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Revision as of 10:22, 2 July 2023
Better Than News
Titanic 2: Under the Sea is a 2023 comedy action-romance film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Watergate Down is a 1978 British-American animated historical adventure-drama film loosely based on the life or Richard Nixon.
The Bride of RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction horror film about the brilliant but troubled Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive), who falls under the control of the sinister mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products, whose ruthless new CEO (Elsa Lanchester) is seeking the perfect mate (Boris Karloff).
ED-209: Origins is a 2022 American superhero film about teenager Peter Parker, who gains robot super-powers after he is bitten by a radioactive robot.
The Dune Knight is 2008 action-ecology film starring Christian Bale and Timothée Chalamet.
The Boggle of the Bulge is a 1965 American war film about a team of Boggle players who must repel the German offensive before the hourglass timer runs out.
Hot Punch-Outs is an American brand of microwaveable fisticuffs generally containing one or more types of hitting, kicking, or head-butting.
Call me HTML is the iconic opening sentence of the novel Moby-Web.
"Have You Never Been Holden" is a song by Olivia Newton-John dedicated to J D. Salinger.
Kill What, Tiger Pussy? Up Faster! Up Faster! is a comedy-thriller sexploitation film written and directed by Russ Meyer and Woody Allen.
Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back is a science fiction adventure novel by Jack Vance. It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1980.
Beyond Plausible
Bob & Carol & Ted & Bugsy is a romantic crime drama film starring Elliot Gould, Natalie Wood, Dyan Cannon, and Warren Beatty.
In Other Words
Cocaine is a 1985 American science fiction crime drama film about a group of elderly people rejuvenated by cocaine.
Double Indemnity 2: The Cubist Paradigm is an American screwball comedy romance art history film starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck, reprising their roles from Double Indemnity (1944).
Are You Sure
• ... that The Horn-Swoggling of Pelham One Two Three is a 1974 American thriller film involving adult temper tantrums and irresponsible handgun discharge?
• ... that cryptologist Laurance Safford (22 October 1893 – 15 May 1973) established the Naval cryptologic organization after World War I, and headed the effort more or less constantly until shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
• ... that physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky (22 October 1905 – 14 February 1950) discovered radio waves emanating from the Milky Way while investigating sources of static for his employer, Bell Laboratories; that his discovery was widely publicized, and several scientists were interested in Jansky's discovery, but radio astronomy remained a dormant field for several years, as the Great Depression then in progress, and observatories were wary of taking on any new and potentially risky projects?
Topic of the Day
Food and Beverages
Mummite is a brand of edible yeast spread derived from Egyptian mummies.
Promotional poster from the Cthulhu Pie Quality Control Board.
Canopic Snickers is an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which manifests itself as an ancient Egyptian candy bar with alleged life extension properties.
"A Devil Sold Fruit" is an anagram of "David Otis Fuller".
Dormammu & Doctor Strange is an animated children's supernatural food television series sponsored by Hostess Fruit Pies.
Alien Gourmand is a talk show featuring non-human species discussing food and fine dining. Broadcast live from the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere, and available at a discreet yet convenient safe house near you.
Hitler's Pineapple is a 2021 documentary film about Nazi research proctologists seeking a new "Death's Head" pineapple cultivar to placate the Führer's unholy appetites.
