Colin Farrell is tremendous in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin - the nuance and depth he fills a complex character with is steadily affecting. Seen at Queen's Film Theatre.

Hocus Pocus is, in many ways, a pretty good pastiche of 1993.

What a walk. #RIP

Thematically, what conor mitchell and thebelfastensemble have achieved with Propaganda: The Musical at Lyric Theatre Belfast echoes Spielberg’s West Side Story - compelling conflicts of interpersonal words and movement told through song, dance and character complexity. Belfast International Arts Festival

Farewell, Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE, grand-daughter of Belfast’s Ormeau Road, faithful and true companion of the daylight hours for decades. #AngelaLansbury , a star if ever there was one.

I have John Addison’s immortal, Emmy award winning TV theme tune playing in my head right now. RIP Angela Lansbury.

Repeating a message that Neil Hannon was wise enough to sing about in his Little Acts Of Kindness. Here's the song. The Divine Comedy
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🙌🙌Mighty congratulations to 𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 for Best New Play nomination UK Theatre awards for his powerhouse play and performance in How to Bury a Dead Mule.💪🏽 Northern Ireland Screen NI Veterans' Support Office Doyle Shipping Group NI War Memorial Clear Pharmacy

Mrs Harris Goes To Paris is always entertaining, but it also promises an emotional and thoughtful engagement that never quite materialises. The character interaction in the first half works significantly better than the more melodramatic second half. Lesley Manville is superb.

A tale of ropes, wooden planks, nails, brick walls and Grover speaking and shouting... not something I've ever forgotten.

Cyrano has left me speechless with admiration and contemplation. It might be Joe Wright’s finest film.

Today we bid farewell as #TheGapYear in association with CommediaOfErrors as they pack up and hit the road. It's been a wild and wonderful ride and we want to offer our massive congratulations to the entire team on its successful journey!

Theatre in NI is in a great place. Think of the depth beneath the comedy of Lie Low (seen at Lyric Theatre Belfast), The Gap Year (@CommediaOfError) and Lockdown DLA (@sodabreadshows). Word about the historical Belfast Entries (@KaboshTheatre) has been good too.

Excellent reading material - thank you Andrew Gimson.

Rest well, Your Majesty

She’s incredible.

Star Trek: TMP is still a film I admire more than like - it’s a bold project in how it attempts to transition Trek towards the epic. Something that Harve Bennett and Nick Meyer attained in TWOK with larger-than-life *characters* rather than visuals - epic within, not without.

In my experience when someone is in distress, what really helps is an expression of empathy and a reminder you're available for them. What does not work is bullying and the implication you'll disappoint them if they don't have the energy to talk it through at the moment.

The ending of The Wrath Of Khan, from the moment Spock leaves his chair - you know when - is a masterpiece in wrenching emotional cinema. The cast - and James Horner - just seem to be entirely in tandem with Leonard Nimoy’s exceptional work.