Stuff I Read and Watched from March 22 - 28, 2026

Latest film: Project Hail Mary (2026) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...

Reposting this because I revamped my site and the link changed. Added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I think is more interesting than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! rian-johnson.com/scripts

I was excited by the idea of a Lost Boys musical, but everything they've released so far has been pretty tepid and underwhelming.

Let the historians have the historical events. I'd want to know how my sister was killed. Which is a downer of an answer, but it's been a simmering pool of questions beneath my snarky surface for the last couple of years. I'm sure many families have such answers they'd like to know.

First look at Luke Evans as Frank-N-Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, a new Broadway revival of the cult classic musical. “Frank can be flamboyant and feminine, slinky and sultry, but there’s a menace to him,” Luke Evans tells Vogue. Photo Credit: Norman Jean Roy

There's times I do continue to consume work by problematic creators. Not with separation, but viewing the art WITH context of who made it. But like how there's a range of awful people can be, it's an extra layer when their earnings fund awful organizations which systemstically spread hate and harm.

[Happy 100th birthday to film critic Gene Shalit! Yes, Gene still walks among us.]

Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw the TV Glow (2024) asks what it costs to not know yourself, wrapping that terror in the hypnotic glow of '90s television and the specific dread of adolescence that never ends. www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2026/03/epis...

My prediction: The Scouring of the Shire.

Stuff I Read and Watched from March 15 - 21, 2026

@afterlunch.bsky.social I immediately knew who was who.

Latest film Dead Presidents (1995) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...

Latest film: A Chinese Ghost Story 3 (1991) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...

Dawyne Johnson, now understanding how Ugly Sonic felt.

Latest read: The White People (1904) by Arthur Machen app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bdea...

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DAMMIT

Earlier this year I watched both V mini-series and a good chunk of the ongoing series for a thing. This is that thing. We focused on the Christmas episode as is good and proper for @radchristmas.bsky.social, but lots of talk about the other stuff too. totallyradchristmas.com/v-reflection...

On The File Room this week we talk about “Kill Switch”, the first of two episodes of The X-Files written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox, which gives us plenty of opportunity to discuss what cyberpunk is, as well as how it differs from steampunk overcast.fm/+ABGHvq_987k

HEY YO: We got after it, y'all

Latest film: Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994, aka Yamato Takeru) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...

RIP Sam Keith, the dude always drew the weirdest looking Batman, and that's why he is so great

Latest read: By the Candelabra's Glare (1898) L Frank Baum app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a330...

Latest read: A Fragment of Life (1904) by Arthur Machen app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1725...

Latest film: Catch Me If You Can (2002) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...

We’re deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Sam Kieth. From The Maxx to his work across comics, Sam brought a completely unique look and voice to the industry. His art was raw and unmistakably his. Sam's influence will be felt for generations. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

Spring is here, so cast off all of that heavy clothing and join us tonight for a stream celebrating the attire for our new economy! It's a night of nudist-related entertainment, starting at 7pm central, with shorts, music, and an Italian disco nude beach romcom feature! app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...

Best pitch for an unmade movie I've ever heard is Margot Robbie and Elijah Wood starring as a couple honeymooning in Europe when they get mistaken for a pair of world class assassins played by Samara Weaving and Daniel Radcliffe. Hijinx ensue.

The final lost KTMA episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been found (at a garage sale!), digitized, and uploaded to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Z4hnagGLE Reddit thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MST3K/comments/1rz1w3a/found_at_last/ #mst3k #tv

Looking into alternatives for Trakt. The new layout is a mess to navigate, and they're blocking me from being able to log in if I have my VPN on. Boo.

A friendly reminder that, even though he was a huge part of many of our childhoods, Chuck Norris was an anti-humanist member of the maga death cult and wrote a book full of ugly ideology in 2008 called Black Belt Patriotism.

I've never been fond of the grandiose (if joking) mythologizing of Chuck Norris, who used a career of being able to do a roundhouse in jeans as a cover for damaging fanatical beliefs.

It appears that the news has broken that Caden Mark Gardner and I have programmed a series on Trans Filmmakers for the Criterion Channel. These films will be available in April www.criterion.com/current/post...

Saturday! You voted for it, you can't unvote for it - a stream that'll leave you stripped to the core! It's a night of nudism featuring shorts, music, commercials, features and more that bare all! Grab a towel and NOTHING ELSE and join us starting at 7pm CST on 3/21 at app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...!

Latest film: Nightshift (1981) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...

In which @michaelmay.bsky.social, @spidey004.bsky.social, and @paxholley.com take a detour from the main Fast and Furious series to explore the ridiculous roads, spectacular cybernetics, and inspiring islands of David Leitch's Hobbs & Shaw. www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2026/03/423-...

Latest film: The Sweet Hereafter (1997) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...

On The File Room this week we talk about “Chinga”, the episode of The X-Files written by Stephen King. As such, we talk a lot about the signifiers of King’s work, as well as one of the more infamous adaptations of it. overcast.fm/+ABGHvoA9bcw

1/5 🧵 Finished Detective Comics 1-26, the issues predating the debut of Batman. The majority were bland stories with interchangeable gumshoes, and the first masked hero, Crimson Avenger, was just a tepid knockoff of Shadow and Green Hornet. Here's a quick thread of strips worth checking out!

In Detective Comics 26, it's wild to see Bob Kane promoting the next issue's debut of Batman on top of his bumbling cops gag strip.

Stuff I Read and Watched from March 8 - 14, 2026 What catches your eye?

I've been struggling to get hooked by Gavan Infinity (very pretty, but the writing is shallow and messy), but finally got to the ant episode. THE ANT EPISODE, Y'ALL. My hopes are still low for the series, but that episode was a banger.

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Special Weather Reporter Gojira has been dispatched to the front garden to report on the Snowmageddon Blozzard of 2026. Updates to Follow.

Latest read: Sword Art Online 11: Alicization Turning (2012 novel, Reki Kawahara) app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1085...

We head back Into the Mouth of March Madness for our 1996 bracket and we're joined by the Media Rewind podast and @horrorhero.bsky.social for the rounds of the Scream 16 and Hateful 8! soundcloud.com/nightmarejun...

Stuff I Read and Watched from March 1 - 7, 2026 What catches your eye?

If any of you use Storygraph, feel free to give me a follow there. app.thestorygraph.com/profile/noelct

Time to leave Goodreads if my review links can't be read by anyone who's not logged in. Bullshit subscription wall.