Yup

By Grabthar's hammer…

Amok Time - written by the mighty Theodore Sturgeon.

The J-Horror bit got a huge laugh, and elegantly gave a global context to the plot. I think everyone knew they were in safe hands after that moment.

Hedgehog in the Fog!

Being Human marathon (Cutler!); hangover + Avengers; party; hangover + Being Human marathon pt2; cocking around on the internet.

Well, that's gonna be forwarded to my favourite Cumberbitch

"Why Mandy?"
"Well … I know the words … and I kinda think it's pretty"

Yeah, fair enough - but he's the heart of the story & it's his bits I always remember.

Tara, because I liked her but didn't really like Fred. The death-and-Illyria thing was well done though.

Ducts? Why is it always ducts?

3 leads!

That 'classic novel' thing is always happening, despite past experience, as Zebbart says. Jane Eyre gets it a lot.

Glad to know that thing about the writing of The Apartment

Maybe you were misled by the weird 'Lionsgate's latest franchise" phrasing; these are just a series of books for older children written by a little-known Brit a while ago, and it's unlikely he had movies in mind - he has a lot of the action inside people's heads…

yeah; this might be one of those movies where the sound designer is shouldering a lot of the work.

Yup: they're young-young-adult, but punchily written, morally complex (for their age group) and dark.

B-side to Paperback Writer… You had to buy actual singles to get the extra tracks in those days.

Felix La Poubelle disagrees

Oh, far from tedious; hair-raising & touching.