Weapons (2025) was just as good as I heard. See it before anyone tells you anything about it.

Today, for the first time ever, my Dad told me a story about being a kid and doing a small favor for British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

Watching a band cover AC/DC always reminds my of hearing the “Back in Black” album for the first time in the basement with my Cousin Dan and a laser show he made of parts “borrowed” from Bell Labs. Hope the universe is treating you well.

Galactic at Long’s Park in Lancaster, PA. Is a good end to the weekend.

Finally watched "A Complete Unknown" (Hulu) and enjoyed it. Ed Norton as a conflicted Pete Seeger was great and deserved more attention. The joke after viewing is you will know nothing more of Dylan's origin because nothing prior to his visit to NYC to see an ailing Woody is shown or discussed.

100% Accurate. No photoshop.

It was a good Saturday. Got a bike ride in with my wife, got to see a live wolf (amazing), got some Chinese and ate it by the pool where I had drinks with friends, then saw a Styx/Kansas/SuperTramp cover band with other friends, drank some good beer, and got home safe. If nuclear war breaks out, OK.

If you ever need me to leave a room, just play The Offspring or Billy Joel, and I will tip my hat and head for the door.

Mountianhead (Max) builds an interesting world, shakes it up, and immediately loses interest in itself.

In my township you can not legally burn yard waste but you are allowed recreational fires; so I am having a beer to make it nice and legal.

Another killer season for Love Death + Robots (Netflix).

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, I took the one marked with hazard cones, Because that is how I roll.

If you like poker and have a few minutes, please give my new Poacher Texas Hold'em Poker Game a whirl. Web-based, mobile friendly, no ads or registration. Play against the AI and rank against other players. rio-ai.com

In a Violent Nature (Hulu) attempts to carve out a new genre: The Arthouse Slasher

Actual Proof at The Gem

About the watch Night of the Lepus (1972) on original 35mm in the theater where they filmed the original The Blob.

I will pay $500 to the first TV reporter to end their coverage of the tariff mess by looking squarely into the camera and yelling "The Aristocrats!"

This does not feel like checkers OR chess. Feels more like lawn darts.

Suspended my Facebook account after it was flooded by Meta with recommended pro-Elon accounts. F-that.

The Lomonosov Ridge is an underwater area filled with natural resources and claimed by Canada, Greenland, and Russia. I feel like we are laying claim to Greenland and Canada only as long as they continue to lay claim to this area. Trump is acting like a Russian real estate agent here.

The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552a) establishes safeguards for federal records about individuals, requiring agencies to disclose why information is collected, maintain only necessary data, ensure accuracy, and provide individuals access to their records and the right to correct inaccuracies.

There is one and only one way we are getting out of this: Subversive art

I changed the default voice on my phone to an Irish woman and driving directions in my car are just so much more fun.

Demon Seed (1977, TCM) stars an artificial intelligence that consumes the library of congress and realizes humans are trash and sets to build a new race using artificial sperm and the wife of its creator. One of the first and best "AI assistant goes bonkers" stories, by Dean Koontz.

Star Trek: Section 31 (Paramount+) is a cinematic lobotomy. Just awful. Yet somehow exactly what my mind needed to erase the last couple weeks.

Anyone remember this gem from 2018 when the Eagles won the Super Bowl? www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

While Rome burns I am at an afternoon showing of The Substance.

Joker: Folie à Deux (Max) and Emilia Pérez (Netflix) are meditations on love, loss, crime, punishment, revenge, redemption, and too much makeup, told in off-key songs that appear like a column of smoke.

Eaten Alive (1976, Plex). The owner of a texas motel on the edge of a swamp feeds his problems directly to his alligator buddy. Psycho meets Porky's by Tobe Hooper. Based on a true story.

Can not get this song out of my head these days... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT...

Creature Commandos (Max) is an animated spin-off of The Suicide Squad, and the fact the soundtrack is mostly Gogal Bordello, simply delights me.

Every time I open LinkedIn I see an ad for a service that will turn a picture of a woman at a poker table into a professional business headshot. If the best picture of you is one where you are sitting at a poker table, you have other things in your life you need to deal with first.

On the other hand, I am glad these people are stepping away from Fox News, looking up at the sky, and getting fresh air.

Bots don't understand sarcasm very well.

BULLSHIT: "You understand that excessive reliance on Our phone associates for tasks that can be accomplished online may negatively impact Your customer service experience including but not limited to delayed response times, additional fees, and possible Account termination."

Trying to decide if Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Goldbergs, or Universal Basic Guys is the most accurate depiction of people who live in and around the city.

Eddie Muller introducing the Noir City showing tonight.

At some point Trump is going to have to pay Mel Brooks a royalty for stealing the plot of The Producers.

Happy Octoberfest y’all.

Or, this happened...

The past harm and future harm to creatives by generative AI has been and will continue to be be enormous. However, trying to discuss it just gets you pure hate from all sides, so I will now STFU about it. Y'all can figure it out.

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Some days figuring out what people are upset about on Bluesky feels like homework.

Enjoying the warm comfort of the constant chaos of the year-long poker league and seeing some people I haven't seen since 2019. Busted out at tonight's final table with pocket queens. I can deal with that.

Inside (2023) on Prime follows a single character, played by Willem Dafoe, a high-end art thief who is trapped inside a penthouse fortress during a theft gone wrong while the owner is out of the country. Like staring into the eyes of Marina Abramović for an hour and a half. Which I would do.

Black Venus (2010) on Midnight Pulp is the true story of a South African servant in the early 1800s that traveled to London to become a noble savage sideshow act and became a sensation with high society. Her remains were displayed at the National Museum of Natural History in France until 2002.

Saltburn (2023) on Prime is a mashup of four movies I won't name because it would give away all the spoilers.

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) was exactly was its was supposed to be. Yes, they clearly ripped off the trench run from the end of Star Wars. I am OK with it. Also, ❤️❤️❤️ Jennifer Connelly.