The Modern Hermit: Roasts and Sense Checks
RM, author and modern hermit
A quiet corner of the web for film roasts, streaming nonsense, tech hype, and reality checks on modern life.
Latest Roasts
- Britain’s Factory Floor Still Thinks Respect Is Optional
Britain’s factory floor still runs on shouting, fear and silence while the law promises rights, safety and respect that too many workers never see daily. - Britain Punishes Power, Rejects Extremism, and Flirts with HopeBritain sacks failing governments, resists rage politics, and cautiously eyes the Greens as an alternative. A fact-led sense check of 2024 to 2026.
- Pavane on Netflix: Ravel rescues romance from sludge again
Netflix’s Korean film ‘Pavane’ (released 20 Feb 2026) turns Ravel into a life raft for romance, and reminds cinema releases what a soul sounds like again. - Cold Storage (2026): fungus, flashbacks, and cinema shrinkage!
Cold Storage has timelines, fungus and Neeson quips, but the flashback faces never change. Also, cinemas look suspiciously like your sofa now minus the popcorn. - Authors vs social media: build first, post later, win nowAdvice for authors: stop renting reach, build an owned site, be transparent about AI tools, add a raw voice section, and let the right readers return.
- The Modern Hermit: Divine Love, SEO, and 248 Pages of HustleA roast of the Modern Hermit archetype: 248 pages of divine love, 202 posts, and a browser screaming for keywords. Spiritual work meets daily SEO panic.
- Crime 101 (2026): a streaming thriller in borrowed IMAX glory!A starry LA heist thriller that sings in IMAX, yet still plays like a Prime Video sofa job. Heat echoes, Highway 101 pure glamour, overlong adult swagger.
- Trump’s Board of Peace: the billion-dollar kneel club in DCTrump’s Board of Peace sells ‘world order’ at $1bn a seat, while autocrats and hangers-on plan troops, money and a Gaza makeover. Satire, with receipts.
- Wuthering Heights (2026): Bronte, but make it thirstierEmerald Fennell turns Bronte into a glossy, carnal IMAX event. A fact-led roast of the 2026 adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, with pop music.
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