The library online calendar is currently out of service. What you do not realize is that we don't remember that shit either, so stop calling. Story time is sometime in the afternoon.

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The library gift bags for volunteers that worked on the search and rescue effort of the "Librarians in Liminal Space" initiative are now available in the large meeting room.

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The library asks you to fill out a survey about some library shit. The director seems to think it matters what you think.

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The library will be getting a delivery of various stuff from a national stationary store, so move your 2006 Honda Elantra, Dave Gibbons of 334 Applebottom Rd if you know what's good for you.

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Did you know you can join the Friends of the Banned Library for $1 a month and get tons of material including extra podcast episodes and short stories? You can. patreon.com/bannedlibrary

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Hokum (2026)

written and directed by Damien McCarthy; starring Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, and David Wilmot

A drunk writer with a sad past goes to Ireland to solve his trauma through jump scares. It's a gorgeous, well shot movie where you can feel the mold behind every wooden artifice in the film. There's a sorta murder mystery that propels the action, but for the most part we are here for the guy from Parks and Rec to be a dickhead and then get the crap scared out of him. The sound design does a lot of the heavy lifting for the general mood and the scares, but there's enough here to entertain a horror fan and the person next to them who wanted to watch the new episode of Taskmaster. That bunny fucker is obtuse and lovely.

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The library bookstore does not give returns unless you don't want your money back.

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Editing is a special thing. A story written for the first time is a wild animal, ferocious and unkind, that whips and growls and has rough edges that scrape and claw. Shackle and tame the beast, take the language and edit down and tame the scratchier bits but allow the language to remain free.

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The library board meeting will once again be dominated by people talking to be heard rather than anything worthwhile being shared.

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Half of the book order for this month has arrived. Appears to be the front half of the books in case you want to start some novels and be in suspense.

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Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning

written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie; written by Erik Jendresen; starring Tom Cruise, Haley Atwell, and Ving Rhames

Truly felt like three movies that they sorta had ideas for crammed together and linked with stunts. It's fine.

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Fuck Ted Turner.

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The library would like to remind you that the bench outside memorializing the deaths caused by the 2019 "Meth-pocalypse" explosion is not for sitting.

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The circulation librarian has a hackly little cough. Deal with it. She's wearing a mask.

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Mortal Kombat II (2026)

Directed by Simon McQuoid; written by Jeremy Slater; starring Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, and Jessica McNamee

Do you want a faithful adaptation of a game where two fighters square off in fantastical arenas and fight using magical powers and brutal attacks ultimately proving that physics and the fundamental laws of reality, including life and death, have no meaning? Boy, have I got a movie for you. The whole movie feels rushed and kinda cheesy, as if they were halfway finished filming one of the 80s Johnny Cage sequences (amazing, by the way) and decided that's what the whole movie should be like. Everyone's having fun, there are some amazing fights (On Fire Guy vs Zombie Hat Guy was amazing). Lacks anything really to hang on to as it is not an ensemble nor does it follow one character. No matter what, we have Kano's lines to punctuate every scene with gold, from "Beat the system" to "Voldemort's nutsack." And yes, I know it was Liu Kang vs Kung Lao, but who really cares?

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Beyond The Stars (1989)

Written and directed by David Saperstein; starring Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, and Sharon Stone

Saw the cast and thought, huh, why not? Vague memories of this movie kept trying to surface, probably because it was on HBO in the afternoon while we were waiting on Fraggle Rock to play. Kinda just flits along wanting to be a coming of age story with some science fiction "there's more out there" stuff, but it's pretty dull.

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The library sees your red flag and raises you a there's not enough room in this library for both of us and I'm paid to be here.

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Sheep Detectives (2026)

Directed by Kyle Balda; written by Craig Maison; starring Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, and Nicholas Braun

Wolverine has been murdered and some sheep, Nanny McPhee, and He-Man are… there. Do not go for this movie because you want to scratch your "Knives Out" fix. Go to his movie because we haven't gotten a movie that's fairly charming and full of existential dread in a while. Halfway through a character dies and sure, that's sad, but the reaction to the death caused the audience in my theater to almost cry. The kids won't get it really, but there's some punch packed into this bowl of fruit and sugar silliness.