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Do you like Star Wars? How about Lord of the Rings? Harry Potter? Dune? What about The Matrix? Would you like to see elements of all of those and more in the skeleton of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai? If the answer to any of that is yes, Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire is the movie for you.Rebel Moon is a cacophony of sci-fi tropes. Pieces are clipped from every inch of sci-fi history and put back together into one big package. Which, admittedly, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Every film you’ve ever…

In the first episode of the Nineties NBC cop drama Homicide: Life on the Street, Baltimore police detective Frank Pembleton, played by a then-obscure actor named Andre Braugher, reluctantly takes on a young partner, Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor). Bayliss, new to homicide investigation, is eager to watch Pembleton interrogate a murder suspect, which prompts Frank to explain, “What you will be privileged to witness will not be an interrogation, but an act of salesmanship — as silver-tongued and thieving as ever moved used…

About 50 years ago, a quartet of L.A. session musicians became so synonymous with the era-defining soft-rock scene — headlined by James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Fleetwood Mac among others — that they were dubbed the Mellow Mafia.Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Russ Kunkel (drums), Leland Sklar (bass) and Waddy Wachtel (guitar) made their way to Los Angeles through various sliding doors. By the early ’70s, they frequented the same studios, worked with the same engineers…

Man, listen. I’ve been a Godzilla fan my entire life. I’ve seen every Godzilla movie (from every era), and have been following the MonsterVerse ever since it began, which means I was super excited for Godzilla Minus One.Hell, I even like the 1998 Godzilla movie that nobody seems to like. In every way, I definitely foresee myself being a lifelong Godzilla fan. In fact, one of my happiest moments was when I met the first Godzilla actor, Haruo Nakajima (RIP) at Comic-Con, and he autographed a picture for me. Said picture is…

Actor Jennifer Aniston paid a touching tribute to Norman Lear, writer-producer-developer following his demise. Taking to Instagram, Jennifer shared a string of images with a TV writer along with a note. The note read, "Norman Lear. His shows shaped my childhood and getting to know him was one of my greatest honors. He made such a difference. A huge impact on television and humanity. He was able to tackle and discuss heated political conversations during difficult and charged times and we were able to laugh and learn. I…

20. See, Amid the Winter’s Snow (1858)Without wishing to be sniffy about it, there are definitely better traditional carols out there than the stuff you hear every Christmas without fail. Whether rendered by a choir, or Annie Lennox on her 2010 album A Christmas Cornucopia, See, Amid the Winter’s Snow has a beautiful tune, unflattened by overfamiliarity.19. In Dulci Jubilo (1328)Forget Mike Oldfield’s infuriatingly perky instrumental version – which enjoyed wide exposure as the theme to the TV series Fanny Cradock Cooks…

Too Long; Didn't ReadThe self-improvement movement has hit peak saturation. Instead of reaching for your cheque book, I suggest opening your phone book. Within it lies an extraordinary, often overlooked resource: the people you already know and love. The people in your phonebook - your friends - don’t need a PhD in psychology or the validation of millions of followers to help. Too Long; Didn't ReadThe self-improvement movement has hit peak saturation. Instead of reaching for your cheque book, I suggest opening your…

(a) Artistic representation of quarrying activities for the extraction the capstone C-5 in Cerro de la Cruz Quarry #2. Drawing: Moisés Bellilty under guidance of José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez and Leonardo García Sanjuán. (b) Aspect of the thickness and shape of the C-5 capstone, the support on part of the O-10 orthostat and the tumular structure. University of Malaga excavation. Ferrer-Marqués, 1984. Conjunto Arqueológico Dólmenes de Antequera. (c)…

A 10-foot-tall giant that was petrified in the biblical flood. A mountain excavation that turned up astonishingly detailed fossils of ancient worms and amphibians alongside artifacts that bore the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Such hoaxes seem preposterous today, but in their time, they made major impacts on society. As a paleontologist who has examined fossils throughout the world, I have come across my fair share of fakes over the years. Most of them were small-time forgeries, such as a fossilized bird with false…

Busted will expand their recent hits collection with the release of ‘Greatest Hits 2.0 Another Present for Everyone’ on 5th January 2024. The expanded version includes the new single ‘One of These Days’, which is out now. An alternate Live Edition of the album will also be released, which features ten tracks recorded at their three recent sold-out London O2 shows. Band member Charlie Simpson says, “We are stoked to be releasing live recordings from our Greatest Hits UK & Ireland Arena tour. We had the best…