Stationary words about moving pictures. Freelance film critic/journo. London Critics member. Editor @ https://www.voicemag.uk/. Host of a Waterloo Road podcast. 'Beta nerd' apparently. (he/him) Portfolio: http://tomjbeasley.wordpress.com/https://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mtwfzsxbyk2bAs a country music fan, losing Dolly Parton hits hard. We will always love you, Dolly. ❤️25 Aug 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwfzsxbyk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mtvfpzxbns2tEnjoyed reading this piece this morning about an ongoing copyright/trademark battle over AI brainrot characters. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5867638/artificial-intelligence-brainrot-memes-copyright-spyder-tung-tung-sahur25 Aug 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvfpzxbns2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mtqlpm563s2iAlready completely obsessed with this film. This is less a review and more a case of me just depositing as many thoughts as I possibly can. https://www.voicemag.uk/review/16815/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-review23 Aug 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqlpm563s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mtoypgnlxc2hFilm of the fucking year. Wow. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoypgnlxc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mtojs2hcr22uVery excited to be seeing Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma this evening. Jane Schoenbrun only seems to hit home runs, so I'm very excited to see what they've put together this time.22 Aug 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtojs2hcr22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mtm3csrzv22hIt's so weird to see a TV show being made at the pace TV shows used to be made at 😂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRss65UINdU21 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm3csrzv22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mtlc4q4zek2uIt still seems so weird that, later today, I'll get to watch my team play in the Premier League. Just unreal. 🩵 #PUSB21 Aug 2026 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlc4q4zek2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mtcgxebk5s2qTice, there, speaking from a 2006 Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear script. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcgxebk5s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mt2mghpj2c2mI wrote about #SpiderMan and why the new film is very much a game of two halves. 🕸️ https://www.voicemag.uk/review/16790/spider-man-brand-new-day-review-tom-holland14 Aug 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2mghpj2c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3msxcavtwjk2yNabbed tickets for the first two Cov home games in the Premier League. Could not be more excited to see the boys playing in the big time! 🩵 #PUSB13 Aug 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxcavtwjk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3msr5d4eygk2jI really enjoyed this season of House of the Dragon. The show is still paced really weirdly and there's a tendency to send characters off on weird solo journeys, but the spectacle has definitely gone up a notch.10 Aug 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr5d4eygk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3msnl3xtsv22fJust heading into the cinema for Spidey and I've managed to avoid pretty much all spoilers. Let's go! 🕸️ #SpiderMan #SpiderManBrandNewDay09 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnl3xtsv22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mskuq6pzsk2zI've read this list three or four times and I really can't find the thing I'm supposed to be outraged by. One cereal bowl?! Stainless steel cutlery?! Two pillows?! Where are we putting them, the Ritz?!08 Aug 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskuq6pzsk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3msj2phgvu22jHilarious to see that the supposed patriot Rupert Lowe has been using a definition of "white British" that would exclude both Winston Churchill and the King. What a great hope for the country he is.07 Aug 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj2phgvu22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3msasd5ncgc27Absolutely thrilled to be a part of this! Get it pre-ordered now. ✅ [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3msasd5ncgc27https://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mru24llhy22iIt has been absolutely fascinating to watch supporters of both Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage spend the last few days weaponising the fact that nobody in legacy media actually seems to understand how Instagram works.30 Jul 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mru24llhy22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mrqauynlzc22"Shall we maybe tell people they don't need so many guns?" "Let's not be too hasty. Give the pepper spray robots a go first." [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqauynlzc22https://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mrmit7ybjs2xGreat to tune in to Jeremy Vine to find them debating whether climate change is even real. In 2026. We are so doomed.27 Jul 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmit7ybjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mr2ymddpic2aI've always been a dog person over a cat person, but owning a home has fully radicalised me. I have to clean up the shit left by other people's pets all the time, and I just spent part of my morning sweeping up 40-50% of a brutalised pigeon.20 Jul 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2ymddpic2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mr2v4cr36k2lOh this would be so funny [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2v4cr36k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mqxf3fndzs2hIt's good when football is silly because it means you don't have to endure loads of tedious, relentlessly negative discourse about handbrakes.18 Jul 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxf3fndzs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mqtrg2ku4k2pBy far the best piece I've read on England's World Cup exit, with some much-needed tactical rigour on the defensive approach we took after going ahead. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtrg2ku4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mqoc5esz6k2cA plea to our media organisations and football pundits ahead of the England game.15 Jul 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoc5esz6k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mqjnjvwbi226Already seeing people claim that the announcement terror police are now investigating Ann Widdecombe's death is evidence of a "cover-up". It isn't. Here's a useful primer on how this sort of thing actually works. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjnjvwbi226https://bsky.app/profile/tomjbeasley.bsky.social/post/3mqfu6pfwwk2gEngland still in contention for the honour of losing to France in the final. 💪11 Jul 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:wbbfktyds2bbhm6zjas26j3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfu6pfwwk2g