July 2
Better Than News
The Best Little Boogie Nights in Texas is an American musical comedy drama film directed by Colin Higgins and Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Mark Wahlberg, and Julianne Moore.
The Gnomon Chroniclies is a psychological thriller adventure film about a man who believes that he may be experiencing time travel events. It is loosely based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Pan Daemonium.
Children of the Gorn is a science fiction horror film about a starship captain (William Shatner) who is transported to an abandoned Nebraska town that is inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a reptilian alien that lives in the local quarry.
Jungle Book: Kama Sutra Nights is an American animated erotic musical adventure film loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's 1899 poem "The White Man's Burden".
Stillsuit of the Night is a 1982 neo-noir psychological thriller film about a Suk doctor (Roy Scheider) who falls in love with a Fremen (Meryl Streep) who may be the psychopathic killer of one of his patients.
TwixtY is a two-player strategy board game where players alternate turns placing pegs and links on Swinging Sixties icon Twiggy in an attempt to link their opposite sides.
Jeremiah Gatsby is an American drama film which tells the tragic story of Jeremiah Gatsby (Robert Redford), a self-made millionaire, and his grief over Swan (Delle Bolton), a young Indian woman whom he loved in his youth as a mountain man.
Brubaker: Endgame is an American prison drama science fiction film about prison reformer Henry Brubaker (Robert Redford), the newly appointed secretary of the World Security Council and secretly director of Hydra, who attempts to clean up the corrupt and violent Hydra system.
Beyond Plausible
Constantine 2: Hell Froze Over is a science fiction superhero horror film starring Keanu Reeves and Harrison Ford.
Marta and She-Hulk is a 2023 science fiction legal drama superhero television series starring Yvonne Craig and Tatiana Maslany.
Shaolin of the Corn is a 1984 Chinese-American agricultural fantasy film about a Shaolin monk who must defeat an evil corn demon which possesses children and makes them kill their elders.
In Other Words
Four Angry Men is a British Invasion courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring the Beatles.
"Cawlifornia Girls" is a song by The Hobby Aces.
Are You Sure
... that in 1698, Thomas Savery obtained the first patent for a steam engine; and that Savery's patent forced Thomas Newcomen into partnership with him?
... that Tiresian blue is a hue of the color blue which is visible only during prophecy and fortune-telling events?
Topic of the Day
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Mood Rings is an epic comedy film about a jeweler (Sauron) who creates the One Mood Ring to judge the moods of Men, Dwarves, and Hippies.
The Fellowship of the Squid is the first of three volumes of the epic Middle Earth survival drama The Lord of the Squid.
Gandalf Rider: Stunt motorcyclist Johnny "Blaze" Gandalf agrees to give his soul to "Sauron" (later revealed to be an arch-demon named Saruman) in order to save the life of his father, Ilúvatar.
Gollum at the Movies is a movie review television program starring the malevolent yet pitiable Gollum. Shown here: Gollum review Lucifer's Women (1974)
The Lord of the Sprinkles is an epic high-fantasy film about a baker (Sauron) who creates the One Sprinkled Donut to rule the appetites of Men, Dwarves, and Elves.
The Fellowship of the Dune is a 2001 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the 1954 novel 'The Fellowship of the Dune, the first volume of Frank Herbert and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Dunes.