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@baloobas

I watch movies, read comics, buy crap I don’t need and go to the pub but I have weekends off and I am my own boss.

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Contrary to its 5.7 rating on IMDb and its 70% Rotten Tomatoes rating (not bad tbf) I’m really enjoying this. Get through the first episode where Curtis is really annoying as the obnoxious sister and there’s a lot to enjoy. I binged 5 episodes in one day,

13.03.2026 19:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m assuming Karl Urban’s character is Irish in this as he’s said “shite” a few times. That’s been the only clue so far tbh.
#nowwatching

12.03.2026 19:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have zero interest in horse racing or gambling in general (thank god!) but I love Cheltenham. Makes no sense, I know, but it’s a great laugh.

12.03.2026 18:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ha! No. Everything about it screams disaster to me.

12.03.2026 07:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jaysus

12.03.2026 06:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I’ll take any tips at all!!!
This was my first horse - the grey one 3rd from the back 😂

11.03.2026 14:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Day 2 of the only time of the year when I bet (very small amounts) on horses.
Hope I do better than yesterday 🤞🏻🙄🍻

11.03.2026 12:42 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Last time I was in New York was 2016 and it was $10 a pint so he can piss off.

11.03.2026 12:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This was ok but it’s nowhere near as clever as it thinks (our phones are turning us into zombies - oh wow what a radical idea) and it’s so desperate to be cool, it comes off kind of annoying. Not bad though and fans of Black Mirror should enjoy it.

10.03.2026 23:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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22 minutes into this and I’m not enjoying it at all. Tell me it gets better, please!
#nowwatching

10.03.2026 21:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Odd, affecting drama with strong performances. Worth watching if you’re in the mood for something unusual. I liked it.

08.03.2026 23:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The most ridiculous name.

08.03.2026 22:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#nowwatching

08.03.2026 21:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

If you’re in the mood this is a surprisingly watchable Predator ripoff that suffers in comparison with a load of forgettable, interchangeable characters and a ton of cliches (screenwriters please retire “you’ve got to be shitting me” from your scripts). Still, there’s lots of action and derring do.

08.03.2026 20:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah that's a pity, very enjoyable.

08.03.2026 14:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Mine is really long. The first cut is going to be a nightmare. Dreading it.

08.03.2026 12:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Casually mentioned in the pub the other day that I need to cut the grass in my garden and an aulfella told me I wasn’t allowed do it before St Patrick’s day like it was some kind of ancient Irish law that I’d somehow never heard of.
I’m happy enough to wait tbh.

08.03.2026 12:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Jesus, that’s awful. I was told this guy was Garda vetted (for the scout work) and I couldn’t help thinking they needed to do a deeper look into him.

08.03.2026 11:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I enjoyed the new season of Ted. Very much a live action Family Guy with a fair amount of flat jokes but saved by a few laugh out loud moments. The ending made it seem like they were finished with it but I’d gladly watch more.

08.03.2026 11:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Incorrect. I was only talking to someone recently about what a great song Mr Blue Sky is.

08.03.2026 11:05 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

No he was early 30s, not Stuart.

08.03.2026 11:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was vegetable oil not olive oil - get it right.

08.03.2026 11:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s at least 5 years away.

08.03.2026 10:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s been years since I’ve encountered someone who gave me such a creepy feeling.

08.03.2026 10:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The scene where he’s pointing out his next door neighbour to Mel Gibson and he says “do you see your woman? She’s an awful weapon” and Gibson replies “that’s lethal”.
They just don’t make movies like that any more.

08.03.2026 10:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I have one of those ferocious hangovers that make me question all my life choices leading up to this moment. As Danny Glover would say in Lethal Weapon “Diplomatic Immunity - it’s just been revoked”, although I’m sure there’s a better quote from that movie I could use.

08.03.2026 10:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

So weird. It really gave me the creeps. Every alarm bell in my head was going off. Not to be overly dramatic but have you ever met someone and thought to yourself “this person could be a serial killer”? 😂

08.03.2026 10:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

He gave me massive unrehearsed Tom Ripley vibes. A guy who thought he could get by on easy charm but don’t you dare dig deeper. Asked me if I had a problem with him but when I said no and explained I used to live there and have many English friends, he still couldn’t reply. He’s a scout leader 😳

08.03.2026 03:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is this weird?
Tonight at a party I got talking to a guy. He had an English accent (the party was in Dublin).
I asked him where he was from, he replied London, I asked what part he said London. I told him I lived in London for 30 years and he couldn’t tell me what part of London he was from.

08.03.2026 03:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Another one I knew you’d like way more than me (disclaimer: I still haven’t finished it)

08.03.2026 03:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0