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The Teachers' Lounge (cinema) Films set in schools are usual manipulative, clichéd crap but this is one of the few that captures the complexities and challenges of being a part of the education process on any level. Anxiety-inducing and superbly acted. The Ox-Bow Incident (Talking Pictures TV) Magnificent western, more like a courtroom drama played out on the plains. Dark, depressing and one of the earliest westerns to be loudly critical of western mythology. Henry Fonda is one of the greatest actors of all time. Making Mr. Right (YouTube) Did you ever want to see John Malkovch in a dual role, playing a scientist and an android who falls in love with a human woman and pulling off some of the better slapstick comedy you could wish to see? Of course you do. This was great. Testament (1983) Incredibly depressing nuclear fallout drama. Would have scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid, like The Day After did, and it's still really affecting stuff today. Doesn't provide any light at all. Would make for a nice double-bill with Threads if you really wanted to feel bad. Beyond Re-Animator What an excellent trilogy this is. I don't think this is far below the quality of the first two, even if it's a little slow getting going. I'm going to watch them all on the same day when October rolls round. Kronos (YouTube) Really enjoyable old 50s sci-fi horror about a massive alien robot that tries to suck all the energy out of the earth. Like you do. Nope I still think this is the weaker of Jordan Peele's three films to date but only because Get Out and Us are so amazingly good. Just love the genre crossing and imagination that's gone into this.

She's never left AEW or had a spat to my memory, are we possibly confusing the Big Swole story? Anyway it's shit what the OSAC are playing at and it's great seeing her handle so well and be wonderfully supported too, Anthony Bowens was brilliant in his response.

I always thought she left because of some spat with TK, must have read something wrong somewhere!

Nyla is still around, she just hasn't been used in any meaningful way in years.

No, she's still there.

Didn't she leave AEW a good while ago?

Absolutely awful. I really hope Tony Khan or the company as a whole takes a stance on this, and that a strongly worded response is issued. We're entering dangerous territory (or perhaps we're already there) when major organisations and powerful people are scared to speak out against discrimination in fear of losing a PR war; when the side they're worried about pissing off consists of bigots and the misinformed. And yeah, Nyla is a brilliant Twitter follow, and continues to be one of the more underutilised talents on the AEW roster.

TLDR the Cards are fucking mid. Which is an immediate improvement on last year. In a bit more depth we've found a catcher who can hit almost as well as Yadi did, but he's the backup behind Contreras. Outside that our pitchers are giving up too many runs and we're still cooking LOBster for any team wanting to make their defense look good.

Congrats to Ruby and Ang! And to everyone else saved from Saraya v. Ruby or Saraya/Zak v. Ruby/Ang

FA Challenge Cup semi-finals (at Wembley Stadium) Chelsea 2-2 Manchester City (17:15) Coventry City 0-2 Manchester United (Sunday 15:30) Premier League Luton Town 1-1 Brentford Sheffield United 1-1 Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Arsenal (19:30) Everton 3-1 Nottingham Forest (Sunday 13:30) Fulham 1-2 Liverpool (Sunday 16:30) Scottish Cup semi-final Heart of Midlothian 1-1 Rangers (Sunday, at Hampden Park) La Liga Valencia 2-1 Real Betis (17:30) Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona (Sunday 20:00)

In much nicer news, Ruby Soho is legit (you have to say this with wrestling) pregnant. That Cool Hand Ang eh!

I'm sure many have already read it, but there's an NBC article on what Vince McMahon is up to these days (besides talking to lawyers). Apparently he's going to his barbers, eating at nice restaurants and going on holiday (where he comes back with cats as gifts for people). Per the article, he's still in contact with Trump, Dwayne Johnson and John Cena. Here's what Janel Grant's lawyer Ann Callis thinks of that last part: Callis also said there have been no settlement talks, despite McMahon believing it will end up being settled before going to trial. They're still adding to their mountain of evidence, speaking to past victims etc...

What a banger of a theme.

OK Boomer Sooner. I mean, there’s protecting kayfabe and all that but that’s some proper Simpsons “Local Man Thinks Wrestling Is Real” shit.

Walker Stewart has put up a detailed first hand account of the OSAC worth a read too. Bunch of twats

Fucking hell that motion from the athletic commission is appalling. Absolutely gross.

This. I don't think I've ever seen someone so successful at putting people "over", yet somehow they end up worse off. Guevara, Garcia (seriously! how did they fuck that up so bad?), Hobbs. The Garcia shit really annoyed me. The man is pulled between his mentor and his hero, and his mentor ROH champion Jericho needles him and tests him time and time again, then when it comes time to be the man..... he basically pussies out and Jericho can't be arsed with being ROH champion anymore. Then he just kind of... walks away from his stable with a "yeah... Im bored of this now. Bye." If ROH ever wanted to be taken seriously, having Garcia as the young "next Brian Danielson" figurehead of ROH would of been fantastic.

They no it's not real yeah? Jesus.

Nyla Rose handling the whole situation fantastically over on Twitter. If you don't follow her, you should, she's hilarious, great content.

"Oklahoma Being Knuckle-dragging Shitcunts" shocker. I don't expect better from the state that gave us the massacre of Black Wall Street.

Not Dynamite related but I'm throwing this in here because it's the thread that gets the most eyes, Nyla Rose is brilliant and fuck this shit.

Always enjoy it when Guardiola asks what crowd there is in the Etihad to make more noise and there's a half decibel response.

I'm so glad someone else has pointed out the Earthsea comparison, because it was one of the first things that sprung to mind when I watched the first film (I've not read any of the books, and apart from the first, I've only seen a bit of the one where he turns into a fish). When I watched the first film, I got an almost feeling of deja vu, because it was just a shopping list of ideas from other fantasy books/films. I'd already read The Hobbit, The Worst Witch, and the Earthsea trilogy (as it was at the time), some Discworld, etc. and so it offered nothing. My younger sister - who only likes things before they become popular - insisted that it wasn't derivative, but that Rowling was "re-interpreting classic fantasy themes for a new audience". Considering she regards Rowling as some sort of Goddess, but she also puts herself out as being the most inclusive person ever, I'd be curious as to what her thoughts on this are, but that means I'd have to endure a conversation with her.