Read the room Telstra. This wasn’t the week to hike prices on your already expensive telco service. I just paid close to $50 for 20 litres of petrol. I wasn’t in the mood.

I have seen this movie. At a cinema, even (I think). I had, obviously, forgotten it existed until now.

Keep your margins straight.

Imagine how many Warner Bros could be purchased by the time this finishes up.

Why can’t people in a Bill Lawrence show act like actual human beings behave?

There were (obviously) better ways for George to let it be known that he was responsible for paying for the Big Salad.

The real winner of MSNBC being spun out into Versant? NBC News Now. It is by far now the most watchable US election news coverage.

Wait until these young whippersnappers move house a couple of times and discover what a burden these collections are.

The Paper (the hugely entertaining 1994 movie) finished streaming and then P+ stated autoplaying The Untouchables. The most spot-on recommendation I’ve ever seen. If next it plays State & Main, I can only assume Skynet has gone live.

The Tom Cherones episodes of Seinfeld are superior to the Andy Ackerman episodes.

I’m tired of feeling sad anytime I’m watching an animated movie with my kid. Can’t Hollywood just make cartoon films set at a beach party with lots of upbeat songs?

This is very good.

If I was to best describe my personality type, it'd be "middle-aged Laufey enthusiast."

Little Miss 4 has just watched The Muppet Show (2026) through twice. It’s a hit in my house.

I love Seinfeld dearly, but outside a handful of catchphrases, it’s dishonest to say it had more of an impact than Friends.

"Industry" is such a weird TV series. Part grotesque, part soap opera with 20% of financial data that makes no sense and would be irrelevant even if it did. Wonderfully shot and cast though. Its ridiculous but strangely impressive.

After so many years of being chased by monsters who turn out to be amusement park owners and the like, why are Shaggy & Scooby still so frightened at every new creature?

I was all set to watch the ridiculous man vs tall skyscraper live event on Netflix right now. I’m 24 hours too early. 👎🏢

So now the "Inside CECOT" report has aired. But there's definitely going to be fallout at CBS. For one thing, Alfonsi's contract is up in just a few months. Hard to imagine she'll be staying at "60." Lots more in my story here:

It's hard to think that broadcasting weeks-old now-damaged goods is going to help the US 60 Minutes move on from making what was a dunderheaded decision from on high.

Made it through my second consecutive year of not watching the Golden Globes.

The world's richest man runs a subscription-based automated service that removes clothing from photographs of children.

So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...

This is shameful. @cameronwilson.bsky.social asks why the Aus govt continues to financially support X: www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/09/a...

This is the longest I have gone in well over a decade without knowing what Marc Marion is up to. Can someone please do a wellness check?

Super Grover will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

Surely the most delighted man in the United States right now is John Dickerson.

For as much as I was OBSESSED by The X-Files as a teen, I have rarely rewatched much of it in the past 20+ years. The time feels right for a rewatch. There’s also a big chunk of episodes in seasons 7-9 that I never saw. My interest started to fade after the show moved to LA.

I’d like to rewatch the 00s Battlestar Galactica, but the darn show is streaming nowhere. It’s no Battlestar Galactica 1980, but I’d still like to press play.

‘Venezuela’, ‘Maduro’, and ‘distraction’ can’t comfortably be used in an acrostic poem about ‘Epstein’.

HBOMAX FINALLY ADDED THE THUMBS DOWN FEATURE, YOU CAN THUMBS DOWN BILL MAHER NOW

Fire and Ash made half a billion dollars in a week and we’re still doing “Avatar has no cultural impact”? Don’t you people have homes to go to?

Have spent the last day or so binge watching The Pitt. The problem with the show when framed as a streaming return to old-school network TV is every episode doesn’t end on a weird frame with inappropriately jaunty music over the top.

Are hot cross buns on the supermarket shelves yet?

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. (Will ignore the Dick and instead go with Breathless)

This is my annual religious celebration.

I didn't know Ed Burns had made a sequel to The Brothers McMullen until reading a capsule review of it in @danbarrett.au's (must-read) newsletter. Warners sent this straight to HBO Max, which then did virtually nothing to hype it (don't think it's even on HBO linear.) But Netflix is killing film?

I'm looking forward to the Australian under-16 social media ban in effect from this Wednesday. It'll be great not having to mind my language. I'm going to let the expletives fly.

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: I truly love that these movies exist, there’s nothing else like it, even though a couple beats were repeated from the previous film. Whatever. For over three hours I was on a different planet. Oona Chaplin is demonic as the evil fire Na’vi #avatarfireandash

Looking at Ms 4, I can see just how innocent she is… she doesn’t know about war or violence or poverty or that Artax drowned in the swamp of sadness.

Strong disagree. If I had a billion dollars you’d look at what I’d be up to and you would maybe even give me a second bil.

Frank Darabont is the credited director for the 3rd episode of the final season of Stranger Things. It is his first screen credit since 2013's Mob City. I'm not a huge Darabont fan by any means, but that seems like far too long for someone of his stature to be off the board.

Why does this Tesla have pizza trays instead of hubcaps?

Fantastic episode of Netflix’s Territory.

I’m beginning to think Party Down (2023) isn’t coming back for another season.

I feel like not enough people are talking about the terrible microphone technique on display throughout Nobody Wants This.

50 years ago tonight—Oct. 25, 1975—America mourned the passing of Chuckles the Clown. May he rest in peace. #MTMSaturday youtu.be/e7EIld8sjjk?...

In days of yore, I bought one of the most useful tools I have ever spent money on - a transcription pedal. I'd plug it into my computer USB and could use it to pause, jump back 3 seconds, jump forward, etc. I wonder how many cents I could sell it for on Facebook Marketplace in 2025.

'COVID in America', the 2nd season return of English Teacher was a goddamn inspired delight. A true celebration of horrible teenage art. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNM9...

reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...