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movies "Pretty Maids All in a Row": Roger Vadim's outrageous early 70s sex-and-murder black comedy Mark Frauenfelder

politics Elf Queen Tilda Swinton Cast as James Bond, Doctor Who and Chosen as Pope Rob Beschizza

amazon James Bond is (almost) back in action Mark Cerulli

guns Watch Charles Mingus blow a hole in the roof of the apartment he's getting evicted from Natalie Dressed

Weird Breaking Bad's weird, completely official Colombian remake Grant St. Clair

politics Look at the Assad family's boring-ass bunker Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant Lee Keeler

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rpgs Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2024 Gareth Branwyn

Acid westerns and other psychedelic films for the real heads Allan Rose Hill

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etymology An old person's guide to "skibidi" and other Gen Z slang Jennifer Sandlin

movies Netflix silently releases new Takashi Miike film Lumberjack the Monster Natalie Dressed

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