Watching Bernard Levin interviewing Leonard Bernstein from 1982. Making me appreciate how impressive Bradley Cooper’s portrayal of Bernstein is in the film Maestro 🎥 📺 🎵
Predators, 2010 - ★★★½
Definitely in the same vein as the 1987 Predator. Not too bad as a sci-fi survival action film.
Finished reading: Why Mahler? by Norman Lebrecht 📚
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, 2007 - ★
Definitely the poorest of the Alien/Predator/AvP films I’ve seen so far. Very poor and very dark (illumination 🔦 not mood ☹️).
AVP: Alien vs. Predator, 2004 - ★★★½
Watched on Sunday December 24, 2023.
🎵 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:
Coe, Peters & Smyth (16 plays)
Lankum (12)
Ozric Tentacles (12)
Blomstedt, San Francisco SO (8)
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My Year in Chess ♟️🔗
Maestro, 2023 - ★★★★
Watched on Friday December 22, 2023.
Lankum, Roundhouse, 13th December 2023
Peterloo, 2018 - ★★★★★
This is my second viewing of Peterloo and I've rated it more highly this time - 5★ instead of 4★. On first watching I found it a little long and slow, dragging slightly. This time I was far more engaged with the characters and found it a gripping slow-burn to a dramatic finale. Great filmmaking.
… and Xmas essentials #2 just arrived 🍷🎄
Traditional Xmas essentials 📖 📺
I like the blue connection in today’s NYT Connections
Puzzle #193
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Bought some mince pies from an Ottolenghi deli during my recent visit to London. Now trying them with a coffee … superb 👌
Bright Star, 2009 - ★★★★★
Watched on Wednesday December 20, 2023.
