Co-author: 'Brickwork: A Biography of The Arches', available now @salamanderst. Writer, comedian, and how does one say it? Obtainer of rare antiquities
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Children of Men.
Went in wondering what this odd thing starring Clive Owen was, came out feeling I'd just seen a modern masterpiece and one of the most prescient visions of the future ever put on film
What's a movie you watched completely blind that absolutely blew you away?
You weren't privy to a bunch of plot points, trailers, or reviews. Just like a rando friggin' watch.
What's the first one that comes to mind?
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Overheard some local schoolkids in the shop, talking about the teachers that don't like them. One of them goes:
"Mrs McAlpine. She hates me and she hates my whole bloodline."
Bloody hell, I had teachers that didn't like me but it never felt like a medieval generational curse
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Last night I saw the Edinburgh Film Festival debut of The Incomer, a very funny and touching film and first feature film from Louis Paxton. It has a great cast which includes my wee brother! In cinemas from 4th September
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in my opinion Kubrick's version of The Shining was much better than the book , although Stephen King famously disagreed
I'm tired and sıck of people saying: “the book was better than the movie.” Give me a movie that was actually WAY BETTER than the book. I want to know which books were so bad that Hollywood had to save them.
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Today is national left handers day.
Right handers don't know the struggle. The ink on your palm. The discomfort of using scissors. The bumping elbows in a restaurant. Firing a bolt action rifle effectively. Okay the last one is less common.
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If you go to my instagram @bratchy_1 I've uploaded the full episode of clubbing documentary BPM at Love Boutique in The Arches in 1995. I thought I'd lost the episode, but finally found it this evening!
I think the heat is giving me hallucinations because I swear I just saw Ronaldo driving Madonna on a buggy into a stadium where the muppets were playing at the world cup
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Dee Dee Ramone always did the Ramones' famous '1,2,3,4' count in before every song.
When Joey Ramone was interviewed and asked "why did Dee Dee always do the count in?" he replied "well Dee Dee was always good with numbers."
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A very tonally uneven film but still good fun at the time, especially for sci-fi nerds like me. Very young River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke showing promise as actors even at that age
The Explorers turns 41 today and still doesn’t get the love The Goonies or E.T. does, probably because the final act takes a hard left. But if you grew up with it, none of that probably matters. Pure, unmistakable 80s magic
Also, the film debut for Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix.
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Thats me turned 50 today.
Last night me and my friend Julia had a joint 50th birthday party, it was great, thank you so much to everyone who came down x
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