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November 3
Movie: We Live in Time
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. [more inside]
AEW Collision: November 2, 2023 (& Rampage November 1) Season 2, Episode 20
New tag team champs cause the other teams to begin repositioning for the Full Gear title opportunity. Anna Jay gets her title shot against Mariah May, Thunder Rosa celebrates Día de los Muertos, and the psychological warfare for Wheeler Yuta's loyalty continues. [more inside]
November 2
Movie: Tank
[TRAILER] After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargeant Major Zack Carey (James Garner) butts heads with the local sheriff (GD Spradlin). Zack doesn't agree with the ways of the local police, and when the sheriff goes after Zack's son (C. Thomas Howell), it's time for Zack to roll out the Sherman tank and wage a little war of his own. [more inside]
Book: The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
From SLJ: Hand this fantasy to readers who want a fun read with villains as the stars. [more inside]
Movie: Time Addicts
[TRAILER] Aussie buds Denise and Johnny agree to a sketchy job to pay off a debt to their drug dealer. They break into a decrepit stash house to steal a bag of mysterious drugs, finding out when they sample them that these drugs cause a person to time travel. [more inside]
The Great British Bake Off: Autumn Week Season 16, Episode 6
Who's got their eyes on the pies in Autumn Week, and who'll be leaf-ing the tent? [more inside]
Movie: Over the Top
Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
November 1
Movie: Beezel
[TRAILER] Over six tumultuous decades, three unwitting guests of a cursed New England home stumble upon a sinister secret dwelling beneath its floors - an eternal witch with an insatiable thirst for the souls of the living. [more inside]
Star Trek: Lower Decks: The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel Season 5, Episode 3
Most of the Lower Deckers go on an away mission to an orbiting resort, which should be fun, except that Mariner's ex is also going along, and doesn't seem to realize that they're exes. And is Boimler's separate mission with Ransom too Bold? [more inside]
October 31
Abbott Elementary: Costume Contest Season 4, Episode 4
Halloween comes to Abbott. The staff get into the spirit of the holiday. Janine and Gregory have the best couple's costume.
Movie: Sleepwalker
After waking up one night to find herself sleepwalking in her nightgown miles from her apartment, a young, widowed graduate student (Ahna O'Reilly) seeks help from a university sleep research facility for her sleepwalking and terrifying nightmares, but soon finds that she does not know if she can trust either those around her or her own perception of reality. [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: October 30, 2024 Season 6, Episode 5
Dynamite had to compete with the final game of the World Series, so it goes big on interpersonal drama, a few surprising stunts, a do-or-die tag team championship match, and one anticipated debut. [more inside]
Dandadan: That's A Space Alien, Ain't It?! Season 1, Episode 2
With Momo and Ken...er, Okarun still recovering from the crash of the Serponian ship, they decide to retreat to Momo's place to seek out the counsel of her grandmother - a spirit medium of no small skill - to figure out what to do with Turbo Granny. But she's not the only threat here, as a slip in letting their guard down soon illustrates - and her curse might just be able to be bent to their ends... [more inside]
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh: The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh Season 1 (Full Season)
A father moves his wife, daughter, and two sons from a life they love in India to Pittsburgh, PA, without asking if they want to go. A neighbors house burns down two years later and everyone is interrogated by ICE.
Movie: Jethica
[TRAILER] While hiding out in New Mexico after a freak accident, Elena runs into Jessica, an old friend from high school. Jessica’s stalker shows up unexpectedly at their door... very unexpectedly actually, as he is dead. [more inside]
Book: The King In Yellow
Chambers' influential, haunting stories of the play that seems to break down reality for those who read it. [more inside]
Movie: Fatal Games
Athletes at a sports academy are getting systematically killed by a mysterious javelin thrower. [more inside]
Movie: Azrael
[TRAILER] In a world where no one speaks, Azrael (Samara Weaving) flees the cult who intend to sacrifice her to an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness. [more inside]
October 30
Special Event: Rifftrax: HALLOWEEN (1978)
MST Club presents! Michael Myers tested positive in a routine soul smear for Pure Evil. He killed his sister as a kid, and as an adult has escaped from his institution and is stalking a babysitter. Fortunately psychiatrist Donald "Blofeld" Pleasence is on the case. I know the reputation is that riffing is for bad movies, but Halloween is effective, and it's always great to see Pleasence. The riff was released in 2006, so 90s-style content warnings apply.
Agatha All Along: Maiden Mother Crone Season 1, Episode 9
The truth of Agatha Harkness and The Witches’ Road.
Agatha All Along: Follow Me My Friend / To Glory at the End Season 1, Episode 8
The end of The Road.
Movie: Transformers One
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but who once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
Stargate SG-1: Singularity Season 1, Episode 14
SG-1 travels to planet P8X987. On the spot, SG-1 realises that a strange evil has decimated the civilisation that inhabits the area. All the inhabitants are gone except a little girl called Cassandra. Sam returns to Earth with Cassandra. [more inside]
Movie: Black Ice
"Black Ice" is an icebreaking expose on the influence and oppression of Black athletes in Canada’s most treasured sport, hockey. "Black Ice" is a historical document within the sphere of sports and outside of it, with anthropological context added. The migration of Black people to Canada from the southern United States constructed a flimsy pillar of national identity that believes Canada to be an escape from America’s racism, and this is partially to blame for how anti-Black racism within the nation was swept under the rug.
(Description from Peyton Robinson's review, here.)
October 29
Only Murders in the Building: Open and Shut Season 4, Episode 10
In the season finale, the trio races towards a resolution while their own lives are put in danger.
October 28
Only Connect: Uisge Beathas v Third Agers Season 20, Episode 12
A team of whisky lovers returns to face a team from the U3A, all aiming to establish connections between apparently random clues.
Movie: Never Let Go
[TRAILER] A woman (Halle Berry) raises her two sons in an isolated house in the woods, telling them every day that the world has been ended by an evil force, but that they remain safe as long as they are tethered to the house by ropes. [more inside]
Podcast: Revolutions: 11.0 - Welcome to the Martian Revolution
Mike Duncan is back! And his next project is future historical fiction! Chapter 11 will cover the centuries-hence revolution on Mars. When he first wrapped up the Revolutions podcast after his 103 part epic on the Russian Revolution, Mike recorded his takeaways from the podcast's run in a series of 12 appendices. Now he's using these takeaways to create a future history of Mars using a premise familiar to readers of Kim Stanley Robinson and The Expanse: People don't stop being people just because they've gone into space. Same sh*t, different century.
Movie: Ramy Youssef: More Feelings
Ramy Youssef returns to the stage to offer his unique reflections on our divided world, the unexpected perils of charitable giving, and more.
Book: A City On Mars
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren’t so sure it’s a good idea. Space technologies and space business are progressing fast, but we lack the knowledge needed to have space kids, build space farms, and create space nations in a way that doesn’t spark conflict back home. In a world hurtling toward human expansion into space, A City on Mars investigates whether the dream of new worlds won’t create nightmares, both for settlers and the people they leave behind. In the process, the Weinersmiths answer every question about space you’ve ever wondered about, and many you’ve never considered [more inside]
Movie: Practical Magic
(Trailer) Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love. [more inside]
October 27
Movie: Trick or Treat (1986)
[Trailer] A bullied teenage boy is devastated after the death of his heavy metal idol, Sammi Curr. But as Halloween night approaches, he discovers that he may be the only one who can stop Sammi from making a Satanic comeback from beyond the grave. --IMDb [more inside]
Planetes: Outside the Atmosphere Season 1, Episode 1
It is the end of the 21st century, and with the colonization of near-Earth space expanding, the threat of space debris is a threat to the advancement of space exploration - especially in light of incidents where debris strikes have caused the deaths of people there. As such, the governments of the world have mandated that the corporations spearheading efforts in near-Earth orbit work to clear debris - but just because a job is important doesn't mean it's valued, as one young salarywoman is about to find out... [more inside]
AEW Collision: October 26, 2024 (& Rampage October 25) Season 2, Episode 19
Collision and Rampage both have the un-enviable burden of going up against the World Series. Speaking of baseball, Ricochet and Anna Jay are both pulling a doubleheader! Jay White takes on the much bigger Shane Taylor, FTR and The Outrunners continue to be best bros, and Penelope Ford returns after nearly two years away. [more inside]
Movie: The 13th Warrior
A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly em... [more inside]
October 26
Movie: Conclave (2024)
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall. [more inside]
Movie: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world. A documentary in two parts, first IRL, then in WoW, and then those worlds meet. [more inside]
Only Connect: Pipe-Dreamers v Tea Totallers Season 1, Episode 11
Three surrealism fans take on a team of tea enthusiasts, trying to establish connections between apparently random clues.
October 25
Abbott Elementary: Class Pet Season 4, Episode 3
The school gets budget for class pets, and receives a visit from a school district IT specialist.
Movie: Don't Move
A seasoned killer injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight, and hide before her body shuts down. [more inside]
Special Event: MLB: 2024 World Series
Tonight marks Game 1 of the 2024 World Series -- and for the first time in more than 40 years, it's the New York Yankees versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, setting up a dream matchup between superstar rivals Aaron Judge and Shoehei Ohtani. See how to stream, or check inside for a full game schedule. [more inside]
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Shades of Green Season 5, Episode 2
How to solve disputes within your interstellar organized crime society: space race through an asteroid field! Plus, see how a society reacts when it's introduced to Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism™. [more inside]
Shrinking: Psychological Something-ism Season 2, Episode 3
Paul continues to have awkward new relationship issues. Gaby is not pleasant to deal with at work. Brian and Jimmy have a big fight. Liz tries to do something nice for Sean that backfires. Alice makes mistakes. Grace feels like she needs to be punished. [more inside]
October 24
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: October 23, 2024 Season 6, Episode 4
Dynamite comes live from Sal Tlay Ka Siti -- Jericho gets a rematch for the ROH title, Daniel Garcia and Private Party continue to hound The Elite, Kamille vs. Queen Aminata in a lady hoss fight, and Kyle Fletcher stops dithering and chooses a side. [more inside]
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Dos Cerritos Season 5, Episode 1
[season premiere] The beginning of the end--these are the voyages where what we leave behind are all good things from the endgame! [looks at the other series] Look, I'm only one man and all my multiversal counterparts are watching the second episode, I'll find room for your last episodes later, I promise. [more inside]
Movie: Hounds of Love
[Trailer] Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive. -- IMDb [more inside]
Special Event: The Mads Are Back: THE DEVIL BAT
MST Club presents! The Devil Bat was released in 1940, and stars Bela Lugosi, who--get this--invents an aftershave lotion that causes giant bats to attack the wearers. All, um, according to plan? Premiered November 2022.
Shrinking: Jimmying/I Love Pain Season 2, Episode 1
In a 2 part episode, Jimmy continues unorthodox therapy when he shouldn't be doing so, Gaby angsts over wanting to boink Jimmy, Paul freaks out at commitment and Sean makes some changes. A person from the past rears his head. [more inside]
Movie: MadS
[TRAILER] Club kid Romain has just graduated and makes a stop at his dealer's place to try a new pill. As he heads off to a party, he sees an injured woman on the side of the road and decides to help her. It's, um, not a fortuitous choice. A French horror film presented in "one shot" (actually five cleverly interconnected takes). [more inside]
October 23
Agatha All Along: Death’s Hand in Mine Season 1, Episode 7
The remaining suffer the hand they are dealt in the next trial.
Only Murders in the Building: Escape from Planet Klongo Season 4, Episode 9
Seeking a critical clue, Charles, Oliver & Mabel must infiltrate a film set.
Movie: A Quiet Place: Day One
A young woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Stargate SG-1: Hathor Season 1, Episode 13
A Gou'ald, who has taken on the persona of the Egyptian sex goddess Hathor, casts her deadly spell over all the men on the Stargate base. [more inside]
Heartstopper: Season Three Season 3 (Full Season)
Further adventures of love in the lives of the most LGBTQIA friendly group of high school friends ever.
Book: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
A solitary unicorn wonders what happened to the others of her kind. She goes to search for them, and finds herself travelling through a world that has changed beyond her recognition, full of dangers and unexpected companions. [more inside]
October 22
The Great British Bake Off: Pastry Week Season 16, Episode 5
Bakers compete in pastry challenges: frangipane tart Signature, flaky Technical, and choux Paris-Brest Showstopper requiring freestanding podium. Challenging pastry skills tested in warm climate setting.
Movie: Mars Express
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet's capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe.
Dropout Presents: Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000 Season 1 (Specials)
"Courtney Pauroso examines society's relationship with technology as sex robot Vanessa 5000." A one-hour Dropout Original live special, a one-woman show that starts off as comedy but goes some other places. Also available: an 11-minute behind-the-scenes video. Tags on Dropout's site: Dropout Presents, stand up comedy, improv, laughing, courtney pauroso, unhinged, dystopian, technology, robots, sexual fantasies. I'd add: cyberpunk, feminist, kink, music, scifi, clowning (Pauroso discusses how her clown experience feeds into this show). Mind the content notes on Dropout's site. [more inside]
Physical: 100: Underground Season 2 (Full Season)
Second season with the same premise as the season one: 100 competitors, all known for their well-developed physical attributes and physique, go head-to-head in various individual and team challenges, or 'quests' of strength, balance, agility, endurance, willpower and strategy.
October 21
Movie: Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife. -IMDb [more inside]
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