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@kermodemovie.bsky.social I began to watch Slade In Flame on the BFI player, a film you described as the Citizen Kane of British pop movies (or something similar), but did not get far. Noddy had only just emerged from a coffin when I switched it off. I might give the movie another chance.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Ah, President Herzog. I remember hearing him on the radio saying 'Israel is a peace loving nation' while Israel was simultaneously bombing Gaza and Lebanon.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Seems you and JHB are coming at this masked mob protest thingamajig from different angles. On her show, a caller was talking about how the mob wore masks because they didn't want to be recognised and arrested for attempting to save the country.

#Clacton It seems that ITV or SKY are never going to follow Morse and Lewis with Hathaway, so Clacton voters, please spare a thought for candidate Laurence Fox from one of those parties that begin with Re! Then vote for Count Binface! A good weekend to all!

@mrjamesob.bsky.social The expensive big present from Iran that President Trump said he wouldn't divulge, then divulged the next day as eight boats of oil, which later rose to ten boats of oil, has now, according to Ms Leavitt, his press secretary, risen to thirty boats of oil.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social A few days ago, Mr Trump said he'd received a present from Iran, a big expensive gift that he couldn't divulge. The next day, he divulged that the gift was "eight boats of oil" which he later amended to ten boats. There is never a dull moment with this leader of the free world

@warnerbrospictures.bsky.social No posts from you yet but I STILL WANT YOU TO RELEASE THE BATGIRL MOVIE ... PLEASE!

@warnerbrospictures.bsky.social PLEASE RELEASE THE BATGIRL MOVIE.

@miyahec.bsky.social Last Holiday starring Queen Latifah was a remake of an old movie with a white woman in the lead. You probably meant you liked the modern one. Did you like Set It Off, Taxi and that one she made with Steve Martin?

@ivorcutler.bsky.social I asked on Threads why Ivor Cutler is not in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame. Got some fun responses.

#TheArchers Are there still Archers in Ambridge or have Grundys overrun them? Did Walter Gabriel have grandchildren, great-nieces/nephews? Me old pal, me old beauty.

#RobReiner Sad to learn of the deaths of a great director and his wife. 'Popular Trump critic dies of unnatural causes'. I await the results of the investigation.

Ye olde Lone Ranger episodes have been popping up on my YouTube. Rossini wrote the theme music and also added it to the end of his William Tell Overture. Like Jim Steinman borrowed a melody from his own song Stark Raving Love and added it to the hit Holding Out For A Hero for Bonnie Tyler. Facts!!!

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Hello Mr Mamdani. Please arrest war criminal PM Netanyahu when he visits NY. He thinks he's above the law and will claim diplomatic immunity but jail him!

@bbceastenders.bsky.social Bald fellows are villains in this show, even the ones that start out as good.

I read Meaning Of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd. I was not enthused but the next book, a thriller, Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon, I did enjoy. My next read will be Nobody's Child by Virginia Roberts Guiffre and Amy Wallace, whose name is not on the cover.

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Is this upcoming movie Michael a remake of the movie where John Travolta plays an overweight cigarette smoking Angel?

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social If they wanted someone starry, why didn't the Now You See Me folk pick Charlize Theron who can do a proper South African accent for the diamond-owning villain, instead of Britain's Rosamund Pike?

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social I typed kermode and mayo's take into the patreon.com search engine but it wasn't there. And when I clicked on YouTube's latest Take episode it had apparently been withdrawn. (Sigh)

@stephenfry.bsky.social I recall reading in Time Out or City Limits (not long ago, then) that a drag artist wanted to play Lady Bracknell and the Oscar Wilde estate said no to a man playing thar role. The estate must be under new management if it has allowed Messrs. Suchet and Fry to play her.

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Do you guys have your Saturdays free from September to Christmas 2026? I understand there are two vacancies for a popular light entertainment show.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Tommy Robinson is a national hero, James. In Israel. On the Betar Worldwide page on X they praise racist Robinson and would like the ADL and Board Of Deputies Of British Jews to be banned for being anti-Israel. The Board Of Deputies aren't keen on Robinson. Nor he, them.

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Ares was a character in Xena: Warrior Princess. God of war maybe. Didn't need an I as in star sign Aries, Simon. I see I Could Never Be Your Woman is available on Amazon, Mark. Dead Of Winter, I'd still like to see this movie but it played nowhere near me. Ian Gold

Hooray. Kimmel Colbert Fallon and Meyers are back. Where's The Daily Show?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Awesome Books (?) have sent me an email, offering How They Broke Britain, down from £10.99 to £4.29 and 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain by Quentin Letts, down from £12.99 to £2.79. Free delivery, of course.

Help me please. Is cumbia music the same as Kumbaya music?

I'm feeling disoriented. Monday began with Adil Ray hosting GMB (it's not Friday!) and Pierce & Maguire aren't there at 6.30am. Then there's no Nick Ferrari or James O'Brien on LBC this morning.

@tomswarbrick.bsky.social It is alleged that when a schoolboy Nigel Farage MP was an admirer of the National Front and used to march up the high street singing WW2 German songs and songs that had lyrics like "gas them all, gas them all". This made him a neo-Nazi then. A closet neo-Nazi now?

@defleppard.bsky.social Happy birthday, Joe Elliot.

Trump should stop all the wars in Africa which don't get the TV coverage that Gaza and Ukraine do.

Listening to Glory Road by Black Sabbath. This is good, I think, then realise it must be Ronnie James Dio on vocals rather than Ozzy Osbourne. I didn't bother to see Sabbath live, but is the female Sabbath tribute band Black Sabbitch still going?

At the moment I hate Rabbi Shmuley Bateach and lawyer Allen Derschowitz. Does that mean I'm antisemitic, a self-loathing jew or should stop watching Piers Morgan videos?

I like "This Time" from Janet Jackson's "Janet" album. I saw her live in Birmingham last year. Well, heard her, because three guys stood in front of me, blocking my view of the stage.

Stevie Wonder, great in Birmingham last night. At the weekend, Black Sabbath and ELO played farewell gigs in Birmingham. I hope Stevie Wonder plays there again.

Wiser heads than me (Trump, Giuliani, L. Loomer) have been having a go at that nice handsome young Muslim socialist Zohran Mamdani. They say he's a Communist, pro-Hamas and anti-Jewish. Apparently he's none of those things. I put it down to jealousy as he looks better in a suit than them.

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Why does Dr Kermode call a certain movie M Three Gan when everyone else calls it Megan?

Hey, all you teenagers out there! What's your favourite Annette Funicello song?

I just saw the movie Companion. I didn't know what it was about, so events surprised me. Good movie. It was on my list of new movies to stream: The Last Showgirl, We Live In Time, Presence, A Complete Unknown and Hard Truths. All good. Hard Truths was a bit bleak.

@lbc.co.uk I hear a lot on the news about Israel and Gaza, Russia and Ukraine. There's something terrible going on in The Congo, Sudan and South Sudan but they don't get similar coverage.

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Have Kermode & Mayo reviewed Ash starring Eiza Gonzalez and Aaron Paul? The internet says no.

... and Flying Saucers Attack - Rezillos; My Flying Saucer - Billy Bragg & Wilco; Saucer Eyes - Snowmine; Saucer Crash - Tom Verlaine; Saucer Surfing - Steve Hillage.

I just did a playlist of saucer songs. None of which I'd heard before: Wink Martindale - Drinking From My Saucer; Saucer N Cup - Eric Bibb; Saucer-Like - Sonic Youth; Flying Saucer - The Wedding Present; Saucer - Emily Robb; Flyin' Saucers Rock N Roll - Billy Lee Riley; and ...

@ronnychieng.bsky.social Enjoyed your interview with Nancy Kwan. I pre-ordered her book last September. It'll soon be here. Happy Easter!

@georgetakei.bsky.social Hello Mr Takei. You are a Japanese American actor who came to fame in the 1960s. Do you know a Japanese American singer Pat Suzuki who came to fame in the 1950s? She is about 90 years old and apparently still alive. I wonder how she's doing.

I just saw Adolescence on Netflix. It was good. Now I must see Toxic Town.

@kthalps.bsky.social Hello Katie Halper. I like your YouTube videos. I saw your interview with Wallace Shawn recently and bought a DVD of his movie The Fever. But as I live in the UK, when I put the DVD in the player, it said wrong region. My region is 2, the DVD is Region 1. Enjoy Pesach,

@stephencolbert.bsky.social I don't think there have been new Late Shows this week. Has Trump sent Stephen to Gitmo or El Salvador?