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NXT Vengeance Day 2026
This year's 'Vengeance Day' event took place all the way back on the 7th March, but I didn't watch it until nearly a month after that - making it another WWE premium live event that I was late to watch in 2026. This is largely because of scheduling conflicts, but, in truth, I simply do not feel as motivated to watch the events live, at the moment. The general quality of the programming has dropped, which seems to be a consensus opinion, currently. The night's action started

Ridley Coote
Apr 43 min read


The Carman Family Deaths (2025) Dir: Yon Motskin
This 2025 true crime documentary, directed by Yon Motskin, seems almost to be as divisive as the case it depicts. I had no idea what to expect - I was neither familiar with the filmmaker or the case they were covering. As always, I hoped for a respectful and at least mostly unbiased account of the events, but I do always worry about documentaries like this, especially when a mystery element is involved in it. It's safe to say that this was one wild documentary - it went in so

Ridley Coote
Apr 42 min read


Dark Water (2005) Dir: Walter Salles
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWtfIKdDR6e/?igsh=enZoZXIydXhyZGFn This 2005 supernatural thriller, directed by Walter Salles, is one of those random American horror films that has been sat on my Disney Plus watchlist for some time, waiting for a rainy day, so-to-speak. It has pretty mediocre reviews, but sometimes, when I just want something easy to watch, that really doesn't matter to me. I realised after I had already started it that it was in fact an American

Ridley Coote
Apr 43 min read


The Secret Agent (2025) Dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWrE9xdjYcZ/?igsh=MWdzYjR6bWk0M3U3YQ== This Brazilian crime comedy, from director Kleber Mendonça Filho, aroused my attention after its popular debut at the esteemed Cannes Film Festival , winning multiple awards, and then even more so after it received multiple Oscar nominations, including 'Best Picture' and 'Actor In A Leading Role' . Even with my anticipation for the film, I deliberately didn't look up much about the film, inste

Ridley Coote
Apr 32 min read


Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026) Dir: Benedict Sanderson
It had been a little while since I had ventured to watch a true crime documentary, something I used to do all the time, but this Netflix original film, directed by Benedict Sanderson, tempted me in with its rather intriguing case. It also featured interview footage from the victim herself - something unfortunately all too rare with many of these kidnapping cases. Hearing first-hand accounts from those involved in and personally affected by the case was both fascinating and, a

Ridley Coote
Apr 32 min read


Orbital (2024) By Samantha Harvey
"The earth, from here, is like heaven. It flows with colour. A burst of hopeful colour. When we’re on that planet we look up and think heaven is elsewhere, but here is what the astronauts and cosmonauts sometimes think: maybe all of us born to it have already died and are in an afterlife." I have been hoping to read Samantha Harvey's Booker Prize winner for some time now. My peers seemed to enjoy it, and I have always been partial to fictional novels that have space as a

Ridley Coote
Apr 23 min read


His Last Bow (1917) By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last." This eighth publication of Sherlock Holmes mysteries is a collection of several previously published stories from the iconic Arthur Conan Doyle, each taking place along the timeline of Holmes' investigative career. By now, I was well acquainted with the legendary private detective and his ever-loyal companion, and was prepared for the kind of mysteries and investigations that were in-st

Ridley Coote
Apr 22 min read


The Princess Bride (1987) Dir: Rob Reiner
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWgvRVYArX8/?igsh=MWEybDYycHMyengyZw== This 1987 fantasy romance film, directed by Rob Reiner, and based on the cult novel by William Goldman, has been one of my favourite films since I was a child. My siblings and I would quote and re-quote it endlessly to each other, and we must have watched it tens of times growing up. It had, however, been far, far, too long since I had watched this 80's classic, and I wanted to make the effort

Ridley Coote
Mar 302 min read


Hamlet (2025) Dir: Aniel Karia
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWeCaZdjTwS/?igsh=a3V6NXYxY3J6NXZp The idea of a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare's iconic play, directed by Aniel Karia, and starring Riz Ahmed, appealed to me greatly, particularly because it had a unique South Asian slant on its depiction of the classic tragedy. It's not too often that you get such a fresh take on such a well-known and adapted work of media. I was very excited to see how Karia would execute it. My f

Ridley Coote
Mar 292 min read
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