The Metaphysics of Horror

David Livingstone Smith, author of On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It, explains why it's the metaphysical threat posed by Halloween creatures that gives them their horrifying power.
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Hollywood assistants are in open revolt. Here's why

Four years ago, Christina Mondy arrived in Hollywood like many, with big dreams. At 23, hers was to become a showbiz writer. And like many, the Connecticut native was told in order to get her foot in the door, she first had to pay her dues as an assistant.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-11-02/la-et-ct-hollywood-assistants-revolt?source=Snapzu

Sorry Kids, The Days of Stumbling Upon a Great Movie on TV Are Over | TV Guide

The Shawshank Redemption didn't become a beloved favorite overnight. Released in the fall of 1994, it earned strong reviews (and later several Academy Award nominations) but underperformed at the domestic box office, earning around $28 million. For the sake of comparison, that's $30 million less than one of the films that muscled it out as it went into wide release in October of that year...
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Why the books we read as children are the ones that shape our psyche

As the TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s epic fantasy His Dark Materials reaches our screens, one writer tells how the trilogy changed her life. As a child, I cavorted in Oxford colleges, rode atop armoured bears and swanned off to Svalbard to witness the majesty of the northern lights – all while remaining within the walls of an Edwardian terrace in Cardiff.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/03/philip-pullman-his-dark-materials-why--childrens-books-shape-us-for-life?source=Snapzu

Review: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ is the Emotional and Adrenaline-Pumping Trilogy Capper We Should Have Gotten in the First Place

Terminator is one of those long-running genre franchises with a wonky continuity that’s been messed with and retconned so many times, it’s sometimes hard to keep track of things.
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Comcast Has Been Removing TV Channels But Not Lowering Its Price

Xfinity cable customers have been taking to Twitter to share complaints about Comcast Xfinity dropping channels. Channels including WE TV, Investigation Discovery, and WGN have been disappearing from lineups in markets around the country. Customers are saying they haven’t been getting any warning or any explanation from the company about why this content is suddenly …
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How To Pick The Streaming TV Services You Actually Want

Apple TV+ is here. Disney+, HBO Max and Peacock are coming soon. Netflix, Amazon and Hulu keep on growing. And that's just the beginning. Here's what our television critic recommends.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/772064221/how-to-pick-the-streaming-tv-services-you-actually-want?source=Snapzu