The Thursday Edition - Oct 3, 2019
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“Leave it to Stan Lee to save his very best for last. A Trick of Light is as heartfelt and emotional as it is original and exciting. What a movie this one will make.” –James Patterson
 
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Movies, Chris Evans, Snowpiercer

I Watched Snowpiercer for the First Time and Boy Do I Have Questions

Chris Evans in Snowpiercer
A terrifying look into a world where the rich can have hot tubs while the poor are literally eating each other, Snowpiercer is filled with twists and turns and incredible fight sequences but what does it all mean?
News, donald trump, Greta Thunberg, Twitter feuds

Donald Trump Lashes Out at Greta Thunberg on Twitter Because He Still Hasn’t Gotten the Hang of That “Be Best” Thing

Greta Thunberg smiles at a microphone.
The president has decided that one of his biggest enemies is a young, passionate, autistic climate activist barely older than his youngest son, whose mother has declared cyberbullying to be the issue that most concerns her. It's all just too much.
Movies, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel

Dev Patel Is David Copperfield in The Personal History of David Copperfield and It Looks Amazing

Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield is a 2019 British-American film written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the Victorian-era novel David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. It stars Dev Patel as the titular character, alongside Peter Capaldi, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, and Ben Whishaw. Apparently, it premiered at TIFF, but nobody told me because I'm not important, but the first trailer just came out and I'm super excited about it!
Movies, Doctor Sleep, mike flanagan, Stephen King

New Doctor Sleep Featurette Teases a Post-Shining World

EWAN McGREGOR as Danny Torrance in the Warner Bros. Pictures’ supernatural thriller “DOCTOR SLEEP,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
Stephen King's 2019 continues with Doctor Sleep, director Mike Flanagan's adaptation of the sequel to The Shining.
Movies, Clerks, Kevin Smith

Clerks Has a Lot to Say About Men and Their Issues With Love and Sex

Marilyn Ghigliotti and Brian O'Halloran in Clerks (1994)
Much like Chasing Amy, Kevin Smith's Clerks addresses men's insecurities when it comes to a more advanced sexual partner, to their own downfall.
News, 2020 Presidential election, donald trump, Facebook

Facebook Says Donald Trump’s Campaign Ads Are Exempt From Their Fact-Checking Rules

Donald Trump gives double thumbs up in a campaign ad.
In the week after Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry, Trump's campaign spent over $1 million on Facebook ads. It's scary to think that none of those are being fact-checked.
Movies, Chris Terrio, rey, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars Screenwriter Chris Terrio Shares the Two Questions that Drive The Rise of Skywalker

Rey readies herself for battle in the first trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
We've all got questions about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
TV, Avery Brooks, Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek (franchise)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s “The Visitor” Highlights Everything Beautiful About the Jake/Sisko Relationship

Avery Brooks and Tony Todd in The Visitor DS9
The official Star Trek twitter asked people what their favorite Sisko moment was, and while I can't officially have a number one yet, I knew which episode would probably be my #2, just in case: "The Visitor."
Movies, Avengers: Endgame, Morgan Stark, Tony Stark

There’s a Song About “I Love You 3000” and I Have Some Thoughts

Tony Stark and Morgan Stark at their house in Marvel's Avengers: Endgame.
So please, everyone, suffer with me. Listen to this song. Enjoy.
Big on the Internet, donald trump, Nickleback

In an Impossible Feat, Donald Trump Made Us All Hate Nickelback Even More

Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office.
Nickelback has been through enough but also what White House intern thought this was funny? This is already the worst of timelines and now it just got impossibly more terrible.
News, donald trump, Immigration

Donald Trump Has Some Ludicrous and Also Horrific Suggestions for Border Protections

Donald Trump peers out from behind a brick wall.
According to the New York Times, he had a number of far-fetched ideas he would pitch at Oval Office meetings.
Big on the Internet, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Fleabag at 50? We’ll Take It.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge with the awards she deserves
It seems like all the shows that really deliver gut punches to my existence, don't want to come back. Rude.
Movies, Babu Frik, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Babu Frik Is Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s New Sweet Baby Alien

Babu in Star Wars
An Anzellan droidsmith, Babu Frik is a little engineer! He fixes droids! I truly can't stop talking about him and not using exclamation points, and I'm sorry but look at his little face!!!!
TV, Netflix, showrunners, TV Shows

Is Netflix’s Model of Canceling Shows Early Good for Creativity?

I'm a big believer in serialized storytelling needing a set end date, and I tend to like shows that run seven seasons or under, but that should be the choice of the storytellers.
Movies, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Tom Holland

Tom Holland, Our Hero, Helped Keep Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Tom Holland at the premiere of Spider-Man: Far From Home
Now that we know Spidey is back in the MCU, we can at least breathe a sigh of relief, and it's all thanks to Tom Holland himself, apparently. To be fair though, no one loves Peter Parker more than probably Tom Holland.
News, donald trump, profanity, WTF

Donald Trump Has a Weird Standard of What Constitutes Profanity

Donald Trump yells in the Oval Office, sitting next to Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, who looks trapped.
Look, I don't want a president who says things like "carry his jockstrap" in meetings with foreign leaders, but the self-censorship is especially strange since, right before this meeting, Trump tweeted out a message with the word "bullshit" in all caps.
Books, Sponsored, books, scifi

Annalee Newitz Has Returned With The Future of Another Timeline

The Future of Another Timeline
When Newitz's debut novel Autonomous was nominated for the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel and won the 2018 Lambda Award for SF/Fantasy/Horror, they were launched to a new level of recognition. Now, their followup, The Future of Another Timeline, presents a compelling piece of sci-fi that plays with time, friendship, and consequences.
TV, How I Met Your Mother

Worst TV Show Finale? It’s Always How I Met Your Mother.

So, no matter what show you think had a terrible finale, there will always be How I Met Your Mother, looming in the background, waving to remind you that no show will top the terrible destruction of its own characters with one simple mistake.
Books, The Mary Sue Book Club

The Mary Sue Book Club October Edition: Season of the Witch

The pumpkin spice is in full brew, our inner goth is now an outer experience, and Halloween movie marathons will be the norm until November 1st—but that doesn't mean we stop reading. Now, I know this isn't list of horror books (that's coming, don't you fret), but these are some of the exciting titles coming out, this month most of them science fiction/fantasy. Of course, there is a dash of romance, because Halloween doesn't mean you can't enjoy a little intense eye contact. Enjoy!
TV, Disney Plus, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars (franchise)

Luke Skywalker’s Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen Should Be in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Series

Owen and Beru Lars at the end of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
We're still a while away from Disney+ bringing Obi-Wan back to Star Wars, though we're excited about director Deborah Chow, but that hasn't stopped the speculation train from running.
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