James Grebey

As I said goodbye to my toddler to head to the Vista for a 10am showing of One Battle After Another, her nanny stopped me to show me a cool meme she found dragging me for fucking filth.

Bonsai trees are such a beautiful art form. And, also, I see them and think “man some little Warhammer figurines would look sick here”

The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer looks like a TV show, which is a loaded compliment about the state of TV and a massive indictment of the state of movies

"I miss monoculture"
[monkey's paw curls and we have state media]
"wait no not like this!"

There’s a scene in V for Vendetta where the fascist regime retaliates over a late night comedy skit.

I’m spiraling

Fantastic winners start-to-finish; that was also the worst awards show I've watched in my life

The winners are good but aside from that this is maybe the worst awards show I have ever seen

this donation counter bit at the Emmys is POISON

Emmys host Nate Bargatze promises no jokes about politics or Charlie Kirk: 'A fun, silly night' Host Nate Bargatze says the 2025 Emmys will avoid political jokes, and that was the plan even before Charlie Kirk's death: 'I want it to be a fun, silly night that everybody can have kind of an escape...

blessedly, no ew.com/2025-emmys-h...

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

The 20 Best Stephen King Adaptations, Ranked As The Long Walk becomes the third of four Stephen King movies out in 2025, a look back at which films have done justice to the source material.

Ranked the 20 best Stephen King adaptations for TIME, and of course I used the opportunity to once again speak the truth that the ending of The Mist is trash. (Unfortunate because the rest of the movie is really good!)

time.com/7315750/best...

New Pokémon game where you play as a Ditto transformed into a human looks great

well, some offense

One battle? After another? In this economy?

Battles royale: 11 pop culture contests where you win or you die The most dangerous game(s) have a lot more on their mind than just killing people off. Here's a breakdown of 11 pop culture death contests:

Wrote about some death contests for @avclub.com. I don't think I would do especially well in any of them.

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| ONE |
| BATTLE |
| ＿＿＿＿＿__|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ 　 づ

|￣￣￣￣￣￣ |
| ANOTHER |
| BATTLE |
| ＿＿＿＿＿__|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ 　 づ

The "Marine Todd" copypasta but it's a shitpost about One Battle After Another

The Lord The Of The Two Rings Towers

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And you know what? Congrats to Tree Paine, too.

What's the Deal With Ice Age and Peter Pan in Alien: Earth? Noah Hawley's high-minded sci-fi series seems to have some very clear intentions in referencing the second-rate kids' movie franchise.

People have understandably been fixated on how an ‘Ice Age’ sequel features prominently in ‘Alien: Earth,’ but what I’m arguing is that the ‘Peter Pan’ stuff is actually way more fucking weird. time.com/7310989/alie...

Some light personal news but I'm temporarily returning to Vulture to fill in as the updates editor through the rest of the year. Part time but it's nice to be back!

They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems. A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments. By Olivia Reingold and Tanya Lukyanova 08.17.25 -Israel and Antisemitism

I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.

BHM

HBO Max was the best streaming service... HBO Max just might be the best streaming service again. rest in piss Max!