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Album of the Day: Saturday August 23, 2025
Peter Gabriel
So (1986)
So is the fifth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records, Virgin Records and Geffen Records.
Red Rain
Sledgehammer
Don't Give Up
That Voice Again
In Your Eyes
Mercy Street
Big Time
We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
Creature Double Feature: Saturday August 23, 2025
Dawn of the Dead
(1978)
Ever wish the trip to the mall could last forever? This is the story of people living out that fantasy and not letting being dead stop them. It all started with a zombie outbreak, when a group of survivors try to get away from it all with a trip to the mall but they aren’t the only ones with that idea. As the survivors make their way through the stores they quickly realize that bargains aren’t the only thing lurking around - it’s zombies, bet you didn’t see that coming. As they cordon off the undead, lock the doors, stock up on supplies, and start living out every suburban fantasy: eating, shopping, and pretending the mannequins are their neighbors. But just as they settle into their new lifestyle, of course, trouble shows up in the form of a biker gang who decides to raid the mall. Between the zombies clawing their way inside and the bikers wrecking the place like teenagers at a high school dance, things go downhill faster than an escalator in power outage mode. In the end, after a lot of blood, chaos, and consumer product placement, they decide to cash in on their savings and make their stand. Find out who will survive to see their next Black Friday.
Directed by George A. Romero
Written by George A. Romero
Staring
Ken Foree as Peter
Scott H. Reiniger as Roger
Gaylen Ross as Francine
Overlord
(2018)
It all starts as a standard World War II mission quickly turns into something you won’t find in your history textbooks… unless they’ve recently been updated by Stephen King. A squad of American paratroopers gets dropped behind enemy lines in France, and between the machine-gun fire and explosions, you’d think things couldn’t get any worse. Until then they stumble upon a Nazi science lab in a church basement - because apparently, Nazis didn’t just love goose-stepping and bad mustaches, they also loved dabbling in mad science.
Inside, the G.I.s find experiments that make Frankenstein look like a community college project: super-soldiers, half-dead men, and enough syringes to stock a Walgreens during Covid. One injection, and suddenly your average Nazi turns into a flesh-ripping, bone-snapping killing machine. So it becomes a choice: stop the Nazis, destroy the lab, and maybe win the war - or end up in a world where Hitler has an army of undead strongmen who can bench-press a tank. The soldiers, led by a private who’s way too decent for this kind of movie, attempt to blow it all sky-high. Overlord is the only film where you’ll see paratroopers, Nazis, zombies, and science experiments all in one place… until the new Smithsonian exhibits open this fall.
Directed by Julius Avery
Written by Billy Ray, Mark L. Smith
Staring
Jovan Adepo as PFC Edward Boyce
Wyatt Russell as Cpl. Lewis Ford
Mathilde Ollivier as Chloe Laurent
Midnight Movie: Saturday August 23, 2025
Tales from the Hood
1995
What we have here is not your ordinary trip to the morgue—though, to be fair, most morgues don’t come with a smooth-talking funeral director offering story time. Tales From the Hood is four cautionary tales, wrapped up in one coffin, and if you’re squeamish about blood, violence, or politicians getting what’s coming to them, you might want to stick to Sesame Street. First, a crooked cop learns that planting evidence and excessive force can come back to haunt you - literally. Then, a boy with crayons discovers monsters don’t just live under the bed; sometimes they sit at the dinner table. After that, a violent gangster gets sentenced to the worst rehabilitation program in history - though it does come with free electroshock treatments. And finally, a racist politician finds out that running against equality and civil rights is a dangerous platform… especially when hundreds of vengeful dolls are part of the electorate. In the end, the three thugs who came looking for drugs in the funeral home realize they’re not in for a deal - they’re in for judgment. And the funeral director? He’s not your friendly neighborhood undertaker - he’s running a much hotter business down below. Tales From the Hood is part horror, part social lesson, and part advertisement for why you should always treat people with decency. Also, why you should never accept a tour of a funeral home from a man who laughs that much at his own jokes.
Directed by Rusty Cundieff
Written by Rusty Cundieff, Darin Scott
Staring
Clarence Williams III as Mr. Simms
Joe Torry as Stack
De'aundre Bonds as Ball
Drink me: Thursty Thursday August 21, 2025
Grapes of Wrath
A sophisticated musky grape cocktail
cognac, amaro, sweet vermouth, grape jelly, and bitters
Alchemy: Sunday August 23, 2025
Escape Plan Roasted Red Pepper Ragu Sauce
Alright, here’s the situation: A roasted red pepper ragu sauce, bright, smoky, and slightly sweet - the kind of sauce that makes spaghetti feel like it’s in on a secret. Now, normally I use it on pasta, maybe a garlic bread or two. But it can also double as a tactical culinary device.
If you have prison escape plans, or other highly sensitive documents, definitely classified, and the guards were closing in faster than a speeding lunch cart - smothered the papers in the ragu. They disappeared under a glorious layer of sauce, tomato and red pepper hiding everything like a professional. One bite, and suddenly the plans will be in your stomach, safe from prying eyes, allowing you to get back to undercover work for Police Squad.
Alchemy: Saturday August 16, 2025
Curly’s S’more Ice Cream Sandwiches
The perfect ice cream desert to go with your late summer cookout. Ira and Barry agree, whether it’s franks and beans or grilled sea bass and asparagus - this is the ice cream to pair. Woof!
Book of the Month: August 2025
The Daily Bugle, November 5, 1982 — Special Edition
"MUTANTS IN THE CROSSHAIRS”
TRUTH BEHIND Stryker’s CRUSADE
By Eddie Brock, Daily Bugle Staff Writer
In a chilling display of zealotry masked as faith, Reverend William Stryker—former military man turned televangelist—stands at the center of a rising wave of anti-mutant violence. Under the banner of his so-called “ministry,” Stryker has unleashed a campaign that’s part sermon, part witch hunt, and entirely dangerous.
Sources confirm that Stryker’s private forces—armed, trained, and disturbingly devout—were behind a series of coordinated abductions and attacks on known mutant civilians. His goal? Nothing short of genocide, carried out under the guise of "divine cleansing." This isn't a fringe movement…
X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith, Brent Anderson, Frank Miller