Yes, I read the news, too: Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts won the weekend box office, taking the prize from Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse. I wondered on social media who still cares about this toy robot franchise. Apparently, quite a few people wanted to see Transformers 7.

On Friday I reopened The Knox Office on CBC Information Morning to offer a few alternatives to this particular blockbuster squatting in cinemas. Portia Clark and I talked about The Wrath Of Becky, Daliland, Showing Up — which played this weekend at Carbon Arc Cinema — and The Artifice Girl.

Go here to listen to the conversation, or copy and paste this into a browser:

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-27-information-morning-ns/clip/15990143-the-knox-office-counterprogramming-choices-june-movie-watching