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== Better Than News == | |||
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== Beyond Plausible == | |||
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== In Other Words == | |||
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== Are You Sure == | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:21, 21 February 2023
Better Than News
Undercover Reds is an American epic historical comedy-drama film which explores the lives and careers of wise-cracking spy couple Jane and Jefferson Red, and their friendship with journalist John Reed.
Angels & Skynets is a 2009 science fiction mystery thriller film starring Tom Hanks and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Acerbico is a biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino as a New York City police officer with a sour attitude.
Khan Heir is a 1997 American science fiction film about a prison break aboard a United Federation of Planets spacecraft masterminded by the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán).
Mark Trail in Space is a 2022 science fiction animal adventure film.
The Unbearable Lightness of Light Mayonnaise is a 1988 American documentary film, an interpretation of the 1984 novel of the same name by Milan Kundera.
Beyond Plausible
2001: An NFT Odyssey is a 1968 American science fiction NFT film about an advanced computer (HAL 9000) which attempts to market itself as non-fungible tokens.
"Chip Chip Cher-ee" is a song from the film Mary Chippers.
Three Thousand Years of Long Pig is a 2022 American dramatic fantasy adventure television series about human cannibalism.
In Other Words
"My Good Vibrations" is a song by the Beach Boys and The Who.
The Last Temptation of Cocaine Bear is a 1988 epic religious horror film directed by Martin Scorsese and Elizabeth Banks.
Are You Sure
• ... that the 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9; that devastating fires soon broke out in the city and lasted for several days; and that as a result, up to 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed?
• ... that the Bathysquare is a two-dimensional bathysphere with sufficient artificial intelligence to escape captivity and hide from its designer, and that its location is currently unknown?
Topic of the Day
John Carpenter
Quiz of Darkness is a 1987 American supernatural education film, about a group of quantum physics students in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest in investigating an ancient cylinder of liquid discovered in a monastery, which they come to find is a sentient, liquid embodiment of Education.
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.
Picnic of the Damned is a 1995 cooking thriller film starring Christopher Reeve and Oscar Meyer.