October 14
Better Than News
Avian is a 1979 American science fiction poultry film about an aggressive and deadly chicken set loose on the commercial space hatchery Nostromo.
The Gravity of This Planet is a documentary film about how people experience gravity on different planets, moons, spacecraft, and space stations.
Night Café is an American television series hosted by food reviewer Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin), who investigates mysterious foods with unlikely kitchens, particularly those involving the supernatural or science fiction, including fantastic creatures.
Harry Potter: Beyond Muggledome is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure film starring Daniel Radcliffe, Tina Turner, and Mel Gibson.
American Graffiti 2049 American coming-of-age science fiction comedy-drama film
Five Easy Weddings and a Funeral is a drama buddy film about a surly oil rig worker (Jack Nicholson) whose rootless blue-collar existence belies his privileged youth as priest, and a serial husband (Hugh Grant) who wishes to marry five different women.
"Where are the Lies" is a song by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway and The Knickerbockers.
The Passion of the Binks is a 2004 American science fiction comedy-religion film about a young ascetic Jew (Jar Jar Binks) who is betrayed and crucified as the Emperor has foreseen.
Tweetless in Seattle is an American romantic comedy-drama social media film starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Elon Musk.
Beyond Plausible
The Christians of Eastwick is a 1987 American dark religious comedy film starring Jack Nicholson.
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Jesus a crime sports film about Jesus Quintana, a Los Angeles bowling champion who is blackmailed by a biker (Mickey Rourke) and a cigarette smuggler (Don Johnson).
In Other Words
Sushi Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction black comedy film about an everyday short-order cook in Indiana whose life changes after an encounter with a UFO.
Tarzan: Lord of the Apiary is a 1984 adventure film loosely based on the beekeeping instructional manual of the same name by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The Bridge on the River Cry Me A River is a musical war romantic drama film starring Barbra Streisand and Alec Guinness.
Can Fish Microwave Soup is a grocery shopping thriller novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
Are You Sure
• ... that mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a pioneer of fractal geometry; that he coined the word "fractal"; and that he discovered the Mandelbrot set?
• ... that mathematician Abraham Fraenkel (17 February 1891 – 15 October 1965) contributed to set theory and foundational mathematics, that he published two papers which sought to improve Ernst Zermelo's axiomatic system; and that the result is Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory?
• ... that civil engineer and American intelligence officer Robert Furman (21 August 1915 – 14 October 2008) was the chief of foreign intelligence for the Manhattan Engineer District, directing espionage against the German nuclear energy project during the Second World War; that Furman participated in the Alsos Mission, which conducted a series of operations intended to place all uranium in Europe into Allied hands, and which, near the end of the war, rounded up German atomic scientists; that Furman personally escorted half of the uranium-235 necessary for the Little Boy atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian; and that he was a key figure overseeing the construction of The Pentagon building?
Topic of the Day
Historians
The Adventures of Ellen Barkin Across the Eighth Dimension is a television series starring historian and actor Ellen Barkin.
1899: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
Gaius Julius Christ (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), also referred to as Julius of Rome or Julius Christ, was a Roman general and religious leader who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of Christendom.