In my new book ’80s Teen Flick Festival Deep Cuts, we run Meatballs 3 Summer Job as part of Patrick Dempsey Day with the joke that people don’t remember Meatballs 2. There’s also a description of Meatballs 4 (which came out in 1992 so it wouldn’t be shown at the
How the Best Casino Websites Are Competing With Streaming Apps for US Entertainment Hours in 2026
Image by Nolan Ashby Inside the modern US entertainment market, the central competition for adult attention no longer sits between two streaming services. It sits between streaming as a category and the roughly thirty other digital entertainment formats that claim a share of the same evening window. By early 2026,
The Weekly Round-Up #854 w/ Detective Comics, Iron Man, Green Lantern, The Peril of the Brutal Dark, & More…
I barely had time to read this week, and next week looks even busier. Best Comic of My Week: Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #2 – Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips continue to build out their character and world in this second issue. Private Investigator Ezra
Wild Foxes (2025) Film Review
Wild Foxes (or Le Danse de Renards) is a thoughtful, articulate French coming-of-age story. The story is set in semi-rural France in a secondary school where the students get amazing sporting and music education, and high-level performance opportunities.
MEAT Film Review
Star rating: 4/5 Writer: William Grunnill Director: William Grunnill Starring: Andy Edwards, Dave Brown, Martin McAleese, Liam Boss, Bethany Murray and Rachel Pennington. Meat is a striking metaphorical representation of social power and impunity. Written and directed by William Grunnill his story is set in a restaurant being visited by