12 Angels Who Are Actually Enormous Assholes
In Judeo-Christian theology, angels are divine servants of God who live in Heaven. This is true of angels in pop culture as well… but sometimes they’re also dicks. For some reason, TV shows, movies,...
View ArticleHarrison Ford and Steven Spielberg Return for Indiana Jones 5 in Summer 2019
Indy is coming back. Disney just announced that Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford will return to one of their most famous franchises as Indiana Jones 5 opens on July 19, 2019.Spielberg will direct,...
View ArticleThe Making of Primer: 'Every Inch of Film We Shot Was in That Movie'
We sometimes describe films like 10 Cloverfield Lane as being low-budget—but a real low-budget classic is more like the time-travel movie Primer, which was made for a shockingly tiny $7,000. In a new...
View ArticleA Single Lab Tweak Stopped 270,000 Food Poisoning Cases a Year
waranya_photo / shutterstockTwenty years ago, a change was made to how we did food poisoning testing. That change prevented over a quarter of a million cases each year, and it may also suggest how we...
View ArticleHere's the Best Description of the Different Stages of Writing We've Ever Seen
Hugo-winning author Tim Pratt has a new novella out called The Deep Woods, about two boys who get trapped in a magic forest together. And the author (and Locus Magazine writer) just did an interview,...
View ArticlePeter Capaldi Thinks the BBC Should Care More About Doctor Who
It’s not every day you get to hear about a TV star critizing their own broadcaster, but Peter Capaldi has lashed out at the BBC for not caring about Doctor Who enough—not in terms of its content, or...
View ArticleHow Does the Cue Ball Always Come Out of the Pool Table?
It’s magnets! Seriously. There’s a layer of iron underneath the cue ball that gets nudged and pulled by a strong magnet inside the pool table so that it gets put on a completely different track from...
View ArticleNASA Is Going to Light a 'Large Fire' on a Spaceship
Image: SunshineOn a press call this afternoon, NASA and its research partners discussed several science experiments headed to orbit with the next ISS resupply mission. The space agency covered a host...
View ArticleWow, What a Terrible Place to Build a Nursing Home
Last month, the Cheval Roc Nursing and Residential Home opened atop a 100-foot-high coastal cliff. After heavy rains rocked the area last week, a significant portion of the cliff collapsed, prompting...
View ArticleOne of These Dudes Is Young Han Solo (Probably)
Disney and Lucasfilm have apparently whittled the list of actors who could star in the Han Solo origin movie down from every young man in Hollywood to just three people: Taron Egerton, Jack Reynor, and...
View ArticleWhat Are These Strange Bright Spots on the Sun?
From our perch here on Earth, the sun seems pretty uniform from day to day. But a closer look in this new magnetic map reveals that it’s teeming with activity—and with some intriguing bright...
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Deadspin Presenting The 2016 Name Of The Year Bracket | The Slot An Investigation: Which Presidential Campaigns Have the Largest Gender Wage Disparities? | Sploid An Animated Explanation of Marvel’s...
View ArticleNo Red Letter Days Are Safe in the Trailer for Anthology Horror Movie Holidays
Ever since Halloween, horror movies and holidays (and special occasions, like Graduation Day) have gone together like razor blades and candy bars. Now there’s an anthology film that takes its cue from...
View ArticleWindmills Are the Stars of This Dazzling Light Show
Dutch history meets modern energy initiatives in artist Daan Roosegaarde’s latest installation, which uses beams of green light to visualize the movement of the country’s windmills.Blades on these...
View ArticleToday's Best Deals: Mirrorless Camera, Tommy Hilfiger Accessories, and More
Tommy Hilfiger accessories, a Samsung mirrorless camera, and an amplified HDTV antenna lead off Tuesday’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce...
View ArticleLazy Storks Just Sit Around and Eat Trash Now
Some trash birds. Image Credit: University of East AngliaStorks used to be majestic creatures, but now, they are trash birds. That is the conclusion of ornithologists at the University of East Anglia,...
View ArticleThis Week in Satanic TV: Lucifer Goes a Little Less Goofy, But Damien Stays...
Lauren German as Det. Chloe Decker on “Lucifer.” Photo by Liane Hentscher/FOXAfter all that flailing around after those damn missing wings, this week’s Lucifer, “Et Tu, Doctor?” was way light on the...
View ArticleDon Coscarelli Explains Why JJ Abrams Helped Restore Cult Horror Movie Phantasm
It’s already part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens lore that Captain Phasma is named after Don Coscarelli’s 1979 cult horror classic Phantasm. Obviously, JJ Abrams is a fan. But how did the...
View ArticleWhy Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Could Actually Be a Good Thing For Indiana...
When Indiana Jones returns to theaters in 2019, 30 years will have passed since we last saw him... is what you may be thinking today, assuming you’re one of the many people who deny Harrison Ford and...
View ArticleA Ton of Unbelievable New Star Wars and Indiana Jones Art Is Coming
If you’re a pop culture collector, there’s no shortage of art from Lucasfilm’s two biggest properties: Star Wars and Indiana Jones. But now two of the biggest companies in the game, Mondo and Acme...
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