Yes, broadly in agreement with most of the comments above; this is the quintessential Rush album and certainly the one album I'd recommend to a curious newbie.

Limelight of course has a multitude of sublime qualities, but one of the major ones for me is how they manage to make the odd and shifting time signatures of that song sound so groovy, natural and accessible.  That's a rare gift.

I find a continental lager is a very good accompaniment to my "Friday Night Movie Club"; they're usually on offer at the local shop (steps away) and San Miguel is the first preference, followed by Moretti. Sometimes I'll have a bottle of red instead though.

I was really, really looking forward to this greatly hyped, low-budget British horror; it has a terrific premise, where a film censor in the age of 80s video nasties seems to let her personal demons manifest themselves via the medium of the films she is tasked with evaluating.

Unfortunately, I was ultimately very disappointed; a kind of obtuse strangeness prevails in place of a genuine sense of the uncanny, and everything the likes of the highly recommended and far superior Saint Maud got right - also a debut feature from a female British director - this seems to mangle cack-handedly to bathetic effect (btw, I noticed Saint Maud writer-director Rose Glass thanked in the credits).

So, I'd suggest watching - or re-watching - something superior of this sort of ilk like the aforementioned Saint Maud, or perhaps Possum instead; films that crawl under your skin and fester there.

Rating: **

It's difficult not to get over-excited.

With new episodes dropping of the final season (Season 6) of Better Call Saul, I'm working through season 5 again since it's been so long since I watched it - a 15 minute re-cap video on YouTube just seemed wholly inadequate.

And once season 6 is done of this absolutely outstanding show I'm going to re-watch Breaking Bad, if only to see if I can decide which one is better.

Quote from: Blastzone on April 20, 2022, 08:26:27 PMGot a hip replacement op done 20th March . Still hurting like buggery and getting the runaround with some health issues now linked to it.  Lack of sleep linked to above is also getting me very grumpy...

Hope you can get on the mend soon, Gordon mate.

Finished Killing Eve Season 4.

A hurried, massively anti-climactic mess.  What a shame.

Watched this now; really good interview and emotional at times.  What thoroughly decent gentlemen they always come across as; humble about their success and achievements but candid also.  Great stuff. 

An Easter holiday visit with the little 'un to the flicks.

Yes, it's unlikely my friends here will be hurrying to see this unless it's with their grand-kids or something, but I'm posting for the record anyway. 

This Dreamworks animation is good, solid family fun, essentially a slickly-executed knockabout kid-friendly crime caper and redemption tale, but with a level of sophistication that credits its primary school-aged audience with plenty of intelligence.

Sam Rockwell heads the voice cast and does an excellent job as principal character Wolf, channelling George Clooney-as-Danny-Ocean's charming rogue routine pretty much faultlessly ("Clooney" is even used as a verb at one point).  And that's one of a number of enjoyable references to classic crime thrillers that film-savvy parents will notice amongst the frenetic slapstick and set-pieces.

So while this isn't quite in the same league as the best Pixar movies, and is certainly no Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, this is nonetheless 100 engaging minutes of quality popcorn fun.

Rating: ***   

I certainly have tinnitus but generally only notice it when, say, I'm on a walk with the dog and I stop to take in the view in a quiet area. But even then it's not really intrusive.

I wear ear plugs when practising with the band but not during our occasional gigs. The hissing is obviously louder for a while after I've spent a couple of hours with a 4x12 right behind me, a wedge monitor in front of me and a large drum kit just to my left. And a screaming crowd, of course.

All moot; there's no good reason to suppose any characters or events described in the "gospels" are grounded in historical fact.

In any case a dedicated thread seems a wise idea.

Thanks Reg, will watch when I have the opportunity.

Okay, maybe this doesn't strictly fall under the classic definition of "Midnight Movie", but I plead some license given Wes Anderson is generally regarded as a cult film director and a quick internet search demonstrates this film does have "midnight" screenings.

I was aware this is very much a fan favourite and has earned pretty much universal critical praise,  but otherwise approached this with a fairly clean slate.

And what a blast of fun it is! I loved the quirky humour that infused pretty much every single scene of this hugely entertaining yarn and Ralph Fiennes is superb in the principal role.

Yet another film I've seen recently which made me wonder why I left it so long.

Rating: ****

Employer has granted an early finish ahead of the long weekend.

Had a listen through some of the tracks via YouTube. 

First impressions not great.