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@SecRubio Retweeting a pathological liar.

@piersmorgan You were his biggest cheerleader when you knew what a moron he is.

Incredible that we’ve gone from needing code-breaking geniuses to crack secret war plans, to the US President telling everyone exactly what he plans to do, every few hours on social media.

“Your fans lined the streets today and the players didn’t even bother showing up. Your team are on the brink of relegation. You cannot seriously laugh at Arsenal…”

@mmpadellan The fact we all know what ‘IT’ is -🙏🙏🙏

I'll say this: when *IT* finally happens, the entire planet will celebrate for a fucking month, maybe longer. And you know what *IT* is.

@rustyrockets @TRobinsonNewEra Is ‘legit’ rhyming slang? 💩

Tommy is a legit journalist. Most challenging interview I’ve done for a while. @TRobinsonNewEra

@CinemaTweets1 Quite liked it but felt it tried too hard. The best buddy part montages were too much. Interstellar for the science, the drama, the emotion. Hail Mary cant match any of those.

#ProjectHailMary (🌟🌟🌟🌟) washed over me. I laughed. I cried. I fucking felt something. There are at least two reasons you should change your weekend plans to see this film in theaters. The first reason is Ryan Gosling. He is impossibly great in this movie. Whatever expectations I had of Gosling going in- he grabbed those expectations by the throat and squeezed. One of Gosling’s best performances in a career filled with amazing films. The second reason is that this film is visually stunning. It doesn’t just deserve to be seen in IMAX- it demands it. The filmmaking carries the day. Following in the footsteps of films like The Martian & Interstellar, Project Hail Mary is an immediately iconic space film. I entered this film knowing nothing about the plot. I think that benefited me. I say that to suggest I won’t spend loads of time on plot here: Gosling is a middle school teacher named Ryland Grace (shades of Half-Nelson!) who is essentially scouted/pouched/picked by Sandra Hüller & other world leaders in a “last-ditch, one-way, suicidal mission” to uncover a solution to stop a bacteria called “astrophage”. The whole idea here is that astrophage is blocking out the sun & draining stars in the galaxy. Grace is basically tasked with finding the one star in the galaxy that isn’t being killed by astrophage & to send some sort of solution back to Earth. As is the case with many of my favorite outer space films, there are definitely portions of the story I didn’t understand or went over my head. But none of that really matters. Similar to Cooper’s plight in Interstellar, the essence of the story is that Grace is being asked to do something bigger than himself: step outside of your own life, walk a higher path, and take a mission that could save millions. Ordinary man is given an extraordinary mission. That is the theme & the heartbeat of this film. But one of the biggest differentiators between Project Hail Mary & other space films I’ve seen is the presence of Rocky- an alien that Grace meets in space and befriends. Rocky & Grace develop a relationship that is just simply outstanding. It’s believable as hell & you grow so emotionally attached to their friendship. I loved the dialogue & banter between the two, I loved all of the early sequences when they tried to learn about one another. It’s an added dimension to the story that makes this film more than just about Grace’s mission. This is about a brotherhood that develops in service of said mission. And that brotherhood is basically Ryan Gosling acting with himself. The emotional range Gosling gives in this film is exceptional. He holds down this entire movie almost entirely without a scene partner. All of his moments with Rocky were basically done without anyone acting alongside Gosling. Yet Gosling still gives such an emotionally powerful performance. It really reminds me of Tom Hanks in Cast Away- it was the biggest comp I could think of the entire time watching this unfold. Only a movie star- yes, I’m going there, I’m using that term, damn it- could do the things Gosling does in this film. Consider how loaded Gosling’s filmography is to this point. Now consider that he just added another great film to that list. What a fucking career. But like I mentioned in my opener, it’s not just Gosling that makes this movie so powerful, it’s the fact that this is a visual masterpiece. I think the screenplay is a little weak here & tries a little too hard to be funny at certain points. I also think the film is a little long. But those issues are totally forgiven by the quality of filmmaking. The colors. The light. Every last sequence shot in actual outer space. The ships- the different stars Gosling comes across. That’s all without mentioning the amazing CGI done to bring Rocky to life. I thought Rocky was part of this film’s visual success. I honestly don’t remember seeing a science fiction film that looked this good in quite some time. I don’t know how this was made or how so many of these sequences in space were captured…but it took my breath away. I don’t care that the Oscars are a year away, I would be shocked if this film didn’t receive Best Cinematography consideration. Project Hail Mary energized me after such a trying week. It was like a shot of adrenaline & inspiration right to my chest. It’s the exact reason why I’m seeing this film a second time this weekend.

@LukeEdwardsTele Pretty much bang on CNN straight away every morning in the hope he’s gone. Then see what moronic things he’s said/done.

Anyone else go to bed and just wonder what absolutely mental, awful stuff Donald Trump and the cult that is keeping him in power in the USA are going to plunge the world into by the time you wake up in the morning. And then blame all their supposed allies for.

@piersmorgan You and his enablers have the got us here. He’s a demonstrable moron, you have said for years he’s playing 4d chess. He’d struggle with the rules of hungry hippos. We saw the emperor had no clothes 10 years ago. You wound t have it and said we had TDS. The D is denial now.

Trump is losing control of this war.

Name an actor who may not always be the main character but always makes the movie they’re in better.

@TheMonologist Peter Vaughan never better.

@TheMonologist Just started re-watching it. Last saw it in 1996. It’s as a good as I remember.

@DanielLDavis1 @owenjonesjourno *June 1941

Why is it so hard for US politicians to "rule anything in or out" when it comes to US troops on the ground in the Iran War? It's not that hard, folks. The answer is 100% 'no.' Look at the topographical map below and note the virtually impregnable *series* of mountain ranges along the entire Western side of the country. Note, too, the green, level terrain of Iraq to the west, and realize that when I was part of the US invasion force into Iraq in 1991 (and the US coalition in 2003), we were able to drive into Iraq from friendly countries, over level terrain, where the defending force had nowhere to hide or defend from. Iran, in contrast, is built for defense. We simply do not have the number of troops in our entire ground forces that could be mustered to make such an attack, and even if we foolishly did order them in, they would be defeated in the many mountainous ridges and valleys that give decisive advantage to the defending force. In short, yes, reject any idea of a ground invasion of Iran. It would be suicidal, and on par with Hitler's fatal decision to invade the USSR in September 1941. It would result in the destruction of the American empire.

@luke4OW @HLTCO This, hands down, the best. The bit where Robin is kicked out of pre-season training because the manager objected to his new knuckle tattoos 😂😂

A question for my followers… If you could only recommend one football book for people to read, what would it be?

@jonoblain Telling. A few seasons back we were 1st/2nd in the table for that stat. Something really fell off.

The most distance Spurs have covered in PL matches this season are both under Tudor - against Liverpool today and at Fulham. Three of his four PL matches sit in the top five of our season. The exception under him being Palace which is skewed by having 10 men.

@SebOnFootball Scores Sunday 💯

Genuinely, what happened to Chris Wood? Did he just disappear?

@prodnose @TheMonologist Amanda Barrie 1950s > Bridget Bardot

@TheMonologist Pretty strong argument for my fave here: youtube.com/watch?v=g0YhS8…

@ExpressionsOOZ Two bald men fighting over a comb

Spurs vs Forest next week is bigger than The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin at Wrestlemania 😭

@WestHam_Central Nearly 😏 COYS

A 13-0 defeat at Anfield tomorrow for Spurs would see West Ham overtake them.

@GeoffNorcott Wait till you hear about Terry’s Chocolate Orange

Thanks to a cracker crowd tonight in Belfast. Had no idea Tayto flavours could become a sectarian issue.

what’s a movie that had the BIGGEST PLOT TWIST EVER and it still blows your mind just thinking about it ????