My day off work began at 8.35am at Broadmarsh bus station in Nottingham where I boarded the 450 National Express to London.
And how do you think I spent the three-hour journey. Obvious really, isn't it?
Trips by bus, train, aeroplane or car nearly always involve my laptop and a DVD screener.
Of course, I have to pick a film which won't offend other passengers so I plumped for Noomi Rapace's latest, Babycall.
Not that anyone would recognise Noomi from the goth-like Lisbeth Salander in the Girl And The Dragon Tattoo trilogy or even her appearance in Sherlock Holmes.
Here she is an obsessive mother who won't let her eight-year-old son out of her sight because of fears that his abusive father will track them down to their safe house.
The young mum even has to be persuaded to allow young Anders (Vetle Ovenild Werring) to go to school, such is her state of mind.
But is all quite as it seems? And is she telling the truth about her past.
Babycall has had much of a write-up in other reviews and I can see why. It is quite slow in peeling back the layers before getting to the centre of its plot.
However, Rapace is such a fine actress that she is worth the ticket money on her own.
She is riveting as the mum becomes more and more desperate to keep her son safe yet recognises she might be going a bit mad in the process.
It certainly had me rapt on the bus to London as did its shocking finale and I can guarantee it would look better on the big screen.
Laughs: none
Jumps: a couple of small ones (I didn't want to look too foolish in front of the other passengers).
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 6.5/10
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