danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Two terrific shows which just don’t get enough mentions 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 04/10/2026All I can say is that DIGGER might very well be a bad movie but I don’t regret having seen it for a second. If you watch a lot of films, as I do, why not just watch something unique? Script is lousy but filmmaking is distinctive and these days I’ll take that 000
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Telling seeing Sting say he couldn’t sack anyone in The Police - he never realised where his strengths lay 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I Know Where I’m Going The Servant Don’t Look Now Get Carter All of Us Strangers 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Coltrane Live at Birdland is quite something 020
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 18/09/2026For emotional violence, I’ll go for the ending of Withnail and I 020
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Can’t bring myself to read it. I’d rather the longing for answers remains rather than reading some version of them 100
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Dave Boyle? Didn’t he do that Scottish film about trains? 000
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Was offered a ticket to see the Stones in 1976 but didn’t accept as they “were an old band” 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Someone who worked with Ridley for many years said the key issue is that he is incapable of telling a good script from a bad one - so his technical brilliance is applied come what may, thus explaining the many turkeys alongside the greats 251
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Woody Allen films for sure. Branagh in whatever it was called was chilling 000
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Surely room for Ian Hendry or George Sewell somewhere? And Joan Sanderson as Kristin Scott-Thomas 000
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Depends whether or not you like easy going Metheny or the jazzier version. In the former camp I’d go for Offramp and As Falls Wichita and in the latter 80/81 and Song X (with Ornette Coleman). Also like his album Tap on the Tzadik label where he covers some of Zorn’s Masada tunes 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Station Eleven gets my vote (though I guess it is sci-fi) 020
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 10/08/2026First 4 that popped into my head but so many other options to play with 000
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 03/08/2026You’ve got so many masterpieces ahead of you if you plan to explore more 110
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Gets less interesting as it progresses and the endeavours to age the cast really fall flat Star City on the other hand is pretty strong (though the final episode really pushes credibility) 030
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The section on gambling addiction is astonishing 000
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Absolutely this. Score just telling us what was so evident in the dialogue and performances. Also wish it hadn’t revealed a soft centre at the end. Touch of An Inspector Calls at the finale was nice 110
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I’d add Payroll to that list www.imdb.com/title/tt0055...imdb.com 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This, and pointless and endless articles about Reform buffoons stepping up to spout off about how Farage has been maligned. Of course Pochin, Jenrick et al are going to say this. It’s not news - it just endlessly recycles the psychodrama to no fruitful end 011
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I think he announced the new album about a decade again though so not a good time to hold your breath! Great show though 110
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 11/07/2026No problem with Sade - I just don’t need the music to tell me exactly what I’m witnessing. 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The music was woeful and overstated though 100
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Always loved the fact that at one point in the film someone runs into a drive in cinema and shouts “there’s a herd of giant rabbits coming this way” and everyone immediately panics 020
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Big shout out for the director Marc Munden - he contributed as much as Jack if not more. And do watch the behind the scenes doc if you can - if only to see who the boy who plays Piggy would like to be stranded on a desert island with 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 12/06/2026And you wrote about James Blood Ulmer. No room for Billy Ray Cyrus? 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Three episodes into Half Man and hard to understand why anyone thought this was either good - or worth making. 000
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 30/05/2026As a fan of both bands, I always felt the drift from Can’t Buy a Thrill to Gaucho matched the move from Roxy S/T to Avalon; somewhat raucous debuts through to glacial and beautiful exits 020
Reposted by @danmac50.bsky.socialProf Stephen Whittle @profstephenwhittle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Samaritans Report a 40% increase in calls from the Trans Community since April 2025. I telephoned the Samaritans n 1969, in 1971, in 1974, and in 1978 I am still here because of those calls. Call the Samaritans, anytime for free any, from any phone, on 116 123 www.samaritans.org/news/samarit...samaritans.orgSamaritans responds to EHRC guidance after 40% rise in calls following Supreme Court rulingSamaritans responds to EHRC guidance after 40% rise in calls following Supreme Court ruling 3343170
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Check out Oliver Nelson’s Screaming the Blues for some great Dolphy solos 010
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Have you seen The Passionate Friends? Another beautifully low-key film from Lean and an influence apparently on Phantom Thread 110
danmac50.bsky.social @danmac50.bsky.social · 04/05/2026On a related note,a five star tv review from Lucy Mangan is a guarantee of it being unwatchable 170
