Dean Van Nguyen

Bug (2006) Friedkin takes you into the slimy-grimy world of a motel room. A highly compelling depiction of paranoia. I admire the actors for going fully in on his vision, and they’re all excellent. Good stuff 3.5/4

The Night House (2020) Highly compelling and truly chilling. The payoff is thin on surprises, but does just about hang together. Strong work all round 3/4

Bug (2006) Friedkin takes you into the slimy-grimy world of a motel room. A highly compelling depiction of paranoia. I admire the actors for going fully in on his vision, and they’re all excellent. Good stuff 3.5/4

Tenant yet to hear from Jim Gavin or Fianna Fáil about money owed The tenant is none the wiser about whether work is underway for his €3,300 to be returned.

The tenant at the centre of the Jim Gavin rent payments issue contacted Fianna Fáil on Saturday but has not received any call back from the party or the former candidate since, The Journal has learned.
http://jrnl.ie/6836666t

The funniest part of the Jim Gavin scandal is that his excuse is that back in 2009 he was in financial hardship, while running for… Fianna Fáil

The Night House (2020) Highly compelling and truly chilling. The payoff is thin on surprises, but does just about hang together. Strong work all round 3/4

Manifesting all the people who owe me money one day run to become the president of Ireland…

The rent scandal is so devastating for Jim Gavin because almost everyone knows what it’s like to be screwed out of money by someone who already has more than them

Liverpool on track to lose every game of my 40s. What league will we be in after ten consecutive relegations?

Live Updates: Sean Combs Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison The hip-hop mogul was sentenced after apologizing for his “disgusting, shameful and sick” conduct and his lawyers showed the court a video highlighting his charitable works.

Breaking News: Sean Combs was sentenced to more than four years in prison for prostitution-related crimes.

A few there I’ve not seen, will try to check out, thanks!

The Boogeyman (2023) Portrait of grief via many old Freddy Kruger tropes. Too slickly produced to be scary but nonetheless pretty tense with fine central performances 2.5/4

Night of the Reaper (2025) Works hard in the final act to subvert the cliches it also wants to revel in (I yelled “Run, get out of the house!” at the screen several times) but ultimately not smart enough to justify such heavy use of those tropes. Still, the central mystery maintains interest 2/4

October 1 means a new thread of horror movies I’ll watch this month #shocktober

It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.

RIP Assata Shakur

Your Party: A Left for Itself The farcical spat that has riven Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s “Your Party” exposes a Left increasingly focused on itself rather than on the class it aims to mobilize.

The farcical spat that has riven Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s “Your Party” exposes a Left increasingly focused on itself rather than on the class it aims to mobilize.

Dean: The classic hiss of Ireland’s first ever Pavement covers album “I feel confident in declaring this to be the first local release to use such a concept.”

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a man in a hat and sunglasses is playing a guitar in a street . ALT: a man in a hat and sunglasses is playing a guitar in a street .

Santana's Supernatural sold 30 million copies guys, c'mon!

🎶 Oh Maria, Mariaaaaa/ She’s gotta handbag that’s knocked-off Hermessss 🎶

This pair look like the villains in a movie where the hero is a dog.

TBF, from what I’ve seen, it’s the old boys supporting Steen who think she’s a baddie…

Kimmel’s suspension was shorter than Anthony Gordon’s 💀

Kermode really nailed how I felt about Weapons. There’s a sense of a bubbling satire which I couldn’t quite grasp, and that made me feel stupid. But maybe that’s Creggar’s fault? Still, it’s a lot of fun with some nice scares

Yeah he was very popular

Anyone else remember an anonymous Irish blog called The Red Scrapbook from the 2000s? If that was you, I loved it

If wrestling isn’t real then how do you explain this?

The “I don’t agree what you say but I’ll die for your right to say it” crowd are very quiet