The Summer of Strange has come to a close. Now begins the Season of Spooky! …And what could be spookier than Back-to-School time during a pandemic!? Therefore, Axis and Moaner will be watching Jonathan Milott’s Cooties (2014) starring Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, and Alison Pill; and following that with Abe Forsythe’s Little Monsters (2019) starring Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England, Josh Gad and Diesel La Torraca. (Ironically, this was on Moaner’s planned programming back in January!) As far as worthy causes go for September, Axis suggests donating school supplies to underfunded schools in one’s area. You can visit Classroom Central for more information. Also, September 6th is National Read A Book Day. Moaner and Axis are fans of combating illiteracy, and so one can also visit the American Library Association for book donations, or even visit Little Free Library to learn about how to create a Library Box in their area.

During their reviews, Moaner brought up a fun anecdote he remembered about actor Ty Burrell on Ellen involving child rearing and cayenne pepper (just a sprinkle!); actor Dominic Monaghan pranking Elijah Wood; actor Josh Gad interpreting actress Lupita Nyong’o’s rationale for taking the role of Miss Caroline while she had a slight case laryngitis; and recommended that everyone head to YouTube and check out Dena Blizzard’s channel, One Crazy Mother, especially her episode Stop Complaining About Back-to-School Shopping. Axis also talked about the story of Henry from Sundance’s Alive Inside, and discussed music and memory are linked.