TV and Film
Finished watching ‘Severance’ last-night. What a magnificent show. 📺
Can I pick your brains? Best series to watch on Apple TV+? I like weirdness, sci-fi/fantasy based. Have a few series earmarked, but no idea which one to start with. Cheers. 📺
Watching ‘Elvis - Aloha From Hawaii’ Peak Presley. 🎶📺
A nice Christmas so far. Good vegetarian food, surprisingly palatable alcohol-free fizz. Winding down until the new ‘Doctor Who’ now. 📺🌱
I enjoyed Wonka. A big soppy hug of a film, zero of the darkness that the Gene Wilder and later Johnny Depp version had, but that’s OK - it’s just not that kind of movie. 🍿
Taking my youngest to see ‘Wonka’ on Sunday. Have heard mixed reviews, so we’ll see. 🍿
Doctor Who was brilliant. An unexpected happy ending for The Doctor. 📺
Well, the new ‘Frasier’ is by no means terrible; apparently it starts to take off four or five episodes in. 📺
That ‘Doctor Who’ trailer. 😍📺
The ‘Frasier’ trailer doesn’t fill me with much hope. I hope I’m pleasantly surprised. 📺
The new series of ‘Curse of Skinwalker Ranch’ started this week, so I’m going to catch up tonight. I know it’s television, I know it’s entertainment, but I love it. 📺
Goodness knows, I’ve seen some rough times at the Turf over the seasons - I’ve earned basking in a bit of reflected glory. ⚽️📺
Also finished ‘Mission to Burnley’ documenting the fall and rise of my beloved Clarets. While I’m incredibly happy that I’ve made rural Ireland my home, I do feel a little torn that I’m not around to soak in the feel-good atmosphere around the town that comes with the football team doing well. 📺⚽️
There are so many channels and streaming platforms now, it’s impossible to keep up with everything. 📺
Finished the first series of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ last-night and thoroughly enjoyed it. What a clever, funny and warm programme it is. 📺
Buddhism and Me.
Watching Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens This episode concentrates mainly on Zen Buddhism and zen gardens. I awkwardly refer to myself as ‘an atheist with Buddhist leanings’ and while zen is a difficult thing to get one’s mind around, I think it’s potentially life changing. Of course mindfulness has arisen from this, which has rocketed in popularity in the west - and with good reason too. I really should actually take time to practice this, and not just when my mood takes a dip. 📺🪷
I don’t want to go all ‘Growing up, I only had four channels to watch…’ but how can one possibly watch and digest everything of interest? I suppose it’s like a reading pile now, something that will never be empty. 📚📺
New Queer Eye on Netflix! Love that show. 📺
It’s been a polarising few years for the show, good to see everyone excited for the RTD return. 📺Doctor Who - 60th Anniversary Specials.
‘Hawk The Slayer’ is on telly. I know it’s a steaming pile of cack, but I loved that film as a kid. 📺📽️