If there’s one thing I can get behind, it’s grainy, out-of-focus films of legendary cryptids. And if one of those films turns 40, well, that’s cause enough for a little celebration. The now (in)famous Patterson-Gimlin footage of Bigfoot turns the big 4-0 tomorrow, October 20. The film ushered in the modern era of bigfoot-mania, and [...]
Eight years of Daily Show goodness is now available online- every sketch, monologue, and guest. And it’s all totally free. You’ll have to sit through a few ads, but that’s a small price to pay for so much Jon Stewart-y goodnes. Besides being generally awesome, this speaks volumes to the state of ‘web TV’. Obviously, [...]
Tired and thirsty from a hard day of terraforming Mars? Why not kick back with a glass of cool, refreshing martian water. It’s chemically trapped in iron sulphates and has the consistency of drywall, but hell, it’s still water. Scientists of the University of Guelph have discovered evidence of mass amounts of water just milimetres [...]
It’s official- Chris Pine will play young Capatian Kirk in the upcoming, JJ Abrams-directed Star Trek flick. You may remember Pine from such films as ‘Just My Luck’, co-starring Lindsey Lohan. Having never seen it, I can only assume it was terrible. Let’s hope the new Trek outing is better. Of course, with JJ [...]
George Lucas, the man who built one of the most enduring sci-fi series of all time and then proceeded to destroy it with the help of Jar Jar Binks, has announced that nary a Skywalker will appear in the planned Star Wars TV series. Said Lucas: “It has nothing to do with Luke Skywalker or [...]
Remember Mr. Men and Little Miss books? I do, vaguely- and I seem to remember you could get the little figurines as part of a Happy Meal. But that could just be a fuzzy holdover of the toy/food matrix that dominates the first eight years of the average North American’s life. At any rate, the Mr. Men are coming [...]
If you haven’t read anything by George Saunders, you’re missing out. His short stories are awesome, and his new book of essays, The Brain Dead Microphone, is the best non-fiction I’ve read this year. He manages to bring humanity back to discussions of hot-button issues like immigration, and makes a spot-on diagnosis of the stupidity [...]