“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” Every May 22 is #SherlockHolmes Day, celebrating the great detective in fresh stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I highly recommend The Final Problem featuring Professor James Moriarty.

Don’t be Daffy and overlook the 30th anniversary of #SpaceJam. A Tweety bird told me AMC Theatres will be offering exclusive popcorn buckets for those who like to Porky Pig out at the movies. Miss this #PantsWorthy event and it’ll Bugs you for a long time.

This Is Not a Test! These are dope TV Recommendations that are Cash money: this week's #SetTheVCR establishes a Legacy. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/setthevcr/se...

"I know how to get out of here." Oh…but does he? Celebrates Jade's Burning Man era in tonight's terrifying #FROM episode. 🍄 Mushroom vision quest, hope and full soul unravelling. It's on tonight on MGM+ & Paramount+ Canada. #SetTheVCR Full #MSL interview with David Alpay drops Tuesday.

All this week #TheCrow is celebrating its 30-year redemption arc. The dark mythology is fading. The movie stands on its own. Is there a hope that Poltergeist will undergo a similar Crow redemption? I asked @reveneshen producer of She Was Here - The Heather O'Rourke Story.

If current teen movies drive you crazy with their entitled drama, then cruise on over to #DriversEd, out today on VOD. A throwback to when teen movies had heart, chaos, romance & a stoner who was dumb & wise at the same time. It’s directed by Bobby Farrelly who I chatted with back at #TIFF2025.

“I don't like the term guilty pleasure. I don't think any guilt should be associated with pleasure.” I asked @hertzbarry is the Fast and Furious franchise or even his book Welcome To the Family...is it all a referendum on taste? The Lowdown on the Lowbrow: #ThrowbackThursday.

Imagine robots doing the grunt work; So we get more time for great work. 🤖 As we embrace a future with AI and robots and more strange tech — taste is the way to John Connor save yourself and most humans. A sample from my recent appearance on the Sleepless Studios podcast.

This is awkward: For tonight's NBA game in Detroit: Dan Gilbert owns the Cavs. And Dan Gilbert is also an owner of @stockx; the sneaker logo on the Detroit's jerseys. When I talked to Stephen Winn, the Chief Product Officer at StockX we laughed about those strange connections.

“#FastAndFurious is the greatest franchise in film history,” according to #ElijahWood in Bookworm. I opened this #MSL convo with filmmaker Ant Timpson asking: Considering you came up with the story, Is there any biography in that statement? #TalkyTuesday mysummerlair.com/podcast/ant-...

Nobody Said Thank You. As #Cannes celebrates the 25th Anniversary of #TheFastSaga the #MyPalSammy newsletter sings a #GenX protest song: We Built This. Featuring @hertzbarry.bsky.social & his Fast & Fun book: Welcome to the Family. Dig the #Substack: mypalsammy.substack.com/p/we-built-t...

Do It For Goose. #TopGun's 40th Anniversary begins on May 13 for a 1 week engagement on The Big Screen. And Yo: Do It for Iceman. #PantsWorthy but only if you're a Maverick.

Still wondering if Flight 33 ever got home? (Sometimes I think they pulled it off) Enter the 5th dimension & check out @NickParisiRSMF’s #MSL visit. We cover #TwilightZone & his book #RodSerling: His Life, Work & Imagination. And debate the fate of Flight 33.🎧 ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/podcast/nich...

Submitted for your approval on #TwilightZoneDay: Picture of a man; Overworked. Underrated. Changing television forever...one twist ending episode at a time. This October Alan Sepinwall digs into #RodSerling, the TV writer who was “essentially Aaron Sorkin before Aaron Sorkin.”

Life Is Short to endure terrible TV Recommendations. #SetTheVCR is loaded with Good Omens to make your TV week Fast and less Furious. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/setthevcr/se...

Wanna wish Bono a Happy Birthday? Check out Kiss The Future, a doc he co-produced with The Edge is now on @paramountplus. Check out this documentary about undaunted and resilient creativity. It's the type of creativity we badly require. #EarJoy mypalsammy.substack.com/p/fuck-the-p...

Every horror icon knows: Mystery is scarier than explanation. Nash the Slash built a musical career around mystery: bandages, synths, horror & atmosphere. In this #MSL episode my conversation with the #NashTheSlash doc filmmakers unravels his mythology. mysummerlair.com/podcast/tim-...

"Invisibility isn’t the same as being ignored." See for yourself when you behold the compelling freedom of Nash The Slash. The doc returns to @HotDocsCinema on May 9. Nash the Slash Rises Again! in #MyPalSammy. mypalsammy.substack.com/p/the-invisi...

Zombies, a Crypt and Noir all cover TV this month as we're more than halfway to Halloween. Welcome to #SetTheVCR for May 2026. For May 2026 in this #MyPalSammy I present 5 TV recommendations you’ll wanna #SetTheVCR for these. If you dare... mypalsammy.substack.com/p/setthevcr-...

For all of #StephenKing's monsters nothing's as scary as a first draft. Alt endings, margin notes, unpublished scenes from Carrie, The Shining, Pet Sematary — all rising from the dead in Monsters in the Archives #CarolineBicks' book out now via @hogarthbooks. #NewBookSmell

#HotDocs gave the #CNTower its flowers: Now give Ontario Place its moment. Dive into this classic landmark & enjoy untold stories with Ali Weinstein’s doc #YourTomorrow. Head to TVO Docs' on YouTube to check out. Like the CN Tower Ontario Place was about hope. #TalkTuesday

Patricia Cornwell spent decades examining crime scenes. Now she's turned those skills on her own life. Her life story is a dead ringer for her fiction: traumatic childhood, a near-death car accident, time spent in a morgue. True Crime: A Memoir is out today; the evidence is in that #NewBookSmell.

When I was kid in the 80s my aunt's dog chewed up my Kenner #DarthVader action figure. It was/is heartbreaking. Especially since the dog left Luke un-chewed. Even as a kid Luke was a pansy. With #Toronto's #PantsWorthy #StarWars store: 4th Moon Toys I can easily score a fresh Vader!

"Cooler than Baby Yoda this is #Mud79 a love letter to a Galaxy Far Far away! Some sweet ear joy to celebrate #MayTheFourthBeWithYou: enjoy this #StarWars radio play by @Fearless_Fred & friends." curiouscast.ca/podcast/1229...

#MayTheFourthBeWithYou! On #StarWarsDay we celebrate a sci-fi franchises that does more than just live on—it Regenerates for The Next Generation. Difficult to Clone and effortlessly on the Fringe of the Outer Limits. This Is The Way...

If you're a Remarkably Bright Creature seeking TV Recommendations well then good news: #SetTheVCR means you're Finally Home! Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/setthevcr/se...

#EarJoy: Did You Hear The One About Racism? Last night @SimonKing joked it up at Cabaret Catacombs. Here's his @MySummerLair episode where he and I dive into the "overlooked" humour of racism and oh...so many more jokes. cc: @comedyhereoften mysummerlair.com/podcast/simo...

“I’m building an actual RoboCorn in my garage for the book launch and it is truly ridiculous...Probably the greatest thing I will ever make in my entire life tbh.” Billie Builds a RoboCorn by @jose.lourenco.writer & @thebathwater, out now from @tundrabooks. #NewBookSmell age 3-7

We’re halfway to Halloween. Why not celebrate with some ExCiting #TalesFromTheCrypt? Like the hand bursting through the grave the 90s macabre horror series has risen from the dead on @Shudder. Start with Season 1 then return to #Shudder every Friday for more dead-eye puns. #SetTheVCR

Merry #NerdChristmas: it's @Freecomicbook Day! Wanna be the Greatest American Hero? Visit your local comic book shop to nab a free #Supernatural comic as well as Energon Universe, Flash Gordon and more. Expect high fives and fist bumps on this special #PantsWorthy day.

Renny Harlin's #DeepWaterMovie is firmly a freshtastic B-Movie. For true there's some decent 90s action movie moments (i.e. the airplane crash!). And 3 shark kills that are Top Shelf. So good. It's actually a lot of fun to watch with an audience. It makes the corny cool. #PantsWorhy

Happy #NoPantsDay! (Though honestly isn't that everyday?) VHS, cassettes and vinyl have experienced great resurgences. But it'd be a legit Blockbuster if pants faded away like New Coke. Rather than having pants ""comeback"" it’s better when they come down... #DownWithPants

Believe It or Not: most @free_comic_book_day comics don't have their own infectious theme song...that also magically doubles as George Costanza’s answering machine. Free Comic Book Day is May 2nd at comic book stores near you! #FCBD2026

I am a Man on Fire with these TV Recommendations. Be a Good Son and enjoy this week's #SetTheVCR. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇ mysummerlair.com/setthevcr/se...

On June 3, 2122: the USCSS Nostromo computer, Mother, awoke the crew from hypersleep to investigate a distress signal from the planetoid LV-426. Happy #AlienDay! (#AlienDay > #EarthDay) Lots of "facehugs" to those who celebrate.

It’s Storytime at #MSL, where the directors of Butterfly in the Sky share how LeVar Burton turned curiosity into a cultural superpower. To honour #ReadingRainbow, visit a local indie bookstore today (it's @indiebookstoresca) & score fresh books! #Reading mysummerlair.com/podcast/brad...

🍿A @HotDocs #PantsWorthy Recommendation: “You take the blue pill: the story ends; you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” Gimme Truth at #HotDocs26 is your Morpheus.

🍿A @HotDocs #PantsWorthy Recommendation: “Brace yourselves. Nothing you have ever seen before can prepare you for this.” That's how #PublicAccess at #HotDocs26 opens. Executive Produced by Benny Safdie this doc offers a lot of Uncut Gems in a glorious era before Influencers.

🍿A @HotDocs #PantsWorthy Recommendation: I spoke to @mayaannik the @blackzombiemovie director about Slash. Slash, a big horror fan is the doc's EP In #BlackZombie he talks about Night of Living Dead fear. So? During takes did Maya try on his top hat? She laughed: she did not!

🍿A @HotDocs #PantsWorthy Recommendation: Canada is not “as bad” as America when it comes to gun violence that claims the lives of youths. Yo...not as bad isn’t a positive metric. We have no valid reasons to be proud. #NekaiWalks is 1 of 4 @tvodocs at #HotDocs26.

Cannabis culture meets cult comedy: Monday Munchies fub with @mypalsammy for 4-20 which explores Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong’s wild ride, from stand-up trenches to cinematic legends. Cheech & Chong's Last Movie is streaming on @paramountplus. #SetTheVCR mypalsammy.substack.com/p/all-the-sm...

#Happy420! @mypalsammy talked to director Craig Pryce whose latest feature is the compelling (& true??) story: The Mari***na Conspiracy! In 1972 over 98 days the Canadian government sequestered 5 women to understand the effects of weed. Seriously?! Yo: Man. mysummerlair.com/podcast/crai...

Like a Real American, you’ll wanna go to White Castle before you take a hit of these TV Recommendations that’ll leave you Speechless. This week’s #SetTheVCR a Good Girl compliment. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/setthevcr/se...

A #Lorne behind-the-scenes documentary would be like Moses coming down the mountain with compelling commandments. And...what does the Morgan Neville doc reveal about the inscrutable SNL producer? Well, that he's the inscrutable producer of Saturday Night Live, lol. #PantsWorthy

#FROM Season 4 drops tonight on @mgmplus (& @paramountplusca). This season is a nimble return to the #StephenKing nightmares that made Season 1 so terrifyingly fun. Unlike Jade, I'm not obsessed with discovering #FROMville's unified theory. I'm happy with return of the horror. #SetTheVCR

When was the last time you pooped in the street? And in a wedding dress? For #MayaRudolph that nasty yet hilarious milestone was 15 years ago. For #Bridesmaids' 15th anniversary, the Hangover with ladies returns to cinemas for a #PantsWorthy screening on April 17.

🎬 Fefe Dobson (@iamfefemusic) returns to Scarborough via #Morningside! She visits @MySummerLair to talk about emotionally storytelling through the film & her music. Listen now! 🎤🔥 #EarJoy 🔥 mypalsammy.substack.com/p/pantsworth...

Salman Rushdie isn’t just a writer you read...he’s one you listen to. TIFF Lightbox invites you to this special In Conversation With...on Wednesday, April 15. This #PantsWorthy evening will be one where you leave thinking a little sharper than when you first walked in. tiff.net/events/in-co...

If you have Beef with lousy TV Recommendations where you’re From, never no worries. Adulthood is reading #SetTheVCR every week. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/setthevcr/se...

Most people walk past the story. Wise folks stop and capture it. My boy Henry VanderSpek (aka @culturesnapca.bsky.social) seeks the stories. On April 14, he’s breaking down the art of street photography with Pilgrimage of the Street at the #Toronto Digital Camera Club. #PantsWorthy