Lil Bites
This interview of Jon Stewart ahead of his new show is frick fracking exceptional. Lacey Rose crushed it.
Walter Chaw offers another view point on Shang-Chi. It's pretty far removed from several other AAPI writers on the subject, but it's masterfully written and well argued.
Curious about this year's Halloween Horror Nights? Matt's got a breakdown of the LA experience. (I regret to inform you that the Hill House maze was a snooze, but he's right about Bride of Frankenstein, Halloween 4 and Pandora's Box all being big winners!)
ICYMI...
- The Academy Museum opens soon!
- The Queen's Gambit still won't be getting a second season.
- Here's an Emmys breakdown for those of you who (rightfully) couldn't be bothered.
- Shang-Chi continues to dominate the box office.
- We're spending some time with the God of Thunder for this week's What If...?
The Good News Is,
- Nabisco workers won their strike!
- Gates has raised $1B for clean tech. Should be using his own money but I don't even care how we get there at this point.
- Some real-life Willy Wonka nonsense went down here.
- Mookie Betts is doing his damndest to make me a Dodgers fan.
Get Loud
Border "control" used whips on Haitian migrants this week. They denied it, but there's (graphic) video evidence. The White House "condemned it" but it's unlikely we'll see any action. Get loud.
The Baby Step
Tell congress you want ICE off our streets in America. Especially on our borders.
I Want to do More
Join the fight with the IRC. The International Rescue Committee has long been one of my favorite charities. They fight for the rights and protections of immigrants who come to our country just trying to survive. Denying asylum seekers is a death sentence. We have a moral obligation to help.
Whatcha Watchin?
Midnight Mass (coming soon to Netflix) is impressive in the sense that it's absolutely the worst of the Flanagan television properties but it's also still very good? Don't worry if you're hugely excited for it and feel a little saddened by the word "worst." Not only do I not fall in line with my peers, but again, it's still really good? Here's my spoiler free review for the limited series.
The World's Most Amazing Vacation Rentals has been my comfort food lately? It's on Netflix. We can't go on adventures yet so we can watch them go on adventures in all the pretty places we want to stay.
Brooklyn 99's finale was nice but ultimately toothless, which left me pretty disappointed (especially the longer I sit with it). Still, its final season was decent enough.
Reservation Dogs is so. good. This is not the first time I've brought it up here and it won't be the last. (I'm actually, like, 80% sure I brought it up last week. And I regret nothing.) All episodes are up on Hulu now. Season 1 is finished. It's all of 8 episodes at 30-or-so minutes a pop. You have the time. Go on, get!
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