Tale of Two Clowns: Art Defeats ‘Joker 2’ at the Box Office as ‘Terrifier 3’ Earns 14x Its Budget This Weekend
In the clown vs. clown box office battle last weekend, Art the Clown handily defeated both the Joker and Harley Quinn.
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Unchecked: In Netflix Actioner ‘Carry-On’, Jason Bateman Exploits Emotional Baggage to Get Contraband on Plane
Bateman plays one of those guys responsible for making us all take our shoes off at airport security every time we travel and Taron Egerton is the TSA agent trying to stop him from blowing up the holidays in ‘Carry-On’.
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Tripping Through Uncanny Valley
This week the Junkies look at the Uncanny Valley phenomenon, that eerie feeling we all get when we see something that is nearly but not quite human. Who discovered it? What’s the science behind it? And what did our collective ancestors experience that led us to be so afraid of anything pretending to be human? (Hint: it’s not NOT aliens.)
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Casting Calls: Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in Paul Feig Drama; Will Smith Reteams with Michael Bay
Sydney Sweeney will play a maid of mystery working for a secretive Amanda Seyfried, and Will Smith will play an amnesiac who discovers he’s both a crime kingpin and an undercover CIA agent.
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It Came from Hollywood: Academy Museum Hosts Film Showing Highlights from Its Horror Movie Trailer Collection
In a world where trailers are worthy of their own film retrospective, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles is hosting an opportunity to see some never-before-seen movie teasers, all showcasing horror films.
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Going Main Stream: RiffTrax Strikes Deal With Streaming Service Nebula for Weekly Show Plus Content Hosting
In addition to hosting its current content, RiffTrax launched a new weekly ‘Saturday Cinema’ series on the indie streamer Nebula,
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No Clowning Around: ‘Terrifier 3’ Delivers the Goods, Driving Viewers to Walk Out (or Worse) in UK Premiere
You may like horror, but do you like it enough to watch the opening scene of ‘Terrifier 3’, which had some in the premiere screening audience panicking, barfing, and/or walking out?
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Boss Babies: Paramount’s Live-Action/CGI Hybrid ‘Rugrats’ Movie Sets Animated Babies Loose in Our Reality
Paramount may have cancelled their CGI ‘Rugrats’ series, but the studio is all in on a live-action movie with animated tots exploring the real world.
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A Pineapple Over the Sea: Wendy’s Brings The Krusty Krab to the Surface with ‘Spongebob’-Inspired Menu
For the first time since 1999, we surface-dwelling humans will be able to order the iconic Krabby Patty.
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Getting in the Spirit: ‘SNL’ Roasts Spirit Halloween’s Business Model, Spirit Bites Back with New Costume
‘SNL’ may not be the first to poke fun at the ubiquitous costume pop-up shops, but their roasting of Spirit Halloween might be the most viral of hits.
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- PCJ Pop #51 October 20, 2026In PCJ Pops, the Pop Culture Junkies share their recommendations on what to experience in pop culture, today and yesterday. Shauna is popping the 2016 book My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. The tongue-in-cheek story set in the Satanic Panic era of the 1980s tells the tale of a lifelong friendship put to the test […]
