A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. They're actually doing a third Underworld movie. Of course, it will be a prequel. It's called Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans, and it'll be the directorial debut of Patrick Tatopoulos, who did the creature effects on the first two movies. Apparently director George Miller will be working on Mad Max 4: Fury Road, Happy Feet 2, and Justice League of America,......

For our parents, it was the assassination of JFK. Ask any of them and they can remember exactly what they were doing at the time they found out JFK had been killed. I never understood that until September 11, 2001. Our generation can remember it like it was yesterday. For us, that moment, frozen in time, is and will always be 9/11. Back then I was in community journalism at a small paper in Bristol,......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Amazing Grace - The tagline ("Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget.") is absolutely awful, but the movie sounds like it might actually be pretty interesting. It's directed by Michael Apted, written by Steven Knight, and tells the true story (dramatized, of course) of the life of William Wilberforce, a British politician who successfully wages the first modern political campaign, and......

Sean Manning...

We know the following isn't really about Philadelphia. But Philly has an NBC affiliate, and therefore, we feel the below still applies - even if it's not in our standard letter format. Think of it as an angry e-mail. Those don't usually begin with the word “Dear.” Damn you, Bob Costas! Damn you for pulling at our heartstrings! Don't toy with us like that! Don't tell us the story of some skiers's paraplegic mother and......

Halloween is often called “Christmas for Freaks.” For this reason, it is unsurprisingly big with Philadelphia, and also with Phillyist. People know this, and ask us for costume advice all the time. For your entertainment and edification, we have written this advice down just for all of you procrastinators, dear readers. Don’t you feel lucky? Think of things that have some sort of meaning or resonance for you. Are you into video games? Old movies?......