I have had this on my Netflix queue for quite awhile, but I have been saving it for the October 13. Wrinkles the Clown was a documentary directed by Michael Beach Nichols. It followed a man in Florida who would offer to be hired by people who want him to scare misbehaving children or pull pranks.
It is a weird doc because it changes from the beginning halfway as something strange happened. I’m not sure if spoilers fit for a doc, but I’m going to play it close to the vest anyway.
I thought the film was interesting but it felt as if it weren’t very cohesive as it could have been and that came from the beginning of the film.
I’m glad I watched this, but I think it could have been a better viewing experience.
I mean, the character of Floyd, as brilliantly played by David Harbour, is one of the best character/people on TV. Everything about him was awesome, personality wise.
That all came through during the interrogation between Clark and Detective Plumb and Homer, after Plumb discovered that Carol had lied about the Go Getter drink.
The way Clark spoke about Floyd was as loving as you could and the descriptions of the way Floyd handled his life, from his step-son to a chance encounter, was so above board that one wonders why anyone would want him dead.
This episode revealed that Floyd was not a closeted gay. He had misinterpreted a picture on the DTF St. Louis site as a woman (didn’t have his spectacles on) when it was a picture of David Bowie, and his chance encounter with a man. Floyd lets him kiss him in the parking lot to avoid hurting the man’s feelings, even though he was not into him in that way.
This episode spent a chunk of time setting up Carol as the obvious suspect in the murder. Since it is episode three, I think she is also a red herring. We saw Carol riding one of the recumbent bikes like Clark does, plus she spent a bunch of time trying to get Clark to help her get life insurance for Floyd.
There is no doubt after this episode that Clark did not kill Floyd. The key that the police showed him clammed him up. I think it probably leads to some life insurance that would point the finger at Carol, and Clark was trying to protect her. I have a suspicion that he believes she killed Floyd.
Their sex life encounters… weird.
By the way, the gymnastics routine from Floyd on the hostile architecture was epic. Floyd was really out of breath after it. Is that a clue?
I am intrigued with this case, and I really want to know what happened to the wonderful Floyd.
Animation Style: stylized, expressive 3D computer animation
Studio: Pixar/Disney
“Take her to the moon for me.” These words took a fabulous movie, which to this point had been funny, spectacular and made it one of the best of all time. The sacrifice of Bing Bong is one of the most emotional Pixar moment of all time, right up there with the “Remember Me” scene in Coco and the opening of Up.
Voice cast: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Dawnn Lewis, Paula Poundstone, Bobby Moynihan, Paula Pell, Sherry Lynn, Lori Alan, Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Josh Cooley, Flea, John Ratzenberger, Carlos Alazraqui, Pete Docter, Nick Pitera, Peter Sagal, and Rashida Jones.
I guess it looks as if each week will have three new episodes.
That seems to be the trade off for the shorter run times.
Elsa Mars makes her return to AHS as an emcee of sort and a musical guest, performing Peggy Lee’s 1969 hit “Is That All There Is?” Elsa was from season 4 American Horror Story: Freak Show. This is another character played by Jessica Lange. I loved the Freak Show season.
She was basically emceeing the sacrifice of 13 souls into the pit of hell.
The souls included: aka “Mr. Nas’ favorite bad girls,” include: Hypodermic Sally (Paulson’s “Hotel” character), “Gestapo gal pal” Eva Braun, “dynasty-busting divorcee” Wallis Simpson, “selfish writer” Ayn Rand, “vegetarian man-eater” Brigitte Bardot, “fker of horses” Catherine the Great, Mamie Eisenhower (Paulson from “Death Valley”), “sneaky Romanian tyrant” Elena Ceausescu, “original slty princess” Jezebel, Tuberculosis Karen (Paulson from “Red Tide”), “union-busting b***h” Margaret Thatcher, and lastly, poor Elizabeth. What’s her sin, you ask? According to Elsa, she “sucked the world dry” with her “hopeless dreaming.” Way harsh, Elsa.”
Wilhelmina Venable, Sarah Paulson’s character from Apocalypse, filled out the 13 when the number came up short.
Piggy Man returned this week. He was in Murder House and Roanoke seasons. Jeffrey Dahmer (played by Seth Gabel, from AHS: Hotel).
This show has been interesting, but the story itself is fairly lacking. It has been all nostalgia for the previous 12 seasons. We’ll see how things go as it moves on.
Digger was the wildest, absurd, most bat-sh*t film I have seen all year.
And I think I loved it.
I went to Digger, the new film starring Tom Cruise, with the knowledge that it had been very divisive. Honestly, I went in with the expectation of not liking it.
Then, about halfway through the film, I realized that I was really enjoying Digger and I had no idea of what kind of movie this was.
Speaking of that, it is nearly impossible to talk about the plot of this movie without spoiling things, so I am going to have to be very cautious with what I say.
Tom Cruise, who played Digger Rockwell, is spectacular in this movie. He is clearly game for anything that the film brings to him, as he is doing a bunch of crazy stuff. This character is played so over-the-top, but for a specific reason, that I do believe that Cruise may be a contender for an Oscar, even if the divisiveness of the film hurts its other potentials.
John Goodman played President Compson, and he was extremely funny. Goodman’s performance played off Cruise well and was every bit as impressive as the lead. Riz Ahmed was also great in the film as Dr. Ganesh. The acting was superb.
I have heard a lot of people comparing this to the iconic Dr. Strangelove, but that is only partially correct. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu does a wonderful job with this bizarre, satirical, oddball film. I can understand why many people come out of this with such negative feelings. It is a big swing. I just found it to be such a remarkably creative and original idea.
Animation Style: combines 3D computer animation with 2D hand-drawn comic book techniques
Studio: Sony Animation
The second Miles Morales film expands the universe, literally. We get more Spider-Gwen, we get Spider-Man 2099, and a ton of Spider-Mans. One of the best animated films of all time. The only reason it is not higher up the list (which is weird to say since it is #4) is because of the cliffhanger ending. It is a spectacular movie.
Voice Cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Karan Soni, Shea Whigham, Greta Lee, Daniel Kaluuya, Mahershala Ali, and Oscar Isaac.
The first film of The October 13 this year is the first film of a franchise based on a video game from 2002. The video game? Resident Evil.
I had kind of wanted to watch this before I went to the rebooted Resident Evil from Zach Cregger, but it was out in September and I did not want to wait. I really enjoyed that movie starring Austin Abrams. Unfortunately, the original film, starring Milla Jovovich and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, was nowhere a good as the 2026 film.
This was tremendously bad. The acting was just atrocious. Milla Jovovich, who starred in one of my favorite movies The Fifth Element as Leelo, was just going through the motions, and sadly, she was the best actor of the crew.
There was LOST’s own Michelle Rodriguez, but she was just not bringing the goods. The rest of the cast was as wooden as one could be.
There were some moments that made me laugh loudly, even though they were not intended to. One example was when Milla made an acrobatic kick after bouncing off the wall, into the face of a monster dog. It was so ridiculous that it was embarrassing even for a video game.
The film did not look good. It was 2002, but it still lacked what I would have hoped for from the day. It was predictable and, while at the time it might have been more than just another zombie flick, since I am watching this is 2026, this is just another zombie flick.
Milla Jovovich is gorgeous and definitely stands out among the images of the violence and the gore, but there just is nothing else here. I am so happy the new film took a different direction, because it was heads and shoulders above this mess.
Welcome to October! That means that EYG begins the 2026 version of The October 13. EYG watched 13 different Halloween movies during the month and posts reviews on them. It is similar to the DailyViews that we have done, but just not daily.
This year, I am adjusting the rule a touch by including some films that I have seen before as a rewatch, specifically a film that does not have a review written on EYG.
This will be the running list of the films that are part of 2026’s The October 13.
Animation Style: a distinct artistic style inspired by Arabic design, flowing curves, and the caricatures of Al Hirschfeld
Studio: Disney
The renaissance of Disney animated movies in the 90s piqued, for me, when Aladdin came out. I am a huge fan of Robin Williams and his performance as the voice of the Genie was transcendent. The music is superior. The movie was a total kick, and it is my #5.
Voice cast: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale, Frank Welker, Jim Cummings, Charlie Adler, and Corey Burton. Brad Kane and Lea Salonga provide singing voices for Aladdin adn Jasmine.
The juxtaposition of the excitement of the Richmond Lady Greyhounds winning their match in comeback fashion and earning the promotion against the sudden and shocking death of Mae Green.
Now, the show, technically, never uttered the words that Mae was dead, but it was not difficult to tell with the painfully emotional moments and body language of both Rebecca, who was told initially, and Ted, who was told by Rebecca. We did not hear the words, but seeing Ted’s head slouch was obvious.
It was a serious gut punch in an episode that was such a joyous celebration.
We also got Keeley discovering that she was pregnant and her own health issues kept her from attending the game. However, Roy’s sweetness helping her stay calm during the televised game, not even knowing that Keeley was pregnant. He thought she had fainted at the previous game because of high blood pressure.
After the wonderful victory, Keeley whispered the truth in Roy’s ear and he responded with such a happiness that you hoped he would. It was another wonderful moment in an episode that was determined to make you feel anguish at the end.
It was revealed that it was not Rupert trying to buy shares of Richmond from under Rebecca, but instead was eccentric billionaire and sports entrepreneur Zelda Southport, played by Tracey Ullman. This was not a surprise as Zelda has been a questionable person all season long.
Then, the progression of the character of Coach Alice has been tremendous this season as she has taken some serious steps in becoming the coach that she could be.
However, the penultimate episode ended with a crushing feel and sets up some real questions for next week.
Happy Amazing Spider-Man #1000 week! It is a big week thanks to me picking up a huge chunk of the Amazing Spider-Man #1000 covers. I have 21 different covers of the book. I have a guess that this week’s EYG Favorite Comic Cover of the Week is going to be heavily arachnid based.
Also rans: A ton of Amazing Spider-Man covers, Uncanny X-Men #36, Hello Darkness #25 (two connecting Jenny Frison covers), Gambit Wanted #3, White Sky #6, Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie #1, Conan the Barbarian #35, Operation: Iron Coffin #3 (B cover), and Bizarro: Year None #3 (C Cover),
Bronze Medalist
The Amazing Venom #1
Cover art by Stefano Caselli
So the first spot in the medalists is not an Amazing Spider-Man #1000, but it is Spider-Man adjacent book. The new Venom book with Boomerang and a symbiote has a beautiful negative-space-style design.
In a normal week, this one might have been in competition for a gold medal, but there are just too many options against this. I wanted to give this one a medal because it really is a lovely cover.
Silver Medalist
Amazing Spider-Man #1000
Variant Cover W
Cover art by Marcos Martin
Here is the first medalist of the Amazing Spider-Man #1000. Again, there is white background, which I am a sucker for. I love the use of Spidey in the middle of the number 1000. The white spiders on the cover are great too. This is one of my favorite of the Spider-Man covers.
Gold Medalist
Amazing Spider-Man #1000
Variant Cover Q
Cover art by Patrick Gleason
This is such a stunning cover and my favorite cover of the ton of ASM #1000 covers that I picked up over the last two days. The spiders all around Spidey is just tremendous. I love it.
Animation Style: blends stylized 1960s retro-futurism with caricatured 3D computer character animation
Studio: Pixar/Disney
The Incredibles was an epic super hero story featuring a family. Many called it the best Fantastic Four film we have ever gotten. Brad Bird directed this masterpiece and gave us a classic villain. One of my favorite quotes from the film came from Syndrome who said, “Everyone can be super! And when everyone’s super… no one will be.”
Voice cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Brad Bird, Elizabeth Peña, Teddy Newton, Jean Sincere, Bud Luckey, Wallace Shawn, Lou Romano, Michael Bird, Dominique Louis, Bret Parker, Kimberly Adair Clark and John Ratzenberger.
