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September 11
Slow Horses: A Stranger Comes to Town Season 4, Episode 2
A naive agent makes a discovery about the Westacres bomber. Lamb suspects that David knows more than he's letting on. [more inside]
September 10
Special Event: Presidential Debate #2: KamaDonic Boogaloo
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to meet in Philadelphia [at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific] on Tuesday for their first — and perhaps only — debate before the November presidential election. [CBS] ... How to Watch Harris-Trump Presidential Debate Online Without Cable [THR] [more inside]
Only Connect: Too Many Cookes v Pipe Dreamers Season 20, Episode 5
A team of pipe-dreamers take on the Cooke family in another first-round match.
September 9
Kaos: Episode 4 Season 1, Episode 4
The search for Zeus' missing watch turns deadly. Trouble is brewing in the Underworld, as an old friend of Prometheus' meets his destiny.
Kaos: Episode 3 Season 1, Episode 3
Zeus demands revenge on the Trojans for desecrating his monument. Ariadne begs her father for the one thing she wants for her birthday - redemption.
Movie: All You Need Is Death
[TRAILER] A young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they surreptitiously record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past. [more inside]
Movie: Eradication
[TRAILER] When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world's population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study while his virologist wife works elsewhere to find a cure. [more inside]
Movie: Aberrance
[TRAILER] When Erkhmee and Selenge arrive at an old cabin deep in the Mongolian woods, a foreboding settles over the couple. Erkhmee's seemingly keen desire to provide a safe and nurturing space for his wife is at odds with his violent actions and mannerisms. The first globally distributed Mongolian horror film. [more inside]
Book: Authority by Jeff Vandermeer
In Authority, the second volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, John Rodrigues (aka "Control") is the Southern Reach's newly appointed head. Working with a distrustful but desperate team, a cache of hidden notes, and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, Control begins to penetrate the secrets of Area X. [more inside]
Movie: Trespass
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is on the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers. [more inside]
September 8
Movie: The Front Room
[TRAILER] Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda (Brandy Norwood) after her mother-in-law (Kathryn Hunter) moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere. [more inside]
Movie: Judgment Night
IMDB: Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives. From 1993, the ultimate White Suburban Conservative Dad movie, where the city is rife with horrors and only the power of Dad Rage can carry the day. [more inside]
Movie: Underworld: Awakening (and also Blood Wars)
IMDB: When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The vampire warrior Selene leads the battle against humankind. / Vampire death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. [more inside]
Movie: The Pink Panther
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink P... [more inside]
September 7
Movie: Hell Hole
[TRAILER] The Adams Family (the real life family who made the excellent Hellbender) steps up from no budget to low budget with a tale of a US-led fracking crew working in Serbia who uncover a centuries-old French soldier alive (but maybe not so well) under the soil. [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: AEW All Out (2024) Season 5 (Specials)
We've come once again to the anniversary of All Elite Wrestling's inaugural show as a new promotion. Last year in Chicago... had a lot to overcome, but AEW is having a Hot Wrestling Autumn, coming off a well-received return to Wembley Stadium and headed towards Grand Slam in NYC later this month. A lot of matches tonight, but the main focus will be on (1) Danielson placing an "I Win Or I Quit" stipulation on all his title matches, (2) WIll Ospreay facing a fellow countryman with whom he has a history, and (3) Swerve and Hangman are going to MURDER each other in a cage. [more inside]
AEW Collision: September 6, 2024: Collision + Rampage live! Season 2, Episode 13
Collision went topsy-turvy, airing on a Friday and rolling right into Rampage for a three-hour live block. Okada's opponents for his Continental Championship are chosen in combat, Grizzled Young Veterans in an actual match, plus an 8-man tag match where every single participant was a holder of a title. AEW got a lotta belts! [more inside]
Movie: Night Swim
[TRAILER] Blumhouse makes a PG-13 haunted swimming pool movie. [more inside]
September 6
Movie: Will & Harper
In this intimate portrayal of friendship, transition, and America, Will Ferrell and his close friend of thirty years decide to go on a cross-country road trip to explore a new chapter in their relationship. [more inside]
Movie: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Eldest Season 2, Episode 4
Separated from his halfling friends, the Stranger meets a singing jolly fellow named Tom. Elrond and Galadriel face deadly challenges on the way to Celebrimbor's city and Nori and Poppy make a surprising discovery related to their people's never ending journey. The elven warrior Arondir finds himself apologizing for cutting down a tree.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: The Eagle and the Sceptre Season 2, Episode 3
The story of the Numenoreans continue with the blind queen Miriel facing challenges at home in the fallout of the disastrous Middle Earth campaign. Meanwhile, a brave and valiant horse refuses to give up on its friend, Isildur, and faces threats on two legs and more to save him. Celebrimbor with his new ally, Annatar, offers to help King Durin with the promise of a ring of power.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Where the Stars are Strange Season 2, Episode 2
Under the mountain, the aftershocks of Mount Doom's birth brings calamity and crisis to the halls of Durin, while the great Elven smith Celebrimbor finds his oath to Galadriel tested when a familiar face appears at his gate. In the east, a dark wizard rises as a threat to the Stranger, Poppy, and Nori. [more inside]
September 5
Movie: Beast (2018)
[Trailer] A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders. - IMDb [more inside]
Special Event: Rifftrax: SOLO, a Star Wars Story
MST Club Presents! The Rifftrax to a certain Star Wars backstory movie. A nobody smuggler called Han Solo teams up with a walking carpet to carry out a heist. Directed by Ron Howard! The riff was released on December 21, 2018.
Movie: The Count of Monte-Cristo
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d'If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
Movie: Rebel Ridge
An ex-Marine grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief. [more inside]
Movie: Vampire Circus
[TRAILER] After a spate of murders, the villagers of Stetl kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appears in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to fulfil the Count's last words, a curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Stetl are the targets for a brutal revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance. [more inside]
Movie: Underworld: Evolution (and also Rise of the Lycans)
IMDB: Picking up directly from the previous movie, vampire warrior Selene and the half werewolf Michael hunt for clues to reveal the history of their races and the war between them. / A prequel centered on the origins of the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their former slaves, the Lycans. [more inside]
September 4
Only Murders in the Building: Gates of Heaven Season 4, Episode 2
Mabel & Oliver begin investigating Arcadia's West Tower and get trapped inside an ominous game. Meanwhile, Charles is visited by two individuals from his complex past.
Kaos: Episode 2 Season 1, Episode 2
Dionysus has an idea to help Orpheus reach his lost wife, Riddy / Eurydice. Zeus, annoyed by the mortals' lack of respect for him, shares his own plan with Prometheus.
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: September 4, 2024 Season 5, Episode 49
Dynamite approaches the culmination of its fifth year existing as All Out is (already?!) scheduled for this Saturday. Daniel Garcisa will (probably) not dance, Hangman and Swerve sign contracts (hopefully not in more blood), The Glamour vs. The Native Beast, The ProtoStar vs. The Rainmaker. [more inside]
Slow Horses: Identity Theft Season 4, Episode 1
A London bombing puts Taverner under pressure. When River grows concerned for his grandfather, Louisa encourages him to go for a visit. [more inside]
Movie: Byzantium
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a rundown hotel. [more inside]
Movie: The Curse of the Werewolf
[TRAILER] A child conceived by a nonverbal servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges. [more inside]
Stargate SG-1: Cold Lazarus Rewatch Season 1, Episode 6
While searching a yellow desert planet, the SG-1 team finds a pit filled with broken blue crystals. When Colonel Jack O'Neill wanders off alone and touches one, he is blasted backward and knocked unconscious. A duplicate of himself is created to examine the Tau'ri, and it returns to Earth with the rest of the SG-1 team, who believe it is the real O'Neill. The duplicate O'Neill explores O'Neill's past life outside of the Stargate Command complex, and it soon becomes an unwitting threat to society.
September 3
Kaos: Full Season Season 1 (Full Season)
A darkly comedic and contemporary reimagining of Greek mythology, exploring themes of gender politics, power, and life in the underworld. Zeus (Jeff Goldblum) receives an ominous prophecy that makes him questions his omnipotence, his wife/sister/queen Hera (Janet McTeer) enjoys listening to the complaints of the mortals in the modern city, and Prometheus (Stephen Dillane) narrates from his chains. Created by Charlie Covell and all episodes are streaming on Netflix.
Movie: Sting
[TRAILER] After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the truth about her pet and fight for her family's survival. [more inside]
September 2
Only Connect: Harmonics v Cat Cows Season 20, Episode 4
A love of classical music has brought one team together and a yearning for yoga unites the other - but both teams are bound up in their devotion to quizzing. Victoria Coren Mitchell presents this match from the opening round.
Book: Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones by Micah Dean Hicks
The factory town of Swine Hill is full of the dead. Most of the living residents are haunted by ghosts as the town's hopes have died generation after generation. Two young haunted residents of the town, a brother and sister, must find a way to survive as the town teeters on the edge of extinction and violence. [more inside]
Movie: The King Tide
[TRAILER] In a small island fishing village, isolated from the mainland, a child turns up who has special, mystical powers, leading social order in the town to the brink of civil war as the residents disagree about whether the child was sent for a larger spiritual purpose. [more inside]
Movie: Underworld
IMDB: Selene, a vampire warrior, is entrenched in a conflict between vampires and werewolves, while falling in love with Michael, a human who is sought by werewolves for unknown reasons. [more inside]
September 1
Movie: Wonder Boys
An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in. [more inside]
August 31
AEW Collision: August 31, 2024 (& Rampage, August 30) Season 2, Episode 12
Collision tonight becomes The Conglomeration's night to shine, as this three-men-and-a-lady faction takes in an adjunct luchador member for a six-man tag, FTR takes out their agressions on the Undisputed Kingdom, and a women's four-way with Queen Aminata. [more inside]
Movie: The Coffee Table
Jesús and Maria love each other, endlessly, magnificently, even though they sometimes just don't notice. But hey, now that their little lump of love is born, everything's going to work out. Sure, Maria still has a bit of a controlling streak in handling the household, calling all the shots when it comes to the color of their apartment walls, the name of the baby, the food they eat, the TV shows they watch, the thickness of the toilet paper and their holiday destination. Jesús, to prove to her and himself he ain't some spineless trilobite but that he has a will of his own, gets to pick the coffee table. A hard-won victory that he's cherishing by picking out the most aggressively ugly little thing imaginable, the furniture equivalent of Liberace getting lost in Ikea. An unbreakable wonder, says the salesman. Overpriced, says Maria. It will bring boundless happiness to their lives, says the salesman. Their worst nightmare, says us.... [more inside]
Suicide Squad Isekai: Season 1 Season 1 (Full Season)
A group of supervillains, captured and put to forced labor by the US government, are sent on a mission to an extradimensional world reminiscent of Feudal Japan to do...I am actually not sure what, exactly, but there's a lot of fighting and swords and zombies and a dragon. It's an anime!
Movie: The Vourdalak
Lost in a hostile forest, a noble emissary of the King of France finds refuge in the home of a strange family. [more inside]
Kaos: Episode 1 Season 1, Episode 1
A darkly comedic and contemporary reimagining of Greek mythology, exploring themes of gender politics, power, and life in the underworld. Zeus (Jeff Goldblum) receives an ominous prophecy that makes him questions his omnipotence, his wife/sister/queen Hera (Janet McTeer) enjoys listening to the complaints of the mortals in the modern city, and Prometheus (Stephen Dillane) narrates from his chains. In this episode, Eurydice, known as Riddy (Aurora Perrineau) is going to break up with rock-star Orpheus (Killian Scott), when (spoiler alert!) she dies and is ferried by a cruise ship across the Styx. Inspired by Orpheus' music, Dionysus (Nabhaan Rizwan) decides to try to reunite the two lovers to prove that he has more purpose than party.
August 30
Only Connect: Four Opinions v Bean Farmers Season 20, Episode 3
Four Opinions are a team of three people who like to agree to disagree. In this first round match they take on the Bean Farmers - a trio of friends united by their love of the German card game Bonanza (in which players farm beans).
Only Connect: Hopsters v Sprouters Season 20, Episode 2
As Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the second heat from the opening round of the twentieth series - one of the teams likes beer while the other has a bit of a thing for big vegetables - the bigger the better, apparently.
Only Connect: Al Frescans v Midlanders Season 20, Episode 1
Victoria Coren Mitchell returns with the opening heat from the twentieth series of the quiz as three fresh air fanatics take on a trio of Midlanders.
August 29
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Elven Kings Under the Sky Season 2, Episode 1
Season Premiere. Sauron bargains with Adar. The Stranger and Nori venture into new lands. The Three Elven Rings face judgment.
Movie: Nanny
[Trailer] Piecing together a new life in New York City while caring for the child of an Upper East Side family, immigrant nanny Aisha is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her precarious American Dream. -IMDb [more inside]
Movie: Blink Twice
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. As strange things start to happen, Frida questions her reality.
August 28
?Oshi No Ko?: Dream Show Only Season 2, Episode 9
Aqua gets his big climactic scene, and the premiere performance of Tokyo Blade comes to an end, and we see members of the cast and crew reflect on the performance. The quest for revenge also continues... [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: August 28, 2024 Season 5, Episode 48
After getting a much-anticipated second act at Wembley Stadium that saw five new champions (and nearly as many six-star ratings from Meltzer), AEW returns to Illinois to absorb the changes. [more inside]
Movie: Opera
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself. --IMDb
Book: Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell.
But finally, after years of trying to make it, his big moment is here: an Oscar nomination! And the executives at the studio for his long-running streaming series know just the thing to kick his career to the next level: kill off the gay characters, "for the algorithm," in the upcoming season finale. [more inside]
Stargate SG-1: The First Commandment Season 1, Episode 5
SG-1 is sent on a mission to find the mysteriously missing SG-9 team. O'Neill then discovers that Carter's former fiancé thinks he's a god and reigns as a brutal tyrant on the planet. [more inside]
Those About to Die: Episodes 5-10 "Betrayal" to "Let the Games Begin" Season 1, Episode 5
Titus rehabilitates his image; Tenax's past is revealed; Kwame prepares for his fight with Flamma. [more inside]
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