Mark Whitaker

Screenshot of today’s New York Times Connections puzzle where the first two words and ONLY and CONNECT

@vcorenmitchell.bsky.social On Quizzy Monday of all days

Imagine how difficult it would be if you had two colleagues, one called Ian and one called Iain, but Iain only had one eye.

Screenshot from the Letterboxd app showing the cast list for Salt Path, with “…and hello to Jason Isaac’s!” at the end of the list

Calling @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social! Google may have let us down but a hearty tinkety-tonk to @letterboxd.social where this appears on the cast list of every Jason film. #HTJI

Mark Whitaker on Glass Photography Community Mark Whitaker on Glass

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Recognise the music, @therestpolitics.bsky.social? 😆 youtu.be/B9OCYOD-e9s

Film poster for Marching Powder with Danny Dyer

Paging Dr Kermode @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social 🚨

And to think people said nothing good would come from a second Trump presidency.

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Any vanguardista knows a true Kermodean rant requires a secondary infection, like a splash of fuel on the fire. Turns out the director being a Trump bootlicker is like soaking the fire in petrol then throwing it into a volcano in hell. That was glorious. #FlightRisk

My vote’s for Inside Llewyn Davies

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Fuck those guys
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It’s also been fun to see how often one of this eclectic selection of movies, many of which I’d never heard of before, crops up in the show. This week (in 2ake2): Wake In Fright (Witterworld, Australia). 🦘

My favourite curiosities:

1. Deadly Pursuit (1988) appearing in both Route 50 Flicks (for Washington state) and Lights! Canada! Action! (where it reps British Columbia)

2. Route 50 Flicks comprising 51 states just so Mark could shoehorn in a certain film shot in Washington DC… 🙄

WITTERWORLD The Wittertainment World Map of Cinema witterworld.com

Each has its own #Letterboxd list, ideal for anyone wanting to complete the set:

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🌎 WITTERWORLD
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🇺🇸 ROUTE 50 FLICKS
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🇨🇦 LIGHTS! CANADA! ACTION!
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It costs a few quid a year to keep the lights on but I’m very fond of them and often pop in and click around. Many happy memories from an otherwise bleak time!

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social After the sad news of the passing of Witterpedia, you may be heartened to hear that the three sites I built for your lockdown virtual globetrotting adventures are still alive and well. These are of course…

What's the difference between a vegan and a computer programmer?

One is disgusted by a rack of lamb and the other is disgusted by a lack of RAM.

Nothing says Christmas like a man struggling with the guilt of accidentally killing a kid A list of 2 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Die Hard (1988) and In Bruges (2008).

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A screenshot of a banking app saying “That’s a wrap. With 104 sign-ins, you’re a big part of our year. Let’s look at what you’ve all been up to in the app in 2024. Tap to unwrap 2024.”

Spotify has a lot to answer for.

This is the Halifax bank app.

I make the very same joke! M&S knew exactly what they were doing.

Many years ago, getting personalised Easter eggs at Thorntons. The girls got their names written on their eggs then the shop lady said “How about you, Dad?” I said “Timmy please”. My name is Mark. Watching the girls fume with embarrassment while the woman iced TIMMY onto an egg will never leave me.

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A winter walk in the Forest of Bowland Mark Whitaker on Glass

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Stand down, chaps, it’s only the one ad that’s sneaked through. I actually quite enjoyed the frisson of the unfamiliar.

✋🏼 Sir! Sir! My ad-free pod starts with an ad, sir!

Meanwhile over on Twitter, someone's making tea in an air fryer.

It's like the last days of Rome.

Feathers McGraw in The Wrong Trousers

Colin Farrell is fantastic in #ThePenguin & completely unrecognisable

They asked me if I had any specific criticisms of the Ghost Train. I said nothing leapt out at me.

You're right, I didn't! 😂 Damn, such a fine line between smart and smart-arse and I can see which side I landed on. I always thought there was a shared DNA though!

A ★★ review of Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) All surface, no substance. It was like Todd Phillips started with a mood board, fleshed it out into a trailer and then realised he somehow had to get 2 hours out of it but was totally out of ideas. Th...

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They did