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J Garth Wilcox
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He/Him. Lives in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Long time SF/F/H fan. These days I’m mostly into Doctor Who, Star Trek, RiffTrax, and weird horror films.
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Continuing with Xmas classic tonight. Watching Die Hard 2!

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Die Hard 2 (1990) ⭐ 7.2 | Action, Thriller
2h 4m | R
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December 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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It's the weekend, baby
Star Trek Voyager scene. Seven of Nine (tertiary adjunct of unimatrix 01) is pictured. She has a dolphin shaped metal robotic implant around her left eye because she is a borgs. Closed caption reads, "Fun will now commence."
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Tonight’s holiday viewing: Die Hard!

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Die Hard (1988) ⭐ 8.2 | Action, Thriller
2h 12m | R
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December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Tonight’s holiday viewing: The Mads Are Back - Santa Claus vs The Devil.
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The Mads Are Back: Santa Claus vs. The Devil — Dumb Industries
A recording of The Mads: Santa Claus vs. The Devil livestream on December 15, 2020. Features the entire film and post-show Q&A with Frank and Trace, plus special guests Andy Kindler & J. Elvis Weinste...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Tonight’s holiday viewing: RiffTrax Santa’s Village of Madness.

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Christmas with RiffTrax: Santa's Village of Madness
Ah, Christmas. That magical time of year when Santa travels all over the universe by means of the fifth dimension, (which his close friend Merlin invented in a floating space castle), delivering toys
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December 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Tonight’s viewing: Play Dirty

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Play Dirty (2025) ⭐ 5.9 | Action, Crime, Drama
2h 5m | R
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December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Today’s holiday viewing: Doctor Who The Church on Ruby Road. The 2023 Xmas special. Although when you look at it, this entire season is very Xmasy.
Blu ray box set of Doctor Who Seaon one from Disney +.
December 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Today's holiday viewing: The Hanukkah miracle of Rifftrax Zlateh The Goat.

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Zlateh the Goat
No one at RiffTrax will ever forget the moment we discovered Zlateh the Goat. A long day of screening dusty 16mm film reels was approaching its end. We cued up one more. Our hopes were not high. Oh,
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December 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Tonight’s viewing: Misery. Watching a Rob Reiner film like many film lovers tonight.

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Misery (1990) ⭐ 7.8 | Drama, Thriller
1h 47m | R
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December 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Tonight’s viewing: The Long Walk. I seem to have unintentionally done a “made in Manitoba” film day.

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The Long Walk (2025) ⭐ 6.7 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
1h 48m | R
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December 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Today’s holiday viewing: Silent Night Deadly Night (2025). The original film was controversial because a killer Santa would traumatize kids. This film is considered controversial because [checks notes] Santa kills innocent Nazi’s. Sigh.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) ⭐ 6.5 | Horror
1h 36m | TV-MA
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December 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Today’s holiday viewing: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. The James Bond holiday special.

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) ⭐ 6.7 | Action, Adventure, Thriller
2h 22m | PG
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December 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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This morning’s viewing: RiffTrax Impulse. The movie William Shatner wants burned.

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Impulse
"I've forgotten why I was in it. I probably needed the money. It was a very bad time for me. I hope they burn it." - William Shatner on Impulse Luckily for us, they didn’t burn it, and now we can
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December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Tonight’s viewing: Wake Up Dead Man.

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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) ⭐ 7.8 | Comedy, Crime, Drama
2h 24m | PG-13
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December 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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nocontexttrek1.bsky.social
It's the weekend, baby
Star Trek Voyager scene. Seven of Nine (tertiary adjunct of unimatrix 01) is pictured. She has a dolphin shaped metal robotic implant around her left eye because she is a borgs. Closed caption reads, "Fun will now commence."
December 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Today’s holiday entertainment is the Xmas themed episode 2.5 of the series The Creep Tapes.

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"The Creep Tapes" Nick (TV Episode 2025) | Horror
22m
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December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Tonight’s viewing: Star Trek Section 31. Not the best film in the series, but like Star Trek 5 I can still have fun with it if I’m in the right mood.

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Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) ⭐ 3.8 | Action, Adventure, Drama
1h 35m | PG-13
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December 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Today’s holiday viewing: Silent Night Deadly Night 5 The Toy Maker. This has become a cult film since it was rescued from direct to video obscurity by being made available on streaming.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (Video 1991) ⭐ 4.6 | Horror, Sci-Fi
1h 26m | R
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December 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Today’s holiday viewing: Silent Night Deadly Night 4 Initiation. We are now at the “in name only sequel” part of the franchise.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (Video 1990) ⭐ 4.3 | Horror
1h 27m | R
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December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Tonight’s viewing: Avatar The Way of Water. Watching in 3D. Which means it’s divided over 2 discs so I have a nice intermission break and can watch the rest tomorrow.

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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
3h 12m | PG-13
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December 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Today’s holiday viewing: Silent Night Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (Video 1989) ⭐ 3.5 | Horror
1h 30m | R
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December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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To me the sign that Christmas is coming isn't the advertisements, songs on the wireless, or holiday cards...
It's me having to tell people that Coca Cola didn't invent or dress Santa 98342 billion times a day... ;)

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Coca-Cola did not create Santa
Every Christmas the same story goes around social media; Coca-Cola invented Santa or at least gave him a whole new look in the 1930s.They are the reason his suit is red, after all it’s the Co…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Tonight’s viewing: Troll 2. No, not that one.

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Troll 2 (2025) ⭐ 5.4 | Action, Adventure, Drama
1h 45m | TV-14
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December 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Today’s holiday viewing: Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2. Aka GARBAGE DAY!

www.imdb.com/title/tt0093...
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) ⭐ 3.9 | Horror, Thriller
1h 28m | R
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December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
a black and white photo of a man with the word humbug written in yellow
Alt: a black and white photo of a man with the word humbug written in yellow
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December 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM