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January 29

King of the Hill: Yankee Hankee  Season 5, Episode 10

Hank is a proud Texan, which is all about to change when Cotton reveals to him he was born in New York City.
posted by box at 5:26 AM - 0 comments

January 28

Gilmore Girls: Nick & Nora / Sid & Nancy  Season 2, Episode 5

Rory starts writing for the school newspaper. Max Medina gives an interview. And the world's most adorable punk-ass comes to town to stay with his Uncle Luke. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 5:23 PM - 1 comment

Gilmore Girls: The Road Trip to Harvard  Season 2, Episode 4

In the wake of the broken engagement, Lorelai and Rory hit the road to experience some of the best that New England has to offer. Sookie helps get the news spread around town. Lane returns home from Korea. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 3:29 PM - 1 comment

Gilmore Girls: Red Light on the Wedding Night  Season 2, Episode 3

Sookie throws Lorelai a bachelorette party. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 12:17 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Blue Ruin

"When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family." [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 7:19 AM - 7 comments

King of the Hill: High Anxiety  Season 4, Episode 14

When Debbie, Buck's former girlfriend and lover, turns up dead in a dumpster, a city detective suspects Hank of murdering her.
posted by box at 5:19 AM - 0 comments

King of the Hill: Hanky Panky  Season 4, Episode 13

Buck Strickland is getting a divorce. Since Texas is a community property state, he sells Sugarfoot's Barbecue to Hank until the divorce is final.
posted by box at 5:19 AM - 0 comments

Movie: Cómo ves?

Gritty musical drama about life in the ghettos of Mexico City during the 1980s. With a soundtrack of Mexican rock music. [more inside]
posted by vacapinta at 3:02 AM - 1 comment

January 27

Movie: Runaway Train

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a speeding train with no brakes and nobody driving. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 7:56 PM - 8 comments

Gilmore Girls: Hammers and Veils  Season 2, Episode 2

Rory learns about volunteer work. Sookie throws Lorelai an engagement party. Emily promises to come to the wedding if she's in town. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 6:11 PM - 1 comment

Gilmore Girls: Sadie, Sadie...  Season 2, Episode 1

Lorelai tells (almost) everyone about her engagement. Rory brings Dean to Friday Night Dinner. Lane packs her bag. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 3:58 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Demon Seed

A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 2:19 PM - 6 comments

King of the Hill: A Firefighting We Will Go  Season 3, Episode 10

Hank and the boys become volunteer firemen, but when the firehouse burns down, they all have a different version of how the event took place.
posted by box at 2:14 PM - 0 comments

Movie: Original Cast Album: Company

"Company", the musical's original cast recording session was filmed by D.A. Pennebaker in one long day (and night) in 1970. Captures interactions between Stephen Sondheim, performers and live recording process, culminating with Elaine Stritch's iconic "The Ladies Who Lunch"... [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 1:30 PM - 2 comments

Gilmore Girls: Love, Daisies and Troubadours  Season 1, Episode 21

Tristan gets Rory tickets to P.J. Harvey. The Town Troubadour gets some competition. Max gets Lorelai some flowers. (Season 1 finale) [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 11:57 AM - 2 comments

Gilmore Girls: P.S. I Lo...  Season 1, Episode 20

Rory runs away to her grandparents. Lorelai buys Luke some new clothes. Mrs. Kim inspects Lane's new science partner. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 9:35 AM - 1 comment

Movie: The Artifice Girl

A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original...
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 8:00 AM - 3 comments

Movie: Brotherhood of the Wolf

In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast. [more inside]
posted by Kitteh at 7:55 AM - 20 comments

King of the Hill: Hilloween  Season 2, Episode 4

Hank goes to war with a litigious Evangelical Christian woman (Sally Field) bent on banning Halloween and indoctrinating the kids by inviting them to a hell house, and Peggy gives Luanne a piece of her mind when a freshly-converted Luanne says Peggy does not have good morals and values.
posted by box at 6:47 AM - 1 comment

Dexter: Original Sin: The Big Bad Body Problem  Season 1, Episode 7

Dexter needs to find a new hiding place after his most recent dumping ground is blown. Harry and LaGuerta pitch a controversial theory to Spencer, as the hunt for a missing child continues.
posted by ellieBOA at 5:48 AM - 1 comment

The Pitt: 10:00AM  Season 1, Episode 4

Bets are taken on the whereabouts of a stolen ambulance, while Santos takes a hard lesson, and Whitaker helps to tame "The Kraken". [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA at 5:13 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Wolf Man

A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable. [more inside]
posted by cupcakeninja at 4:10 AM - 2 comments

January 26

Gilmore Girls: Emily in Wonderland  Season 1, Episode 19

Rory takes Emily on a tour of Stars Hollow. Lane gets a call from Henry. Rachel shows Lorelei a photo of an inn. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 10:54 PM - 1 comment

Person of Interest: The Crossing   Season 3, Episode 9

The battle to bring the crime organization HR to justice reaches new heights. Also, the Machine suddenly gives out Reese’s number. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 3:21 PM - 4 comments

Movie: The Ipcress File

Insubordinate British sergeant Harry Palmer is recruited to help investigate a puzzling series of top scientists who've suddenly become inactive. Loosely based in the novel by Len Deighton. Stars Michael Caine. [more inside]
posted by 2N2222 at 12:34 PM - 2 comments

King of the Hill: Peggy the Boggle Champ  Season 1, Episode 9

Hank's promise to coach Peggy at the Texas State Boggle Championship is jeopardized when his buddies try to lure him away to the Ninth Annual Dallas Mower Expo. Meanwhile, Bobby and Luanne freak out when they leave a condensation ring on the new coffee table, but their efforts to fix it cause even more trouble.
posted by box at 12:01 PM - 1 comment

Gilmore Girls: The Third Lorelai  Season 1, Episode 18

Richard's mother sets up a trust for Rory. Rory sets up a date for Paris. Emily and Lorelai are set against each other. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 10:59 AM - 2 comments

Movie: Presence

Showcases a suburban house inhabited by a mysterious entity. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 10:57 AM - 4 comments

Movie: It Happened Tomorrow

A 1944 American fantasy film, starring Dick Powell, partially based on a play by Lord Dunsany. Currently available to watch for free in the US via Tubi. In 1898, a young newspaper reporter happens upon what you might call an extremely early edition of the next day's paper; this turns out to be less of a boon than he initially thinks. In a slightly different alternate universe this was going to be a Frank Capra movie. [more inside]
posted by brainwane at 10:47 AM - 3 comments

Gilmore Girls: The Breakup, Part 2  Season 1, Episode 17

Rory goes to a Chilton party. Lorelai goes to Max's place. Lane goes for a guy her parents would approve of. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 7:39 AM - 3 comments

January 25

Movie: one of them days

When best friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact. [more inside]
posted by praemunire at 9:37 PM - 1 comment

AEW Collision: January 25, 2024: Homecoming  Season 2, Episode 30

AEW returns to its ancestral home of Daily's Place in Jacksonville Florida with matches that have implications for various titles. Katsuyori Shibata and Komander stage a minor invasion by Ring Of Honor, Mercedes Moné will see her next challenger, the former House of Black goes into business for themselves, Nick Wayne and Samoa Joe get a do-over, and new papa Cool Hand Angelo reunites Team 2point0. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 4:57 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Star Trek: Section 31

Philippa Georgiou, enlisted by the nefarious organization Section 31, is confronted by fallout from her past evil deeds. [more inside]
posted by jabah at 11:42 AM - 37 comments

Gilmore Girls: Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers  Season 1, Episode 16

Luke's ex-girlfriend Rachel swoops into town. Rory and Dean celebrate their three-month anniversary. Lorelai ends up on the balcony for the second week in a row. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 11:33 AM - 7 comments

Gilmore Girls: Christopher Returns  Season 1, Episode 15

Emily and Richard have Christopher's parents over for dinner. Lorelai slips out onto the balcony. Christopher tries to buy Rory a book. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 7:33 AM - 3 comments

Gilmore Girls: That Damn Donna Reed  Season 1, Episode 14

Rory watches Babette's kitten. Lorelai loses Rory's chick. Emily and Richard don't go to the Vineyard. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 6:07 AM - 1 comment

January 24

Abbott Elementary: Strike  Season 4, Episode 11

City buses go on strike. Melissa makes it clear that not a hint of scabbing will be tolerated. The teachers experiment with hybrid learning, since many students are unable to get to school. Ava turns out to own a timeshare in a party bus.
posted by simonw at 7:28 PM - 3 comments

Gilmore Girls: Concert Interruptus  Season 1, Episode 13

Rory goes to a Bangles concert with her Chilton "friends." The town holds a charity rummage sale. Lane thinks about what she heard in church. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 4:19 PM - 1 comment

Gilmore Girls: Double Date  Season 1, Episode 12

Sookie wants a date with Jackson, but needs Lorelai to wingman her. Lane wants a date with Dean's friend Todd, but needs Rory to be her cover. Rune just wants to go bowling. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 12:08 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Crimes of Passion

A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 8:48 AM - 5 comments

Gilmore Girls: Paris Is Burning  Season 1, Episode 11

It's parent-teacher day at Chilton, and Lorelai doesn't want to go. Paris' parents are getting divorced, and it's all anyone is talking about. Sookie has a question for Jackson. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 8:06 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Jazz on a Summer's Day

Imagine it's 1958, the golden days of summer are upon you, you bum your way up the East Coast to Newport, Rhode Island, looking to vibe to some magic Jazz music. You sit on the grass and wait for the line-up: [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 3:13 AM - 2 comments

January 23

Movie: Get Away

A family's vacation to a remote island to witness a local tradition is greeted with intense hostility by the locals. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 10:55 PM - 3 comments

Severance: Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig  Season 2, Episode 2

Outie Mark contemplates the meaning of a message. Lumon grapples with the fallout of the Overtime Contingency.
posted by Pronoiac at 7:46 PM - 84 comments

Book: American Rapture by C. J. Leede

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 6:10 PM - 1 comment

Gilmore Girls: Forgiveness and Stuff  Season 1, Episode 10

Emily disinvites Lorelai from Christmas dinner, so Rory goes without her. After Richard suffers a health scare, they all meet up at the hospital. Lorelai gives Luke a hat. [more inside]
posted by Navelgazer at 5:33 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Scream 4

[Trailer] "Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer." [more inside]
posted by johnofjack at 5:24 PM - 4 comments

Movie: Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 1:31 PM - 19 comments

Person of Interest: Endgame  Season 3, Episode 8

The POI team’s war with HR nears a boiling point when Finch receives 38 numbers at once from the Machine. Meanwhile, Carter’s past is seen through flashbacks with her son’s father. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 12:58 PM - 4 comments

Movie: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba [more inside]
posted by vacapinta at 9:12 AM - 2 comments

January 22

Stargate SG-1: The Gamekeeper  Season 2, Episode 4

O'Neill and the SG-1 team travel to P7J989 where they discover a beautiful garden and a dome full of strange metallic chambers. [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 11:37 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Omni Loop

[TRAILER] A quantum physicist (Mary-Louise Parker) finds herself stuck in a time loop, with a black hole growing in her chest and only a week to live. When she meets a gifted student (Ayo Edibiri), they team up to save her life -- and to unlock the mysteries of time travel. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:47 PM - 12 comments

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: January 22, 2024  Season 6, Episode 17

It's put-up-or-shut-up time for Private Party, because the Hurt Syndicate is coming for their tag titles, and they are bigger, meaner and more experienced. Cope will foolishly attempt to single out another member of the Death Riders, while Jamie Hayter and Julia Hart will attempt to clobber and bewitch each other, respectively. Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay will meet again in a talking segment that probably already has six Meltzer stars. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 4:48 PM - 6 comments

Person of Interest: Perfect Mark  Season 3, Episode 7

The number of a hypnotherapist comes up whose life, upon investigation by the team, suggests he is more than just a master of the mind. Meanwhile, Carter tracks an antique dealer whose business is connected to HR. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 3:02 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Idiocracy

[TRAILER] In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 1:07 PM - 38 comments

North of North: Top of the World  Season 1, Episode 1

Siaja is an Inuk woman living in a teeny Arctic village. She isn't happy and she's trying to figure out how to sort out her life. She wants a job, and a better relationship with her family. She makes a big, public change and has to figure out how to live with it.
posted by jessamyn at 7:45 AM - 2 comments

Movie: A Different Man

An aspiring actor undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance, but his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
posted by ftm at 6:10 AM - 2 comments

Movie: The Breaking Ice

"In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China's northern border, young urbanite man, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world." [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 4:19 AM - 2 comments

January 21

Movie: Kaiju Tuesday: original Daimajin trilogy (1966)

The vengeful stone warrior god, Daimajin (a.k.a. Majin), comes to life to rescue peasants and his faithful, who are brutalized by violent warlords. [more inside]
posted by 2N2222 at 5:29 PM - 5 comments

Movie: Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

[TRAILER] When famous American detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in the strange case of a missing dog and an even stranger carnivorous plant. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 1:35 PM - 4 comments