Austin Lugar
@austinlugar.bsky.social
He/him
Got married at the Music Box Theater. Co-edited books about mysteries. Haven’t read War and Peace but I have seen all of Doctor Who.
I’m sure this will be the social media site to remain chill.
Got married at the Music Box Theater. Co-edited books about mysteries. Haven’t read War and Peace but I have seen all of Doctor Who.
I’m sure this will be the social media site to remain chill.
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I have been yelling about TV Spartacus for 15 years and the latest chapter of that saga is me reviewing Spartacus: House of Ashur for What's Alan Watching??!! Enough of that Alan guy, listen to me for a change!! Gratitude!
On What's Alan Watching?, a special guest review by @moryan.bsky.social about one of her passions, the Starz gladiator drama Spartacus, which returns this week with spinoff Spartacus: House of Ashur:
Review: 'Spartacus' lives again with 'House of Ashur'
The Starz gladiator drama returns, still hornier — and more thoughtful — than you'd expect
www.whatsalanwatching.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I have been yelling about TV Spartacus for 15 years and the latest chapter of that saga is me reviewing Spartacus: House of Ashur for What's Alan Watching??!! Enough of that Alan guy, listen to me for a change!! Gratitude!
It is not required to have a take on Quentin Tarantino’s takes.
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It is not required to have a take on Quentin Tarantino’s takes.
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
Also, I'm posting this on a couple of places at once, but it's the beginning of October so I'm doing my usual thing where I ask for horror recommendations and I promise to watch them before the end of the month. Only rule is that I can't have seen it before.
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Also, I'm posting this on a couple of places at once, but it's the beginning of October so I'm doing my usual thing where I ask for horror recommendations and I promise to watch them before the end of the month. Only rule is that I can't have seen it before.
Having a therapist who hasn’t seen any movies will probably end up being a good thing for me.
September 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Having a therapist who hasn’t seen any movies will probably end up being a good thing for me.
Nazis sure hate when people call them Nazis.
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Nazis sure hate when people call them Nazis.
The world we deserve
LimeWire, which became popular in the 2000s, has been revealed as the buyer that paid $245,000 for the rights to the Fyre Festival. It’s unclear what exactly it plans to do with the embattled brand.
LimeWire, the Former File-Sharing Service, Is Buying Fyre Festival Brand
The streaming service, which became popular in the 2000s, paid $245,000 for the festival naming rights. It’s unclear what exactly it plans to do with the embattled brand.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The world we deserve
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Do you live in Chicago or know someone who does? or live in the midwest in general?
GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW is coming November 23! come hang out, have some cool guests being lined up!
tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/the-ge...
GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW is coming November 23! come hang out, have some cool guests being lined up!
tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/the-ge...
tickets.thedentheatre.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Do you live in Chicago or know someone who does? or live in the midwest in general?
GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW is coming November 23! come hang out, have some cool guests being lined up!
tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/the-ge...
GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW is coming November 23! come hang out, have some cool guests being lined up!
tickets.thedentheatre.com/event/the-ge...
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
Still on my Amazon Wish List.
Eventually I want my son to learn how to read and fractions and whatever. First I’d like him to learn that it’s his hands blocking his mouth when he wants food.
August 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Still on my Amazon Wish List.
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
Eventually I want my son to learn how to read and fractions and whatever. First I’d like him to learn that it’s his hands blocking his mouth when he wants food.
August 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Eventually I want my son to learn how to read and fractions and whatever. First I’d like him to learn that it’s his hands blocking his mouth when he wants food.
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Got my tentative schedule for DragonCon, and FOLKS...
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Got my tentative schedule for DragonCon, and FOLKS...
As my wife and I go through every Best Picture winner before the 100th Academy Awards, on Letterboxd I'm ranking them and putting what I would have voted for. letterboxd.com/arileyl/list...
Ongoing Best Picture Ranking
With the 100th Academy Awards a few years away, Sarah and I are going to see if we can get through each Best Picture winner every few weeks or so. Here is the ongoing rankings as we watch them chronol...
letterboxd.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As my wife and I go through every Best Picture winner before the 100th Academy Awards, on Letterboxd I'm ranking them and putting what I would have voted for. letterboxd.com/arileyl/list...
Happy Gilmore 1 leaving Netflix on Friday is objectively funny. They love making sequels and then not bothering to pay enough to keep the original on the site.
July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy Gilmore 1 leaving Netflix on Friday is objectively funny. They love making sequels and then not bothering to pay enough to keep the original on the site.
Monday challenge: post the least flattering photo you have of your pet
(She looks like Ron Pearlman)
(She looks like Ron Pearlman)
July 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Monday challenge: post the least flattering photo you have of your pet
(She looks like Ron Pearlman)
(She looks like Ron Pearlman)
Evergreen reminder, Emmy voters don't watch TV. Snubs can't actually exist if they only watch two shows a year.
July 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Evergreen reminder, Emmy voters don't watch TV. Snubs can't actually exist if they only watch two shows a year.
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To a certain kind of brain, it is easier to imagine being the savior than to understand there are times when we all need to be saved. Superman often works best as a character when you can imagine that _he_ is protecting _you_, which requires a certain degree of vulnerability.
Thinking about the moment in the new Superman where he stops a building from falling on someone and crushing them, and wondering why it was so goddamn hard to make a live action Superman movie like that.
July 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
To a certain kind of brain, it is easier to imagine being the savior than to understand there are times when we all need to be saved. Superman often works best as a character when you can imagine that _he_ is protecting _you_, which requires a certain degree of vulnerability.
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NYT #connections making some wild choices lately
July 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NYT #connections making some wild choices lately
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I was fortunate enough to interview Brian Wilson and John Cusack for LOVE & MERCY, and host a Q&A at Music Box for the film. This photo was taken before the latter. Wilson was a very sweet man, but needed assistance, and I think this shot captures Cusack's affection for him. A truly great night.
June 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I was fortunate enough to interview Brian Wilson and John Cusack for LOVE & MERCY, and host a Q&A at Music Box for the film. This photo was taken before the latter. Wilson was a very sweet man, but needed assistance, and I think this shot captures Cusack's affection for him. A truly great night.
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Horror Book Recs Based on Your Favorite Stephen King Novels Part 1 & II on my Instagram. Comps for: The Shining, Carrie, The Stand, Duma King, IT, Needful Things, Revival, The Dark Tower, 'Salem's Lot, & Pet Sem!
www.instagram.com/mother.horror/
www.instagram.com/mother.horror/
May 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Horror Book Recs Based on Your Favorite Stephen King Novels Part 1 & II on my Instagram. Comps for: The Shining, Carrie, The Stand, Duma King, IT, Needful Things, Revival, The Dark Tower, 'Salem's Lot, & Pet Sem!
www.instagram.com/mother.horror/
www.instagram.com/mother.horror/
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A wonderful American filmmaker and professor is gone. Michael Roemer, a chronically underappreciated director whose masterpiece, Nothing But a Man, should be seen by everyone who cares about truly independent cinema, has died at 97. His work lives on, as does his influence in all those he taught.
May 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A wonderful American filmmaker and professor is gone. Michael Roemer, a chronically underappreciated director whose masterpiece, Nothing But a Man, should be seen by everyone who cares about truly independent cinema, has died at 97. His work lives on, as does his influence in all those he taught.
Shameful.
April 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Shameful.
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Andy Serkis tried to steal my wedding ring today, so yeah, it was a good day.
April 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Andy Serkis tried to steal my wedding ring today, so yeah, it was a good day.
I just realized that Doctor Who is dropping on Disney+ at 2AM CT. Hmmm. This is going to be a series of choices the next eight weeks.
April 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I just realized that Doctor Who is dropping on Disney+ at 2AM CT. Hmmm. This is going to be a series of choices the next eight weeks.