Today's Best Deals: Electric Grill, Lightning Power Bank, Noise-Canceling...
A unique battery pack, electric grill, and noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones kick off Friday’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce Content is...
View ArticleItaly Wants the United Nations to Recognize Its Pizza as a Protected Landmark
Pizza in Naples, Sami KeinänenAlong with the Pyramids in Giza and the Colosseum, Italy has asked the United Nations to add another item to UNESCO’s list of protected landmarks: Pizza.The Guardian...
View ArticleThat 21 Jump Street-Men In Black Crossover Is Actually Happening
It sounds too crazy to be real, but it’s actually coming true. The crossover between 21 Jump Street and Men in Black, which was first revealed by the Sony hack in 2014, is now going forward as a...
View ArticleThis Visit to an Alien World Is the Most Soothing Thing in Ages
“Vessels-4 AM” by Chloe Hayward is like being on a tourist spaceship touring a volatile world. And, as it navigates water, ice, and lava, to music, it’s somehow perfectly lovely. [Vimeo Staff...
View ArticleSpider-Man Movie Spinoff Venom Is Back in the Works
Detail from Venom: Lethal Protector #1, February 1993If the moviegoing public is willing to stand for yet another Spider-Man reboot, surely there’s also some room for one of Spidey’s greatest foes. But...
View ArticleCrochet Yourself This X-Wing Blanket If You Love Star Wars and Are Constantly...
All images: MJs Off the Hook designsHow’s a guy supposed to blow up the Death Star from the comfort of his own couch? Naturally, through the ancient Jedi technique of crochet.Your feet go inside the...
View ArticleThe Iconic Shots of Steven Spielberg
If you’ve ever wondered why you knew the name Steven Spielberg before you knew anything about movies, just remember how much fun you had watching his movies. His eye for specific shots and his films’...
View ArticleThis Video Essay Explores Christopher Nolan's The Prestige As A Metacinematic...
Christopher Nolan’s film The Prestige is one of my absolute favorites, and it’s one that I can reliably go to over and over and still be thrilled at the twists and turns. In this video essay,...
View ArticleHow Disney Fixed a Huge Mistake With Zootopia, Just One Year Before Release
In November 2014, the team behind Disney’s Zootopia had a very bad day. After years of development and production, they realized a huge aspect of their movie didn’t work. There were two main...
View ArticleAMC Is Bringing The Terror To TV Screens As An Anthology Show
AMC has greenlit Dan Simmons’ novel The Terror as a 10-episode anthology series, with plans to release the series in 2017. According to Deadline, the series is a joint project from Ridley Scott’s Scott...
View ArticleA Third Season For Agent Carter Is Looking Likely
Despite fairly low ratings this season, Agent Carter has consistently been an excellent show, and according to NerdReactor, the chances for a third season seem pretty good. According to the site,...
View ArticleThese Photoshops of 'Little Marco' In a Giant Chair Are Brutal
Original photo by Elizabeth Frantz, photoshop by Reddit user SyokkUh oh. Remember when Donald Trump called Marco Rubio “Little Marco” in the last debate? Well, now the internet is having a field day...
View ArticleDARPA's Revolutionary New VTOL X-Plane Design Looks Out Of This World
DARPA’s VTOL X-plane initiative takes a cocktail of totally innovative technologies and puts them together in one aircraft design that could very well solve some of the chronic limitations of vertical...
View ArticleAllen M. Steele On Arkwright, Science Fiction's History And Space Travel
We really dug Allen M. Steele’s Arkwright, a novel that spans centuries, and talks exactly how science fiction can inspire scientists to change the world. After reading it, we spoke with Steele about...
View ArticleOo-Wee: Rick And Morty Is Returning Sooner Than Expected
Rejoice! Adult Swim’s fantastic show Rick and Morty is coming back to television by the end of 2016, and will include more episodes than originally anticipated! At Magic City Comic Con in Miami Florida...
View ArticleSaturday's Best Deals: Gunnar Glasses, Tax Software, Wi-Fi Extender, and More
Gunnar glasses, tax software, and a Lodge grill pan kick off Saturday’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and...
View ArticleJoseph Gordon-Levitt Departs The Sandman Adaptation
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has left the anticipated adaptation of Sandman, citing creative differences between his vision of the film and that of New Line Cinemas.Sandman was a comic series written by Neil...
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View ArticleDigging Deeper Looks At The Freudian Undertones To CGI In Popular Movies
Digging Deeper has produced some really interesting videos about Jurassic Park and Serenity, and in their latest video, they make the case for the use of CGI as a sort of fetishization of images....
View ArticleI Miss Game Manuals So Much I'd Pay Extra For One
I opened up my copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD yesterday and aside from the game disc it was depressingly empty, which describes exactly how I feel every time I pick up tellingly...
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