Pig was fucking phenomenal, just masterclass stuff from a first time director.

I get chills every time Llewyn sees Bob Dylan start to play just as he’s leaving the bar. he’s spent the whole movie trapped in a cycle of his own selfishness and the indifference of others, and just when something potentially life-changing starts to happen, he’s on his way out

Caesar and Buster Scruggs are both almost total misses, imo, but Inside Llewyn Davis is one of the best films of the decade and probably one of their best ever. so, on the whole, they’re still in the plus column for me - they’ve always had pretty weak projects scattered inbetween absolute masterpieces

hate to tell you this but Thug is absolutely a transphobe who’s been accused of physical violence against women. they really just traded one shitty prospect for another here

agreed. and it’s a shame because it looks great - the special effect of the dam bursting is incredible, and the Fisher King is one of the coolest monster designs the show’s had, but because of the nature of the episode he doesn’t really get to... do anything? except kill the Scottish lady in what is frankly one of the…

yeah, I think the insistence on having one person in charge of everything worked well for RTD and Moffat, but at this point it’s become a burden on the show. Chibnall made a lot of good logistical decisions (as you said, the VFX looks pretty phenomenal these days - a long way from Eccleston’s season) and his choice of…

it’s a strange situation. I deeply dislike almost everything about the way Chibnall took the show, but he does seem to be a pretty affable guy who had good intentions, and the actors have nothing but positives to say about working with him. it’s hard to imagine him personally pissing off the Beeb enough for this…

Capaldi managed to sell the absolute barrel-scraping In the Forest of the Night, which is maybe not as bad as Orphan 55 but certainly in the ballpark. it’s not just the quality of acting (Jodie is very talented too) it's that even at the worst Twelve had a clear, lovely character arc that he could work with, and even…

World Enough/The Doctor Falls is by far the best finale in the show, imo, and neck and neck with Caves of Androzani for the best regeneration story in the show

it was 100% “what if I became showrunner to explain away The Brain of Morbius without any consideration for how to implement the story well and not fundamentally break the show I’m meant to be running”

Before the Flood has plenty to love, imo, but it’s very convoluted and weird. it feels like Whithouse doing his best Moffat impression, but his strengths have always been smaller character moments and ratcheting up tension bit by bit. the time-travel shenanigans in that episode ultimately feel like a distraction from…

yeah the scheduling in this era has been absolutely horrendous. not to mention it’s become the norm to get one ten-episode season every two years, which would maybe be alright if the episodes were good but they very rarely were. what the show needs more than anything is an injection of energy and a showrunner who can…

I haven’t had a chance to see this yet (thanks Australian lockdown!) but I’ve always thought Shyamalan’s films, at their best, have a surprising well of thematic richness that runs a lot deeper than your average summer blockbusters. That plus his obvious genius with the actual camera easily outweighs the negatives…

so... this is a just an adaption of Jerusalem’s Lot and definitely not Salem’s Lot?
interesting choice. I’m not sure if there’s enough material in the short story to work with, but it’s definitely memorably creepy

oh. well he had a good run

O Brother would be very very high on my list here

now that is what the sandworm should look like. holy SHIT.

I’m kinda excited for this. I was always the person who thought Sam’s Town was their only great album, and all of the rest had some great singles and a lot of whatever. but Imploding the Mirage was some really solid War on Drugs/Springsteen worship and it suited Flowers’ songwriting really well. hope they keep up the…

TOO SOON DAWG 

I don’t think he’s written for Big Finish since before S1 of New Who aired, actually. which is a shame because his audios are some of the all-time greatest DW content in any medium, especially The Chimes of Midnight