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April 9

The Pitt: 8:00 P.M. Season 2, Episode 14

Robby's bike is damaged in the ambulance bay, prompting him to be honest with Duke. Langdon must perform a dangerous procedure on a spinal cord injury case. [more inside]

The Boys: Fifteen Inches of Sheer Dynamite Season 5, Episode 1

It’s Homelander’s America now complete with red hat rallies, "freedom camps", and criminalized social media posts [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 5:52 PM - 1 comment

Special Event: Rifftrax: STARSHIP TROOPERS

MST Club presents.... Is Paul Verhoeven's satirical vision of a future involving a space-faring Earth and their war against astro-insects worthy of riffing? Would you like to know more? (click) This is the studio version, released October 2013.
posted by JHarris at 4:30 PM - 0 comments

Daredevil: Born Again: Gloves Off Season 2, Episode 4

Bullseye adopts a new morning routine. Fisk takes the ring. [more inside]
posted by 1970s Antihero at 3:56 PM - 2 comments

Book: Warbreaker

Princess Vivenna of the spartan mountain kingdom of Idris has been betrothed to the powerful and monstrously unknowable God King of Hallendren since she was a child - part of a tenuous peace treaty between their nations. So when the Idrian King decides at the last minute to send his youngest daughter Siri in her stead, both daughters need to work to deal with the inevitably coming war. Vivenna by running away and joining the underground in Hallendren, and Siri from within the Court of the Gods. By Brandon Sanderson. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 12:02 PM - 2 comments

Taskmaster: Series 21 Season 21 (Full Season)

Brace! Brace! It's Series 21 of Taskmaster! [more inside]
posted by merriment at 8:20 AM - 7 comments

Book: The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gévaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake. [more inside]
posted by Kitteh at 7:55 AM - 2 comments

April 8

Stargate SG-1: Enemies Rewatch Season 5, Episode 1

Stranded in another galaxy while fleeing their attack on Apophis' fleet proves only the beginning of SG-1's problems as multiple enemies appear. [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 7:29 PM - 2 comments

Book: The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes

Enter the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard, a metropolis carved into the stump of an ancient tree. In its canopy, the pampered elite warp minds with toxic perfume; in its roots, gangs of exterminators hunt a colossal worm with an appetite for beauty. In this complex, chaotic city, Guy Moulène has a simple goal: keep his sister out of debt. For her sake, he'll take on any job, no matter how vile.
posted by Literaryhero at 4:32 PM - 6 comments

Top Chef: Cut and Dry Season 23, Episode 5

This week the chefs are visited by North Carolina’s own Fortune Feimster as she challenges them to improv their Quickfire dishes and serve them to kids in honor of Comic Relief. Then the chefs are tasked with creating dishes featuring dehydration. They’ll serve their dishes to Kristen, Tom and Gail along with guest judges Joe & Katy Kindred as well as “Top Chef” alum Savannah Miller at the U.S. National Whitewater Center.
posted by Frayed Knot at 9:43 AM - 3 comments

April 7

Movie: Half Lives

IMDB: It tells the story of Luke Marikos. His elegantly constructed bunker has acted as a haven for his small group of survivors, but living behind the sealed doors for so long can drive anyone mad. He was the most compelling part of Dollhouse, and great in Cabin in the Woods, but can Fran Kranz carry a movie on his surprisingly toned shoulders? The answer may surprise you! [more inside]
posted by Shepherd at 5:07 PM - 3 comments

Movie: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom.
posted by asnider at 3:14 PM - 3 comments

April 6

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror: Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror Season 1 (Full Season)

[Trailer (NSFW?)] A documentary telling the story of LGBTQIA+ horror and the relationship between queer audiences and horror, and the queer horror community as a whole. [more inside]
posted by johnofjack at 5:47 PM - 2 comments

Movie: The House by the Cemetery

[TRAILER] After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house. The third and final installment in Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy, preceded by City of the Living Dead and The Beyond. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:17 PM - 4 comments

Movie: Manson Family Vacation

Two brothers tour Charles Manson murder sites. One is a devoted family man. One is devoted to The Family. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd at 11:22 AM - 1 comment

Book: There is No Antimemetics Division

Marie Quinn is the director of the Antimemetics Division (a department of the secretive Unknown Organization) that protects humanity from unknowns, anomalous phenomena that erase memories in those exposed to them. As the Antimemetics Division's research deepens, Quinn begins to uncover repressed memories and finds herself ensnared in a conspiracy that threatens all of reality. [more inside]
posted by adamrice at 8:44 AM - 13 comments

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Requiem Season 2, Episode 6

The gang mourn the death of a family member. Keiko explores her granddaughter's connection to Titan X while Lee and an old friend go stir something up. [more inside]
posted by Atreides at 6:55 AM - 18 comments

Book: Shadows of Self (Mistborn #5, Wax & Wayne #2)

When family obligations forced Waxillium Ladrian to forsake the frontier lands and return to the metropolis of his birth to take his place as head of a noble House, he little imagined that the crime-fighting skills acquired during twenty years in the dusty plains would be just as applicable in the big city. He soon learned that there too, just being a talented Twinborn — one who can use both Allomancy and Feruchemy, the dominant magical modes on Scadrial — would not suffice. Book five of the Mistborn series and book two of the Wax & Wayne (aka Mistborn Era Two) series by Brandon Sanderson. [more inside]
posted by General Malaise at 6:45 AM - 2 comments

April 5

Movie: The Children's Train

[TRAILER] Amerigo, a young boy from the slums of post-WWII Naples, is sent North by his mother, who makes the heart-wrenching choice to let him go because she lacks the means to provide for him. Amerigo is taken in by an unmarried, idealistic unionist who initially opens her home out of political conviction but unexpectedly grows to love Amerigo as her own. Their connection forces Amerigo to navigate a life split between his impoverished roots and a future shaped by the profound sacrifices of two very different women. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:28 PM - 1 comment

Book: Purgatorio: Canto 12

The examples of pride. [more inside]
posted by cyanistes at 1:28 AM - 2 comments

April 4

Movie: The Red and the White

Similar to Miklós Jancsó's The Round Up from the year before, this was another harrowing war drama, equally brutal, senseless - and beautiful. It sees the battles between the Bolsheviks and the White Army of 1917 as a cruel 'Hunger Games' where both sides kill their enemies and supporters without any regards or reservations. The upper hand changes from scene to scene, and the remorseless execution of everybody on the screen is equally pointless. There are no good guys here; they are all exactly the same. [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 8:21 AM - 0 comments

April 3

Movie: Y2K

Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 3:55 PM - 3 comments

Book: Dawnshard (Stormlight Archive #3.5)

When a ghost ship is found adrift after attempting to contact the isles of Aimia, Queen Fen of Thaylena wants answers. Navanni Kholin of Urithiru is also interested, since Aimia seems to be holding one end of an Oathgate that nobody's been able to reach to activate yet. And Thaylen merchant Rysn Ftori wants to get to the islands to find a cure for her pet larkin Chiri-Chiri, who is not only sick but may be the last of her kind. So Rysn (and her ragtag crew, of course) set off on an exploratory mission to a land no one has set foot on in living memory. By Brandon Sanderson. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 11:29 AM - 3 comments

For All Mankind: The Hard Six Season 5, Episode 2

Ed recruits the residents of Happy Valley to support one of their own. Kelly refuses to turn down the opportunity.
posted by emelenjr at 7:01 AM - 7 comments

The Pitt: 7:00 P.M. Season 2, Episode 13

The night shift starts. Mohan's AMA patient returns to the ER, Langdon questions his position at the Pitt, and Robby receives Duke's results. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle at 1:33 AM - 37 comments

April 2

Movie: The Distinguished Citizen

An insightful black-comedy by an Argentinian filmmaker couple, Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn. It's a prestige piece about a successful Nobel-prize novelist, who accepts an invitation from the tiny, provincial town where he was born, and which he left 40 years earlier and never visited since. He's been living in Europe, became an elitist and world-wide literary celebrity, but all his books are based on characters from the mythical "Macondo" of his childhood. A fantastic premise, very well made. The ingenious plot twists are like the stories he write, and his uncomfortable adventures in this sleepy, forgotten place are hilarious. The trailer. [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 11:44 PM - 2 comments

Movie: The Runner

Amir Naderi's The Runner was “one of the first post-revolutionary Iranian films screened and celebrated internationally”. It tells of 10-yo poor orphan boy, who lives in the streets of a small oil town (off the Straights of Hormuz!). Having to survive on his wits alone, he collects garbage, empty bottles, shines shoes, etc. and takes life curve-balls on the chin, until he realizes that he must learn to read and write. [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 10:45 PM - 1 comment

Special Event: Rifftrax Short: Promotionals

MST Club presents.... Tonight we're showing a collection of five shorts from Rifftrax's library of over 200, all of them with the theme that they were made by some group or organization trying to push something or other. On the agenda is Westinghouse's Total Electric Home, Bell Telephone's Telezonia, we'll take a jaunt through the Wonderful World of Tupperware, learn cooking With An All-Star Cast, and whispered musically into our ears by the pork industry will be those Three Magic Words. More than half of tonight's riffs will be from Bridget Nelson and Mary Jo Pehl, the other two by the usual Mike, Kevin and Bill. [more inside]
posted by JHarris at 3:58 PM - 2 comments

Movie: Sorority Row

[Trailer] A killer threatens to expose the fatal secret binding a group of sorority sisters. [more inside]
posted by johnofjack at 3:58 PM - 1 comment

Deadloch: Season 2 Season 2 (Full Season)

Dulcie, Cath and Eddie arrive in Darwin to investigate Bushy's death, but are quickly thrown onto a new case in Barra Creek.
posted by library of confusion at 7:44 AM - 9 comments

Top Chef: Pick a Side Season 23, Episode 4

In a Quickfire Challenge honoring the Wright Brothers’ first flight in North Carolina, the chefs must team up to create a trio of dishes that take off alongside a curated wine flight. Then, in the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must turn classic Southern sides into standout main course dishes. The judges are joined by last season’s winner Tristen Epps-Long and acclaimed James Beard-nominated chef Greg Collier.
posted by Frayed Knot at 7:26 AM - 3 comments

Daredevil: Born Again: The Scales & The Sword Season 2, Episode 3

Matt Murdock and Karen Page find new allies.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 4:59 AM - 6 comments

Daredevil: Born Again: Shoot the Moon Season 2, Episode 2

Fisk tries a new tactic to lure Daredevil out of hiding.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 4:57 AM - 0 comments

April 1

Stargate SG-1: Exodus Rewatch Season 4, Episode 22

SG-1 delivers their newly confiscated Goa'uld mothership to help the Tok'ra evacuate their planet and deal with their disinformed Goa'uld spy in their midst. [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 1:20 PM - 4 comments

Book: The Alloy of Law (Mistborn #4, Wax & Wayne #1)

Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. Book four of the Mistborn series and book one of the Wax & Wayne (aka Mistborn Era Two) series by Brandon Sanderson. [more inside]
posted by General Malaise at 6:51 AM - 4 comments

Movie: If I Should Die Before I Wake

"A young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a child murderer who kills a girl from his school." It's available for free on YouTube at 2160p quality. [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 3:26 AM - 2 comments

March 31

Movie: Bloody Oranges

A deeply-in-debt retired couple tries to win a rock dance competition. A minister is suspected of tax fraud. A teenager makes the acquaintance of a pervert. [more inside]
posted by runsrealgood at 2:53 PM - 3 comments

Book: Hell's Heart

"They are monsters, legends, gods. They are our prey. Earth is dead. Which leaves us stuck living in atmospheric domes on planets that will kill us if we blink wrong, or run out of fuel. And by “fuel” I mean “the cerebrospinal fluid of gargantuan, quasi-psychic space monsters”. I joined the hunt hoping to get paid and maybe laid, but mostly paid. Instead, I followed a captain chasing abominations in the skies of Jupiter. We battled the Möbius Beast itself, there in the red eye of the world. Spoiler: we lost." [more inside]
posted by MonkeyToes at 11:04 AM - 5 comments

March 30

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen: Full First Season Season 1 (Full Season)

Something very bad is going to happen when Rachel and Nicky head to his parents' home for small their wedding. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 11:41 AM - 4 comments

Movie: Pretty Lethal

[TRAILER] Five ballerinas (Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika) on their way to a prestigious dance competition in Budapest are barely on speaking terms when their bus breaks down in a remote forest. With no other options, they reluctantly seek shelter at an unsettling roadside inn run by Devora Kasimer (Uma Thurman), herself a reclusive former ballet prodigy. From the moment they arrive, something feels wrong—and their worst instincts prove right. As the situation turns deadly, the fractured team must set aside rivalries and weaponize years of brutal training, turning grace, discipline, and even pointe shoes into tools for survival. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:23 AM - 3 comments

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Furusato Season 2, Episode 5

In Santa Soledad, Titan X becomes a target for Apex, forcing Shaw and the Randas to infiltrate the covert experiment. [more inside]
posted by mikepop at 6:05 AM - 5 comments

Paradise: Exodus Season 2, Episode 8

Worlds collide; time is of the essence for Xavier; Link and his team spring into action; Sinatra puts it all on the line.
posted by Literaryhero at 5:40 AM - 17 comments

March 29

Podcast: Search Engine: The Trial of the Driverless Car

In blue cities throughout the country, unions and politicians are fighting to ban driverless cars. We travel to Boston, where the fight has reached a fever pitch, and where the cars themselves will create some very unusual political alliances.
posted by pwnguin at 1:48 PM - 1 comment

Movie: Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

[TRAILER] Mike (James Marsden) wants to leave his life of crime and run away with Alice (Eiza González). The thing is, Alice's husband, who is also Mike's gangland boss Nick (Vince Vaughn) knows about their affair and he's even willing to let them go... as long as Mike helps Nick kidnap... Nick. It's complicated. A time machine may be involved. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:58 AM - 5 comments

Book: Edgedancer (Stormlight Archive #2.5)

Adolescent chaos-agent Lift flees palace life in Azamir for Yeddaw, a magnificent city with buildings cut straight out of the earth, a delusional and super-powerful immortal being hell-bent on killing her, and and ten different kinds of pancakes to try! By Brandon Sanderson. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 8:41 AM - 2 comments

One Piece: Into the Grand Line Season 2 (Full Season)

With his straw hat and ragtag crew, young pirate Monkey D. Luffy goes on an epic voyage for treasure.
posted by Literaryhero at 5:16 AM - 8 comments

March 28

Book: Purgatorio: Canto 11

All is vanity. [more inside]
posted by cyanistes at 3:23 PM - 1 comment

Movie: Hoppers

A 19-year-old animal lover uses technology that places her consciousness into a robotic beaver to uncover mysteries within the animal world beyond her imagination.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 10:54 AM - 4 comments

Movie: The House Was Not Hungry Then

[TRAILER] When a young woman (Bobby Rainsbury) travels to check in on her estranged father (Bill Paterson), she ends up squatting in an empty house in the countryside where every visitor disappears. Now she must avoid the man posing as a real estate agent (Clive Russell) who lures victims inside. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:08 AM - 5 comments

Movie: Primate

[TRAILER] Lucy, a college student, along with her friends, spend their vacation at her family's home in Hawaii, which includes her pet chimpanzee, Ben. However, when Ben contracts rabies after being bitten by a rabid animal, the group must fight for their lives in order to avoid the now-violent chimp. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:58 AM - 2 comments

Movie: King of New York

[TRAILER] A drug lord (Christopher Walken) returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:27 AM - 2 comments

March 27

Podcast: Search Engine: Are you a good driver?

The story of how a secret project at Google led to driverless cars on American roads. And, an answer to the question: are the robots actually safer drivers than we are?
posted by pwnguin at 5:34 PM - 1 comment

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: A Beautiful Sight Season 2, Episode 10

"One slip and you're doomed." The journey across the Northern Plateau continues, through snow, difficult terrain and, of course, monsters! Change comes very slowly to the Northern Plateau. But changes does come in the form of miners and bridge builders. Also, pancakes! [more inside]
posted by SPrintF at 2:18 PM - 7 comments

Movie: Close

A moving, award-winning Belgian drama about two 13-year-old boys whose friendship is tested when they start a new school. The trailer. [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 1:22 PM - 0 comments

Book: The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3)

Description spoils events from the first two books. Dropping them into the more inside. Book three in the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. [more inside]
posted by General Malaise at 12:13 PM - 2 comments

The Pitt: 6:00 PM Season 2, Episode 12

After she steps up to defend her trainee, Dana clashes with Robby about her methods—and his upcoming sabbatical. [more inside]
posted by kitten kaboodle at 10:37 AM - 22 comments

Movie: Solo Mio

[TRAILER] Matt (Kevin James) has his dreams of a picturesque Italian wedding shattered when his fiance leaves him at the altar. He embarks on his planned honeymoon across Italy alone, immersing himself in the country's vibrant culture, food, beauty, and meeting new people along the way. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:07 AM - 9 comments

Hal & Harper: Hal & Harper (Full Season) Season 1 (Full Season)

When their Dad announces he's having a baby with his girlfriend, two codependent siblings are forced to consider the current state of their lives, as well as their complicated childhood. Starring Lili Reinhart, Cooper Raiff, Betty Gilpin, and Mark Ruffalo. Can be watched on CBC Gem. [more inside]
posted by eekernohan at 5:50 AM - 1 comment

For All Mankind: First Light Season 5, Episode 1

It's been 9 years since the capture of the Goldilocks asteroid. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony, but a disturbing discovery threatens their peace. [more inside]
posted by emelenjr at 5:31 AM - 8 comments

March 26

Book: Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3)

Good News: Our heroes have found Urithiru, the massive and towering lost city of the Heralds. Bad News: They have no idea how any of it works, though it's clearly run by all manner of ancient magic mechanisms. Good News: They've largely survived the Everstorm. Bad news: The Everstorm has awakened a powerful new form of Parshendi called "The Fused." Good News: Adolin seems to have gotten away with murder. Bad News: Now he and Shallan are investigating copycat murders which he almost certainly didn't commit. And Jasnah's back! More good news! By Brandon Sanderson. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 2:39 PM - 4 comments