An absolutely bonkers collaboration between James Whale and Boris Karloff, but not that one
Two tunes tangentially related to the pointless discourse around generative AI
Continuing early Spooktober with an excellent movie that I hated watching
Soft-launching Spooktober 2026 with a Dreamworks version of Hitchcock that everybody’s already seen (no spoilers anyway)
Taking a short break from being spitting mad about AI, to just being sad about how it never needed to be like this
Early impressions of the unremarkable, “underpowered” living room PC that changes everything
The sequel doesn’t have nearly the nonsensical charm of the original, but it seems like they had fun making it
or, Nothin’ Homo Goin’ On. I’ve spent all these years completely wrong about a heavily-advertised musical from my youth
One Thing I Like
Buddy is 100% a “children’s show horror movie by the guy who made ‘Too Many Cooks’,” and I have to respect a movie that so relentlessly keeps “yes, and”ing itself. (spoilers)
The movie about dinosaurs in the suburbs is a period piece set during a time when I probably would’ve enjoyed this movie.
Jane Schoenbrun’s slasher has so much about it that I love, even if it is a little too meta, like New Nightmare from horror master Wes Craven
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer
Two tunes tangentially related to the pointless discourse around generative AI
Two tunes to take me back to the 1990s and 99X, Atlanta’s home for sure let’s call it “alternative rock” why not
Two tunes for the new video game program all the cool people are into now
Books
“The Japanese Mystery-Horror Sensation” about sinister messages hidden in drawings
The “meta thriller” debut novel from Evelyn Clarke about authors trapped on a secluded island competing to write the best ending
A universe-spanning sci-fi take on True Grit tells the story of the last survivor of Krypton
