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.

You can't steal a diamond from Moiraine Damodred!! She kills people! reactormag.com/now-you-see-...

Looking forward to the weekend? (Us too). Molly Templeton brings some recommendations for your free time, for whenever you're not playing Silksong. reactormag.com/what-to-watc...

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: reactormag.com/creativity-v...

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! reactormag.com/what-to-watc...

Weapons (2025):

Today's Classic Cover is Piper by Brett Rutherford and John Robertson! Lisa Falkenstern has illustrated nearly 1000 book covers, including this one!

Time Magazine named @99pi.org one of the 100 best podcasts OF ALL TIME!!! time.com/collections/...

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

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:

BREAKING: Monstro ElisaSue from THE SUBSTANCE has arrived at the 2025 #MetGala!

Sinners (2025)

Takes like this remind us that success in creative industries is more ambiguous than ever. If something isn't undeniable across every conceivable metric, its success and the future of works like it can be spun in many ways according to the whims and wishes of those in control.

"In his grave, we praise him for his decency—but when he walked amongst us, we responded with no decency of our own." Four days after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Los Angeles Times published a letter from Rod Serling: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/s...

Feels like a good time to remind people that sharing those awful Studio Ghibli AI images (even to dunk on them) still counts as sharing them, which is what the people behind that technology and the individual images want at any cost.

I just try to remind myself that Pittsburgh isn't real and that it can't hurt you. #ThePitt

I've found it, the perfect encapsulation of Bluesky. Bluesky distilled to its purest molecular form

Genuinely good advice, but it's one of those pieces of good advice that bows to the horrifying context of the overwhelming hellscape it exists in.

I have a hard time trusting people who are surprised whenever there is a scandal about a streamer or YouTuber. "Can you believe what Dr. SexWaffles did?" Yes, I probably can.

I would have fought to preserve our national parks as protected lands rather than the places where they pimp vroom-vroom Tonka trucks to douchebags, but I'm not president.

For @denofgeek.bsky.social I explored how the Bond franchise will handle its classic villains now that the brand is owned by one of them.

For @denofgeek.bsky.social I looked at how The Pitt explores the limits of our ability to deal with the absolute everything of it all.

More Gene Hackman? Yes. From us, on the New Hollywood: midcenturycinema.org/2020/02/02/n... @mbyrd.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/gene-... @honorszombie.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/tributes/i-t... J Windolf: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/s... Ben Stiller: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

If I was in charge of the greatest spying machine in human history, I'd damn sure find a way to turn my butthole lazer fantasies into butthole lazer realities.

Monolith Productions made absolutely brilliant games that were often easier to appreciate in retrospect (No One Lives Forever, Tron 2.0, Condemned). They were finally being recognized for entertaining while innovating. Now they're a victim of the industry they often creatively subverted.

Internal documents suggest the next Bond will be: - In his late 50s, early 60s - Bald - "Self-made billionaire" - Divorced, but it was totally for the best. Having the time of their life, actually. Never better.

Bondy McBondface casting announcement is incoming.

This is the future we get when we let people who enjoy motion smoothing make executive decisions.

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Sure, but reaping the benefits of others' work is a pretty classic Elon move.

Just shaaring this article on a day when the danger of being dragged into a vague idea of the past feels more real than ever. www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-twili...

Wrote some thoughts about David Lynch for @denofgeek.bsky.social and paid tribute to the line that showed his incredible ability to tap into the raw humanity of his stories. www.denofgeek.com/movies/david...

I've weirdly become nostalgic for the commercials I grew up with. Commercials used to be not just better but occasionally culturally significant. Even modern Super Bowl ads feel devoid of humor, creativity, and entertainment. I'll trade every drug commercial for any beer or chip ad.

The Japanese voice actor for Groot in Marvel Rivals deserves an emergency Best Actor nomination. www.tiktok.com/@sarthegames...

I'm curious what people think the "golden age" of the internet was. Nostalgia is obviously a factor, but what era was the peak of the internet as both a cultural concept and a functional service? Late '90s? Mid-2000s? 2010s?

We need to start having the "separating the art from the artist" conversation before the artist does something. Even when it's done positively, it's harmful in the long run to consistently elevate the entirety of an individual just because we enjoy their work.

"Gentlemen, the movie starring a monkey as the avatar for a singer that half of our market doesn't know about has failed. Let's never do anything interesting with the music biopic again" - Cigar smoking man, secret movie industry backroom.

They're about to have to hang the "This is Fine" dog meme from the rafters.

The whole night should have been Nicolas Cage facts.

A sequined symbiote consumes Adrien Brody's shoulder. The world watches, humbled. #goldenglobes

#GoldenGlobes about to enter the speed force.

Every award show acting nomination should come with a clip of the performance. I will not die on this hill. It's small and lonely, and I'm trying to be reasonable in the new year.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is approaching the peak level of "Actor I theoretically like who is rarely in any movies I actually enjoy." Just an historic run.

Those Dexter: Original Sin previews look so bad that they have me questioning whether Dexter was ever a good show. Is there a phrase for that sensation in the age of diluting remakes, prequels, and reboots?