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A scan of a (mostly) blank piece of notepaper, containing the summary I made after the first audition for my theatrical directorial debut 'Rats' on Thursday the 12th of December, 2024. It simply reads: "No notes, nobody showed up."

A teardrop-shaped award statuette made of glass, atop a wooden base. The award is engraved with the logo of the Somerset Fellowship of Drama, and the text beneath reads: "County Drama Festival. Philip de Glanville Trophy. Champagne Moment". The base has a small metal plaque attached which reads: "County Drama Festival. Champagne Moment".

What a difference 100 days make. c:

A review of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) I haven’t seen the first two Sonic the Hedgehog films (or Knuckles), but am reliably informed that with each new entry they get less embarrassed to be adapting a video game, and that certainly seems t...

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (dir. Jeff Fowler, 2024)

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Hell of a double bill today.

Aw, thank you Liam!

Speaking of Kunitsu-Gami, one of my birthday presents today. c:

There's no balloons here, so I made my own. c:

Yeah I liked it! c:

One of those Rosetta Stone movies where you see it and all the pop culture it inspired clicks into place.

It's just old enough that I wasn't too scared, but I really appreciated the characters and the general vibe.

Will try to see Weeks at some point, very interested in Years.

A review of A Complete Unknown (2024) If you’ll forgive a hackneyed food metaphor, biopics (especially music biopics) are the vanilla ice cream of cinema. This is not to say they’re bad or boring, and there’s nothing wrong with liking the...

A Complete Unknown (dir. James Mangold, 2024)

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A review of A Real Pain (2024) I had a more detailed review planned, directly comparing this to American Fiction because both feature a character that is clearly Going Through Something™ but who is given considerable grace for thei...

A Real Pain (dir. Jesse Eisenberg, 2024)

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A review of Queer (2024) After seeing Challengers I knew two things; one, that it’d probably end up my favourite movie of the year (it did), and two, I was all aboard on the Luca Guadagnino train. To my chagrin, last Hallowee...

Queer (2024, dir. Luca Guadagnino)

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Charlie Warren’s profile Charlie uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 457 films watched. Bio: 32, he/him. I don't really have four favourite films. c: The diary is reserved for any movie I've seen (for the first t...

You can find all of the above on my Letterboxd.

I try not to make resolutions because I rarely keep them, but I'd certainly hope to use the site for more than just a diary in the future. c:

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Last and least, my Bottom 3 of 2024.

Horizon was the first acts of four different Westerns, only two of which were remotely interesting.

Megalopolis is an obtuse manifesto and perplexing monument to hubris.

Madame Web is frustratingly close to competence, but presumably ruined by studio notes.

Honourable mentions for American Fiction, Furiosa, Monkey Man & Thelma.

#1 - Challengers #2 - Dune: Part Two #3 - The Beast #4 - Oppenheimer #5 - The Zone of Interest #6 - Poor Things #7 - Conclave #8 - Love Lies Bleeding #9 - All of Us Strangers #10 - The Holdovers

My Top 10 of 2024.

As is tradition, here are all the movies I saw* in 2024, over 70% of which were in a cinema.

Since records began I've had a vague goal to see over 50 new films in one year, and I finally did it. c:

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Between a new Onimusha and the Ōkami sequel, I'm not sure I've "won" a Game Awards this hard in years.

Almost worth staying up till 4AM to watch the whole show... 😅

ICYMI

cc: @ambercules.bsky.social & @gabrielenguard.bsky.social

Second Black Pumas gig of the year, this time with Dad.

Amazing show, great vibes throughout.

Another tour shirt acquired.

Got to meet Eric afterwards, who was so gracious and signed a copy of the set list that a kind staff member had to hand.

Just an incredible night. c:

Finally kicked the COVID just in time to see Carrie (1976) for the first time and on the big screen let's fucking go. c:

I had a big clear out recently.

Made peace with the fact that, even if I achieve all my diet goals, I'll probably never fit into the stuff I wore 10+ years ago while at university (especially if I go back to the gym).

But I also have a bunch that I've labelled "aspirational clothes". c:

An info-board summarising the difference between Twitter/X and Bluesky and the potential advantages that come with the latter. The original post is from @milesmeelezz.bsky.social . Please go support them and their amazing artwork.

I feel like I need to tap the sign cause I keep seeing people trying to "dunk" on hateful peeps on my feed.

This ISN'T TWITTER.

Please don't make it into it.

Bored scribblin

#furryart #furry #doodle

You might think “Oh, Sanjūrō’s sword is sheathed, now’s my chance”.

But he is so good at unsheathing dude.

My personal ranking of the five Kurosawa films I've seen:

#1 - Throne of Blood (1957)
#2 - Ran (1985)
#3 - Yojimbo (1961)
#4 - The Hidden Fortress (1958)
#5 - Sanjūrō (1962)

Next on the list are Ikiru, Kagemusha, Rashōmon, Red Beard and The Bad Sleep Well.

I've been housebound with COVID all week, felt as good a time as any to finally open my Kurosawa box set.

Top 10 from 2023: 1. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson) 2. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese) 3. Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki) 4. Barbie (Greta Gerwig) 5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson & Kemp Powers) 6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (James Gunn) 7. Poison (Wes Anderson) 8. The Rat Catcher (Wes Anderson) 9. The Swan (Wes Anderson) 10. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson)

And, for the first time since records began, I actually saw enough films released in 2023 to make a genuine Top 10.

2023 Top 10: 1. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023) 2. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) 3. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023) 4. Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, 2023) 5. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) 6. The Green Knight (David Lowry, 2021) 7. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) 8. Son of the White Mare (Marcell Jankovics, 1981) 9. Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023) 10. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson & Kemp Powers, 2023)

My Top 10 movies for 2023.

2023 Bottom 3: 1. Blackbird (Michael Flatley, 2018) 2. Ao Oni ver2.0 (Hideaki Maekawa, 2015) 3. A Bunch of Amateurs (Andy Cadiff, 2008)

Only a few films I would call out-and-out bad, here's my Bottom 3.

1. Zack Snyder's Justice League (Zack Snyder, 2021) 2. Blackbird (Michael Flatley, 2018) 3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Joel Crawford, 2022) 4. Ao Oni ver2.0 (Hideaki Maekawa, 2015) 5. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black, 2005) 6. Action Jackson (Craig R. Baxley, 1988) 7. Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981) 8. A Bunch of Amateurs (Andy Cadiff, 2008) 9. Escape from L.A. (John Carpenter, 1996) 10. Son of the White Mare (Marcell Jankovics, 1981) 11. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) 12. The Long Kiss Goodnight (Renny Harlin, 1996) 13. Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986) 14. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (James Gunn, 2023) 15. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson & Kemp Powers, 2023) 16. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023) 17. Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh, 1993) 18. Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023) 19. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) 20. Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (Lam Nai-Choi, 1991)

21. The Four Musketeers (Richard Lester, 1974) 22. The Return of the Musketeers (Richard Lester, 1989) 23. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999) 24. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson, 2023) 25. The Swan (Wes Anderson, 2023) 26. The Rat Catcher (Wes Anderson, 2023) 27. Poison (Wes Anderson, 2023) 28. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) 29. Assault of Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, 1976) 30. Mrs Brown (John Phillip Madden, 1997) 31. Victoria & Abdul (Stephen Frears, 2017) 32. The Green Knight (David Lowry, 2021) 33. Five Nights at Freddy's (Emma Tammi, 2023) 34. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) 35. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023) 36. Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017) 37. Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983) 38. Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984) 39. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (Sam Fell, 2023) 40. Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, 2023)

Here's all the movies I saw in 2023*.

Had to split the table in two, it was a busy year.

My informal resolution for 2024 is more European cinema and female directors.

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Shaving my head every other day and spending around 30 to 45 minutes in the makeup chair each night.

The things one does for art. 😅