out that the Succession opening credits are rather similar to those from The Game, and oh my god
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I learned an amazing Dutch fact today - Lion Philips, the grandfather of the guy who founded the Philips company, was a tobacco merchant who bankrolled Karl Marx. Without him we would have neither PSV Eindhoven nor Communism
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Ph...
My first opinion piece has just gone live on @theipaper.com. I have Thoughts about the dangerous attraction of nostalgia. And buses
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Just seen the running order for tomorrow's @theipaper.com and my first opinion column for the paper is sharing a page with the legend that is @iandunt.bsky.social. And I've just found out I got a distinction in my MA. This is some afternoon
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