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What we read in February 2026

These posts keep getting published later in the month, but you know what? I’m aiming for fun bookish content, not perfection.
Conan O'Brien launched the 98th Academy Awards with a “Sabotage”-scored sprint through the nominees, dressed as Amy Madigan's ...
Paranoia Agent predicted the age of misinformation and mass hysteria. As the media perpetuates the story of Lil' Slugger, ...
He may have won the Oscar, and he may have become that huge star, but he's still Cill and he's still a friend, and he's still ...
Ideally, anime series should get better with every season — but frustratingly, these five peaked with their first chapters.
HBO's adaptation of Gillian Flynn debut novel is a gripping thriller that captures the novel's dark atmosphere and complex ...
A Life" reveals details of the beloved author's marriages and reveals why she refused to let her mother read one of her books ...
Recent award recipient Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) returns as Tommy Shelby, who leads a street gang in Birmingham, England, after World War I. Another who has been garnering awards, Stephen Graham ...
Netflix’s television adaptation has debuted to a flawless 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. Critics universally praise the new episodes for expanding the Grand Line’s world, raising the stakes, and keeping ...
Reports have Michael B. Jordan and Timothée Chalamet as frontrunners, in a race that has changed drastically over the course of awards season. While both did tremendous work, there are a few reasons ...
The early 2000s boasted a number of movies that allowed for an escape from the harsh realities at the time, and are still ...
Quietly, however, SNL boasts a much larger arsenal of deep cut recurring characters that never quite became household names but are still treasured by the show’s hardcore fans. Not surprisingly, Kenan ...