Viewings: June 2026

Chances are The Plumber might have been a dreary sex comedy starring Robin Askwith if it was made in Great Britain. Thankfully, Peter Weir's film is an entertaining blend of absurdist comedy and psychological thriller from Australia. I knew it was going to be good once I saw this clip online. 

Blogger is still "buggered", like Jill's pipes. 

Film:

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (James Parrott, 1930) ^ ♲

Oliver the Eighth (Lloyd French, 1934) ^ ♲

The Red Menace (R. G. Springsteen, 1949)

Spaceways (Terence Fisher, 1953)

Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, 1958) 

The Reptile (John Gilling, 1966) ♲

Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968) ♲

The Plumber (Peter Weir, 1979) 

Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel Benoît & Poelvoorde, 1990) ♲

Triangle (Christopher Smith, 2009) ♲ 

Citizen Vigilante (Uwe Boll, 2026)

Greenland 2: Migration (Ric Roman Waugh, 2026)

Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Chrisopher Miller, 2026)

 

Television:

FIFA World Cup 2026

Spider-Noir - Season 1, Episodes 1-3 (Various, 2026) 

 

♲ Rewatch

^ Short  

 

Dada Debaser Notes:

• Ashes and Diamonds is considered one of the best films ever according to film making luminaries Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese. I wish it clicked for me like it did for them. Great cinematography, though. I reckon Brian De Palma might have borrowed the fireworks scene from the film and used it in Blow Out.
• The Red Menace is a far too dull to be the Red Scare equivalent of Reefer Madness. Yvonne Kraus AKA Greta Blok would have been a successful Twitch streamer, if she was around today, however.
• The first Greenland was an unexpectedly decent disaster flick; its sequel, however, is a lacklustre effort. Greater plot holes than the ridiculous giant crater in France that happens to be an oasis of life.
• Citizen Vigilante is absolutley awful and the worst 2026 film thus far.
• The more I think about it, the more I realise that Project Hail Mary is essentially Interstellar with MCU quips. I might have overrated it on Letterboxd.

Last month, it was Hammer's Dracula (1958) announcement; this month, it's Ken Russell's The Devils getting the uncut treatment:

The Devils | Teaser

Ken Russell | 1971