Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 19mYeah, pretty much the same. Much like its heroes the film came soooo close! 000
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 33mFilms on a plane (iPad edition): Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. It's messy, with too many big speeches to hammer the message. But the Black Mirror-ish vignettes are fun (and less pleased with themselves than the series). I'd rather have a big swing like this than more franchise fodder. I liked it. 121
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaLavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 18hOne of my more neglected titles, this one, but currently very cheap in e-book on Amazon UK, if anyone wants to take a punt. I'm very fond of this book! 174
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Square - melancholy, animated Korean love story set in a world we rarely (never?) see. 72 minutes of simple beauty... 000
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Films on a plane: Le Crime du 3e étage - is there a thriller template more often reused / parodied than Rear Window? This one is light and fun, with zero twists, just a great cast making it all effortlessly watchable. 100
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaAnne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My magnum o'puss? CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback), which includes the short story "MY DAY BY JONES" - ALIEN from the POV of Jones the cat. "possibly the greatest book ever" "original, diverse, intelligent, and multi-cultural" www.amazon.com/dp/1978038747 01410
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Last night I watched The Love Hypothesis. After a slightly clunky, voiceover-heavy start, it settles into an amiable, feelgood rom-com. Lilli Reinhart and Tom Bateman are easy to root for, Rachel Marsh elevates the sassy best friend role, and I liked how there was no "mean girl" rival. I enjoyed it. 010
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaAnne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026An oldie from a few months back. (It cropped up in my timeline again, not sure why.) 0202
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yesterday I made my first trip to The Nickel Cinema to see 1981 curio Strange Behavior, a slasher-inflected B movie throwback. (There's a killer in a Tor Johnson mask.) Fitting that I passed the Scala on the way, as that's the spirit The Nickel self-consciously recreates. I'll definitely be back. 020
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaSteven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I've written a brand new Adrian Chills story (short horror stories inspired by the Guardian columns of Adrian Chiles.) This is #84 and it's called "Chard". 2139
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaLavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Much ❤️ to anyone who bought the ⚰️⚰️⚰️Problem (🧛) so far, hugely appreciated! And if you haven't and want to support a poor human (definitely not a vampire honest) author in these difficult time, it's available everywhere! Fly, my creatures, fly! 051
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I watched 70 Up. It's a warm-hearted farewell to the Up series, but it does feel like something is missing - and that something is the unflinching questions from Michael Apted. The programme makes space for both tributes and criticisms, and as a whole it will always be a monumental piece of work. 020
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I finished Hamas and Its Two Million Hostages, a book / essay by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib. He describes his own experience of how Gaza changed as Hamas came to power and his hopes for a post-Hamas future. Recommended for anyone who wants to read a pro-peace and coexistence Palestinian perspective. 000
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaAnne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy birthday Stephen King! Here (for the umpteenth time, sorry) are some photographs I took of him encountering a fish-paste sandwich in London, 1983. 316131
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Absolutely. And he literally showed up in one of my nightmares. What I loved about his performance is there was no attempt to create "sympathy for the devil" - he was odious and snivelling and pathetic. You totally get why he sold his soul and what it really cost him. 010
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yeah, I loved the show. And I certainly didn't have a problem with the end. It was in keeping with how wild and erratic the whole series had been. (In a good way.) 010
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I finished Evil. Did everything wrap up in a satisfying way? Of course not! This isn't Better Call Saul, this is a story-of-the- week supernatural procedural that began on network television. It's also the best show of its kind I've seen. Katja Herbers and Michael Emerson are so good. I'll miss it. 572
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Me too! (Although most of mine have already been said in the quoted posts.) Favourite films of 1979: Alien Apocalypse Now The Brood Buffet Froid The Jerk The Muppet Movie Nosferatu the Vampyre Radio On Phantasm The Warriors Zombi 2 (though to me it will always be Zombie Flesh Eaters on VHS) 011
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026On Friday I saw Resident Evil, which succeeds as a video game adaptation by *not* adapting the video games. Austin Abrams is a perfect stand-in for any gamer who panics when shooting oncoming monsters and (until maybe the last five minutes) the tonal balance is spot-on. 90 minutes. I liked it a lot. 061
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaLavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just a reminder that if you want one of the strictly limited signed hardcovers of this, grab one now! www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as... limited to only 60 hardcover copies 012
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Dead of Night (1945). That's a time loop of sorts, right? 110
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Oh I must not have read that one. I cherry picked the TA noirs I think. Will correct that. 100
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wait, you've written Lorre and Greenstreet mysteries? Why don't I know this. (And by weird coincidence when I saw The Last of Sheila last night, I recognised dialogue from The Mask Of Dimitrios playing on an unseen TV screen in one scene.) 100
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Last night at the glorious Garden Cinema I saw The Last Of Sheila. It was my "Member's Pick", so I had the honour of introducing it. It was as good as I remembered, though I had forgotten just how terrific Dyan Cannon is in it and how problematic the ending is. Anyway, I loved it all over again. 010
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Last night I watched Call My Agent! The Movie. My affection for the characters (and that sad refrain whenever anyone has a reflective moment) runs too deep for me to criticise anything. The performances are great and it's like a solid mid-season double episode. I laughed a lot and loved it. 020
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026But it's not who I am!!!! They're trying to groom me! 000
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I don't subscribe to any substacks, but I've read some of course. Apparently they have my email, because they sent me "highlights" and links they think I'd be interested in. But the stuff being promoted to me is all very right wing / anti-woke / anti-Ukraine. Anyone else experiencing this? 100
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 485297717667
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaAnne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback) "possibly the greatest book ever" "original, diverse, intelligent, & multi-cultural" "a smart, shrewd & at times laugh-out-loud study of cats in film" "one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”amazon.comCats on Film: in black & whiteCats on Film: in black & white [Billson, Anne] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Cats on Film: in black & white 022
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Coffee shop. They're playing Bowie, As The World Falls Down. I love Labyrinth as much as the next person, but a song from a fun puppet movie has no business being so heartbreakingly good. 000
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I finished The Shards S1. Curious show. We're repeatedly told "this is the moment everything changed" but then nothing changes. Beautifully cast, with a soundtrack of pure Gen X melancholy for lost youth. I can't tell yet if the inconsistencies are unreliable narration or just a mess. I liked it. 001
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Last night I watched neo-noir, Shimmer Lake. It has lots of elements you've seen before, but (literally) not in that order. A fine cast, fun twists - kind of like a streamer thriller series, only you don't have to sit through nine more episodes (and then wait two years) to reach the end. I liked it. 000
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026*tears up treatment for Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom: The Stage Extravaganza' 4143
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 08/09/2026You don't have to turn *every* movie into a stage musical. You can just not do that. 10475
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026No, sadly it's long gone. (Although I do think those Oxfam prices are based on the Abe Books best case scenario.) 010
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026OMG it features The Terminal Man, the first one I owned. (And loved!) 110
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Came here to post the same comment. Never knew the technical term. 110
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Oh I didn't spot that. But boy would my poor son (who works there) have heard about it if I had!! 000
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Great exhibition but I got disproportionately annoyed by one of the exhibit labels referring to them as The English Beat. Felt like the info had been cribbed from a US website. 100
Reposted by Dan BerlinkaElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116813320
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I have 3 episodes left. It may be the best show of its kind I've seen. I might be developing insane fan theories around it. 000
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'll just call you and give you the intro that way! 110
Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm leaning 15th but should know for sure tomorrow. (And my leaning is not a response to you asking about the 8th. I'd love to see you obviously.) 110
