Darkest Hour

#DarkestHour: AKA #GaryOldman's Feature-Length #Oscar Reel! Our long (inter)national nightmare is over, (future Sir) Gary is *definitely* winning (so...much...Acting!). And, boy, will Tsuji deserve his own...the makeup  👏! PS. KST's nom - wha happened?! PPS. ✌️

The Insult

#TheInsult: Hoo boy! Doueiri mashes up Farhadi & Perry Mason and turns the whole thing up to 11! Tense, entertaining, darkly humourous, sad, attention-grabbing movie that touches *all* the nerves. Superb crafstmanship & perfs, esp the haunting El Basha (making his film debut?!👏)

RIP John Mahoney

RIP #JohnMahoney. He was great on #Frasier… & I'm so many other things. Lucky to have seen him on stage once, he was fantastic. Even luckier to have met him in person once, couldn't have been nicer. So good in Say Anything, Barton Fink, Moonstruck, Eight Men Out, etc. etc. etc.

Den of Thieves

#DenOfThieves: A Heat-Meets-Fast-Five-Meets-[Spoiler Alert!] B-Movie really is the best kind of B-Movie, no? 😊 Surprisingly awesome actioner that's so full of testosterone I became manlier just watching it! Butler, Pornstache, Cube's kid, Gudegast -  💪👊🎥👏!

Antonio Brown Robbed of NFL Offensive Player of the Year

Aw, c'mon man! Look, #ToddGurley's great...but #AB completely deserved #OPOY! 🤨 Once again, #NFL voters showing a #BBWA-esque lack of imagination. PS. Between TG, #AaronDonald & #SeanMcVay is it, uh, time to jump on the #Rams bandwagon?! 😁 #AntonioBrown

Terrell Owens (Finally) Gets into NFL HOF

You Know You're Too Old When: #TO ('bout d*mn time!), #Moss, #Dawkins enter #NFL #HOF. Look, I know #Urlacher was a media darling, but no way he deserves to get into #Canton before #HinesWard & #AlanFaneca! #Steelers #HereWeGo #TerrellOwens

On Body and Soul

#OnBodyAndSoul: You know, your usual Hungarian office-set-rom-sad-funny-existential-magic-realism-societal-allegory(metaphor? parable?)-laugh-through-your-tears-com! Let director Enyedi take you on a *ride*. Morcsanyi, DP, Sound Design - great. Borbely is simply exceptional!

Patriots Loss is a Win For All of Us!!

Any loss for #Cheatriots, #CryBrady, #Belicheat, "injury" timeouts, phantom flags, various-Gates, is a win for all that is good, just, kind, wonderful in humanity, this world, heck, the *entire* bl**dy universe! #Patriots #Eagles #SuperBowl #SB52 #FlyEaglesFly

Eagles Pull Off Monumental Upset of Patriots and Win the Super Bowl!!!!

#Eagles!!!!!!!! #FlyEagleFly #SuperBowl!!!!!! #SBLII!!!!!!!! #SB52!!!!!!!!

Super Bowl 52 Prediction

#Jags game repeat: #Eagles D rattle #TomBrady, fast start, miss FG, TB FG end 1H, TD 1st 2H drive, Eagles settle for FGs, fatal TO/sack & gamewinning Brady-drive/#Gronk-TD/#Gostkowski-FG.

Or...playing in dome so #Patriots smash 38-17 🤷‍♂️ 

#SuperBowl #SBLII #SB52 #BlountBowl

Mo Salah Quickest Liverpool Player to 20 Goals

You cannot contain #MoSalah… you can only pay an absurdly high transfer/buyout fee & send him packing to #RealMadrid/#Barca/#PSG/#MUFC(!)… 😉

PS. Wait, Defense wins championships, that works in futbol too, not just, ya know, American Football?! 🤔

#LFC #Liverpool #LIVTOT

Rahul Dravid Manages India to Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Finally, #RahulDravid has his #CWC! So maybe this doesn't make up for that ridiculous 2011 snub, but congrats to him & #IND on winning #U19CWC. Better days are ahead for that pesky Away Test W-L record? 😏 PS. #Dravid, man, dictionary definition of selfless service…

#ICCU19CWC

A Fantastic Woman

#AFantasticWoman: Lovely, delicate, lush, heartbreaking/life-affirming, Almodovar-esque film from young Lelio. Vega is simply amazing - one of the year's best lead actress perfs. DP Echazarreta & composer Herbert - 👏! Somewhere, Papa Pedro is beaming with pride!

The Post

#ThePost: #Spielberg's still go it! Very entertaining, informative film that manages to cover a *lot* of bases. So many great performances packed in there; highlighted by Odenkirk, Streep (we wouldn't expect anything else)... & Hanks. Poor chap, robbed of another Oscar nom?!😦

Federer Beats Cilic in Thrilling Fashion to Win 2018 Australian Open

#Roger Bl**dy #Federer! #Cilic gave him *all* he could handle (& then some, uh-oh #BigFour!). Underrated part of Fed game is his ability to, you know, *fight*. No matter what happens from here on out, his legacy as one of *the* greatest athletes of *all* time is secure! #AusOpen

Roger Federer Incredibly Wins His 20th(!) Grand Slam Title

#RF20 Are you bl**dy kidding me?!?! *20*?!?! Simply, #GOAT! 🐐#AusOpen

India Battle to a Tough Test Win Against South Africa

That was a h*lluva win for #IND! Sure, the series was lost, but instead of the usual fold, they battled on a tough pitch & *fast-bowled*(?!) their way to a victory. Great stuff from #Virat, #Pujara (😏), #Rahane, & esp #Shami. Too bad it's not a 5-Test series, huh @BCCI? #SAvIND

Caroline Wozniacki Wins The 2018 Australian Open

Congrats to #Caro #Wozniacki on winning her 1st Slam! It was a long time coming, a lot of bumps on the road, but boy, did she earn it. Ya gotta feel bad for so-close-yet...#Halep. Poor kid battled through to the end, eh? #AusOpen

Michael Stuhlbarg is Simply Awesome!

I guess @AdamCook found out what TBH has known all along: #MichaelStuhlbarg...Is...Awesome! #Stuhlbarg Power (esp in *that* scene in #CallMeByYourName!!! 😭👏👍💪🎥)!  

via @nytimes: https://nyti.ms/2Dgyreb

Federer Through to His Most Important Finals Yet! 2018 Australian Open

Howbowdah #Kerber-#Halep match?! 💪🎾 That final w #Wozniacki's gonna be a counterpunchin' delight! I'm so there!

PS. Tough for kid #Chung. Good to see #Federer thru…he's gonna need *all* his #GOAT-magic vs marauding (& Maldives BFF?!, oh Fed, never change!) #Cilic!😱😰#AusOpen

Great MLB HOF Class in 2018

You Know You're Too Old When: #VladGuerrero (loved that guy) #JimThome (wait, he was with the #Dodgers?!), #ChipperJones, & #TrevorHoffman get into #MLB #HOF…boy, time sure does *fly* by, eh?!😏 PS. #EdgarMartinez *has* to get in next year, right?!

Tennis Hall of Fame Inductees 2018

You Know You're Too Old When: #MichaelStich (saw him live, shotmaker!) & #HelenaSukova get into #TennisHOF.

PS. Um, is there a #Kafelnikov boycott?!

PPS. No #PatCash?! C'mon man! Also, #AndersJarryd, 1st player I remember reading about in the newspaper… boy, am I old!

Alias Grace

#AliasGrace: (Another) superb Atwood TV adaptation. Exquisitely executed by Polley & Harron. Creepy, mesmerizing, almost hypnotically gets under your skin. Great cast highlighted by Gadon! Bl**dy h*ll! What a performance! Give her *all* the #Emmys! 👏 🤩

The “LeBron Effect”

PS. When #MichaelJordan unretired didn't market cap of the companies he endorsed go up by, like, gazillions of dollars (The #JordanEffect)?! What's the delta on #Cavaliers's sale price with or w/o #LeBron (aka The #LeBronEffect)? Also, what's the delta on locker room morale…😇

LeBron Youngest to Reach 30K…

Congrats to #LeBron on being the youngest to 30K! I'm basically going to ignore the fact that the #Cavs have lost 9/12 (incl #Spurs B-Team), are ready to throw poor #KevinLove (back?!) to the wolves, & are getting dumped by their owner. It's Jan so it must be all good, right?! 🤗

Federer Through to His Most Important Semi-Final Yet! 2018 Australian Open

Man, it took every oz of #GOAT-ness for #Federer to beat #Berdych. B4 we get 2 excited, there's #Chung (aka #Djokovic 2.0!😄)/#KyleEdmund (having the time of his nothing-to-lose #ChrisLewis life!😎)/#Cilic (in murderous #USO14 form!😳). Yikes! PS. Poor #MadisonKeys. #AusOpen 

RIP Ursula K. Le Guin

RIP #UrsulaKLeGuin. Got to know about her thanks to TBH (as I do with most things literary). I had no idea of her massive societal legacy beyond just her writings, but I loved what little I did read. I'm so glad I picked up #NoTimeToSpare, it's quite something…

RIP Hugh Masekela

RIP #HughMasekela. Heard him growing up thanks to my parents. His music changed the world… (must've made quite the power couple with #MiriamMakeba!). Hope you get the chance to watch #Amandla! & hear #Zaire74...& #BringHimBackHome... & *so* much more

Rafa Nadal Retires Hurt 2018 Australian Open

Man, tough, tough break for #Nadal. But I'm guessing he'll bounce back & win the #FrenchOpen for the 11th(!) time (one of the greatest athletic achievements ever!). PS. Poor #BabyFed, so close yet.. PPS. My goodness, #Cilic looks to be in #USO14 wrecking form! 😳 #AusOpen

The Great Agnès Varda Gets an Oscar Nom the Same Year She Wins an Honourary Oscar!

PS. Massively happy for the great #AgnesVarda. It'd be something if she wins an "actual" #Oscar the same year she gets an Honourary one! PPS. Did #Logan just get a screenplay nom even though its a, gasp, superhero movie?! PPPS. Lotsa firsts/records today! #Oscars #Oscars2018

Hong Chau Snubbed of a Richly-Deserved Oscar Nomination

So many surprises & snubs, sure, but I'm gutted that #HongChau didn't get a nom! 😫 On the + side, our long national nightmare is  over now that #ChristopherNolan (*finally*!) got his nom…& when #RogerDeakins (*finally*!) wins his #Oscar! #BR2049 power! #Oscars #Oscars2018

Federer Through to QFs 2018 Australian Open

Whew! #Federer through to QFs…where he'll need all his #GOAT-magic to overcome an in-form #Berdych! Yikes! 😬 PS. That #BabyFed-#Kyrgios was a corker, huh? PPS. Bad luck for #Djokovic, but kid #Chung was on fire! PPPS. Keep it going #MadisonKeys! #AusOpen

All the Money in the World

#AllTheMoneyInTheWorld: A *massive* pat on the back for #SirRidley & the great Plummer for everything they did to get this movie done. Young Plummer is very good & Williams deserves every bit of her upcoming Oscar nom, but gotta say that Duris kinda steals the whole thing.

Cheatriots (aka Patriots) Cheat Their Way (aka Win) to (Another) Super Bowl Thanks to (Another) “Blown” Call

Sooooo...no mention of the fact that they blew the play dead when #MylesJack was on his way to a TD after turning the ball over?! Help us #Vikings, you're our only hope now! PS. I still get a chuckle out of #DarthHoodie...#Cheatriots #CryBrady #JAXvNE

Federer Beats Gasquet (Again) 2018 Australian Open

Poor #Gasquet, always seems to bring out the #GOAT in #Federer, eh? Before I get my hopes up too high, it only gets harder from here on out! PS. Man, that #Halep-#LaurenDavis (poor kid) was something! PPS. Tough break for Sascha #Zverev (poor kid)... #AusOpen 

Federer Wins Round 2 2018 Australian Open

Okay, maybe his BP conversion rate wasn't at #GOAT-level, but good win for #Federer over #Struff. #Gasquet'll be a tough out!😳 PS. Kudos to #Djokovic-#Monfils on *battling* it out. PPS. Bad luck for the always-pucky #Goffin. PPPS. Who's up for #Kyrgios-#Tsonga!🤩 #AusOpen 

India Loses Second Test (& Series) to South Africa

It's one thing for #IND to lose an away Test, but it's quite another to lose to a 21yo making his debut (#Ngidi: 7-90!)! At least #Virat channeled his aggression into a captains-knock century. PS. #Pujara, love the kid, but 2 run outs in 1 Test?! #SAvIND

Mr. Robot Season 3

#MrRobot: I know I'm (very) late to this, but did you guys see S3E5?! My jaw is like, still dropped! Hollywood should give #SamEsmail *all* the movies to make (along with his composer/DP)! And #RamiMalek should get *all* the awards! 🎥 📺 😳 👏 👍 

Federer Gets Easy Win in Round 1 2018 Aus Open

Sad losses for #SteveJohnson, #Tiafoe (vs *ominous* #DelPo) & #Kvitova (vs always #Petkovic). Good to see #Federer put on his customary early-round #GOAT-show… & it was *great* to see #RonBurgundy along for the ride! #StayClassyMelbourne #AO18 #AusOpen

https://youtu.be/MLlS6WhgH_0

Phantom Thread .

#PhantomThread: Good, clean #ToddHaynes-Meets-#TheBeguiled fun! DDL (his swansong...say it ain't so!!😭) & young Krieps give a masterclass, but boy, does the movie belong to Manville (hello Oscar nom!)...& the luscious 70mm DP-ed by... PTA?! Wha?! Mind, blown!! 🎥 😲

RIP Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries

RIP #DoloresORiordan. Gone way too soon. #TheCranberries were an essential part of my early years in America. Her voice/lyrics, their songs...#Dreams is still on my current playlist...that timeperiod was just great for music, indie film, TV etc., eh? 😔 

https://youtu.be/Yam5uK6e-bQ

Americans Blunder Down Under in Rough Start to Australian Open 2018

Wait, wha?! #AO18, like *just* started, & we've already lost #Venus (nice comeback by #Bencic, tho'), #Sloane, #Coco, #Isner & #JackSock?! Talk about the #BlunderDownUnder! How soon before we can get #Serena back to rescue all of us?! #AusOpen

Vikings Insanely Bonkers Win Over Saints Wraps Up Crazy Sports Day!

OMBG!!!! I don't bl**dy believe what I just saw?!!!! #Vikings #Diggs What...a...day!!!! #Sports, man.... sports!!!! 😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣☺️😊😅🙂😉😋😛😝😜🤪🤨🤓😎🤩😏😳

Shalieve!

And...as always...#Shalieve! #Shazier! @RyanShazier

Steelers Face Pivotal Off-Season

Issues around #ToddHaley/#Keith Butler/#LeVeon/#Martavis. Team *stacked* with talent (#AB! #JuJu! #BigBen! #Boswell! #DeCastro! #Pouncey! #CamHeyward! #JoeHaden! *etc*). Feelgoods (#MikeHilton! #JamesConner! #ArtieBurns!): Most pivotal offseason of #Tomlin Era #Steelers #HereWeGo

Steelers Miss Dick LeBeau

Not sure if he could've stopped a big QB who shrugs off sacks, runs to covert 3rd Downs, doesn't turn ball over/loose, cannons big plays when he needs to, relies on ball-hawking D & between-tackles bruising running game (hmmm...🤔), but #Steelers sure do miss #DickLeBeau, eh?

Mike Tomlin and Todd Haley Shouldn’t Take All the Blame

Sure, #Tomlin could've cut down off-field "distractions," but don't think he & #ToddHaley deserve this much vitriol. They employ a "fun" style with "big" swagger-plays predicated on *insane* talent. Clock management, defense, prudent play-calling... that's the *old* #Cowher era.

Loss to Jaguars Not the Worst

This isn't the worst #Steelers loss in post-#Cowher era (that'd be #SB45; after *incredible* playoff-comeback wins to lose #SuperBowl like that...), but with 8(+1😇) #ProBowl-ers/4 #AllPro-s, #Tomlin+#ToddHaley left one "on the table."

Blake Bortles(!) Beats the Steelers to End Their Season

No, #Steelers didn't lose to #Jaguars, #Bortles, yes, Blake Bl**dy Bortles, *beat* them. 14 completions & 5 carries(*carries*?!), sure, but how many of them converted 3rd downs?! Wait a sec...I think he just converted *again*!

(Another) Spectacular Antonio Brown TD Brings the Steelers Within One TD of Jaguars

#Antonio Bl**dy #Brown is not the best wide receiver in the NFL. No, he's the best PLAYER in the NFL! #AB #Steelers #HereWeGo! @AB84 

Liverpool Beats/Survives Manchester City in Thrilling Match

So, no #Coutinho (or Defense 😇) no problem, amirite?! Apparently not when you have #Klopp's boys leading the #RedCharge: #Oxlade-Chamberlain /#Firmino / #Mane / #Salah (cheeky goal)! 

#LIVMCI

#RockNRollFootball

RIP Keith Jackson

RIP #KeithJackson. I only knew him from all the USC matches he did, boy, was he terrific, exactly how you wanted your football announcer to sound & look like. Part of the ever dwindling Mt. Rushmore of SoCal sports broadcasters. #WhoaNellie

LeBron and the Stressful Start to the 2018 Sports Year!

So, #LeBron back-to-back losses by 25+ (& expert trolling by #Kyrie)…#IND hammered in 1st Test…#LeVeon threatens retirement 2 days before playoffs…#Federer gets draw-from-h*ll at #AO18…#Coutinho abandons #LFC…2018 is already off to a heart-attack start!😱😳😰😯😲🏀🏏🏈🎾⚽️

Molly’s Game

#MollysGame: My goodness, #Chastain turned up to 11 is quite something to behold! Her *powerful* perf is stuff that #Oscar dreams are made of. Elba & O'Dowd wrestling with Sorkin-Speak in their "second" accents - 🤗 ! And yes, I'm sooooo here for the #MichaelCera-issance!👏

Strong Island

#StrongIsland: Raw, visceral, compelling, first-person documentary that forcefully personalizes the sometimes rather overwhelming & abstract concept of the criminal justice system. Massive credit to director Ford. Powerful stuff.

It Comes at Night

#ItComesAtNight: Creepy, nervy, arty "horror" film. Everyone's favourite young director Shults does well; kid Harrison, Ejogo, Keough, Abbott, & esp Edgerton (in non-fun-freak-supporting role, for a change, eh?) all bring their A game.

South Africa Beats India 2018 Test 1

Man, that #SAvIND scorecard should strike fear in the hearts of batsmen the world over! #Virat's boys had their noses bloodied, here's hoping they come back hard in Test 2. PS. #Philander & #Shami bowled their hearts out.

Some Kid Comes Out of *Nowhere* to Win the College Football Championship

The last thing we needed this early into 2018 was the insufferable #NickSatan winning (another) #CFBChampionship! I'd say that the good guys never finish first but that *kid* (wait, ishe a *true* freshman?!) #Tua #Tagovailoa - dude!😯👏 #Bama

Golden Globes 2018

#GoldenGlobes: So the big winner was #GretaGerwig...at the #Oscars, amirite (thank you #NataliePortman!)?!😁 #SethMeyers, #GuillermoDelToro, #SamRockwell (#WillemDafoe, sigh...), #SaoirseRonan - 👍. #Oprah - what's left to be said - Standing O(😇)👏!

Federer Beats Zverev to Help Switzerland Win 2018 Hopman Cup

Look, it's an exo, I know, but going undefeated in singles, coming back to beat young 'un #Zverev & win a title this early in the season... now I have expectations for #AO2018! 😳 #Federer #GOAT #HopmanCup

Mariota Powers Titans to Huge Comeback Win Over Chiefs

Ya know, as much as I love  #Mariota I was kinda hoping for a #Chiefs win (tougher matchup for awful #Patriots)... but boy, did the kid have himself a match! Poor #AndyReid who, er, Andy Reid-ed? #RememberTheTitans

Van Dijk and Sir Ringo Make Liverpool Proud

Begun with a bang, the #VanDijk #LFC era has! Along with the #RingoStarr knighthood it's all coming up #Liverpool in 2018, innit? 😂 👏 #MerseysideDerby #SirRingo! 

Four Steelers Make All-Pro!

Congrats to #AB, #LeVeon, #DeCastro & *esp* the great, severely under-appreciated #CamHeyward on making #AllPro (how about that #ProBowl snub now, huh?)! PS. Wait, no #BigBen…#ChrisBoswell…#Pouncey…#JuJu(😂)…?! #Steelers #StairwayToSeven #Shalieve

SA v India Test 1 Off to a Great Start!

Not sure if it's the *fight* they wanted but it's the fight that both #IND & #RSA needed. 2018 Test Cricket off to a blinder with first #SAvIND test in balance. #Virat vs #Steyn, #Philander, #Morkel, #Rabada - yes please! PS. #Bhuvneshwar - 👏

The Square

#TheSquare: Razor-sharp/slightly-overlong, pitch-perfect/everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, jet-black-humourous/deadly-serious satire/realistic look at … bl**dy h*ll, everything! DP/Prod-Sound Design/Notary/director Ostlund & *esp* Bang - well bl**dy done! 👏

Federer Beats Sock… in 2018

Sure it's an exo, but a #GOAT-like 6(5),5 #Federer win over #JackSock must mean a big year for both, right? Right?! 😌 #HopmanCup

Bright

#Bright: Subtle-as-a-sledgehammer allegory(?)/metaphor(?)/parable(?) about...um, something. Anyhoo, it's always fun to see Big Willie in slumming-paycheck mode, Rapace in kick-a** mode, & Edgerton in letting-his-inner-#ValKilmer-supporting-freak-flag-fly mode.

Carson Palmer Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #CarsonPalmer Retires. May have over/under-achieved in the NFL (depends entirely on how you look at it), but man was he great for jumpstarting that glorious #USC run. #Trojans

Happy New Year 2018!

#HappyNewYear World! Let's hope #2018 > 2017, eh?! 👍😁🥂🎉🍾🎆🏖

Steelers Beat the Browns to Send Them to 0-16

Good win for the #Steelers but ya gotta feel bad for the #Browns, right?  #JuJu - man he took the league by the storm this year didn't he?! Maybe a post-#BigBen reunion with #SamDarnold is in the offing?! 🤔

RIP Sue Grafton

RIP #SueGrafton. Didn't read all her books but really liked the ones I did. Surprising that the series never became a long-running Hollywood franchise.

USC Gets Walloped by the Awful Urban Meyer

Poor #SamDarnold, he really doesn't want to get drafted by the #Browns. What's worse is that it gives the insufferable #UrbanMeyer gloating rights for the rest of the offseason. 😠 #OffTheBandwagon #USC #CottonBowl

In the Fade (Aus dem nichts)

#InTheFade: Very effective meditation on loss and grief from Akin elevated tenfold by the amazing, raw, eye-opening performance by Kruger. My goodness! One of the year's *very* best - hello Oscar! PS. That ending! 😳 Yikes!

James Harrison Joins the Patriots... Wait, Wha?!!!!!?!?!?!

Oh no, say it ain't so #JamesHarrison! Another bl**dy reason to hate the bl**dy #Cheatriots! I haven't seen TBH this livid...since the last #Steelers-#Patriots match. Sigh... @jharrison9292 #HereWeGo

Cavaliers Lose a Close Game Against the Warriors (Again...)

Sigh... another game against the #Warriors... another close #Cavs loss. One of these days #LeBron will get the benefit of the doubt from the refs. PS. #KevinLove triple-double, always a good thing.

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays 2017

#MerryChristmas, er, I mean #HappyHolidays world! Please eggnog responsibly! 🎄☃️🏄‍♀️

Hostiles

#Hostiles: Worth it just for the great Bale, fabulous Takayanagi *wide*-screen vistas & lovely Richter alone. You have to admire boundless directorial ambition & yearning to make *The* Western for Our Time that gives us hard-to-market *big*-screen movies like this.

RIP Dick Enberg

RIP #DickEnberg. Actually discovered him because of tennis - he was as essential to me in young adulthood as #DanMaskell was in my long-faded youth. I had no idea that he covered, you know, *everything* & was on the SoCal Broadcasting Mt. Rushmore! #OhMy!

India Hammers Sri Lanka (Again…)

Ya gotta feel for poor #SRI. First they had to face the force of nature known as #Virat in the Tests, now they have to deal with #RohitSharma in the ODIs & T20s! The assault on the stats-book is relentless! #INDvSL

Downsizing

#Downsizing: A lovely little (ahem) film with surprisingly large (*ahem*) ambitions. Fantastic, funny, melancholy, thought-provoking, terrifying(!) ride from Payne. Kier+Waltz=Scene-Stealin' Heaven! 😁  Chau just comes along and completely steals the whole thing - wow! 👏

Wonder Wheel

#WonderWheel: Winslet gives the kind of tour-de-*force* perf (with not one, but *two*! show-stopping monologues) that would normally assure her a Blanchett-esque second Oscar... Storaro, whew, my goodness, give the man (& his DI colourist 😉 ) an Oscar now!

Cam Heyward Ridiculous Pro Bowl Snub

Happy for all the #Steelers making the #ProBowl, it's ridiculous that @CamHeyward didn't make it! Great player & on/off-field leader. PS. Even before I knew anything about American Football, I loved the #Ironhead commercials! (RIP…) 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQm1_ff5Pb0

The Greatest Showman

#TheGreatestShowman: Good, harmless musical fun. G*d bless Jackman, from Logan to Barnum in 1 year?! He's great along with Ferguson & Settle (in a *star*-making perf). Man, it's Pasek & Paul's world, we just live in it!

Australia Regains the Ashes in Dominating Fashion

Dear #ENG, what hath thou wrought, inspiring #AUS to return to destroyer-of-worlds form?! #SteveSmith may be a jerk, but d*mn he's an insanely good batsman. #AUSvENG #TheAshes

Patriots Are Handed a Win by the League Office Over Steelers

G*dd*mn bl**dy shady #Patriots #Belicheat-ing their way to another rubbish win. C'mon #Steelers, double-team #Gronk! Still #JuJu, #LeVeon played their hearts out. Great to see #Shazier! #Shalieve #HereWeGo 

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

#StarWarsTheLastJedi: AKA Star Wars: The Next Generation. Well-bl**dy-done Rian! Man, the kid deserves his own trilogy based on that [spoiler!]* sequence climax alone! Kids are all great in this one (hello Tran!), but leave it to the OGs Fisher & esp Hamill to break your heart.

Happy Star Wars Day!

What day is it? Why #StarWars Day, of course! #TheLastJedi!

The Disaster Artist

#TheDisasterArtist: A charismatic eccentric autodidact who exists on his own planet puts together a vanity project to show the world what he's truly capable of...so the #JamesFranco Story?! 😂 Hi-bl**dy-larious stuff from the triple(/quadruple?) threat. Dave steals the movie(?!).

Steelers Massive AFC North-Clinching Win Over Ravens

No matter what happens to this season, #Steelers will remember this match. Beat the (not-quite-#Bungles-)awful #Ravens & win one for #Shazier! #ShaLieve! #HereWeGo ! PS. #Boswell for #MBP 😂! #WeRunTheNorth

Sufjan Stevens - “Tonya Harding”

PS. Woah! #SufjanStevens's  #TonyaHarding should be a movie unto itself! 👏 😭 I'm beginning to understand why TBH loves the guy! #Sufjan! ow.ly/qPOZ30h6LGL

I, Tonya

#ITonya: Very entertaining, (very, very) dark, energetic story of the laugh-so-you-won't-cry variety. Exceptional work by the ensemble, but gotta say Stan is a revelation & Janney...dude, like wow… hello #Oscar nom!

RIP Johnny Hallyday

RIP #JohnnyHallyday. Thought he was absolutely fantastic in #Vengeance and #TheManOnTheTrain. Had no idea that he was, you know, the #FrenchElvis! 😲

Sri Lanka Fight to a Draw in “Smog Test” but India Win (Another) Test Series

Kudos to #Virat on (yet another!) double-century (is he beginning to give #Tendulkar a run for his stat-money?!). Kudos to #SRI for fighting to a draw in what will forever be known as the #SmogTest! 😷 🏏 #INDvSL

Coco

#Coco: Young boy & his loveable mutt (sniff)…join a seemingly-doomed sidekick (sniff, sniff)…to look for his (great-great) grandfather (sniff, sniff, sniff)…while reconnecting with his large, boisterous, disapproving/loving family a whole world away (😭)! 1 of #Pixar's v best!

My Cousin Rachel

#MyCousinRachel: All bow down before the Indie Queen Weisz. She's been on a *spectacular* indie-run of late & the streak continues with this luridly entertaining, delicious period piece. Claflin & Grainger are very good, as are DP Eley & prod designer Normington.

Huge Steelers Comeback Win Over Bengals on MNF

Sure, another crazy #Steelers win thanks to the #KillerBs (#BigBen, #AB, #LeVeon...#Boswell) but all our thoughts are with #Shazier 🙏 PS. #Gruden & #SeanMcDonough sure turned into the #Bengals cheering section 🤔

RIP Shashi Kapoor

RIP #ShashiKapoor: The brightest of stars from the golden age of Indian cinema. My G*d, he was such an essential pillar of Hindi films for so long that it's hard to imagine movies without him. Mainstream/Art, Leading/Supporting, Hindi/English, Big/Low budgets, he did it *all*.😔

Miguel Cotto Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #MiguelCotto Retires. Not quite a household name (at least to this very casual fan), but a great boxer who gave the household names all they could handle. Those #Cotto-#Margarito matches - wow! 💪

USC Beats Stanford to Win Pac 12 Championship

Dear NFL, I'm tellin ya, #SamDarnold may not be the stat-machine pocket-passing #Heisman-winner you were promised, but he's a tough, gritty *winner*! #USC wins #Pac10! PS.  #RonaldJones & #Pittman 👏! #Trojans #Bandwagon

The Shape of Water

#TheShapeOfWater: Visually stunning atmospheric period piece, forbidden love, sympathetic father figure, Stuhlbarg, critically beloved International filmmaker...wait is that #CallMeByYourName or this film😂?! Well done Del Toro, cast of favourites, & esp the *great* Hawkins 👏 !