this movie was so much better than i expected it to be 🎬 the brave One (2007)

Nicolas Cage used to film himself drunk to study his speech patterns to get into the role of an alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) He also adopted a technique of tasting alcohol and spitting it out on set to get the vibe of without staying intoxicated

Amelia Dimoldenberg is developing a young adult drama series for the BBC, describing it as her “version of Skins.” She’s writing the series herself, though the BBC has not officially greenlit it yet. (Via: deadline.com/2026/08/chicken…)

Discourse on The Odyssey is so heated because something bigger than Bronze Age accuracy is at stake. The problem of adaptation is at the basis of modern cinema itself: it's the subject of the New Wave's critical detonator, Truffaut's essay A Certain Tendency of the French Cinema.

Our pub policy at @RestoreBritain is amazing. Bring back smoking in pubs. Bring back liberty, and your right to do what you want on your own private property. You don't have to go into a pub. You don't have to go into a smoking room. You don't have to smoke. It's called the free market. It's called being right-wing. It's called opposing Blairite bureaucracy and socialism.

Get it right f****** up ye. The World has risen up against filthy US/Zionist imperialism. Tick tock.

what’s your favorite datpiff era mixtape?

It can take many leaders years to grow into the statesman you became in just two years. European and Ukrainian security is stronger because of you. Thank you, dear Keir.