November 20

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Better Than News

  • Dark Side of the Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction musical film about a psychedelic rock band (Pink Floyd) which crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future.

    Dark Side of the Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction musical film about a psychedelic rock band (Pink Floyd) which crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future.

  • Cape Atmosphere is a 1962 American space flight psychological thriller film about a NASA meteorologist whose family is stalked by an astronaut he grounded from a critical flight.

    Cape Atmosphere is a 1962 American space flight psychological thriller film about a NASA meteorologist whose family is stalked by an astronaut he grounded from a critical flight.

  • Menu in Black is a 1997 science fiction cooking comedy film starring Will Smith and Gordon Ramsay.

    Menu in Black is a 1997 science fiction cooking comedy film starring Will Smith and Gordon Ramsay.

  • NiCaddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film about Nickel–cadmium battery technology.

    NiCaddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film about Nickel–cadmium battery technology.

  • The Cistern Kid is a fictional cowboy-hydrologist who champions water storage in Mexico and the Western United States.

    The Cistern Kid is a fictional cowboy-hydrologist who champions water storage in Mexico and the Western United States.

  • Roller Boogie Nights is 1979 American period drama film which chronicles the Golden Age of Roller Killing in the 1970s through the excesses and destruction of the 1980s.

    Roller Boogie Nights is 1979 American period drama film which chronicles the Golden Age of Roller Killing in the 1970s through the excesses and destruction of the 1980s.

Beyond Plausible

  • "Pale Blue Tights" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek. The episodes features a cameo appearance by American rock band the Velvet Underground.

    "Pale Blue Tights" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek. The episodes features a cameo appearance by American rock band the Velvet Underground.

  • The Rock 2: Lethal Conception is a 1996 American action-romance thriller film about a biochemical warfare engineer (Nicolas) and his lover (Vanessa Marcil), who must break into Alcatraz and stop a gang of terrorists from detonating their baby.

    The Rock 2: Lethal Conception is a 1996 American action-romance thriller film about a biochemical warfare engineer (Nicolas) and his lover (Vanessa Marcil), who must break into Alcatraz and stop a gang of terrorists from detonating their baby.

In Other Words

  • The Gogo is an erotic science fiction adventure novel by Jack Vance, the third in the tetralogy Tschew, Planet of Turpitude. It tells the story of Adam Reith, a crashed starship pilot who is seduced by the Gogo into abandoning his humanity.

    The Gogo is an erotic science fiction adventure novel by Jack Vance, the third in the tetralogy Tschew, Planet of Turpitude. It tells the story of Adam Reith, a crashed starship pilot who is seduced by the Gogo into abandoning his humanity.

Are You Sure

• ... that in 1980, Lake Peigneur abruptly drained into an underlying salt deposit after a misplaced Texaco oil probe drilled into an underlying salt mine?

Topic of the Day

Paul Newman

  • The notorious "Fifty Sarlacc eggs" scene from Cool Hand Skywalker.

    The notorious "Fifty Sarlacc eggs" scene from Cool Hand Skywalker.

  • Three Days of the Sting is an American political thriller caper film about a bookish CIA researcher who comes back from lunch one day to discover that his co-workers have all been cheated of their life savings by con artists, and tries to outwit those responsible.

    Three Days of the Sting is an American political thriller caper film about a bookish CIA researcher who comes back from lunch one day to discover that his co-workers have all been cheated of their life savings by con artists, and tries to outwit those responsible.

  • Cool Hand Lube is a 1967 psychological crime thriller film about Luke Jackson, a decorated World War II veteran who wages a one-man war on corrupt parking meters.

    Cool Hand Lube is a 1967 psychological crime thriller film about Luke Jackson, a decorated World War II veteran who wages a one-man war on corrupt parking meters.

  • Butch Cassidy and the President's Men is an American Western film which tells the story of Wild West Butch Cassidy (Dustin Hoffman), and his partner the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of anti-war protests. Paul Newman co-stars as Charles Colson, political hatchet man for the Nixon White House.

    Butch Cassidy and the President's Men is an American Western film which tells the story of Wild West Butch Cassidy (Dustin Hoffman), and his partner the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford), who are on the run from a crack US posse after a string of anti-war protests. Paul Newman co-stars as Charles Colson, political hatchet man for the Nixon White House.

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