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July 3
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.
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: June 25, 2025 Season 6, Episode 39
The Golden Star Kota Ibushi returns! Fresh from a successful co-branded show with CMLL in Mexico, Dynamite moves its focus to promote All In: Texas. Kenny Omega’s former tag partner will tangle with Trent Beretta, two 4-way matches will decide who gets the #1 spot in the men’s and women’s Casino Gauntlet, and in true cowboy style Adam Page will wrangle the horns of The Beast Mortos. [more inside]
Book: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Historian Timothy Snyder reviews the history of authoritarian Europe, offering 20 concise principles for defending democracy and resisting fascism. [more inside]
Stargate SG-1: Legacy Rewatch Season 3, Episode 4
When the SG-1 team discover a sealed chamber of nine dead Goa'uld, Daniel Jackson is exposed to the parasites that killed them and threaten to drive him insane. [more inside]
June 24
Movie: Deaf President Now!
In 1988, Deaf students at Gallaudet University protested until the school appointed its first Deaf president, Dr. I. King Jordan, marking a pivotal moment for Deaf rights and representation. [more inside]
June 23
Movie: Deep Cover
Three improv actors are asked to go undercover by the police in London's criminal underworld.
June 22
Movie: Ash
Far in the future, a woman wakes up on what seems to be a research base on a desolate, lifeless alien world, with hardly an idea of how she got there. Everyone else on the base has been horribly murdered.
Blakes 7: Orac Season 1, Episode 13
What is Orac? Our heroes don't know, but it's worth a fortune to the Federation. The Liberator races to the world where Orac can be found, but Servalan and Travis are on the way, too.
AEW Collision: June 21, 2025 Season 2, Episode 51
For the first time in three weeks, Collision gets back to it's regular date and time. An 8-Woman Tag Match is the main event, Moxley faces AR Fox while Swerve settles old business with Shane Taylor. We get another tease of full-on intergender wrestling, and another of Kenny Omega's old friends makes a surprise reappearance to face down Kazuchika Okada and Don Callis. [more inside]
Blakes 7: Deliverance Season 1, Episode 12
Blake must leave the crew stranded on a bizarre primitive world as he takes the Liberator on a (forced) mission of mercy.
Book: Inferno: Canto 05
Dante is overcome with pity for Francesca. [more inside]
June 21
Book: Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years Of Human Evolution
The real origin of our species: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives today.
Movie: K-Pop: Demon Hunters
A world-renowned K-Pop girl group balance their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as demon hunters. [more inside]
June 20
Blakes 7: Bounty Season 1, Episode 11
As Blake and Cally try to persuade a politician in exile to stand against the Federation, an enemy advances on the Liberator.
Book: Martyr!
Martyr! is the debut novel of Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar.
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum.
Poker Face: A New Lease on Death Season 2, Episode 9
Would you kill for a sumptuous rent-controlled New York City penthouse with crown molding and two goddamn fireplaces? Guest stars include Awkwafina, Alia Shawkat and Lauren Tom.
June 19
Murderbot: Complementary Species Show Only Season 1, Episode 7
While hiding in a remote forest from their pursuers, the PresAux team debates whether Murderbot is trying to kill them or protect them.
Murderbot: Complementary Species Books Included Season 1, Episode 7
While hiding in a remote forest from their pursuers, the PresAux team debates whether Murderbot is trying to kill them or protect them.
Book: Rakesfall
Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through the ages, friendships that outpace the claws of death, loves that leave their mark on civilization, and promises that nothing can break. This is one such story. [more inside]
Blakes 7: Breakdown Season 1, Episode 10
Gan's brain implant malfunctions, with frightening results.
Special Event: Rifftrax: THE PHANTOM EMPIRE
MST Club presents.... What can you say about an adventure movie with both Ross Hagan (Sidehackers, Hellcats, Wonder Women) and Jeffery Combs (Reanimator and seven other movies directed by Stuart Gordon, multiple Trek characters)? Combs is pretty cool, and hey an actor's gotta eat. It also has aliens, dinosaurs, monsters, a volcano, an underdressed evil queen, and not just robots but the robot: Robbie itself. Released May 2025, available here.
Movie: 28 Years Later
A group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
Movie: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
A newspaper editor decides to send his girlfriend, who is also a reporter on the paper, undercover to try out for the cheerleading team for the Dallas Cowboys in order to do an "insider's" story. [more inside]
June 18
Blakes 7: Project Avalon Season 1, Episode 9
Servalan and Travis use a captured freedom fighter as bait for Blake.
Stargate SG-1: Fair Game Rewatch Season 3, Episode 3
The Asgard and three Goa'uld System Lords meet at Stargate Command to negotiate a treaty modification, but subterfuge and treachery threaten not only the success of the negotiations, but Earth itself. [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: June 18, 2025: Grand Slam Mexico Season 6, Episode 38
In the middle of a year of firsts for major wrestling promotions (see also WWE’s unprecedented partnership with TNA and plans to outright purchase AAA) All Elite Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre co-present Grand Slam Mexico. AEW emanates from south of the border for the first time, from Arena México in Mexico City in a two-and-a-half hour episode showcasing both rosters. [more inside]
June 17
FUBAR: Season 2 Season 2 (Full Season)
Luke Brunner, his family, and the spy team are suffering from serious cabin fever while cooped up in the safe house
Movie: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug. [more inside]
Blakes 7: Duel Season 1, Episode 8
On an eerie, haunted world, alien entities force Blake and Travis into a battle to the death.
Movie: Split
Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th. Written & Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy. [more inside]
Book: The Nine Tailors
Let the damp atmosphere of the Fens seep into you as you learn more than you ever thought you would about bell-ringing. And of course, there's murder.
Book: Inferno: Canto 04
Dante suggests he might be the sixth best poet ever. [more inside]