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Better Than News

  • Dial M for MI6 is a 1954 American spy thriller film about a former MI6 agent (Ray Milland) who wants to have his boss (Judy Dench) murdered so he can get his hands on her Russian contacts list. When he discovers her having an affair with Rudolph Abel (Robert Cummings), he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her.

    Dial M for MI6 is a 1954 American spy thriller film about a former MI6 agent (Ray Milland) who wants to have his boss (Judy Dench) murdered so he can get his hands on her Russian contacts list. When he discovers her having an affair with Rudolph Abel (Robert Cummings), he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her.

  • Arrakishead is a 1983 surrealist science fiction horror allegory film about a dispossessed aristocrat who is left to care for his melange-addicted child in a barren desert landscape.

    Arrakishead is a 1983 surrealist science fiction horror allegory film about a dispossessed aristocrat who is left to care for his melange-addicted child in a barren desert landscape.

  • Apocalypse Godfather is an epic war crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando.

    Apocalypse Godfather is an epic war crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando.

  • Born Free 2049 is a science fiction animal rights film ab about a couple who raise an orphaned virtual lion cub to adulthood, and released it into the wilderness of the Internet.

    Born Free 2049 is a science fiction animal rights film ab about a couple who raise an orphaned virtual lion cub to adulthood, and released it into the wilderness of the Internet.

  • Mission to Marzipan is a 2000 American science fiction confectionary adventure film.

    Mission to Marzipan is a 2000 American science fiction confectionary adventure film.

  • Farewell Barbieland (full title: The Day After 2: Farewell Barbieland) is a fantasy comedy nuclear war film directed by Greta Gerwig and Nicholas Meyer, and starring Margot Robbie, Jason Robards, and Ryan Gosling.

    Farewell Barbieland (full title: The Day After 2: Farewell Barbieland) is a fantasy comedy nuclear war film directed by Greta Gerwig and Nicholas Meyer, and starring Margot Robbie, Jason Robards, and Ryan Gosling.

  • Simply Slugs is a brand of beverages made primarily from slugs.

    Simply Slugs is a brand of beverages made primarily from slugs.

Beyond Plausible

  • American Gangbird is a 2007 American ornithology buddy crime film about a thieving bird (Russell Crowe) who smuggles bright shiny objects, and an Audubon Society detective (Denzel Washington).

    American Gangbird is a 2007 American ornithology buddy crime film about a thieving bird (Russell Crowe) who smuggles bright shiny objects, and an Audubon Society detective (Denzel Washington).

  • Fanfare for the Comic Sans is a musical-typographical work by the American composer-typographer Aaron Copland.

    Fanfare for the Comic Sans is a musical-typographical work by the American composer-typographer Aaron Copland.

  • Eaty Peachy Big and Bouncy is a compilation album of singles by the Allman Brothers and the Who.

    Eaty Peachy Big and Bouncy is a compilation album of singles by the Allman Brothers and the Who.

In Other Words

  • The TamagotchNFT is a handheld digital non-fungible token pet.

    The TamagotchNFT is a handheld digital non-fungible token pet.

Are You Sure

... that The Man Who Replaced His Ears With Orchids is a 1975 floral industry training film about a brilliant but absent-minded surgeon whose obsession with orchids leads to frightening advances in medical botany?

Topic of the Day

Dune

  • Sandfall is a science fiction spy film starring Daniel Craig as a British MI6 agent who must discover the source of Melange, a drug which facilitates interstellar travel.

    Sandfall is a science fiction spy film starring Daniel Craig as a British MI6 agent who must discover the source of Melange, a drug which facilitates interstellar travel.

  • My Dinner With Atreides is a 1981 science fiction comedy-drama film about a disbarred Spacing Guild navigator turned restauranteur (Wallace Shawn) and a wealthy investor (Leto Atreides). The film's dialogue covers topics such as experimental drugs, the nature of Arrakis, and contrasts Wally's modest humanism with Leto's dynastic ambitions.

    My Dinner With Atreides is a 1981 science fiction comedy-drama film about a disbarred Spacing Guild navigator turned restauranteur (Wallace Shawn) and a wealthy investor (Leto Atreides). The film's dialogue covers topics such as experimental drugs, the nature of Arrakis, and contrasts Wally's modest humanism with Leto's dynastic ambitions.

  • Lawrence of Arrakis is an an epic historical drama science fiction film directed by David Lean and staring Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, and José Ferrer.

    Lawrence of Arrakis is an an epic historical drama science fiction film directed by David Lean and staring Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, and José Ferrer.

  • Spice-Lord is a 2021 science fiction comedy film about a zoologist (Chris Pratt) who discovers a new species of worm which excretes a hallucinogenic drug.

    Spice-Lord is a 2021 science fiction comedy film about a zoologist (Chris Pratt) who discovers a new species of worm which excretes a hallucinogenic drug.

  • Dune: House Ferret is a 2021 science fiction animal adventure film based on the best-selling autobiography of animal trainer Frank Herbert.

    Dune: House Ferret is a 2021 science fiction animal adventure film based on the best-selling autobiography of animal trainer Frank Herbert.

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