February 9
Better Than News
Where Krakens Dare is a 1968 British-American action adventure war horror spy film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a Special Operations Executive team of men attempting to recover an ancient Greek artifact from the fictional Schloß Adler fortress, except the mission turns out not to be as it seems.
X-Men: Cordyceps is an American science fiction superhero horror film about a parasitic fungus which takes control of mutant superheroes.
Rear Gambrel is a 1954 American mystery thriller film about a recuperating news photographer (James Stewart) who believes he has witnessed a building code violation.
NFT, the Wrath of God is a 1972 epic historical drama film about Spanish soldier Lope de Aguirre, who leads a group of NFT investors down the Amazon River in South America in search of the legendary city of apes, El No Fungiblo.
Hummer is a 1981 American science fiction ornithology film about a giant mutant hummingbird with hypnotic power over people.
Sogum is a cosmic hygiene adventure film based on the novel Counter-Clock World by American sociologist Philip K. Dick 1.1.
Goldplunger is a 1964 spy film starring Sean Connery as James Bond, a British secret sewage agent who uncovers plumbing mogul Auric Goldplunger's plans to back up all of the toilet drains in America during the Superbowl.
Beyond Plausible
Barrett's Four Strong Privateers is a song by Stan Rogers and Ian & Sylvia.
Scorpion King: Lord of the Moon American sword and science fiction action adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson and directed by Buzz Aldrin.
The Chewing is a 1980 horror comedy film about a child prodigy (Danny Torrance) who is haunted by unnaturally cheerful twins (the Doublemint Twins).
In Other Words
"Tell Liberty So Wild" is an anagram of "Little Yellow Birds".
Are You Sure
• ... that the American home improvement comedy romance television seriesThe Courtship of Eddie's Carpenter is based on the 1963 "Courtship Carpentry" fad of the same name?
• ... that printer and publisher Christian Egenolff was sued in 1533 by publisher Johann Schott for infringement of copyright on Herbarium Vivae Icones, and that Egenolff argued in his defense that nature could not be copyrighted and that plants stood as communal models for any artist?
• ... that physician and philosopher Lucilio Vanini was among the first modern thinkers who viewed the universe as an entity governed by natural laws, and the first literate proponent of the thesis that humans evolved from apes, and that on this day in 1619 the Parliament of Toulouse found Vanini guilty of atheism and blasphemy, cut out his tongue, strangled him, and burned his body?
• ... that electrical engineer and physicist Dennis Gabor's 1963 book Inventing the Future discusses the three major threats Gabor saw to modern society: war, overpopulation, and the Age of Leisure, and that the book contains the now well-known expression that "the future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented"?
• ... that The Woke and the Furious is a 2021 political action film about an undercover liberal who is tasked with discovering the identities of a group of insurrectionists led by Donald Trump?
Topic of the Day
Bears
"Bears and Poison Ivy Don't Mix" is a public-service advertising campaign which educates the general public on the perils of bear attack, which may also result in poison ivy contact.
Bearfly is a 1987 American buddy comedy film about a down-on-his-luck writer (Mickey Rourke) who befriends an alcoholic bear (Paddington).
Alien vs. Pooh— Piglet and Eeyore are caught in the crossfire of an ancient battle between Winnie-the-Pooh and aliens as they attempt to entertain children long enough for their parents to have some overdue sex.