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Marty Above-Average

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Damn, Arrow Video got me again. And yes, that is "Blackhat", just to finish off my run of Michael Mann movies.

#filmsky

06.03.2026 10:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now hoping for one of your streams with Jack to start with you wearing that "J" hat...

06.03.2026 07:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun experiment: Show it to someone who only knows him from Marvel stuff.

Watch them have a heart attack...

06.03.2026 07:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sexy Beast (2000)
Final Destination: Bloodline (2025)
To Live And Die In LA (1985)
Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

Sexy Beast (2000) Final Destination: Bloodline (2025) To Live And Die In LA (1985) Wake Up Dead Man (2025)

Quite a body count this week.

##filmsky #lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday

06.03.2026 06:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 61 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're not that far past the cross-gen years, sure there's still a fair bit to be wrung out of the existing machines.

05.03.2026 20:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not even a "Views are my own" in the bio! Probably because they're a composite of other people's...

03.03.2026 20:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every game dev should be forced to play their game on an actual TV for a minimum of two hours at some point. Not all of us are sat at desks!

03.03.2026 17:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Constantly splitting your attention between game, chat and OBS makes it a little trickier.

03.03.2026 11:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Assassin's Creed 2: Let's Fight The Pope! YouTube video by RiverNorthExile

I will make an attempt to stream on a more regular basis, but here's the end of Assassin's Creed 2...

www.youtube.com/live/OcZqNlO...

03.03.2026 11:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fourth-wall break at the end of Assassin's Creed 2 remains absolute Kojima-level madness.

On to "Brotherhood" we go!

02.03.2026 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watched it for the first time last week and had a geeat time. It has a darkly farcical side I love. Best laid plans going wrong seems to be a recurring theme ("Panic Room", "Gone Girl").

Or maybe my sense of humour is broken, I've never been on board with the Coens' version of the same thing.

02.03.2026 08:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Step 1: Abduct or assassinate any leader you don't like

Step 2: ???????

Step 3: Win Nobel Peace Prize

That the plan, right?

02.03.2026 08:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover of "The Terminator" BFI Film Classics book, the silhouette of the T-800 with detail of the endoskeleton inside.

Cover of "The Terminator" BFI Film Classics book, the silhouette of the T-800 with detail of the endoskeleton inside.

Love that the "BFI Modern Classics" are being reprinted (as "Film Classics"), I have a stack of the originals.

Picked up the volumes on "Seven" and "Silence of the Lambs", and the new cover of "The Terminator" is phenomenal.

#booksky #filmsky

01.03.2026 15:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure is. It's been an absolute lifesaver for me.

28.02.2026 12:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man is standing in front of a wall with blood coming out of it . ALT: a man is standing in front of a wall with blood coming out of it .

...and the random shout-out to one of my favorite movies.

27.02.2026 16:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, David Fincher's "The Killer" got pushed out of the four. That's a solid 4-star movie so I need to mention it.

27.02.2026 10:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Josh Brolin kept turning up in stuff this week. Good for him.

#lastfourwatched #Letterboxdfriday #filmsky

27.02.2026 07:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 38 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy.
"Why I Write" by George Orwell. 
"Silence of the Lambs" (BFI Film Classics) by Yvonne Tasker

"The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy. "Why I Write" by George Orwell. "Silence of the Lambs" (BFI Film Classics) by Yvonne Tasker

Fresh reading, just delivered. I've got into the habit of keeping one fiction and one non-fiction book on the go, then picking up whichever I'm in the mood for. Helps me read more frequently.

#booksky

24.02.2026 18:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't have a guilty pleasure movie because I refuse to feel guilty for liking something I enjoy.

23.02.2026 04:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 98 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having to jack up the price of Game Pass to hit ridiculous profit margins, then the price of components goes through the roof after they announced the next XBOX would be a "high-end" machine?

To me, this felt like a matter of time.

21.02.2026 08:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's the odd-one-out here, a 1990 cyberpunk movie. Bigger on vibes than plot, but if you dig "Tesuo: The Iron Man" or maybe "Johnny Mnemonic" it's worth seeking out.

20.02.2026 10:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lots of experts doing things professionally, with varying results

#filmsky #Letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

20.02.2026 10:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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YOU'RE a hoot and a half!

17.02.2026 18:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NOT a political post but i think anyone who describes their morning routine in more than 2 sentences should be investigated by the FBI. you woke up and ate food. we dont need the lore

17.02.2026 11:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(Akira Yamaoka blasts through arena speakers) BY GOD, THAT'S JAMES SUNDERLAND'S MUSIC! AND HE'S CARRYING A METAL PIPE!!

16.02.2026 09:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have, in the year of our lord 2026, just bought an MP3 player. Need to return to listening to actual albums.

That's as far backwards as I can go though, cassettes were always trash.

13.02.2026 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I take it all back. OBS was mangling my audio in a really stupid way.

13.02.2026 12:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good job they changed it to 1st-person, this is obviously a Wigan Simulator.

13.02.2026 10:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No less than three absolute messes this week (not intentional!). At least we have Sam Raimi back making the good stuff.

#lastfourwatched #filmsky #Letterboxdfriday

13.02.2026 06:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It seems appropriate that the movie version has the same name, same fundamentalbform but has been changed in essential ways. Looking forward to reading the rest of the Southern Reach series.

#filmsky #booksky

11.02.2026 08:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0