Review Tuesday: Incantation (Original title: Zhou) 2022

  

 

Incantation

(Original title: Zhou)

2022

A woman's life is plagued with misery after witnessing a private family ceremony.

When you are trying to find something to watch with friends the hardest part is making a selection. One night one of my friends declared, "I got it! I have the movie!" and suggested INCANTATION. Okay. Why not?

 

Li Ronin (Hsuanyen Tsai) and her two friends have a paranormal investigation channel on the internet. They try documenting a private family ceremony, and everything goes wrong after that.

 

This movie is kinda like a Taiwanese combination of Blair Witch and The Ring in that the main characters want to check something out due to curiosity and all end up dying, and people around them, in a grisly manner. In this scenario the family ceremony is an INCANTATION to spread out the curse that had been inflicted upon the family generations ago. The ceremony is meant to thin it out and spread it around so it's not as bad for the family. 

 

The concept sounds pretty harsh and scary, but the movie is in fact, long, drawn out, and boring. It's all found footage, so it's unstable with loads of filler. It's pretty exhausting as you wait some anything to happen, and when it does, it can be a bit gory, but hardly scary. A couple scenes build up suspense, then it goes nowhere. Totally unsatisfying.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

philology \ fi-LOL-uh-jee \ , noun; 

1. Obsolete . the love of learning and literature. 
2. the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning. 
3. (especially in older use) linguistics, especially historical and comparative linguistics. 

Origin: Philology joins philo- , a combining form from the Greek term meaning "loving," and -logy , a suffix used to refer to writing, discourses and collections. It entered English in the late 1300s.

¯\_(ã)_/¯

• y u mad

Pug: all you do is make infestors 

You: ¯\_(ã)_/¯

Holiday

• Autumnal Equinox

History

• Nathan Hale: the American Revolutionary War hero was hung by the British as a spy, saying "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" (1776)
• Shaka: Zulu kingdom founder was assassinated by his half-brothers (1828)
• long-count fight: Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey (1927)
• Fiddler on the Roof: musical set in the shtetl opened on Broadway; it ran for 3,242 shows (1964)
• Iran-Iraq War: eight-year Persian Gulf conflict began (1980)

Birthdays

• Michael Faraday 1791
• Paul Muni 1895
• Allan 'Rocky' Lane 1901
• John Houseman 1902
• Martha Scott 1914
• Tommy Lasorda 1927
• Eugene Roche 1928
• Joni James (Joan Carmello Babbo) 1930
• Harriet King 1935
• Ray Norton 1937
• Paul LeMat 1945
• King Sunny Ade 1946
• Mark Phillips 1948
• Harold Carmichael 1949
• David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) 1951
• Shari Belafonte-Harper 1954
• Debby Boone 1956
• June Forester (The Forester Sisters) 1956
• Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blond) 1957
• Lynn Herring 1958
• Joan Jett 1960
• Rob Stone 1962
• Scott Baio 1961
• Bonnie Hunt 1964
• Big Rube (Society of Soul) 1971
• Emily "Autumn" Liddell 1979
  
• Laura Vandervoort 1984

 

  

  

  

 

 

  

Look forward to XCX

   

 

CHARLI XCX

 

               

 

Playboy 2026 

  

 

Hotty of teh Day

 

 

 

 

cred to ou 

Monday, September 21, 2026

desiderium \ des-i-DEER-ee-uhm \ , noun; 

• an ardent longing, as for something lost. 

Origin: Desiderium comes from the Latin verb dēsīderāre meaning "to long for; require." It entered English in the early 1700s. 

employmentally challenged

• In today's economy, this word is quite handy when describing those who are currently without a job, jobless, or unemployed. This large group of people may or may not be receiving monthly benefits. They might be actively seeking work and honing in on their resumes or interviewing skills. More often than not, one can assume that they are glued to their couches in sweatpants, watching daytime television.

The employmentally challenged woman slept until 11 a.m. and then pretended to search for jobs on Craigslist, while spending hours and hours on Facebook.

Trivia
What futuristic novel opens with the line “It was a pleasure to burn”?

• Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury.

History

• French National Convention: voted to abolish the monarchy (1792)
• Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus: editorial in the New York Sun addressed an eight-year-old's doubts (1897)
• The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien's classic Middle-earth novel was published (1937)
• independence: Malta (1964) and Belize (1981) become independent of the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China was proclaimed (1949)
• NFL Monday Night Football: debuted on ABC, with color commentators Howard Cosell and Don Meredith (1970)

Birthdays

• H.G. Wells 1866
  
• Chuck Jones 1912
• Rand Brooks 1918
• Larry Hagman 1931
• Leonard Cohen 1934
• Henry Gibson 1935
• James Woolsey 1941
• Dickey Lee (Patches) 1941
• Sam McDowell 1942
• Fannie Flagg 1944
• Richard Childress 1945
• Stephen King 1947
• Reggie Rucker 1947
• Don Felder (The Eagles) 1947
• Marsha Norman 1948
• Bill Murray 1950
• Kenny Starr 1953
• Arie Luyendyk 1953
• Philthy Animal (Motorhead) 1954
• Mark Levin 1957
  
• Ethan Coen 1958
• Mark Reed Levin 1958
• Dave Coulier 1959
• David James Elliot 1960
• Nancy Travis 1961
• Catherine Oxenberg 1961
• Rob Morrow 1962
• Faith Hill 1967
• Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies) 1967
• Ricki Lake 1968
• Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul) 1968
• Alfonso Ribeiro 1971
• Liam Gallagher (Oasis) 1972
• Joseph Mazzello 1983
• Maggie Grace 1983 - Actress ("Lost")
• Lindsey Stirling - (violinist) 1986

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

Georgi Girl - 2026

 

There used to be a time that summer in NY meant seeing the GEORGI Vodka ads on the backs of buses. Some years back some groups had them removed and had laws passed to prevent booze ads on city property. Fast forward a bunch of years and the booze ads are GONE, but you can find THC ads all over.   

 

Sunday, September 20, 2026

brusque \ bruhsk \ , adjective;

• abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.

Origin: Brusque is borrowed from French and adapted from the Italian word brusco meaning "tart." It entered English in the early 1600s.

 

Sticker Paralysis

• The effect caused by having a really awesome sticker and no appropriate place to use it. General symptoms include keeping the sticker in a drawer and never actually using it. Sometimes resulting in affixation remorse.

"I have contracted a case of sticker paralysis from this Vintage Apple sticker. I can't decide if I should put it on my fake plastic guitar or my rear window or my skateboard. It is too precious to use on just anything.

Holiday

• YOM KIPPUR starts at sundown 

History

• Ferdinand Magellan: explorer set sail from southern Spain to circumnavigate the globe (1519)
• Victor Emmanuel II: seized the Papal States from the French; later he became the first king of modern Italy (1870)
• civil rights: Mississippi governor Ross Barnett personally blocked the entrance of African-American James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; Meredith did end up attending (1962)
• Battle of the Sexes tennis match: Billie Jean King won against Bobby Riggs, who had said women couldn't stand the pressure of the game; 30,000 attended and millions watched on TV (1973)

Birthdays

• Upton Sinclair 1878
  
• Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 1890
• Chuck Dressen 1898
• Elliot Nugent 1899
• Peg Phillips 1918
• Gogi Grant 1924
• James Galanos 1924
• Rachel Roberts 1927
• Johnny Dankworth 1927
• Donald A. Hall 1928
• Dr. Joyce Brothers 1928
• Anne Meara 1929
• Peter Palmer 1931
• Sophia Loren 1934
• John (Chuck) Panozzo (Styx) 1947
• Guy LaFleur 1951
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  Charlene Elizabeth Brinkeman (aka Brinke Stevens) 1954
• Peter White 1954
• Betsy Brantley 1955
• Gary Cole 1957
• Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins) 1957
• Crispin Glover 1964
• Kristen Johnston 1965
• Gunnar Nelson 1967
• Matthew Nelson 1967
• Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden) 1968