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Movies Archive

Archives for November 2014

Movies
Supply and demand, dance-splainedSupply and demand, dance-splained
Movies

Dance makes economics fun!

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
The line between film and TV is evaporating. Good.The line between film and TV is evaporating. Good.
Culture

How this exciting new FX series points the way toward the future of both.

By Emily St. James
11 online subscription services that make great holiday gifts
Technology

Netflix for Legos is a real thing.

By Dylan Matthews
Culture
Disney’s The Little Mermaid turns 25 today. Read the original instead.Disney’s The Little Mermaid turns 25 today. Read the original instead.
Culture

Disney’s The Little Mermaid turns 25 today. The animated classic is known for a singing mermaid who combs her hair with forks and a comical West Indian crab, but the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale that inspired the film is a much darker, much mor

By Kelsey McKinney
Movies
Why science fiction mattersWhy science fiction matters
Movies

Science fiction can give students a tangible vision of change.

By New America Foundation Weekly Wonk
Inside Peter Thiel’s mind
Technology

“if the NSA bureaucracy actually knew what they were doing, they would probably need way less information.”

By Ezra Klein
Culture
What we learned from Marvel’s new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailerWhat we learned from Marvel’s new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer
Culture

We’re getting to know Ultron, bit by bit.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
Foxcatcher is a chilly, brilliant look at male friendship and inequalityFoxcatcher is a chilly, brilliant look at male friendship and inequality
Culture

Steve Carell is nearly unrecognizable in the film’s central role, while Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo are terrific as well.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Why the internet is obsessed with the truly bizarre Too Many CooksWhy the internet is obsessed with the truly bizarre Too Many Cooks
Culture

It’s great. It’s also very strange and disturbing.

By Emily St. James
Movies
The Theory of Everything wants Stephen Hawking to break your heartThe Theory of Everything wants Stephen Hawking to break your heart
Movies

The Theory of Everything, James Marsh’s biopic about the indomitable Stephen Hawking, isn’t a movie concerned with the scientist’s contributions to theoretical physics or cosmology.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
Toy Story 4 is coming in 2017, even though Toy Story 3 ended perfectlyToy Story 4 is coming in 2017, even though Toy Story 3 ended perfectly
Culture

Sequels! Hollywood has sequels!

By Emily St. James
Movies
The official title of Star Wars:Episode VII is Star Wars: The Force AwakensThe official title of Star Wars:Episode VII is Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movies

They did not go with Star Wars: Guardians of the Galaxy in the Age of Ultron.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Movies
Are Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez dating?Are Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez dating?
Movies

Who is Justin Bieber? Who is Selena Gomez? Why does anyone care?!

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
7 questions about Alex from Target you were too embarrassed to ask7 questions about Alex from Target you were too embarrassed to ask
Culture

Alex from Target (or #alexfromtarget) is a teenage boy with waterfall bangs who works at a Target in Frisco, Texas. He became a viral sensation on Monday after thousands of teens tweeted a photo of him literally working at Target.

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is a preposterous mess that somehow kinda worksChristopher Nolan’s Interstellar is a preposterous mess that somehow kinda works
Culture

Humanity leaves behind a dying Earth to look for new hope among the stars, as Matthew McConaughey cries in close-up.

By Emily St. James