Prey, 2022 - ★★★

A slightly novel direction for the Predator franchise. Very watchable if you don’t expect anything *too* new.

St John the Baptist Parish Church, Aberdare

St John the Baptist Parish Church, Aberdare

Time for a New Year’s Day Bloody Mary 🍹

The party’s really kicking off here now. A Happy New Year to everyone 🥳

A quiet New Year’s Eve 🧀 🍷

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, 2023 - ★★★★½

Enjoyed that far more than I expected to. Thought Phoebe Waller-Bridge was really good, as, of course, was Harrison Ford. Fitting conclusion (I presume) to the Indiana Jones films.

🎵 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Lankum (12 plays)
Natalie Merchant (10)
NAÏSSAM JALAL (8)
Klemperer, Philharmonia, Schwarzkopf, Rössl-Majdan (5)
Solti, LSO (4)

Saltburn, 2023 - ★★★★

Very darkly entertaining!

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)
Allison Russell (7)