Alex Dook

@ATRightMovies A lot of people don't know this but the Lord of the Rings movies have many details from the Tolkien novels.

In LORD OF THE RINGS, Legolas walking on top of the snow when everybody else is up to their waist is a detail taken from Tolkien's novel.

"Probably one of the most exciting books I read in 2025." Jeff knows his stuff.

Debuts are the lifeblood of crime fiction. Here are my favourite 6 debuts of 2025. #JakobKerr #TanyaScott @AlexDook @GeoffParkes9 Mark Ezra #RonniSalt @TransworldBooks @AllenAndUnwin @echo_publishing @noexitpress @groveatlantic murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/best-debut-cri…

@AEMO_Energy That is a lot of solar power for 11pm at night

@kevinbonham Can one assume ON would have a strong senate showing from this?

Cry havoc etc. #Newspoll ALP 36 L-NP 24 ON 15 Greens 11 IND/other 14 2PP 57-43 to ALP

@adrianmckinty And both 90 minutes!

summer's over & we had all the big summer movies (my fav of which was probably WEAPONS) but I'd like to point you to a couple of low budget indy films I loved IN VITRO an Aussie s/f RESTLESS a Brit domestic thriller both excellent slow burners & both worth your time I promise

@murdermayheman1 Glad you enjoyed it!

After a good, gritty Australian crime novel with well described outback settings and an exciting plot? Then try the debut crime novel Gundpowder Creek by @AlexDook It is a very good read!Short review attached. murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/deadly-outback…

@adrianmckinty Wildly entertaining ending

Weapons was good no notes ok maybe a couple of notes but nothing I went to blab about or spoil I think this film will work better in a cinema rather than at your home - I saw it in a Times Sq. theatre full of disturbed nutcases who apparently share my sense of humour 👍

@PatMcCaffrie Lol that photo of him

Janet Albrechtsen: Judges should keep their hands off women! Also Janet: Haha but not like literally, you're all good Dyson.

Hooley dooley, pretty incredible to be listed alongside @janeharperautho and @GarryDisher !

@kevinbonham The bean counting continues

Will be amazing if Price wins the seat because of Norfolk Island. It's not impossible.

Norfolk Island day booth puts Price in the lead in #Bean on the 3CP realignment. Prepoll booth apparently coming soon.

@rosenthal_jon Norfolk Island isn't a country either. It's part of Australia.

Oh this is priceless

@adrianmckinty @RealGDT one of the all time great final shots

if you've never seen North By Northwest its free this Friday on TCM at 8pm in the restored VistaVision print I've always thought of it as a kind of delicious soft reboot/remake of The 39 Steps @RealGDT doesn't go that far but here he is extolling its many praises for TCM:

@kevinbonham Perth?

Quiz question: at the 2022 federal election, in which seat were voters who voted 1 Labor above the line in the Senate most likely to vote 2 Greens?

@iainkryan Do you need to read the first one?

@vileslug Saw a MAGA hat guy at a local park. I sort of nodded towards him so my wife would see him (like, check out this weirdo), but he thought I was nodding a greeting SO HE NODDED BACK I almost died of shame

cannot imagine anything more embarrassing that an Australian who loves Trump. I thought the one thing u could rely on in this country is for people to be cynical about a big flashy yank

@adrianmckinty I saw this about ten minutes before I was going to take my newborn on a long walk around the block to get him to sleep. Perfect timing that.

hey don't forget I, er, "dropped" a new novella on audible the day before yesterday if you've got a spare audible credit in your pocket and a couple of hours to kill you might like it trigger warning for drinking, drug taking, violence & dad jokes

@kirovkate @Flinty_01 @australian I'm not really surprised!

@Flinty_01 @australian This is wild platforming of this guy!

@MatthewBevan I like it. Mix it up with state specific drinks. Bourbon vs tequila, etc

@AlexDook Maybe 1mL per EC vote? Still would do the trick but less likely to kill anyone.

If a network wanted to lock up the ratings on election night they’d have 1 host taking a shot every time Harris wins a state and 1 host taking a shot for every Trump state. Nobody would be watching any other coverage.