I have a vague recollection of seeing this film before and liking it, but this time round I couldn’t quite figure out why. It did feel like it was going somewhere and perhaps if I could have summoned some more patience it would have been okay, but in the end, I just couldn’t justify keeping watching something I wasn’t enjoying.

Had never heard of this film but I like a sports film and I like a good Kevin Costner movie, so this ticked all the boxes. I wasn’t sure at first about the concept of a baseball groupie, but once you go with it, you have a fun film with some interesting concepts. Youth versus experience, the hot-head that won’t listen, learning things outside the sport that help inside, and trying to make the best of things when they don’t go your way.

Loved this. A bit of nineties Britpop to get the week going nicely. As always, I knew more of the songs than I thought, and although I was worried William Shatner would have ruined Common People for me, he absolutely hadn’t. So, fab work from Jarvis Cocker and his crew!

Ah, I don’t know what to make of this. I’ve been waiting and waiting for this album and was superbly excited for it, which I think was my mistake. I shouldn’t have hyped it up so much, because it didn’t quite do it for me in the same way as the previous album. It was very good, but some of the songs are better than others, and as a whole, I just preferred the previous work.

The story is a little bit Romeo and Juliet, a little bit Cutting Edge, a little bit of everything, and when you add in some fun dancing as well, there’s a lot to like. The soundtrack is brilliant, really made me nostalgic for the late 90s/early 2000s. The acting is great, the issues raised interesting, and it all results in a satisfying ending.

I genuinely can’t fathom why it’s so popular, aside from the fact that some things just catch on as a cult event and that’s the end of it. But this film is so weird. There doesn’t appear to be a story, the two main leads are really not very likeable, and although there’s the undercurrent of romance that leads to what you might call a happy ending, it’s really not a strong narrative to get you from A to B.

The last time I talked about Doctor Who, I was pondering the news that Peter Capaldi would be stepping down from the show. I talked about the rumours that there might be a female Doctor and how I wasn’t sure that’s where I wanted the show to go. Well, that’s where the show is going and I have completely changed my mind. I’m on board. I can’t wait to see what Jodie Whittaker does with the role and I think it’s a fab breath of fresh air into the show.

I really enjoyed this! Weirdly, I thought I knew something about Counting Crows but I didn’t know any of the songs and can’t remember why I’ve heard of them. However, it was a good album, a genre of music I really like, and one I will likely to listen to over and again.

I was super keen to listen to this because I loved the last album from Carrie, but this one was something different. It’s clear that Carrie has been through a lot, and of course we’re in a different and more difficult world now, so it was a more contemplative and slightly more downbeat offering. Good album but not up there with Storyteller.

So, I do love this film and am maybe more nostalgic about it than it actually warrants, because this latest watch of it did make me realise that’s it’s not actually a particularly good movie. Keanu Reeves is adorable, of course, and the pair of them have a good chemistry in their goofball stupidity.

I loved Mezzanine, one of the early albums in this adventure of mine. This album didn’t really do it for me at all. Unfinished Sympathy is the best thing on there, and even that wasn’t exactly a favourite. The rest of it wasn’t memorable and wasn’t something I’d choose to listen to again.

I was really looking forward to this album coming out, having listened to a handful of the singles and loved them, as well as Julie Adenuga on Beats1 really bigging it up. I loved the album, but could really have done without all the chatting and interludes along the way. They’re fine(ish) once, but not necessary time and time again. Otherwise, it’s a brilliant album, love it.

Project ‘Catch up Michael J Fox’s back catalogue’ continues with this film that is a bit of a mish-mash of genres. There’s a legitimate business story in there, hidden away beneath layers of fish-out-of-water comedy, slapstick craziness, and a love-triangle cherry on the top. Although it doesn’t quite know what it’s trying to be, I still really enjoyed the film.

What a weird movie. I mean, what kind of meetings were they in to come up with this very random scenario - let’s make fun of advertising but also feature a mental institution but also maybe a bit of a rom-com and some rogue doctors and a helicopter scene at the end.

You know what you’re getting into with a Deadpool film - that intensely meta, self-aware nonsense packed with references and jokes that are impossible to keep up with, but also managing to fit in some semblance of a recognisable superhero story with a satisfying conclusion.

I used to listen to Sash albums by snatching them from my brother’s room, so this was nice and familiar. Encore Une Fois! Stay! Ecuador! Good nineties dance beats, but I think it’s mostly nostalgia for me at this point, and I’ll stick with the singles rather than indulging in the album too often.

Lovely chill album, this one. I think I liked it more than the last one I listened to and there were no embarrassing ‘who does his voice remind me of’ moments. It was just a nice, relaxing album with intense but reflective vibes. I feel like this is the kind of music you could have on in the background and never get bored of it.

Like many others, I recently finished watching Sharp Objects, the HBO mini series starring Amy Adams and based on the book by Gillian Flynn. I’ll be honest and admit I only watched this because it has the lovely Amy Adams in it, I didn’t particularly enjoy Gone Girl the book or the film, and whilst I did like Sharp Objects as a novel, I was worried how it would unfold on screen.

Mr C and I are on a bit of a health kick at the minute - nothing crazy, just trying to make better choices - and that means ditching the share bags of Cadburys for something a bit more refined and, dare I say it, grown up. I’ve been perusing the dark chocolate aisles in awe and wonder, there’s such a wide selection, flavours, percentages and choices, it can be quite overwhelming!

So, I love this film. I’ve seen it over and over, although not for a good long while. I didn’t think it would be Mr C’s cup of tea, but eventually I got my way and managed to get it on our screens. Thankfully, it went down very well - quirky, imaginative, with some interesting characters, snappy dialogue and funny moments.

Not quite sure how we landed on this one, but a bit of John Cleese always goes down well. I thought the movie started off really slowly, it took a long time to set the scene and get everything going, and to be honest there wasn’t much comedy until Cleese showed up.

A while back, I talked about how I was just starting to figure out how awesome Manic Street Preachers were, and that I felt I’d missed out on a significant chunk of their career. On the flip side, good friend Lukeh is an absolute expert on the subject and should be considered a super-fan. So, Mr C plied the man with mango-flavoured beer and demanded that he concoct an incredibly specific playlist of ten songs that would introduce a new fan (me) to the band, digging a little deeper than the obvious but not being too obscure as to be off-putting. All this after a drink or two and completely on the spot with no research.

I had sort of written this film off as not going to be very good, but then I heard a Pop Culture Happy Hour episode where they put it in the same bracket as Game Night, and we loved that one, so why not give this one a chance?

There are all sorts of weather apps available out there, from the quirky Carrot forecasts to the more staid Met Office offerings. Their use very much depends on how you like your weather forecasting – long range and high level, a broad overview of the country at large, or as I prefer, very localised to-the-minute weather predictions. That’s where Rain Today comes in. It’s a great app for one purpose – telling you whether it is raining, or whether it’s going to in the very near future. Obviously you can look out the window for the present weather conditions, but knowing whether you need to take a brolly on that short errand you’re going to run can be very useful.

I love Julie Adenuga’s Beats1 show, airing in the UK between 2 and 4pm every weekday. I try and listen to as many as I can, usually on demand, and there’s often little snippets of conversation that make you laugh or make you sit up and take notice. On Friday’s show, where Example and Rebecca Judd joined Julie in the studio to take a look at the new releases that day, there was an example of the latter. Example was discussing the time he bought a car for a fan – as you do – and his co-hosts were sharing their shock and awe at such a kind gesture. Example was having none of it though:

I don’t know how I’ve managed to get this far without listening to any Billy Joel but how can you not love this? Happy, optimistic, joyful music that sort of sweeps you along and doesn’t put you down for 40 minutes. I thought I would only know Uptown Girl but I also knew Tell Her About It.

I really, really liked this album. Its been a while since a rap or hip hop album has appealed to me but this one was great. I love the main single with Rag N Bone Man, and generally speaking all the features are really good. Top notch and a welcome change of genre for this year.

I was lucky enough to get a chance to see Pressure, a play by David Haig that is currently in the West End. The play tells the incredible true story of James Stagg, a meteorologist who was tasked with predicting the weather conditions for the D-Day landings. With Stagg predicting severe storms and Irving P. Krick - Hollywood’s meteorological movie consultant - predicting beautiful weather, the future of Britain, Europe and the United States rests on one single forecast.

I have seen mixed reviews about this film, and I think most of it comes down to whether you have read the source material or not. Those that have and are particularly fond of it may have looked down on this film for differing so much from Ernest Cline’s novel.

My obsession with the South West Coast Path has only been steadily growing since we found the beginning and the end of the long distance trail. I bought a guide book and I’ve been plotting and planning how, when and where we can walk the different sections. Because although, just recently, I managed to get Mr C to finally admit he might have an inkling (albeit with great reluctance) to join me on this adventure, it’s not going to be eight week odyssey for us. This is more of a ’let’s go and see which bit of path we can add to the map today’ type thing.

I’ve wanted to watch this for a while now, knowing just how well it did with audiences and how popular the soundtrack was, but the timing has never quite been right. Thankfully, the despondency that followed watching the Avengers: Infinity War debacle put us in exactly the right mood for something a little more lighthearted and a lot more musical.

Oof. You know, I’ve really been struggling with these Avengers films over the last few years. I quite enjoy the individual standalone episodes but when they all come together and you have to start remembering and knowing and doing your homework and keeping track of so many characters in the same place, it starts to become less like fun and more like a chore.

I was expecting this to be your regularly scheduled light and fluffy older rom-com, but it was far more than that. Firstly, the entire cast were brilliant but I was particularly moved by the under-stated performance by Timothy Spall. The story was mesmerising, how all the pieces fit together and then came apart.

A great album, this one. I only knew the song Enola Gay and I really wasn’t sure I knew what OMD were, but the rest of the album was a triumph. It didn’t stand out as much as the lead single but even so, I liked the moody synth overtones and the general feeling that it left me with after a full listen.

At first I really wasn’t sure about this one, it’s quite warbly in places, but parts of it started to grow on me. No Tears Left to Cry grew on me enormously after a couple of listens, and I cannot get the ‘mix it, and mix it, and mix it and mix it’ thing out of my head. It’s clearly a departure from Ariana’s previous efforts, more adult, more soulful, and I quite liked it despite its oddities.

Just like The Cutting Edge a couple of films ago, this movie is one that I remember absolutely adoring when I saw it. Unlike The Cutting Edge, I only saw it once, maybe twice, before never being able to find it again and then mostly forgetting about it. Seeing it available on Amazon Prime gave me that jolt that you only get when you find something long lost.

It occurred to me that big a fan as I am of Michael J Fox, I actually hadn’t seen a lot of his early stuff other than Back to the Future. I’ve seen him in more recent things but old school movies, I’ve got some work to do. So, Teen Wolf was first up and I read that Michael J wasn’t so fussed about the whole thing and wanted to move on to bigger and better things than a ‘werewolf’ movie.

Interesting one, this. We were on board to watch another Netflix film on the day it was released, as that is quite a lot of fun, even though this one really wasn’t aimed at us. It’s a YA book turned into a film, and that shines through. The story is predictable, and the elements along the way are signposted so early on that it was actually quite laughable by the end.

I don’t think there was too much memorable about this album but there doesn’t really need to be. It is exactly what you want it to be – Green Day through and through. Strong guitars, solid beats, that recognisable lead vocal… enjoyable album but perhaps not my favourite of their work.

I love Jason, his witty lyrics and fast-paced patter and this album is another one to add to the collection. There were a few good tunes on there but actually, as an overall effect, I found the album to be oppressively saccharine. The guy is clearly in love, which is great, but every song was about how he likes to watch her sleep and doesn’t want to do anything but be in love with his partner. At which point I start wondering if he needs a hobby. Nice songs but perhaps needs more variety.

I was vaguely aware of this film, perhaps from people previously in my life saying it was good, but I’d never seen it and had no idea what it was about. I’m not sure I even knew that Cher was in it, and it was certainly a surprise to see such a gorgeous baby Ricci turn up and do an incredible job.

I LOVE this film. It’s not a particularly groundbreaking rom-com but it’s one that I watched over and over when I was younger. I haven’t seen it for ages though, being unable to find it digitally available. Suddenly, we stumbled across the MGM channel add-on for Prime Video and lo and behold, there it was.

Such a weird one, this. I have seen this before, quite a few times, but I watched it before I’d ever seen Star Wars, so how did it ever make sense? Why did I like it when I hadn’t seen the source material it was spoofing?

I know a few Mumford & Sons songs, and they’re the kind of band where you actually know more than you think you do. The trouble is, as this album demonstrates very well, is that whilst they are good tunes, they sound quite similar. Listening to 12 in a row was a nice experience, it’s good music, but I can’t lie and say I could distinguish one song from another.

Good album this one. Only discovered Panic at the Disco relatively recently so it’s nice to have a new album almost straight away. I liked all the songs on here but have to admit it felt quite a short album, almost over before it’s begun. Few of the songs are longer than three minutes, but they’re all good so I just wanted more.

Ah well. I can’t say I was particularly looking forward to this one, but I said the same about the last Pacific Rim and it wasn’t as bad as I’d expected. This one, unfortunately, was as bad as I expected, and perhaps worse.

So, so good. I hadn’t even heard of this film but Mr C was like ‘someone tweeted about this Netflix film being really good’ so we watched it. Amazingly, we then saw some of the promotional things going on around the movie and it was a lot of fun to actually be ahead of the curve rather than six months behind.

I had never heard of Talking Heads and when I started listening, I did wonder what I’d let myself in for. Most of the tracks didn’t really work for me, but of course, Once In a Lifetime is a proper tune which almost makes up for the rest of it.