December 23
Better Than News
Scroogebusters is a 1984 American supernatural Christmas film about a cynical and selfish parapsychologist who is haunted by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on possessing Santa Claus.
The World According to Gort is a 1982 American science fiction comedy-drama about an eccentric writer (Robin Williams) who befriends an alien robot.
They Live, We Shop is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.
Puss in Boots: Final Destination is a 2023 American horror-adventure film based on characters from Final Destination (2000) and inspired by Giovanni Francesco Straparola's fairy tale about a swashbuckling cat.
One More Sleep 'til Carrousel is the theme song from Logan's Silent Running, performed by Kermit the Frog.
Titanic Maru is a 2022 international shipping logistics horror film narrated by Cthulhu.
"All we have to sphere is sphere itself" is popular catch-phrase from the mid-1930s, widely but incorrectly attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Jonathan Swift Vineyards is a winery and Dionysery located in the 1667 to 1745 region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the county of Albemarle. It is among the 23 wineries located on the Prime Number Wine Trail.
Bierced is a 1999 American supernatural horror-lexicography film starring Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce. It is loosely based on the life of writer Ambrose Bierce.
The Witches of Hairspray is a comedy supernatural thriller film written and directed by John Water and George Miller.
Beyond Plausible
Harry Potter and the Reservoir Dogs of Fire is a fantasy crime film directed by Mike Newell and Quentin Tarantino, starring David Tennant, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Steve Buscemi.
In Other Words
Hammocks for Humanity is a documentary television series hosted by Jimmy Carter and Hank Scorpio.
A Confederacy of Dealers is a picaresque novel about Ignatius J. Reilly, an educated but slothful 30-year-old man who, in his quest for employment, has various adventures selling marijuana to colorful French Quarter characters.
Are You Sure
• ... that Pierre Varignon was one of the earliest and strongest French advocates of infinitesimal calculus?
• ... that inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer discovered a Gnomon algorithm function which detects and tracks the marine cryptid known as Neptune Slaughter?
• ... that Blue City Sunset combines hand drawing and digital image editing?
Topic of the Day
Star Wars
Defending Your Life: A New Hope is a 1977 American epic space allegory film about a man who finds himself on trial a long time ago in an afterlife far, far away.
"The Gift of the Jedi" is a short story by O. Henry about Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, a young husband and wife who deal with the challenge of buying secret Imperial gifts for each other with very few Midi-chlorians.