Author: Marion Deeds

USA Today provides links to charities helping the Texas flood victims, if you want to donate.

This YouTube video shows Ryan Coogler talking about that amazing dance sequence in Sinners, and shows some of the visuals.

File770 posted the WesterCon 2027 site election results. If I read this right, it also looks as if that will be the final “WesterCon.”

SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends are now on first-class postage stamps.

In the 1980s, Buckaroo Banzai (as we called it) was one of my favorite films.

Last Sunday, AMC+ premiered its new action-fantasy show Nautilus. Purchased from Disney, the story is inspired by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, as you could no doubt tell by the title. Roger Ebert.com liked it very much. Vulture liked it too, but they take a more analytical approach.

Nerds of a Feather reviews John Wiswell’s Heracles retelling, Wearing the Lion.

They also reviewed the fourth season of HBO’s True Detective, Night Country.

The Tony Awards included some speculative plays this year.

Last Thursday was the anniversary of the drive-in movie theater. Here is a nice article about the first drive-in.

Two small-press bankruptcies made the news this week—bad news for writers and readers. Unbound and Albert Whitman and Co have both had financial troubles in the past, and both leave many writers unpaid.

Thanks to File 770 for the link to this long article discussing 100 years of film “stunts.” Some are way more dangerous and convoluted than mere “stunts;”