Holy shit!! @shudder.com becomes the home of TALES FROM THE CRYPT. Streaming once again after a 30 year hiatus! And nearly one year before my book on the series drops in 2027! Best day ever.
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Sure! Publication date was 8/9/2024
A Manticore with the caption "I am not a toy. I am not a pet. I am not a Christmas present. I am a 400 year commitment."
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
Reject lamenting counterculture, embrace furious optimism: @mbyrd.bsky.social on how Pluribus's take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) suits a modern era with nothing to lose
#Pluribus
Nick Bosa is about to get a 100 across the board rating in Madden.
Looking forward to the weekend? (Us too). Molly Templeton brings some recommendations for your free time, for whenever you're not playing Silksong.
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ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:
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I'll never forget where I was the day those seafood towers fell.
The life of a showgirl?
Got some time to kill this weekend? @mollytempleton.com recommends some genre fiction highlights for you to check out, from catching up on the Hugo Awards noms to an essay by Hanif Abdurraqib to what to binge after finishing the newest season of Wednesday!
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Weapons (2025):
Piper by Brett Rutherford and John Robertson
Today's Classic Cover is Piper by Brett Rutherford and John Robertson! Lisa Falkenstern has illustrated nearly 1000 book covers, including this one!
Plenty of movies on Letterboxd that I feel like people absolutely sleep on but this is very much one that I'm surprised doesn't have more love on there given its cult status
You two aren't beating the "AI is mostly championed by douchebags" allegations anytime soon.
I'm holding out for that Crimson Tide Criterion.
whatever the book, it should definitely be a book left out where the kid can find it after being told "I don't know, that might be too scary for you, maybe you shouldn't read it."
(this is how you make a reader for life)
A tribute to one of my favorite little corners of the film world: Movie trailers that feature footage that was never meant to appear in the final film:
On that note, each pope should be able to choose their own entrance music. Imagine the aura of "Jesus Christ Superstar" filling the room before the holy father swaggers in.
I shouldn't have doubted them, but I wasn't expecting a lineup that good.
The 2025 Met Gala carpet with THE SUBSTANCE's Monstro ElisaSue.
BREAKING: Monstro ElisaSue from THE SUBSTANCE has arrived at the 2025 #MetGala!
Michael B. Jordan and the Count from Sesame Street
Sinners (2025)
I hear you. The bigger hope is that something like this either represents a trend or inspires one.
This is exactly how Frank Grimes was made an executive vice president only to be replaced by a heroic dog who pulled a toddler from the path of a speeding car.
Never knew he was from Philly. Did he ever clash with Baltimore natives Idris Elba and Dominic West on set?
Don't you find it odd that everyone who describes themselves as "apolitical" in these interviews always does so as the set-up for a political statement?