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:
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