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)

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 📖 📺