‘Hard Sun’ promo
People learn about something called Hard Sun which is an extinction level event that will happen in 5 years. This looks good and I’ll watch.
Best Line:
“What is hard sun?”
‘Harsh Times’ (2005) promo
No.
‘The Family Stone’ (2005) promo
Mmmmm.
‘Mousehunt’ (1997) promo
Ha.
‘The People Versus Larry Flint’ (1996) promo
Unlovely.
‘The Blacklist’ promo
No.
‘Doctor Who’ promo
No.
‘All The Money In The World’ TV spot
No.
Rosemary fries - you.
Mulled wine infusion - okay.
Garlic & herb goat’s cheese - very good.
Honey, thyme & garlic goat’s cheese- okay.
Piccalilli - tangy.
Fiery Bengal chutney - mild.
Gin & Tonic caramel sauce - okay.
Quality Street toffee penny - okay.
Quality Street green triangle - okay.
Quality Street orange - yum.
Quality Street orange crunch - okay.
Typical Christmas Day television on BBC. A naff special episode of ‘Upstart Crow’ and a naffer ‘French and Saunders’ special and on ‘Eastenders’ a persecuted mentally ill man causes his 2 daughters to fall off a pub roof and die while everybody stands around doing nothing.
Read up on what has become of Peter Wingfield of ‘Highlander’ - it was surprising.
Anyone read ‘Sexpionage’?
Slore.
Souvienz le tous - we remember everything.
Who saw ‘The Big Lebowski’ (1998) or ‘Bowling For Columbine’ (2002)? Or ‘Boyz N The Hood’ (1991) or ‘Capote’ (2005) or ‘City Of God’ (2002) or ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ (2000) or ‘District 9’ (2009) or ‘Dr Strangelove’ (1964)? Or ‘Drunken Master’ (1978) or ‘Escape From Alcatraz’ or ‘Fargo’ (1996)? Or ‘Harold and Kumar Get The Munchies’ (2004) or ‘Mean Street’ (1973)? Or ‘James and the Giant Peach’ (1996) or ‘Love & Friendship’ (2016)? Or ‘Rescue Dawn’ (2006) or ‘The Virgin Suicides’ (1999)? Or ‘Happy Feet’ (2006) or ‘Babe’ (1995) or ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’?
Recall Joan Lingard’s books?
‘Not The Nine O’Clock News’ was naff.
I wanna see ‘I, Tonya’.
Recall ‘Wipe’? Or ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ or ‘Band Of Brothers’ or ‘Brass Eye’ or ‘Spaced’ or ‘The Great Fire’?
Recall puffball skirts?
I’d try garlic sausage, ember baked beet and apple syrup. I’d also try Heston Blumenthal’s lime profiteroles covered in a green chocolate dome that melts when hot caramel sauce is poured over it.
‘FTWeekend’ Quotes:
“Farted so badly in an antique shop that we had to leave.”
“Doesn’t know how to play in teams.”
“Loss aversion.”
“Going the full Meat Loaf.”
“Urban squalor.”
“Unboundaried.”
“Mandatory, undesired wife.”
“Anonymity and quiet.”
“Pastoral consolation.”
“Narrative closure.”
‘Sky News’ Quotes:
“Alpha face.”
“Appeasement signal.”
“Ambivalent attitude to smiling.”
“Listen in deferential silence.”
“Drop jawed smile.”
‘The Irish Times’ Quotes:
“Food lies.”
“A genius of the evil kind.”
“Failing to wear underwear while falling out of cars.”
“Women’s bodies are a display unit, something only to be viewed and judged by others.”
“Fears of being looked at.”
“One must only date within the postcode of course.”
“Regularly pass out in the bad air.”
“Was to court social ostracism, to be seen as mad or consorting with the devil, or, at best, to be seriously eccentric.”
“Theological difficulties.”
“Destitute hermits or aristocratic lunatics.”
‘The Sunday Times’ Quotes:
“Little security of tenure.”
“Desire as ardent as mine.”
“Unimaginably long rows of clothes from the Norman Conquest to the year 3,000.”
“Dirgiste.”
“Of how today’s liberal America would like the past to have been.”
“Many are bought from a sense of duty, or for older guests.”
“Photovoltaic.”
“Bribe-taker.”
“Get rid of the problem.”
“Social creature.”
“You’re not going to rise up the ladder in the criminal underworld if all you have is a bottle of Domestos.”
“Perpetuating the judgement cycle.”
“Entrenched against you.”
“Fallen out of favour.”
‘Sunday Independent’ Quotes:
“People who got stared at anyway, and paying them to be stared at.”
“Crazed spectators.”
“Lasting infamy.”
“Salivating for drama.”
“Tension was palpable.”
“Sermonising Antichrist of Killiney Hill.”
‘Criminal Minds’ Quotes:
“Stabbed himself a lot.”
“Forensic countermeasures.”
“In love with his own mythology.”
‘The Simpsons’ Quote:
“My precious craphole!”
‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ Quote:
“The audience thinks you’re a bitch.”