What's On Tonight (Friday): He's Here to Stalk Death and Chew Bubble Gum...

       

Deathstalker

Today's Top Pick is the streaming premiere of Deathstalker.  I had the thought while watching the trailer that it looked like a throwback to low budget 1980's fantasy films like Beastmaster and Krull.  I did about five seconds of research and sure enough this is a remake of a 1983 film.  The film looks fun with a lot of practical effects and gallons of fake blood.  I don't know anyone in the cast, which is how it should be.

A close runner-up is another surprisingly well-reviewed bit of insanity called Pizza Movie.  Unlike Deathstalker, I actually recognize one of the lead actors (Gaten Matarazzo from Stranger Things).  The film follows a couple of loser best friends who take a drug on a whim that has loads of side effects they weren't prepped for.  They must eat a pizza in order to survive their ordeal, but the pizza is on the ground floor of their dorm with two floors of dangers they will have to navigate.  Anyone who has ever dropped acid or done shrooms can probably relate.

We also have the season two premiere of Your Friends & Neighbors.  I don't believe most people were too high on the first season (I didn't watch it), but I wanted to point out that the second season features James Marsden in full on douche mode, which might be my favorite Marsden.  Perhaps he will provide the spice to make season two worthwhile.

⭐🎥 Deathstalker (AMC+ / Shudder, 3:01 AM) STREAMING PREMIERE. 'The Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege by the Dreadites, heralds of the long-dead sorcerer Nekromemnon. When Deathstalker recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield, he's marked by dark magick and hunted by monstrous assassins.'

Elsewhere...  

Politics Corner April 2

 

beware of Harlan Crow

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The 13h step is unofficially official. Not everyone takes the step of hooking up with someone else in recovery. Recovery is never ending. Alcoholism will survive the heat death of the universe. So the unspoken, forbidden, inevitable 14th step is relapse. Relapse should be talked about more. It's a cult and inescapable. The 12 (14) steps form a circle.

Political Discussion Welcome

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Apr. 2

 Here are today's contestants:

- Brian Chu, a professor from Cary, North Carolina;

- Nikki Svetov, an entertainment strategist originally from Long Island, New York; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 14-day champ with winnings of $371,600.

Notable Opening Nights Catchup Post and Your Own Thursday Headlines

 

Courtesy Broadway Box.

I've got two weeks worth of Notable Opening Nights, and approximately 90 minutes to write about them. Let's see how I do!

Project Runway Canada, S3 E5: 'Stronger Together'

Via CB

In a high-stakes pairs challenge, the designers create bold looks using only Cashmere bathroom tissue, with one designer from each duo safe.

Originally aired December 12, 2025 [Google Drive Link]

Politics Corner April oh you know what day it is

  

beware of Harlan Crow

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Not fooling. It is perfect that the unwritten 13th step lines up with April Fool's. If you have followed the twelve steps then you have destroyed your ego, you have left everyone that you knew behind or pissed them off even more, and with the last step you've started to piss off strangers. There are no other people in your life but the other damaged people in meetings. The twelve steps have carved a huge hole in your life and left you alone. So you hook up with someone else from the program. They're desperate too. And then guess what happens.

Political Discussion Welcome

What's On Tonight (Thursday): Elsbeth is coming out for the season

 

Courtesy Bleeding Cool.

Tonight's Top Pick is Elsbeth, which is not yet airing its season finale, but is airing an episode set against the world of debutante balls. What fabric is that sweater?

Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Apr. 1

 Here are today's contestants:

- George Thomas, a former engineer from Mount Prospect, Illinois;

- Jessica Frankenfield, an event planner from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 13-day champ with winnings of $360,000.

*This* Chili Doesn't Support MAGA, Is *Best* Chili And Other Wednesday Headlines

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'Sounds Like Kristi Noem’s Husband Is A Boob Guy' [Wonkette]

Charlie Sykes Talks To Lt. Gen. (Retired) Mark Hertling [To The Contrary]

What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Imperfect Women, stay away from me

Imperfect Women

Fool of a Took! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, April 1!

Our Top Pick tonight is Imperfect Women (Apple TV, midnight). Based on a Araminta Hall book, this thriller miniseries stars the women Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, and Kate Mara. Joel Kinnaman and Corey Stoll also star. The logline says a crime happens that tears a long-lasting friendship apart. The first scene is Kerry going to an interrogation, so someone probs did something v bad.

Elsewhere, Shrinking celebrates their graduate, Juan Pablo Escobar had some Killer Nannies, Scrubs throws a barbeque, Jamie and Sophie have a baby, the Lady is strained, the Culinary goes vegetarian, Med goes mental, Discovery tackles Conspiracies & Coverups, PBS travels to Our New World, Love is still found on the Spectrum.

Politics Corner March 31

  

beware of Harlan Crow

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You might think that the twelfth step is the last. You would be wrong. It's merely the most annoying. Cult cult cult and now evangelistic cult. Supposedly it works for some people. Power to them. To me it's just a crab bucket with everyone pulling each other back to their level.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Political Discussion Welcome

Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Mar. 31

 Here are today's contestants:

- Kimberly Ayers, a college professor from San Marcos, California;

- Seth Politano, a physician and medical school professor from Los Angeles, California; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 12-day champ with winnings of $314,440.

Journée De La Tour Eiffel And Other Tuesday Headlines

The National Bird Of Colombia Is The Andean Condor;
The National Horse Is the Paso Fio,Via Spanish Horse Tack

Ol' BrainWorms Be BrainWorming Again [Wonkette]

'Goodbye, Queer Eye. Goodbye, Queer Acceptance' [The New York Times Gift Link]

Politics Corner March 30

I was going to rewrite the following. Then I realized that today was the anniversary of my confirmation. This is a holy time for many and my confirmation means little in the grand scheme against a multi-front war that threatens to become a bona fide World War. Won't Trump be proud of that?

At the time, my confirmation was a huge matter to me. I read, memorized and repeated Luther's Catechism. I had a copy in my own hand from memory. It included many things that I firmly disagree with now but it also gave me a moral compass that for better or worse still guides me. This country lacks a moral compass right now and I'll be damned if I can figure out a way to make ourselves right with the universe again. What follows below the fold was written last night. I've taken us through all of Dante's Inferno and all but one of the official steps of AA. Two versions of hell and both echo us.

What's On Tonight (Tuesday): PBS! PBS! PBS!

 

Courtesy PBS.

Tonight's Top Pick is the finale of the three-part Henry David Thoreau, airing at 9 p.m. on PBS.

Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Mar. 30

 Here are today's contestants:

- Barbara McIntyre, a writer from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio;

- Fr. Paul Baker, a Catholic priest from St. Paul, Minnesota; and

- Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is an 11-day champ with winnings of $291,820.

Your Own Monday Headlines Are Something to Applaud

 

Courtesy Broadway Box.

No essay today, but it's worth mentioning that March 30, 1970, was when Lauren Bacall opened on Broadway in Applause, the All About Eve musical. She won the Tony over Katharine Hepburn in Coco.

Politics Corner March 29

  

beware of Harlan Crow

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Step 11 is pure cult: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His Will for us and the power to carry that out.

Political Discussion Welcome

What's On Tonight (Monday): Paradise lost?

 

Courtesy The Hollywood Reporter.

Tonight's Top Pick is the second season finale of Paradise, premiering at 12 a.m. on Hulu. Hey, I'll applaud anything that gives Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden work.

Cancellation League Update!

Courtesy Amadeus3000.

In the time since my last update ...