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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

Prey, 2022 - β˜…β˜…β˜…

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

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St John the Baptist Parish Church, Aberdare

Black and white photo of an old stone chapel with a bell tower next to a cemetery with gravestones and a prominent memorial obelisk. Leafless trees and a modern building are in the background.
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Time for a New Year’s Day Bloody Mary 🍹

A Bloody Mary cocktail with a celery stick in a glass next to a bottle of Bloody Mary mix on a kitchen counter, with books and kitchen items in the background.
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The party’s really kicking off here now. A Happy New Year to everyone πŸ₯³

A black and white cat sleeping on a blue blanket with a reindeer pattern. The blanket is on a leather sofa against a patterned wallpaper background.
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A quiet New Year’s Eve πŸ§€ 🍷

A cozy indoor scene with a festive atmosphere featuring a wine bottle, two glasses of red wine, assorted cheeses on a wooden board, crackers in a bowl, and a jar of red onion chutney. Decorative pillows, a Christmas tree.
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, 2023 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

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.

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV

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

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

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Saltburn, 2023 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

Very darkly entertaining!

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Watching Bernard Levin interviewing Leonard Bernstein from 1982. Making me appreciate how impressive Bradley Cooper’s portrayal of Bernstein is in the film Maestro πŸŽ₯ πŸ“Ί 🎡

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Predators, 2010 - β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Definitely in the same vein as the 1987 Predator. Not too bad as a sci-fi survival action film.

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Finished reading: Why Mahler? by Norman Lebrecht πŸ“š

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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, 2007 - β˜…

Definitely the poorest of the Alien/Predator/AvP films I’ve seen so far. Very poor and very dark (illumination πŸ”¦ not mood ☹️).

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AVP: Alien vs. Predator, 2004 - β˜…β˜…β˜…Β½

Watched on Sunday December 24, 2023.

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🎡 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)

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My Year in Chess β™ŸοΈπŸ”—

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