Bryan Andrews

even these brawny, buoyant heroes do sometimes sink.

And that picture isn't even from a movie, it's from a generally well-received but not widely watched TV show.

I mean, Béla Tarr is still alive. I'd love to see his HÁRRYPÓTTER

Slow cinema Harry Potter actually does sound kinda cool.

Right, the use of handguns as melee weapons was pretty slick. I always thought Equilibrium walked so John Wick could run.

You been watching Smoke? He's great in that too and it's a very different character, I almost didn't recognise him.

The cover of the Criterion release of Grey Gardens shows Edith Beale wearing a fur coat, standing in a dead, overgrown garden in front of a large, dilapidated house.

Now watching 📽️: Grey Gardens (1975).

This week I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. It's absolutely outstanding and put me in the mood to watch this, rather than the (apprently mediocre) adaptation of the novel.

Hunh, I always thought her middle name was 'Chounder.' Live and learn.

There is not a Man trapped in the bean. The thing inside the bean is not human. You do not want to let it out.

Hunger, by Knut Hamsun.

History of the Occult is an interesting one. I thought the ending was great, but didn't quite make up for the sluggish pacing earlier on.

Come to think of it, my son has this sort of 'illustrated' novelisation of the three Hobbit films. So a three-volume novelisation based on a short original novel.

It's #LetterboxdFriday 📽️! Here's My #LastFourWatched

28 Years Later, which I enjoyed despite generally disliking Boyle's work; a Coen brothers classic that didn't quite live up to the hype; Nicolas Winding Refn's interesting, incomplete netflix show; and Lanthimos's elliptical oddity.

Jurassic Park, The Junior Novelisation (with color photos from the film)

I don't know if this kind of thing would count? Pretty sure I had this one when I was young.

There is going to be an episode showing Homer as a child watching Season 1 of the Simpsons, isn't there?

OK, yeah. My bad.

It's also pretty ugly, right? Like, why is the does the crest have its own background that's offset from the central section?

Right? First time I heard it, I thought it was very touching break-up song ("I wish that we could talk about it, But there, that's the problem"). Then I realised it was about death, but I assumed it was his mom or something.

hey @bsky.app why was @scumbelievable.bsky.social suspended? considering the timing (she just put a new book out) it feels like someone is weaponizing your safety features in a targeted manner

Geez that is SUCH a good show. I feel like I could just watch it on a loop. I'm still hoping for a revival.

Nice, roadtrip! Do you plan to stop anywhere nice, or just get it done as fast as possible?

they never should have got rid of fax machines

Finally, an expansion to the Birth Cinematic Universe. It feels like forever since Paddington was released.

Well it would fit with some of the 'sending your kids off to war' stuff from earlier in the film.

That's a good point. Somehow it hadn't occured to me that his crimes might not have been uncovered in the series' timeline! Definitely still got Bad Vibes from that gang regardless.

Image of the cover of a children's book by Donald Joseph, showing a drawing of a happy mermaid swimming amongst fish and coral. The book is called 'The Silence of the Lambs.'

Are you SURE that's the title you want for your self-published children's book?

I saw 28 Years Later the other day (pretty good!) and I'm curious - do Americans know who Jimmy Savile was?

Maybe it's related to how the arts and fiction are somehow supposed to teach empathy. @lytagold.bsky.social wrote a great book that dissects this idea.

I've not seen Sorry, Baby but the rest of these are bangers.

He made a pretty solid Philip Marlowe too.