Film
The Banshees of Inisherin: A cracking script by Martin McDonagh and amazing cinematography of Ireland combine with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two life-long friends who fall out. Funny, moving and beguilingly seductive.
Amsterdam: Beautifully acted, visually stunning, and genuinely enjoyable and intriguing thriller. Christian Bale, John David Washington and Margot Robbie lead an all-star cast that also features Rami Malek, Anya Taylor-Joy and Robert De Niro.
TV
The Undeclared War: Enjoyable six-part thriller about national cyber security starring the rather excellent Hannah Khalique-Brown and Herman Segal. Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance and Kerry Godliman are also pretty superb in it.
1899: Slick-looking eight-part thriller about a ship and its passengers facing mysterious circumstances. After a promising start, it ends involving some pretentious concept bollocks I didn't care enough about to even try to fully understand.
Everyone Else Burns: Six-part sitcom that satirises fanatical religion in a funny, charming and accessible way. It's the sort of comedy that only Channel 4 would ever produce in the UK and I'm already wanting to see a second series.
Music
Out of the Blue by the Electric Light Orchestra: Rediscovering the joys of one of Birmingham's finest musical exports. It still sounds like music from a better future nearly 50 years later.
Angles by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip: Rediscovering the dynamic UK duo's album that made me want to learn more about other types of hip-hop. The opening track and the song about Tommy Cooper remain joys.
The Logic of Chance by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip: Rediscovering the second album by the UK duo. It still has tracks on it that delight and amuse me after all this time.
Repent Replenish Repeat by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip: Third album, whose existence I was unaware of until I chanced on it via the internet-web. Still working my way through this.
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