DAILY CALL SHEET: JANUARY 29, 2026

Diabolique (1955) When cruel boarding school headmaster Michel Delassalle isn't busy beating his sickly wife Christina, he's spending his spare time beating his mistress Nicole. Bonding over their common abuse, the two women plot to drug Michel and drown him in a bathtub, thereby solving both their problems at once. They run into a bit of a hiccup, however, when Michel's body disappears after the deed is done. Even worse, signs begin to appear that Michel might still be alive and well and ready to start the beatings again. With the clock ticking, the two new besties must solve the mystery of Michel before the police close in and/or Christina's weak heart gives out. Not all goes the way you might think. Diabolique is part suspense, part horror, and all classic, with one of the most recognizable and lauded set pieces in cinema history. Even for those who can't stand them, this one is definitely worth the subtitles.

Interestingly, while the film's source novel makes it pretty clear that the written versions of Christina and Nicole hook up with one another while plotting against Michel, the movie adaptation removes any explicit reference to such a relationship. The opposite occurs with the Bible. Other than a single verse which lumps female same-sex attraction in the same boat as all other sexual relationships outside of marriage between a man and a woman (that would be the "don't do it" boat), there are zero lesbians in Scripture. However, some modern LGBTQ+ scholars have tried hard to add such context to the story of Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi because the two women "clung" to each other after Ruth's husband died. That's not a widely held view, though. That's because it's usually considered infinitely more accurate to interpret the original texts in the context of when they were written rather than attempt to force your pet theory back through the ages to a time where they would be very unwelcome.

Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014) Dr. Debbie Gibson is back, for a few minutes anyway, and she's here to offer advice on what to do after another megalodon  breaks free from the iceberg it was frozen in and destroys the Sphinx. Yes, a giant shark in the ocean destroys the Sphinx. Just take my word for it, okay. Two other scientists, having obviously seen their share of Godzilla movies, decide the best course of action is to build a giant robotic version of the megalodon and arrange a match-up. After a few rounds, though, Mecha Shark malfunctions and goes rogue, attacking anything it feels is a threat, even the good guys. Now, with two oversized menaces headed towards Australia intent on making it the land down underwater, what are the big brains to do? This is the third (let me repeat that, third) movie in the direct-to-video Mega Shark series from Asylum studios, so whatever you thought of the first two, this one isn't going to change your mind one little bit.

The book of Genesis does mention God creating the great sea monsters, but it's unlikely this meant megalodons, plesiosaurs, or anything else form the fossil records. This is because the Bible is interested in salvation history and could care less about prehistoric creatures. Alas, this hasn't stopped skeptics from trying one of their go-to gotchas; how can the book of Romans say that death came into the world through sin, when the fossil record shows the world was literally littered with animal bones by the time humans came along? Well, as Aquinas argued, the nature of non-human animals inherently involves mortality, predation, and decay as part of material creation's order, and therefore their deaths would naturally precede that of humanity's. Humans, on the other hand, were created in a state of original holiness and justice—free from sin, with preternatural gifts including immortality. Sin removed that gift, leaving humans as mortal as any other animal, which is what Romans was referring to.