Apr 19
Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki has a whimsical style and plot complexity all his own. But what if his masterpieces followed the anime tropes we know so well? Whoa Ponyo, you sure look, uh, different.
Apr 12
Instagram went down for a while today, bringing everybody’s Saturday brunch routine to a screeching halt
Mar 29
Pinterest is great! You just hop on, search through fun pictures, and pin the images, recipes, and projects you love! And keep scrolling and pinning. And scrolling. And pinning. Until you just can’t stop.
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Mar 15
Although the Veronica Mars movie hit an unanticipated speed bump today, we’re still thrilled that it got made. We’re betting the Kickstarter backers who got speaking roles in the movie are even more excited. See if you can spot them in this clip!
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Mar 08
What goes on in the shrouded, secret meetings at NSA headquarters? How does the agency monitoring every electronic communication you ever sent or received figure out who to spy on every day? Turns out, it’s a lot like the meetings at that other shadowy three-letter spy agency, TMZ.
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Mar 01
Look, it’s a rough economy. Harvard-educated Billie is left seeking babysitting jobs. And accepting them, even when the job isn’t exactly as straightforward as advertised.
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Feb 22
The Sochi Winter Olympics were Russia’s chance to cultivate a powerful image on the world stage. Whether they achieved that is still up for debate
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Feb 15
Can a remake of a legendary classic ever live up to its inspiration? That’s the challenge set before José Padilha’s RoboCop, and film critic Peter Rosenthal takes us through the key differences between the 2014 remake and its inspiration, a classic from the bygone era of silent film.
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Feb 08
Man, imagine if you could go back in time and replace your dull, boring high school science teacher with someone cool. Someone who’d help make you smart, and listen to your feelings too. Someone like Reggie Watts. You literally wouldn’t believe all the stuff he’d teach you.
Find more hilarity, including Paul F. Tompkins’ interview with Eric Andre, over at Splitsider.
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Jan 25
The right editing can really make a video into something great. Just watch Sam and Martha’s wedding. It’s more beautiful than anyone remembers.
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