Sunday, December 29, 2024

Top TV of 2024

1. Evil

2. Babylon Berlin

3. A Gentleman in Moscow

4. Rings of Power

5. Industry

6. Bodkin

7. Sweetpea

8. Ripley

9. Fallout

10. Only Murders in the Building

And despite not yet having seen this year's season of Slow Horses, I predict it'll be worthy of inclusion in this list

Slow Horses

Honourable mentions:

Colin from Accounts

Baby Reindeer

One Day

My Top Ten Films of 2024

1. The Holdovers - a classic Christmas film from January

2. Dune Part 2

3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

4. Rumours - Canadian satire

5. A Night with the Devil - Australian horror

6. Along Came Love - French/Belgian drama

7. Firebrand - the story of Henry VIII's last wife

8. Comandante - Italian WW2 drama

9. Dreamland (Pet Shop Boys) - a concert film

10. Challenger - tennis plus romance

And these nearly made it:

The Three Musketeers: Milady - French swashbuckling

Alien Romulus - the best Alien film in decades

Kneecap - a Gaelic language story of an Irish rap group

The Apprentice - Trump's early days

Tuesday - absurd drama

Gladiator 2

Heretic - Hugh Grant at his best

Civil War - Alex Garland's dystopian story

All Of Us Strangers


Friday, July 12, 2024

Better late than never

Whoops. I forgot to post to my blog this year. 

To start us off, here's a waterfall in Iceland from my recent Arctic trip.