Ozone Nightmare

Today on the 5: I've been trying to read the experimental novel House Of Leaves for a while now, but it's been a struggle. Last week I saw the book laying on the shelf and I thought I should get back…

Today on the 5: Friend of the show Ant Pruitt recently asked me how I find some of the weird and lesser known films that I review. I may have talked about the odd avenues I check for these gems, but …

Today on the 5: Thanks to the book club over at Twit.tv, I recently read a 2024 novel titled Service Model. For most of the book I was having a good time, but then I got to the ending and it blew me …

Today on the 5: I saw a lot of angry reaction last week to some comments made by a pair of execs at Adobe about AI and artists. While I think one particular statement made was pretty brainless, overa…

Today on the 5: If you've followed the journey of No Man's Sky over the years, you know it's often cited as the rare example of a game that launched to mixed reviews and has slowly rebuilt itself int…

Today on the 5: After finishing yesterday's 5, I started thinking about another aspect of how I interact online. It's fairly simple, but I've found it makes my conversations online a lot better.

Today on 5: Friend of the show Ant Pruitt suggested I do a 5 based on some feedback I sent him for episode 52 of his podcast. It's about as close as you'll ever get to life advice from me, but here i…

Today on the 5: Over the weekend I deciced to take a chance on the latest Hellboy film, titled Hellboy: The Crooked Man. Based on the trailer and a handful of reviews, I wasn't expecting much. While …

Today on the 5: Many people dislike Elon Musk for a number of different reasons. I think what bothers me most about him is how his continued failure to deliver on his promises is damaging the percept…

Today on the 5: The stories about Netflix cancelling Kaos and the background turbulence in the making of the Adult Swim series Uzumaki were bouncing around in my head for a while. Eventually I figure…

Today on the 5: You may have heard that Epic won in a fairly big way in a long running lawsuit against Google. Part of that ruling involves a very specific window of time that Google will need to nee…

Today on the 5: Like friend of the show Ant Pruitt, I am generally not a person who enjoys musicals as a film genre. Up until now I had two exceptions to that rule, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and …

Today on rhe 5: The Joker sequel is out, and so far it's been getting a decidedly mixed reaction. I was happy the first movie made money since it signaled that experimentation in the comic book movie…

Today on the 5: I know that the website Gizmodo has had a rocky past, but I still enjoyed visiting the site fairly often. That changed this week when I noticed that in the "Latest" feed ads had tippe…

Today on the 5: The story behind the 2024 film Chime might be stranger and more convouted than the movie itself, but it was made by Kiyoshi Kurosawa so I wanted to see it however I coiuld. What I got…

Tonight I'm joined by Jason Howell, the host of Techsploder and AI Inside. Jason and I last talked just over a year ago, and in that time he has been working full time as an independent content creat…