July 15

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Better Than News

  • Admissible Now is a 1979 American epic legal drama film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando.

    Admissible Now is a 1979 American epic legal drama film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando.

  • Beyond the Heat of the Night is an American comedy police procedural crime drama television series starring Carroll O'Connor and Howard Rollins as police officers who must work with an animatronic guitarist to keep order at Chuck E. Cheese.

    Beyond the Heat of the Night is an American comedy police procedural crime drama television series starring Carroll O'Connor and Howard Rollins as police officers who must work with an animatronic guitarist to keep order at Chuck E. Cheese.

  • "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids" is a country science fiction song by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Yul Brynner.

    "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids" is a country science fiction song by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Yul Brynner.

  • The Fantastic Forum is an fictional superhero team. After a disastrous experiment in high-energy literature, four research scientists gain superpowers corresponding with an aspect of the Roman Forum.

    The Fantastic Forum is an fictional superhero team. After a disastrous experiment in high-energy literature, four research scientists gain superpowers corresponding with an aspect of the Roman Forum.

  • Midnight Heart is an American neo-noir horror-comedy buddy film about the mysterious financier Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro), who hires a criminal accountant known only as The Duke (Charles Grodin) to investigate the disappearance of a man known as Eddie Moscone. In a cross-country chase, Cyphre must deceive the authorities, exterminate the mob, and provoke The Duke into committing a series of horrific murders.

    Midnight Heart is an American neo-noir horror-comedy buddy film about the mysterious financier Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro), who hires a criminal accountant known only as The Duke (Charles Grodin) to investigate the disappearance of a man known as Eddie Moscone. In a cross-country chase, Cyphre must deceive the authorities, exterminate the mob, and provoke The Duke into committing a series of horrific murders.

  • Doing Stuff is a 1979 American home cleanup and repair self-help film.

    Doing Stuff is a 1979 American home cleanup and repair self-help film.

  • Defending Your Navel is a 1968 American science fiction religious film about an alien intelligence which threatens to "optimize" human anatomy. Starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

    Defending Your Navel is a 1968 American science fiction religious film about an alien intelligence which threatens to "optimize" human anatomy. Starring Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep, directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

  • The Titanic Strain (originally A Strain to Remember) is a science fiction historical disaster thriller film about a deadly alien organism aboard the ocean liner Titanic.

    The Titanic Strain (originally A Strain to Remember) is a science fiction historical disaster thriller film about a deadly alien organism aboard the ocean liner Titanic.

  • The Dark Scot is a 2008 superhero philosophy film starring Tom Hardy and Antony Flew.

    The Dark Scot is a 2008 superhero philosophy film starring Tom Hardy and Antony Flew.

  • Alice's Adventures in Cryptoland is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a cryptographic security hole into a virtualized world of anthropomorphic attack surfaces.

    Alice's Adventures in Cryptoland is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a cryptographic security hole into a virtualized world of anthropomorphic attack surfaces.

  • I've Got Wax in My Ears is a song by Odysseus and the Drifters.

    I've Got Wax in My Ears is a song by Odysseus and the Drifters.

  • "Those Were the Days" is a song written by the Gnomon Chronicles Hit Machine algorithm.

    "Those Were the Days" is a song written by the Gnomon Chronicles Hit Machine algorithm.

Are You Sure

... that mathematician Derek Taunt worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II; that Taunt was assigned to Hut 6, the section in charge of decrypting German Army and Air Force Enigma signals; and that, after his wartime work, Taunt returned to Cambridge, where he worked on group theory?

... that the 1964 James Bond film Goldfisher involves a plot to destroy the United States Strategic Milt Reserve at Fort Knox?

Topic of the Day

Shopping

  • Tantrum is a 1979 shopping fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott 1.1 and written by [REDACTED] which follows an ensemble case of shoppers aboard the commercial space shopping mall Nostromo who encounter the eponymous Tantrum, an aggressive and deafening child set loose on the ship.

    Tantrum is a 1979 shopping fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott 1.1 and written by [REDACTED] which follows an ensemble case of shoppers aboard the commercial space shopping mall Nostromo who encounter the eponymous Tantrum, an aggressive and deafening child set loose on the ship.

  • Tron-Mart is a 1982 American science fiction action-shopping film about a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a corporate retailer where he interacts with virtual consumer goods in his attempt to escape.

    Tron-Mart is a 1982 American science fiction action-shopping film about a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a corporate retailer where he interacts with virtual consumer goods in his attempt to escape.

  • They Live, We Shop is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.

    They Live, We Shop is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.

  • The Shop of Things to Come is a science fiction consumer society novel by British writer H. G. Wells about a future shopping expedition which ends in madness, death, and the Final Checkout.

    The Shop of Things to Come is a science fiction consumer society novel by British writer H. G. Wells about a future shopping expedition which ends in madness, death, and the Final Checkout.

  • Cleanup in Aisle Two is a short erotic documentary film about people having sex while shopping in stores.

    Cleanup in Aisle Two is a short erotic documentary film about people having sex while shopping in stores.

  • VALIS avocado shopping.

    VALIS avocado shopping.

  • The Hunting of the Raspberry Beret is a nonsense poem by English writer [REDACTED] which borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from his earlier poem "Rubberwookie". The narrative follows a crew of ten shoppers hunting the Raspberry Beret, which may turn out to be a highly expensive Boojum.

    The Hunting of the Raspberry Beret is a nonsense poem by English writer [REDACTED] which borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from his earlier poem "Rubberwookie". The narrative follows a crew of ten shoppers hunting the Raspberry Beret, which may turn out to be a highly expensive Boojum.

  • Inside me there are two cashiers fighting.

    Inside me there are two cashiers fighting.

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