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I used to have Hulu's basic plan and even though tv shows had multiple ad breaks, movies didn't have any until maybe a year(?) or so ago but someone correct me if I'm wrong. I remember being really annoyed by that and surprised that there weren't more complaints about it. My current Peacock plan is similar in that tv shows have ad breaks, but the movies I've watched may have an ad upfront but then run uninterrupted. I also got a $20 annual deal last September and when I logged into Peacock just now, it's offering me the deal again.

No, sorry. Amazon doesn't have deals for either as far as I know. I was just tossing out random thoughts about those services.

Just FYI that Amazon is offering a bunch of channels as part of their Prime Day deals. I think tomorrow is the last day to sign up. I feel like Peacock is underrated because between hosting some of my favorite recent shows (We are Lady Parts, Mrs. Davis, Pokerface) and premiering new movies shortly after their theater runs (Knock at the Cabin, Polite Society, etc), it's probably the streamer I watch the most. Hulu used to be my favorite, but I haven't used it much since they started showing ads during movies.

It sounds like it could be The Song Remains the Same, episode 2 in season 2.

I just found out last month that Tubi is owned by Fox ☹️. Why must they ruin everything? They certainly weren't his biggest roles, but I watched Indian Summer and Edward Scissorhands a lot when I was younger and Alan Arkin was such an understated, warm presence in those movies.

I just listened to an interview with Charlie Brooker on The Watch podcast and thought it was interesting that he said he wrote Demon 79 first and originally had it in mind to do Red Mirror episodes for the whole season. He doesn't get too in depth about any of the episodes, but does talk about how some of the concepts evolved and what inspired some of them. It's worth a listen imo.

Paapa Essiedu and Anjana Vasan were fantastic (I'm thrilled to see her in other stuff but really want We Are Lady Parts season 2). And, like Hated in the Nation, this episode had a cop duo that I'd enjoy seeing more of. After Nida failed to kill the politician, I thought the reveal might be that Gaap had manipulated her into that position to facilitate Smart's rise to power so I'm glad it took the strangely satisfying route it did instead. Apart from his lie about going away if she just said yes, he was surprisingly truthful--even when Nida asked if the strangler's brother was a bad man. The stakes for Nida accidentally smearing her blood on a tile and agreeing to something she didn't understand in a moment of panic were absurdly high. That guiding her was entrusted to a first-timer who didn't even know the rules was also a bit much, but it worked for me to the point where I'd count this as one of my top 5 Black Mirror episodes.

This was fun, even though the reveal kind of made my head hurt. I like Rob Delaney, but when Joan described her irresistible ex and he showed up I didn't really buy it, so I laughed when they had him played by Ben Barnes in the show because that's definitely more like what I imagined. I'm glad we got a surprisingly sweet ending to kick the season off with. ETA: I liked how in the after credits scene we see the real Joan in the church and unlike the Annie Murphy version, she's much more subdued and keeps apologizing so that version of Joan wasn't accurate either.

I just watched the trailer for the new Tyler Sheridan show starring Zoe Saldaña. I know Nicole Kidman's had a fair amount of work done, but I hope it's the makeup/styling that's mostly at fault here because she's unrecognizable. She only gets a few seconds of screen time and the lighting is dark, though, so maybe I'm being unfair. And IMDB featured Sylvester Stallone on the homepage and I had to do a double-take:

Like a lot of people here, I've been eagerly awaiting the Sleepy Hollow portion of Maureen Ryan's new book: ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Created an “Us Against Her” Environment for Star Nicole Beharie, ‘Burn It Down’ Book Claims I really like what she says about why she wrote the book and can't wait to read it:

Noooo! ‘Lockwood & Co.’ Canceled at Netflix After One Season

I agree that this show is ridiculous but mostly watchable. What made me laugh during this episode was when Nadia is messaging the mystery person and they ask "is that really you?" and she just replies "yes" and apparently that's confirmation enough for whoever that was.

I almost gave up on this show after the episode where Emily throws up in Rick's mailbox, which I hated, but kept going because I liked the cast and the possibility of seeing them interact with cute animals. It's not great, but it has grown on me. I dislike the love triangle, though, which predictably had Shred realize his feelings for Emily just as she seriously started to consider Rick. I also don't understand why both this show and Ted Lasso are pushing relationships between bosses and their employees. Why?

In this episode and the previous one, different people say that Simone has been in a convent for the past 10 years but I thought the flashback to her romantic relationship with Wiley is supposed to take place 7 or 8 years ago. Or did I get the timeline wrong, or maybe they were just rounding up? It was fun to see Tim McInnerny and Tom Wlaschiha is always welcome.

Reddit AMA with author Jonathan Stroud: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/137ln2n/im_jonathan_stroud_author_of_lockwood_co_scarlett/ There are a lot of questions about renewal. He says there should be news on that soon.

I remember Henshall being on the sci-fi action show Primeval where he was a professor investigating strange phenomena or something, so still in the same vein I guess. I'm enjoying Dalgleish more this season, but wish they spent more time fleshing out the title character. I also liked this season of The Bay, but it seemed like too much was going on and some developments that would've been interesting to see play out happened off screen. Grace is still just ok. The ongoing drama about his missing wife is tedious. And while the season 2 actor is fine, I would've preferred to have James D'Arcy return as the new boss.

I was poking around IMDB and saw that Selfie creator Emily Kapnek has a show in pre-production called Rhona who Lives by the River with Karen Gillan and John Cho. It's categorized as Animation, Musical and "Follows Rhona #3, the third-most-interesting Rhona in town, whose life is utterly dull. After an accident, she receives the ability to make her own wishes come true."

I thought Murder on the Orient Express was ok and gave up on Death on the Nile 20 minutes in, but the horror vibe in the trailer has me interested dammit. I wonder if we'll get a story behind the return of the mustache or if this is meant to take place before Death on the Nile.

I grew up in Michigan where we got some Canadian channels and remember loving Fifteen. There was another Canadian show with Ryan Reynolds that i was obsessed with called The Odyssey about a kid who seemingly entered a fantasy world after falling into a coma. I remember the first season was fantastic but I think it started to fall apart after that with the ending being kind of unsatisfying or at least confusing.

I think the usual way is to have a separate book talk topic.

A new season has started on Shudder.

Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

I just listened to the Lockwood & Co spoiler special of the Pilot TV+ podcast that included an interview with Joe Cornish and he shared some interesting tidbits: They came up with a backstory for Pamela Joplin and Saunders who got involved when she was young but their relationship has since soured. She sees in George the kind of person she wishes she'd have connected with instead. They changed how the final confrontation plays out with the villain over the bone glass because the way it went in the book didn't work on film. The scripts for the second season are all currently being developed, some are even finished. Possible spoiler for future books describing how the finale originally included another tease where we see

“The X-Files” – Ryan Coogler Developing a New Take on the Series? I wonder if the animated series mentioned in the article has just been delayed because of the pandemic or cancelled altogether. There were a few episodes in the revival that I enjoyed, but it was generally a disappointment so at this point if they do bring the show back in some form I think I'd be more interested in seeing what someone else does with it rather than getting more from Carter.

I thought it was just a way to show that some time had passed between Julia showing Billy Camila's clip and him going to see Daisy. It looked like she didn't have bangs anymore either when she opened the door. Maybe they should have changed his hairstyle up more too. Although that reminds me how much I laughed when someone on Reddit I think asked if Billy had been perming his hair in the 70s or if he was straightening it in the 90s. Same. He was delightful. I loved his reactions to all the nuttiness happening around him and seeing his efforts to just keep things going. I have issues with the show, especially now that I've read the book, but I had a pretty good time overall. The structure of this episode and (it looks like this will be an unpopular opinion) the ending worked for me.