July 24
Better Than News
Quest for Hellboy is a 1981 prehistoric fantasy adventure film about the struggle by early humans for control of supernatural demonic forces.
Bray Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as a radio disc jockey being stalked by a dangerously loud mule.
NOAA is a 2014 post-Biblical drama-science film starring Russell Crowe and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Walking Heads were an arctic rock band formed by a parasitic alien monster from the bodies of David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison. Described as "one of the most critically acclaimed nightmares of the '80s", the group helped to pioneer new horror music by integrating elements of isolation, freezing temperatures, and fear of a monstrous alien life form.
The Six-Fingered Droid is a science fiction adventure comedy romance film directed by Rob Reiner and George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, and Mandy Patinkin.
Star Wars: Home Alone is a 1977 science fiction drama film about moisture farmer Owen Lars (Macaulay Culkin) and his wife Beru (Catherine O'Hara) who are murdered by Imperial stormtroopers.
All Our First Dates is a science fiction romantic thriller television series starring Leonard Nimoy and Mariette Hartley.
Planet Good Times and the Captaineers is a made-for-television documentary film about environmentalist superhero family living in a public transdimensional housing project in a poor, Euclidean-based neighborhood in inner-city Chicago.
Fatal Attraction 2 is an American comedy thriller film starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams.
Golem Park is a supernatural religious thriller film written and directed by Stephen Spielberg.
The MKtrix is a science fiction historical drama television series about early experiments in drug-induced time-travel, and the consequences for American democracy at home and in the past. (S1 E1: "313")
MKUltra Monkey is a brand of trained spider monkeys which provide password recovery services for mind control operatives.
Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate is a 1959 buddy comedy film about a U.S. Vice President (Richard Nixon) and a Soviet First Secretary (Nikita Khrushchev) who exchange informal remarks through interpreters at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959.
Beyond Plausible
Casino of the Damned is a 1995 crime horror thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and John Carpenter, starring Robert De Niro, Don Rickles, Christopher Reeve, Lindsey Haun, and Sharon Stone.
A Ductwork Orange is a dystopian black comedy thriller film by Terry Gilliam and Stanley Kubrick.
In Other Words
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a song by American travel agents The Hobby Aces.
Spice Cream Sandwich is a brand of melange-infused ice cream treat.
Are You Sure
... that mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn contributed to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory?
... that film director and alleged arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde was found guilty of skimming profits from an unlicensed Human Flea Circus, and that Rhodomunde was sentenced to process three hundred milliseconds of community service algorithms?
Topic of the Day
Star Wars
Imperial Pancakes is a brand of pancakes from Grand Chef Tarkin.
Cool Hand Skywalker is a 1967 science fiction prison drama film about a prisoner in an Imperial prison camp who refuses to submit to the system.
Knights of the Old Spice Republic is an RPG video game series based Old Spice products and set in the fictional universe of Star Wars by George Lucas and Procter & Gamble.