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.
The End of Oak Street: Cinema Sound Killed the Dinosaurs
The End of Oak Street is watchable, but a bad ordinary-screen sound experience makes streaming at home feel better and leaves IMAX as cinema’s…
Spider-Man’s IMAX Snub Exposes Cinema’s Premium Problem
Spider-Man: Brand New Day deserved an IMAX premiere, but The Odyssey took the screens and exposed Britain’s premium shortage and uneven cinema sound quality.
Elon Musk Lives in a World Where Confidence Beats Facts
Elon Musk predicts AI abundance, optional work and normal far-right politics while an interviewer finally asks for evidence instead of applause on camera.
Ceuta: Up to 60,000 Crossings Feed the Far Right’s Fear
Ceuta’s mass border breach exposed weak safeguards, left at least 67 people dead and handed Europe’s far right a ready-made politics of fear, fury…
AI Authors on Autopilot and Their Factory of Empty Books
AI can help writers build better books, but autopilot publishing turns creation into inventory. A roast of agents, profit, voice and synthetic authorship.
When a President Becomes the Face of the Entire Country
When leaders turn public office into theatre, the whole country wears the costume. A roast about power, national reputation, rights and responsibility.
The AI Frontier Built Power Before It Built Any Defence
Frontier AI firms warn about model distillation after millions of suspect exchanges. The real scandal is how cheaply powerful capabilities may spread.
The Odyssey: IMAX Glory Meets the Three-Hour Chair Test
The Odyssey fills IMAX screens and shakes every chair, but can Christopher Nolan’s three-hour spectacle survive beyond its cinema-sized thunder?
Jeongnyeon: A Star Is Born, Then the Story Loses Its Nerve
Jeongnyeon stages a magnificent tribute to women’s theatre, then cuts key female and queer threads and rushes towards a finale afraid of its own…
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