I'm really fucking devastated right now so instead here's the picture Patrick Stewart posted nearly 13 years ago to the day with the caption "happy halloween" of him dressed as a giant lobster in a bathtub.

Media Diary 10/28/26 MOVIES - Existenz (1999) 🔄 - Wake In Fright (1971) TV - King of the Hill S15E4 (2026) - Gilmore Girls S1E4 (2000) PODCASTS - Comedy Bang! Bang! Ep. 957 (2026)

Media Diary 10/27/26 MOVIES - Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) 🔄 TV - Girls S1E3 (2012) 🔄 - Jeopardy! (2026) PODCASTS - The Filmcast: “Scream 7” (2026) - Blank Check: “The Cars That Ate Paris” (2026) VIDEO GAMES - Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (2008) 🔄

Kinda wild that in 2026, both Travis Knight and Andrew Stanton directed largely forgotten live action bombs AND animated movies likely to get nominated for Animated Feature at the Oscars. (Knight may well win.)

I just think when some guy from YouTube ruins his own life by being a dipshit, I should get to continue not knowing who he is instead of hearing about him all the time!

Scene That Took Stop-Motion Animator 120 Hours To Make Texted Through

This is why you release films in theaters.

Very few folks had Masters of the Universe topping every Netflix film this summer. Or Sheep Detectives beating all but four Netflix films.  entertainment.substack.com/p/netflixs-s...

Media Diary 10/26/26 MOVIES - You Can See Everything (2026) - Try Seventeen (2003) TV - VisionQuest Ep. 4 (2026) VIDEO GAMES - Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (2008) 🔄

Walter Koenig and I were guests at the same convention a decade ago. At lunch the first day he asked if he could join me and Jess, and I was like, of fucking course. We ended up hanging out and chatting all weekend. Wonderful man. Sadly was the weekend Anton Yelchin passe and I ended up being...

Media Diary 10/25/26 MOVIES - In Memoriam (2026) - Act One (2026) SHORTS - MTFF New Old West Shorts Block (2026) LIVE PODCAST - OMFG Podcast Discussion with Rob Burnett

Unbelievable loss. An amazing talent, and just a really, really good person. www.instagram.com/p/De8RFy4pyov/

Media Diary 10/24/26 MOVIES - Test (2026) - Chronovisor (2026)

Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

Media Diary 10/23/26 MOVIES - Drinking and Driving (2026) SHORTS - MTFF Desperate Characters Shorts Block (2026) TV - The Simpsons S1E12, S3E21, S5E2 (1990-1993) 🔄 - Jeopardy! (2026) - VisionQuest Ep. 3 (2026) VIDEO GAMES - Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (2008) 🔄

Agree with every word of this insightful analysis of what's wrong with THE SOCIAL RECKONING and Sorkin's Whole Deal, but especially the stuff about the deranged bullshit ending

Chris Thompson@christhompson.bsky.social · last wk.

really good defector.com/aaron-sorkin...

As a side note, these charts are one of Wikipedia's greatest inventions

Alex Shephard@alexshephard.bsky.social · 7d ago

you know a band is good when there's a chart like this on their Wikipedia page

Media Diary 10/22/26 MOVIES - The Missouri Breaks (1976) - The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) TV - Scrubs S11E5 (2026) PODCASTS - Blank Check: “The 11th Annual Blank Check Awards” (2026)

Media Diary 10/21/26 MOVIES - The Rivals of Amziah King (2026) TV - Scrubs S11E4 (2026) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer S2E19 (1998) 🔄 PODCASTS - The Filmcast: “Interview: How Dan Trachtenberg Made Predator: Badlands” (2026)

Fun fact, Laika movies very rarely make their budgets back at the box office, but they keep putting out bangers entirely because they have the one good rich boy in the entire ecosystem.

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · last wk.

‘Wildwood’ director Travis Knight on AI: “A pencil is a tool. A paintbrush is a tool. A 3D printer is a tool. A digital capture is a tool. AI is not a tool. AI can go fuck itself.”

The publisher behind the popular product 'Video games' has cancelled all production of video games. Again. For like the third time this month. It's absolute madness, and all of it because the dumbest motherfuckers who have ever lived are betting society itself on glorified autocorrect.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · last wk.

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Media Diary 10/20/26 MOVIES - Real Genius (1985) - The Blob (1988) TV - Jeopardy! (2026) PODCASTS - Comedy Bang! Bang! Ep. 955 (2026) COMICS - Ka-Zar the Savage #13 (1982) VIDEO GAMES - Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (2008) 🔄

Media Diary 10/19/26 MOVIES - Sinister (2012) 🔄 TV - The Sex Lives Of College Girls S1E2 (2021) PODCASTS - The Filmcast: “Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die” (2026) - U Talkin’ U2 To Me?: “Days of Ash” (2026)

Going to the Halloween party as Socrates (bothering everyone until they execute me)

Listen in while you chow down on second breakfast.

The Complete Works/Mike & Mike Go to the Movies@completeworkspod.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's time to begin the journey to Middle-Earth. We made it, ma! LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING is here to catapult Elijah Wood to the top. open.spotify.com/episode/6ABo...

RIP to a true Guy Among Guys

Media Diary 10/18/26 MOVIES - Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026) - I Want Your Sex (2026) TV - Jeopardy! (2026) - Gilmore Girls S1E3 (2000) PODCASTS - Pure Cinema Pod: “Alternate Oscars 2026” (2026) COMICS - Ghost Rider #67 (1982) - Fantastic Four #241 (1982) - Thor #318 (1982)