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Latest revision as of 09:26, 25 February 2023
Better Than News
Lady in the Bottle is an American fantasy psychological comedy-thriller road film starring Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Thomas Haden Church, and Virginia Madsen.
Stardust Liaisons is a period romantic fantasy adventure film directed by Stephen Frears and Matthew Vaughn.
The Shining 2: Return to Antarctica is a science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, starring Kurt Russell and Jack Nicholson.
Zardoz Unchained is a revisionist science fiction Western film written and directed by John Boorman and Quentin Tarantino, and starring Sean Connery and Jamie Foxx.
The Directorate (original title: Alien Abduction) is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film about a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing director JJ Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg into their town.
The Little Barmaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film about a teenage mermaid princess named Ariel, who dreams of becoming human lead her to fall in with a rough crowd at the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine.
Cocaine Bear 2: Sideways Picnic is an American comedy-drama road film directed by Alexander Payne and Elizabeth Banks.
Dial E for Elon is a 1954 American dystopian crime thriller film about a wealthy entrepreneur (Elon Musk) who starts a phone dating service for all the world's women to date him.
"Coppertunities (Let's Mint Lots of Money)" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Coins from their debut studio album, Planchets (1986).
Beyond Plausible
Edge of Blade is an American science fiction horror film about an immortal vampire (Wesley Snipes) is trapped in a time-loop war between humans and aliens.
"Someone Shaved My Skull Tonight" is a song by Elton John and the Three Stooges.
Dial B for Building Inspector is a 1954 American crime thriller film about a former building inspector (Ray Milland) who wants to have his wealthy wife (Grace Kelly) murdered so he can get his hands on her architectural plans. When he discovers her having an affair with Frank Lloyd Wright (Robert Cummings), he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her.
In Other Words
Sardaukar Leader is a 1977 tactical level board war game which simulates infantry combat on Arrakis during the betrayal of the Atreides by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV.
The Rinse of Tides is a 1991 American home repair drama film about a plumber (Nick Nolte) who struggles to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional bathroom in South Carolina.
Are You Sure
... that mathematician Oskar Bolza contributed to the calculus of variations, and that Bola's work on variations for an integral problem involving inequalities later became important in control theory?
... that rogue mathematician and alleged time-traveler Anarchimedes intends to conquer the planet Jupiter using transdimensional Lego pieces?
Topic of the Day
Planet of the Tweets is a 2022 American science fiction film about an astronaut (Charlton Heston) who crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future where humans have been replaced by Twitter posts.
"Don't tweet like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me. They need your creativity right now, but when they don't, they'll block your account, like a leper. You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to tweet. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these ... these linear people, they will tweet without you. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the verb." (The Dark Tweet.)
Soylent Tweet is a 1973 American ecological dystopian social media film about the investigation into the murder of a wealthy Twitter influencer, set in a dystopian future of overpopulation, pollution, depleted resources, dying oceans, and year-round humidity, due to the Tweethouse effect.