Is this the most overrated movie car of all time? Gif: Eon Productions The movie world is filled with some wonderful machines, like James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, the Mach 5 from ‘Speed Racer’ and the Land Rover Defender in every movie it’s ever been in. But there have also been some more mundane movie … Read more
Could Herbie be the most overrated movie car? Photo: Keystone/Hulton Archive (Getty Images) There have been some pretty awesome movie cars in the history of cinema, heck it was James Bond’s Aston Martin in “Die Another Day” that sparked my love for everything on four wheels. Not every movie motor has been so iconic though, … Read more
Around another 30% of these jobs are split between a number of marginalized groups and ethnic minorities, but the students are not protesting these. This leaves only about a third of the country’s most prestigious jobs—those most likely to provide the opportunity for upwards social mobility—for the thousands of Bangladeshi students who graduate every year. … Read more
Hungover with Leopolda Eating McDonald’s, 2022SIMON VERES © 2024 Faye Wei Wei, courtesy of Kandlhofer gallery. In her teens, Wei Wei’s teachers encouraged her to start using oil paint rather than the easier to work with acrylic. “We’d use Liquin, which is quite toxic, goopy stuff. My teacher called it marmalade,” she said of the … Read more
Jolly’s opening ceremony drew on all kinds of performing arts, stitching together musical phrases from The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Georges Bizet’s Carmen, and a thrilling set by the French heavy metal band Gojira at the Conciergerie. (Later on, in another engaging display of Paris’s cultural diversity, the rapper Rim’K, wearing a checkered … Read more
John Frankenheimer’s 1966 Formula 1 epic film “Grand Prix” kicks so much ass. This movie shredded the rulebook of filmmaking when it was created, and film became all the better for it. It’s three hours of incredible camerawork, impeccable acting, and powerful storytelling. As a piece of art it’s a bit messy, overlong, and plodding … Read more
I just watched “Twisters” in 4DX – something you all should be doing right now – and I wholeheartedly loved the movie. Everything about it screamed summer blockbuster fun, but something I really appreciated was the references to the 1996 original (one of my favorite films of all time). It had just the right amount … Read more
Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” became the first rap song to ever be transmitted into deep space last week when NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) beamed the Grammy Award-winning artist’s lyrics 158 million miles away to the planet Venus. Missy Misdemeanor’s iconic first single joins The Beatles’ “Across The Universe” as the only … Read more
Back in 2010, NASA made a video game. It was called Moonbase Alpha, and it was meant to simulate what it would actually be like to maintain a lunar colony. Just two weeks after its launch, however, Moonbase Alpha was famous for a different reason: The Microsoft Sam-sounding voice that read out your chat messages. … Read more
Like most human beings, I am a massive fan of gymnast Simone Biles, so when I heard that her life and road to recovery after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would be the subject of a four-part Netflix docuseries, I was thrilled. Every part of Biles’s life is on the table in Simone Biles Rising, from … Read more
