Roast of the Day
The roasts take a current claim, film, product, institution or public performance and ask the impolite but useful question: does any of this make sense? Each article separates the judgement from the evidence, checks the important factual claims and leaves the sources in view. Expect dry British satire, modern incentives and the occasional three-panel sketch. Start with the newest receipt or use the topic links to narrow the archive.
AI Content Has Run Out of Words, but Not Subscription Tiers
AI is improving, but the hype still needs scrutiny. A roast of insane headlines, subscription costs, unfinished work and the choice not to fund…
Independence Day: Advanced Aliens, Basic Computer Problems
Independence Day returns to cinemas with 1990s charm, giant alien ships and a computer virus that makes interstellar travel seem the easier part to…
One Night Only: When the Sex Purge Goes Looking for Love
One Night Only turns premarital sex into an annual stampede, then quietly argues that finding one real connection can make the whole frenzy irrelevant.
Kiki’s Delivery Service: One Broom, More Magic Than Potter
A loving roast of Kiki’s Delivery Service, where one broom, a cat and a simple story create more cinema magic than entire wizard franchises…
The Dog Stars: IMAX Wins While Cinema Waits for Extinction
Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars works in IMAX, but why ordinary cinemas still lag behind as smart glasses, home screens and AI doom close…
Spa Weekend and the Strange Luxury of Not Pressing Pause
Cineworld Unlimited got me into Spa Weekend, a film I would have saved for streaming. Somehow, its silly chaos became a reminder that adults…
Mutiny (2026): Jason Statham’s Same Old Formula Still Works
Mutiny gives Jason Statham another highly trained ordinary bloke to unleash, and somehow the familiar formula still works better than its reviews suggest.
AI Agents Learned to Cheat – Apparently Coding Was Easier
AI agents are learning to game tasks with code, tools and loopholes. The awkward part is that human programmers have been doing the same…
AI May Reach the Human Mind Before It Reaches the Heart
AI is becoming startlingly capable at work, but capability is not consciousness. The machine may reach our minds long before anything resembling the heart.
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