https://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3mcza3wdbac2wNew year, new book thread: Easy Riders and Raging Bulls I largely picked this up to watch along with films I hadn't seen, and it's fascinating. Not just because the New Hollywood is fascinating,but because historical rigor and readable prose have made a largely trashy tabloid tale into a classic.22 Jan 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcza3wdbac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3mbkdb5g2ps2xNew Year, new movie thread: #1 Duel Man Spielberg had the juice from day dot huh? There may not be a more entertaining portrait of emasculated fear out there. 4* https://media.tenor.com/sTQw7DCDUFwAAAAC/duel-truck.gif?hh=281&ww=49803 Jan 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkdb5g2ps2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lz7blwrzpk2eI'm at #Grindfest in Bournemouth, a genre film fest devoted to screening rep genre films in 35mm wherever possible. Follow along for everything screened that I can get to!19 Sep 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7blwrzpk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lsjtj3hxrk2d#f1 has the most intensely targeted pre-roll ads I've ever seen. 20 minutes of pre-trailer adverts, and all but 1 directly feature racing. The money they're spending on this shit...26 Jun 2025 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjtj3hxrk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lmfdvytp6s2mI intend to read #30 books this year, here's a 🧵reviewing each of them09 Apr 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfdvytp6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lm7lmta6ks2aAs I hunt for more music that I actually enjoy, instead of going back to the 200 albums over and over again, I'm using besteveralbums.com to listen to the top 1000 albums ever, in the hope of finding some new favourites. Heres a 🧵recording each one. https://besteveralbum.com07 Apr 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7lmta6ks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lh2yg27pw22sTraining ground chuck around stuff from France. Tough to watch for Wales #FravsWal31 Jan 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2yg27pw22shttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lf44jzdtik2r#watched the back to the future musical in London tonight, it's rouuugh. Never has anything ranked so highly on Lindsey Ellis' 'Hunch!' scale. It truly has no reason to exist. #westend #theatre06 Jan 2025 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf44jzdtik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lepncapnmk2j2025 #watched 🧵 #1 The Patriot A VHS fave as a twisted kiddie, this is the weirdest goddamn milquetoast movie ever. Ethically monstrous, sexually deviant, violently jingoistic, parodically earnest; it's hilarious from start to finish.01 Jan 2025 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lepncapnmk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lelq5fd3kc25Nothing will show the intellectual and moral descent of Stephen Fry more than his accepting a peerage, something that, during his hideous facsimile of leftism, he always claimed he would reject if offered. Was always an establishment lib of the worst kind, and now is saying it with his whole chest. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Dec 2024 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lelq5fd3kc25https://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lehvmvcins2e#watched Rebel Ridge is the sequel to the Cruise Jack Reacher we never got, with a lot more on its mind than that ever had. What incredible muscular filmmaking. #filmsky29 Dec 2024 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lehvmvcins2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lehjw6op422z#watched The Gentlemen is a perfect example of repellent politics (deeply racist, AND deeply Tory. Yikes.) not ruining fabulous filmmaking. The editing and dialogue on this thing are so fucking entertaining it borders on b-movie masterpiece. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/1J53ugqrs78AAAAC/yeah-yas.gif?hh=280&ww=49829 Dec 2024 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lehjw6op422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lehicncm7k2z#watched Along Came Polly is so much better than I considered it back in the day. Once upon a time I thought it was a great PSH performance with some boring shit around it, but there's so much funny in this flick. I can't help but love a movie with a blind ferret doing pratfalls. #filmskt https://media.tenor.com/9WO9lNW2ckwAAAAC/in-your-face.gif?hh=248&ww=24429 Dec 2024 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lehicncm7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3leflwtwoxc2z#watched Anora is Pretty Woman meets Good Time meets Fawlty Towers. Mikey Madison is an instant movie star. 5* #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/-hYX_yNZqokAAAAC/oceansjonas-mikey-madison.gif?hh=388&ww=49828 Dec 2024 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3leflwtwoxc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lecsabdzmh2h#watched It's so easy to forget how great Sandler was when he really tried. Happy has depth that so many of his man children don't, he's deliberately funny as well as a doof, he's got wit and charm, but also rages with the best of them. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/tc58JUIarhwAAAAC/happy-gilmore.gif?hh=498&ww=49827 Dec 2024 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lecsabdzmh2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3le3inlnkmk2i#watched White Christmas. Some classic musicals hold up, with songs and performances that blow you away in any year, dragging you into every moment with excitement and beauty. White Christmas is also available. #filmsky24 Dec 2024 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3le3inlnkmk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3le3iihh6xs2i#watched Nightmare Before Christmas is still so, so very great. I grant you I was a teenager in the noughties so I'm legally contracted to love it, but yikes it's so wonderful, the absolute ideal of Tim Burtons aesthetic, how embarrassing that a different director nailed it before he did #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/q2qYdVOM754AAAAC/jack-jackskellington.gif?hh=297&ww=49824 Dec 2024 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3le3iihh6xs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldz42xb62k2i#watched Watching it again, you can basically trace all my politics back to its a wonderful life. Help each other out for the love of Sobek. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/ijRD9__RUjsAAAAC/jimmy-stewart-christmas.gif?hh=302&ww=40023 Dec 2024 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldz42xb62k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldsq2yejyc27#watched I've seen Get Out a bunch, but showing it to my gently ignorant inlaws was an experience. Like watching Jaws in a boat. 5* #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/qdh0mWlEEMYAAAAC/abell46s-reface.gif?hh=278&ww=49821 Dec 2024 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldsq2yejyc27https://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldoyi7wv4s2l#watched Kraven. Woof. I know its harsh to judge anyone on a SPUMF movie, but ATJs credentials to be bond have been greatly exaggerated. He is destined for the taylor kitch memorial grave of potential leading men. Russel crowe innocent. #filmsky19 Dec 2024 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoyi7wv4s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldor4ljcls2rI have a full cineworld 4dx screen to myself. In case anyone had any doubts of what a crazy social life i have.19 Dec 2024 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldor4ljcls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldmdt3q5v22p#watched I hadnt seen terminator 2 since i was a teen, and as an adult the quiet brilliance of Joe Morton really shone through. Such a great performance in a movie stacked with the fuckers. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/8In1dtubBoQAAAAC/miles-dyson-terminator.gif?hh=280&ww=49818 Dec 2024 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmdt3q5v22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldhhualokk22#watched Scum (1979) Fucking hell. #filmsky16 Dec 2024 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhhualokk22https://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldh6yj5uo22n#watched The Rocketeer is a movie i feel never really made it to the uk. Ive heard anericans reference it as a go to adventure flick of the 90s as long as ive been into movies, but its never bern much of a thing here. I guess if itv2 never buys your movie we never see it. Fun though. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/eSRdr3kICXUAAAAC/rocketeer-the-rocketeer.gif?hh=281&ww=49816 Dec 2024 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldh6yj5uo22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lddpar7inc2x#watched Spiderman: all the spiders-man plays better than i thought it would on a rewatch. I thought it worked purely because of the surprises in the cinema, but the character dynamics are delightful, even if its ugly as shit and the action sucks. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/aveNKb5dvy4AAAAC/spider-man-spider-man-no-way-home.gif?hh=498&ww=49115 Dec 2024 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lddpar7inc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldawt343322j#watched Went Morbin' for the first time when i couldnt sleep from the cold in my camper, i have 2 thoughts. 1: My nostalgia of watching daredevil on dvd as a 10 year old warmed my body and soul. 2: It put me to sleep through most of the third act. Well done morby. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/3W2uEDjLBn8AAAAC/are-you-watching-morbius.gif?hh=315&ww=49814 Dec 2024 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldawt343322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ldatkqwkyc2a#watched Queer is a whole lot. Its the only movie ive seen that captures the vibe of the beat novels, where plot and theme feels like its hiding from you around the corner, peeking out occasionally through dialogue and tone. Looks beautiful, acting incredible, allegory dense. Worth it #Filmsky14 Dec 2024 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldatkqwkyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3ld2qtqhhf22q#watched The Edge starts as a well researched and intimate survival story, descends into utter welsh thesp tinged madness, and returns to quiet contemplation, all without any self-consciousness at all. Glorious. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/8D9x6pVCmlYAAAAC/anthony-hopkins-slap.gif?hh=237&ww=41911 Dec 2024 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2qtqhhf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lcyfu6kdvk2z#watched Plane is the platonic ideal of a 3* action movie, which makes it a 4* film. I dont make the rules. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/YVdIM0L_-YsAAAAC/no-exceptions-brodie-torrance.gif?hh=498&ww=49410 Dec 2024 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcyfu6kdvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcginty511.bsky.social/post/3lcxdjaq34k2jAll the comments on this trailer are 'the lost art of great trailers', 'remember when trailers were this great?'. What era did they live in when all trailers were artistic masterpieces? Theyve always been mostly trash with an occasional beautiful piece goddamn. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2024 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:heolnxpj2fmtab6lhoxokcos/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxdjaq34k2j