(Update: I see I managed to post this review twice several months apart with slight differences. I’ll leave both in place to avoid possible broken links. The later version is here.) This is a fun space opera with a nice … Continue reading
(Update: I somehow managed to post this review twice in slightly different form. The later version, with an additional clip of an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson about the science in the film, can be found here, but I’m leaving … Continue reading
A woman trying to make some money selling flowers on the 6 train in New York back in June of 2013 encountered a buyer who didn’t want the flowers for himself. It’s worth being reminded that there are some nice … Continue reading
Fast-talking Hank Green very concisely explains why there might be at least one planet larger than Earth well beyond the orbit of Neptune (and in passing why most astronomers think that’s unlikely): Link: https://youtu.be/fYL4aFQFwv0 Follow the link to the YouTube … Continue reading
Astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson is notorious for advocating Pluto’s demotion from full planet status, something a lot of people intensely disliked, especially when the International Astronomical Union voted to formally reclassify it as a “dwarf planet” in … Continue reading
You might remember the Brazilian television program’s fake elevator prank I posted a little over two years ago at this link. Here’s an even more elaborate one from the same folks, this time apparently done with the cooperation of a … Continue reading
John Oliver and HBO’s Last Week Tonight take on another important subject, this time patent trolls. These are outfits that buy up patents (often overly broad ones handed out too carelessly by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office). Patent trolls … Continue reading
This film has a lot in common with Pretty in Pink (reviewed here), coming from the same writer (John Hughes) and director (Howard Deutch) and some similar themes. Mary Stuart Masterson is brilliant in a role vaguely similar to Jon … Continue reading
Since enjoying 16 Candles, a very funny mid-80s teen romantic comedy written and directed by John Hughes and starring Molly Ringwald, I’d been meaning to watch this film, also written by Hughes and starring Ringwald, though directed by Howard Deutch … Continue reading
Once again John Oliver and the staff of HBO’s Last Week Tonight offer up a segment that’s entertaining, informative, and even important. This time he talks about the Internal Revenue Service, the part of the federal government tasked with enforcing … Continue reading