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Category: Movies

Happy Birthday: MCU – Has Left Its Mark

Posted on May 2, 2022May 30, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Happy Birthday: MCU – Has Left Its Mark
Happy Birthday: MCU – Has Left Its Mark

The Iron Age…On September 6, 2005 Marvel entered into a non-recourse debt structure with Merrill Lynch collateralized by movie rights for 10 characters: Iron Man would be the first to make his “Mark.” (At the time Marvel’s media release said: “Marvel characters set to join Captain America in the movies are the Avengers, Nick Fury,…

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Movies

#PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 2

Posted on April 28, 2022May 1, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 2
#PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 2

The 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival runs from Thursday, April 28 to Sunday, May 8 in downtown Toronto. (Though if ya can’t get to Toronto you can as a Canadian stream many of the documentaries: so that’s #CouchWorthy nice!) Part 1 of my #PantsWorthy recommendations can be enjoyed HERE while details on Packages,…

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Movies, My Pal Sammy

#PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 1

Posted on April 27, 2022April 29, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 1
#PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 1

The 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival runs from Thursday, April 28 to Sunday, May 8 in downtown Toronto. (Though if ya can’t get to Toronto you can as a Canadian stream many of the documentaries: so that’s #CouchWorthy nice!) Packages, Passes and Tickets details are all HERE. If you can go…go; this is…

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Movies

#CouchWorthy: The Power of the Dog

Posted on November 9, 2021May 30, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #CouchWorthy: The Power of the Dog
#CouchWorthy: The Power of the Dog

The Power of the Dog is an invitation to see Benedict Cumberbatch’s noodle. Will you RSVP?

Movies, Television

#CouchWorthy: Helter Skelter: An American Myth

Posted on February 10, 2021May 30, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #CouchWorthy: Helter Skelter: An American Myth
#CouchWorthy: Helter Skelter: An American Myth

How Much Do You Know About Charles Manson vs How Much Do You Think You Know?

Movies, Television

#CouchWorthy: Basketball County: In The Water

Posted on May 14, 2020May 30, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #CouchWorthy: Basketball County: In The Water
#CouchWorthy: Basketball County: In The Water

Basketball County: In The Water “tells the story of Prince George’s County, Md. and how it recently produced more elite basketball players than anywhere else in the world.”

Garbage Time, Movies

#CouchWorthy: LA Originals

Posted on April 10, 2020May 30, 2022 By Sammy Younan
#CouchWorthy: LA Originals

“Photographer Estevan Oriol and artist Mister Cartoon turned their Chicano roots into gritty art, impacting street culture, hip hop and beyond.”

Movies, Music, NBA, Television

#CouchWorthy: James vs His Future Self

Posted on April 7, 2020May 30, 2022 By Sammy Younan
#CouchWorthy: James vs His Future Self

“A young scientist James (Jonas Chernick) finds his life turned upside down when he’s visited by his crotchety future self (Daniel Stern) who tries to talk him out of creating time travel. But when younger James won’t go along with future James plan, it becomes a wicked battle of man versus himself!”

Movies, My Summer Lair

#SetTheVCR: A&E’s Michael Jackson Cultureshock

Posted on June 25, 2018May 30, 2022 By Sammy Younan
#SetTheVCR: A&E’s Michael Jackson Cultureshock

Cultureshock is A&E’s pop culture five-part docuseries from producer Morgan Spurlock and Entertainment Weekly beginning with Michael Jackson’s Final Curtain Call.

Comedy, Movies, Television

#SetTheVCR: Believer

Posted on June 24, 2018May 30, 2022 By Sammy Younan
#SetTheVCR: Believer

Imagine Dragons HBO documentary on the Mormon Church vs LGBTQ members.

Movies, Music
  • #SetTheVCR: August 08-14, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Dreams, Devils, and the Dead: ah yes welcome back to #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: August 01-07, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Taking a Quantum Leap you'll dig this week's #SetTheVCR: it's got Jokes. And if not the Sandman will come to you with dreams. All win!
  • #SetTheVCR: July 25-31, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Pennywise gets a Last Dance. It's that kind of #SetTheVCR week.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 18-24, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    This is The Captain speaking: We got all kinds of Last Dances for this week's #SetTheVCR. From The Gray Man, a Last Dance from assassins, to Don McLean, to O.J. Simpson, there's something for everyone here. Let's face the music and Last Dance, shall we?
  • #SetTheVCR: July 11-17, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Let's have an Uncharted and Unprecedented Hart to Heart about this week's #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 4-10, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    It's a Teen-Tastic week at #SetTheVCR: with characters struggling with Trigger Points seeking their Independence Day. Let's reach for the Moon…haven on TV this week…shall we begin?
  • #SetTheVCR: June 27-July 03, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Welcome to #SetTheVCR where this week it is murder most howl! We got a woman's basketball team eliminating the competition, black comics who are killing it, Chris Pratt has gone Terminal, Bond's stylish watch says it's No Time To Die and murders in a building. My "body" of work includes many puns. Let's investigate what's on TV this week.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 20-26, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    This week starts off with revenge and ends with mindfulness and Zen. In between is a multiverse of possibilities. It's what you'd expect from the Man from Toronto who writes #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 13-19, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    We got miracles and music, high stakes baseball and basketball...so it's either The Summer I Turned Pretty or the latest #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 6-12, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Netflix Geeks Hustle for stand up-comedy: it's that type of #SetTheVCR week.
  • MSL Space Station Oddity: Contact Photography Festival 2022 | Culture SnapMay 20, 2022
    Sammy is joined by photographer Henry VanderSpek aka Culture Snap to discuss and recommend a happy handful of Contact Photography Festival exhibitions.
  • MSL Space Station Oddity: 2021 Induction Ceremony | Rock & Roll Hall of FameNovember 26, 2021

    Sammy & Stephanie discuss their happy highlights from the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony broadcast on HBO Max on Saturday, November 20 at 8 p.m.

  • MSL Space Station Oddity: Top 5 Favourite ”Monsters”October 30, 2021

    Sammy & Stephanie discuss their Top 5 Favourite Monsters: from vampires to They Live aliens to Hal 9000 to Annie Wilkes and much more!

  • MSL Space Station Oddity: Being James BondOctober 8, 2021

    Recorded Live on Twitter Spaces: Sammy & Stephanie discuss Being James Bond. The 45 minute documentary TV special in anticipation of No Time To Die.

  • MSL Space Station Oddity: ClickbaitOctober 1, 2021

    Sammy & Stephanie discuss Netflix's Clickbait. An 8 episode limited series released on August 25, 2021.


  • New Book Alert: January 10-14, 2022
    by Sammy Younan

    My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

  • New Book Alert: January 3-7, 2022
    by Sammy Younan

    My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

  • New Book Alert: November 8-12, 2021
    by Sammy Younan

    My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

  • New Book Alert: November 1-5, 2021
    by Sammy Younan

    My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

  • 221 | Kat Rosenfield (No One Will Miss Her)
    by Sammy Younan

    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Kat Rosenfield whose latest novel is No One Will Miss Her a fantastic murder mystery thriller.

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