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July 9
Book: The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar
A historical tapestry of border-crossing travelers, students, wanderers, martyrs and invaders, The White Mosque is a memoiristic, prismatic record of a journey through Uzbekistan and the strange shifts, encounters, and accidents that combine to create an identity. In the late nineteenth century, a group of German-speaking Mennonites traveled from Russia into Central Asia, where their charismatic leader predicted Christ would return. [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: July 9, 2025 Season 6, Episode 41
Today's Dynamite + tomorrow's episode of Collision = lots of hours of AEW programming to send us to All In: Texas. Tonight's card is a little light on singles matches but big on chaotic energy: The Young Bucks and the D-Riders team up on Ospreay, Hangman and The Opps in two separate matches, four more women shoot for opening spots in the Casino Gauntlet, and boys have a "talky-talk" where girls have a "face-to-face". [more inside]
Book: Chlorine
Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach is her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents will love her. Her coach will be kind to her. She will have a good life.
But these are human concerns. These are the concerns of those confined to land, those with legs. Ren grew up on stories of creatures of the deep, of the oceans and the rivers. Creatures that called sailors to their doom. That dragged them down and drowned them. That feasted on their flesh. The creature that she’s always longed to become: the mermaid.
Ren aches to be in the water. She dreams of the scent of chlorine, the feel of it on her skin. And she will do anything she can to make a life for herself where she can be free. No matter the pain. No matter what anyone else thinks. No matter how much blood she has to spill. [more inside]
Book: Our Wives Under the Sea
Leah is changed. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.
Book: Thrones, Dominations
A continuation of an unfinished book from Sayers, this book is an exploration of marriages and murder.
July 8
Movie: Small Things Like These
A few days before Christmas 1985, a small coal delivery business owner and married father of five named Bill Furlong gets some glimpses into the Magdalena laundry in the local convent and begins to reflect on his own difficult childhood. [more inside]
Movie: The Legend of Ochi
[TRAILER] In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri (Helena Zengel) is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home, even as her father (Willem Dafoe), the leader of the village's defense against the ochi is hot on her trail. [more inside]
Movie: Brink!
Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating crew--Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella--who call themselves "Soul-Skaters" (which means they skate for the fun of it, and not for the money), clash with a group of sponsored skaters, Team X-... [more inside]
Movie: I Married a Strange Person!
[TRAILER] Legendary animator Bill Plympton’s delirious and demented feature opens with two birds mating in midflight. The birdy love accidentally leads to a beam of misdirected TV satellite energy erupting a telekinetic boil on the neck of newlywed Grant, which causes havoc in his marriage to his darling wife Keri. From there, it's a nonstop stream of Plympton’s classic surreal non sequiturs and mind-bending visual puns involving Chia pets, fingernail dirt, assaults by bugs at the dinner table, riding mower antics and spontaneous eruptions of wonderfully deranged music (courtesy of frequent collaborator Maureen McElheron) with lyrics like "Would you love me if I blew up a deli / Got a big fat belly and became real smelly?" The mysteriously powerful boil on Grant’s neck eventually attracts the notice of the voracious Smilecorp, leading to an all-out battle for control of the wandering carbuncle. As Grant says mildly, "I'm really sorry about all that, but it's been a very weird day for me." [more inside]
Movie: 50 First Dates
[TRAILER] Henry (Adam Sandler) is a marine veterinarian in Hawaii who spends his evenings cultivating flings with tourists. But when he meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore), a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again... and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet. [more inside]
July 7
Movie: Happy Birthday to Me
[TRAILER] Virginia "Ginny" Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson of Little house on the Prairie) is a pretty and popular high school senior at Crawford Academy. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her classmates in the "Top Ten," an elite clique of the most privileged and popular students, are the ones who are falling prey. Ginny has a mysterious past and is under the watchful care of Dr. Faraday (Glenn Ford). Could she be the killer? [more inside]
Movie: Melancholia
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Movie: The Accountant
[TRAILER] Ben Affleck stars as a mysterious off-grid figure known as the accountant, making his fortune auditing the books of dangerous criminal organizations. Looking for a change of pace, he takes on a state-of-the-art robotics company as a "legitimate" client, only to quickly find himself embroiled in as much intrigue and violence as he'd get from any drug cartel. That's okay, though, because he's not just so autistic he's nearly Rain Man, but because of [plot reasons] he's also basically John Wick. [more inside]
Movie: Sunshine
A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.
Movie: Dark Star
In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong. A demented outer space comedy from John Carpenter.
The Gilded Age: Love is Never Easy Season 3, Episode 3
The Russells negotiate with the Duke. The Scotts meet up with Dr. Kirkland's family.
July 6
Special Event: Summer Games Done Quick 2025
GDQ returns to Minneapolis for a weeklong session of streamers who break games and finish them fast for charity! SGDQ donations, along with subscription money, merch sales and extra challenges, once again benefit Doctors Without Borders. Links below the fold. [more inside]
Movie: Ragtime
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City. [more inside]
Movie: Sorry, Baby
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on - for everyone around her, at least. [more inside]
Movie: Heads of State
When the UK Prime Minister and US President become the targets of a foreign adversary, they're forced to rely on one another to thwart a global conspiracy.
AEW Collision: July 5, 2025: 100th Episode Season 3, Episode 1
I may have bobbled on my numbering of Collision somewhere, between a few episodes that got bumped by PPVs, but since the show originally premiered in late June, I’m comfortable calling this episode 100 and the beginning of Year 3. [more inside]
July 5
Book: The Hobbit
An obscure but oddly charming work of high fantasy by an Oxford don and WWI veteran, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Probably difficult to track down but well worth the effort. [more inside]
Book: The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions
Dan Davies, economist and financial journalist, writes about the devolution of personal accountability in modern America. [more inside]
July 4
Poker Face: Day of the Iguana Season 2, Episode 11
Charlie and Alex serve oysters at a wedding (via Alex's company "Yippie Ki-Yay Oystershucker"), reunite with FBI agent Luca Clark and get mixed up with a terrifyingly competent hit man. Guest starring Justin Theroux and Haley Joel Osment plus repeat appearances from Patti Harrison, Simon Helberg and Rhea Perlman. First of a two parter season finale. [more inside]
Movie: Jurassic World: Rebirth
Five years post-Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.
Book: Inferno: Canto 07
Dante meets the hoarders and squanderers. [more inside]
Special Event: 2025 Tour de France
The 112th edition of the Tour de France begins July 5 in Lille and finishes at the Champs-Élysées on July 27. [more inside]
Movie: M3GAN 2.0
Two years after M3GAN went rogue and embarked on a murderous rampage and was destroyed, her creator Gemma (Allison Williams) has become a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of A.I. Meanwhile, Gemma's niece Cady (Violet McGraw), now 14, rebels against Gemma's overprotective rules. Unbeknownst to them, the underlying tech for M3GAN has been stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia (Ivanna Sakhno). But as Amelia's self-awareness increases, she becomes decidedly less interested in taking orders from humans. Or in keeping them around. With the future of human existence on the line, Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN (Amie Donald, voiced by Jenna Davis) and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal. As their paths collide, the original A.I. bitch is about to meet her match.
July 3
Book: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek
"Nana Visitor, Star Trek's Kira Nerys, explores how the series has portrayed and influenced women. Interviews with the stars, writers, producers, and celebrity fans reveal the struggles and triumphs of women both behind and in front of the camera throughout the sixty-year history of Star Trek, and how they have mirrored the experiences of women everywhere." [more inside]
Murderbot: All Systems Red Books Included Season 1, Episode 9
Murderbot takes control during a crucial meeting. Gurathin and Pin-Lee develop a strategy. Mensah acts independently
Murderbot: All Systems Red Show Only Season 1, Episode 9
Murderbot takes control during a crucial meeting. Gurathin and Pin-Lee develop a strategy. Mensah acts independently
Special Event: Late Seating: A MIRACLE OF 34TH STREET
MST Club presents.... We usually show movies that are acknowledge, in general, to be bad. This is not one of those times. It's also a movie generally considered to be a Christmas movie, but we're showing it in July. (This is keeping with the original release, which was in June of 1947.) A weird man named Kris Kringle claims to be Santa Claus, and is committed to Bellevue mental hospital, and his case comes up in court. Is he really Santa? Actually no. Yet you can still tell it's a fantasy because everything comes up more or less positive by the end. But I am told that this one isn't a commentary, but definitely is a riff. Said riff was released around 2022.
July 2
Movie: The Old Guard 2
Andy leads immortal warriors against a powerful enemy threatening their group. They grapple with the resurfacing of a long-lost immortal, complicating their mission to safeguard humanity.
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: July 2, 2024: 300th Episode Season 6, Episode 40
If you like big round numbers, this is the week to watch AEW. Tonight's episode of Dynamite is advertised as the 300th, and also this Saturday brings the 100th episode of Collision. Mercedes Moné will defend one of her six(?!) titles in her "1000th match", Okada will face Kota Ibushi for the first time since 2021, plus the Young Bucks, Swerve, MJF and Will Ospreay are all in matches tonight. [more inside]
The Bear: full season Season 4 (Full Season)
For those who have finished the season. [more inside]
Stargate SG-1: Learning Curve Rewatch Season 3, Episode 5
While employing the help of a planet's highly intelligent children for a project, the team discovers their horrific imposed fate when they reach a certain age. [more inside]
Game Changer: Rulette Season 7, Episode 7
Sam unveils a Price-Is-Right-style wheel for this game with Oscar Monaya, Anna Garcia, and Jeremy Culhane. The word "unhinged" has been overused enough to feel somewhat deprecated, but I don't know what else to call this. It's a tour de force in improv, and every time you think the absurdity has peaked, it's just getting started! [more inside]
July 1
The Gilded Age: What the Papers Say Season 3, Episode 2
Agnes and Ada welcome the Scotts into their home. Bertha and George disagree on Gladys's future.
The Gilded Age: Who Is in Charge Here? Season 3, Episode 1
George has ambitious plans to build a railway line between New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, but his plans are met with resistance. Bertha is busy preparing for the arrival of the Duke.
Book: Busman's Honeymoon
A honeymoon, a murder. Chickens, chimneys, and cohabitation. Peter, darling, the sweep's here!
You can read it for free here.
June 30
Book: Locked Tomb: fan theories
Making space for a diversion from the *actual* book in a current frontpage post. Locked Tomb as about being on the Internet: so far, three votes yes. Anyone else?
The Bear: Groundhogs – Soubise – Scallop Season 4, Episode 3
1:The Bear is on The Clock. 2: Profitable Beef? (idk) 3: Carmen gets in touch with someone.*
(Post covers first three episodes. YVMV.) [more inside]
Squid Game: Squid Game 3 Season 3 (Full Season)
The Squid Game saga comes to an end with these final six episodes. Features Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-joon and the survivors of Squid Game 2. [more inside]
June 29
In the Arena: Serena Williams: Out of the Shadow Season 1, Episode 1
After growing up in Compton, Venus' younger sister Serena Williams rises to tennis stardom, winning her first Grand Slam title at 17 at the 1999 US Open.
Movie: Sally
Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal story. Her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, unveils their covert 27-year romance and its accompanying sacrifices. [more inside]
June 28
Book: Inferno: Canto 06
There will be civil war in Florence and Dante's side will lose. [more inside]
June 27
Murderbot: Foreign Object Books Included Season 1, Episode 8
PresAux gets a message from competitors while Gurathin explores Murderbot's violent history.
Murderbot: Foreign Object Show Only Season 1, Episode 8
PresAux gets a message from competitors while Gurathin explores Murderbot's violent history.
Movie: The Quilters
As part of a restorative justice program in Missouri, men in a maximum-security prison spend eight hours a day sewing quilts for foster children in the county, as well as weighted vests for youth with autism.
The Split: BBC 2018 Season 1 (Full Season)
The Defoes, a family of female divorce lawyers, are forced to face their past following the return of their estranged father after a 30-year absence.
June 26
Poker Face: The Big Pump Season 2, Episode 10
Charlie joins a gym and makes a friend. Guest starring Jason Ritter, Patti Harrison, and Method Man.
Movie: Freedom
During Romania's 1989 revolution, Sibiu witnesses a violent attack on a police station that spirals into armed clashes between soldiers, police, protesters and secret police. [more inside]
Movie: Beauty and the Beast
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell. [more inside]
Revival: Revival Season 1 (Full Season)
[Trailer] One miraculous day in rural Wisconsin the deceased rise from their graves, yet appear and act unchanged. And now it is up to Officer and single mother Dana Cypress to solve a murder case where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect. [more inside]
AEW Collision: June 26, 2025 Season 2, Episode 52
Collision was taped yesterday after Dynamite, and will air tonight because sports has pushed it out of it's normal timeslot yet again. Adam Cole defends the TNT title, Christian Cage and his "son" team up, Megan Bayne, Queen Aminata and Skye Blue all have matches, plus HOT KYLE-ON-KYLE ACTION TONIGHT!! [more inside]
Movie: Keeping the Faith
Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance. [more inside]
Movie: F1: The Movie
A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver.
Book: Gaudy Night
Harriet Vane returns to Oxford while trying to figure out who she was and who she is now. Meanwhile, a poison pen spreads chaos through her college.
This book can be read for free here.
June 25
Ironheart: Take Me Home Season 1, Episode 1
Spinning off from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever [FF post], the show stars Dominique Thorne as the title character, answering the question "What if Tony Stark hadn't been born rich?" [more inside]
Movie: One-way to Moscow
Around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, hundreds of thousands of people were spied on in Switzerland. Policeman Schuler goes undercover to reveal a possible political coup in the Zurich Schauspielhaus.
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