Knives Out director Rian Johnson demonstrates his killing form in the Alamo Drafthouse's latest Don't Talk PSA: Previous PSAs have included Sam Jackson promising an "intense solution" for talking: And… Read the rest of the article: Rian Johnson will kill you if you talk or text during his new movie
Polygon interviewed Watchmen costume designer Meghan Kasperlik, who described the movie magic used to bring Looking Glass to life: "We had five different masks," the designer says, explaining that exactly… Read the rest of the article: Watchmen's costume designer reveals the secrets of Looking Glass's mask
The Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge was conceived as a way to produce "imagery that better represents the cybersecurity space in an accessible and compelling manner." Something more meaningful than "pictures of… Read the rest of the article: Here are the winners of the Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge
Google has a series of new "digital wellbeing" experiments designed to help people use their Android phones a little less, or at least a little more thoughtfully. Available experiments include:… Read the rest of the article: Google will create a free paper phone for you
The upcoming Dracula miniseries is written by Sherlock's Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and sounds like it'll have us rooting for the sexy villain: They've made him the hero of… Read the rest of the article: Warrior nuns and body horror in the trailer for the BBC's "reinvention" of Dracula
Gallery 1988's latest show features multiple artists, including Dano Brown's custom action figures. Even Funko and Super 7 haven't gotten around to movie icons of yesteryear like Nurse Ratched, Billy… Read the rest of the article: Custom action figure art show featuring Bloodsport, Death Becomes Her, and more
Pants//Off is a mobile escape room based on the concept that you're a secret agent who tried on cutting edge pants only to discover they've been sabotaged and rigged to… Read the rest of the article: An escape room where you have to remove your booby-trapped pants before they explode
For Inktober, Sabtastic has been drawing birds that have earned notoriety for their criminal behavior. Are you online enough to recognize these crooked birds? Day 14 of #inktober involves pigeon… Read the rest of the article: Do you recognize the infamous birds this artist is drawing for Inktober?
Niko Bell took a detailed look at the practice of non-Chinese Canadian politicians choosing Chinese names for campaigning: This election, unlike the provincial election in 2017, showed some clear differences… Read the rest of the article: Non-Chinese politicians in Canada give themselves Chinese language names for campaigning
From the people who brought you Universal Paperclips and Drop 7, and highly recommended by the designer of QWOP and Getting Over It, is an incredible marketing pitch for a… Read the rest of the article: The designer of Universal Paperclips has a new game to play with your home smart speaker
Landon Meir creates convincing "Hyperflesh" masks of celebrities like Steve Carell and Rainn Wilson.
For Dragon Con, Laken Cappy cosplayed as the Haunted Mansion's psychic medium Madame Leota: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1oJaHJg08O/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B17khUTAgZh/ View this post on Instagram #MadameLeota from the #HauntedMansion! Cosplayer: @lakenmo #cosplay #dragoncon #dragoncon2019… Read the rest of the article: Madame Leota says this cosplay will haunt you
IVF had been available in Poland for years, but, as Anna Louie Sussman explains for The New Yorker, it became a wedge issue: Anti-IVF rhetoric takes a number of forms. Polish… Read the rest of the article: Poland changed its laws regarding IVF, denying women access to their own embryos
Bruce McCorkindale has been churning out some deliciously demented art for Inktober, recasting arthouse films with Muppets. Who knew the Muppets and David Lynch went together like peanut butter and… Read the rest of the article: Arthouse Muppets for Inktober
The Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College has a weekly newsletter devoted to drones. Here's a sampling of the military and domestic drone technology spotlighted this… Read the rest of the article: The Ripsaw, the Phaser, and more new drone technology
The Star Trek Short Takes episode "The Trouble With Edward" focuses on H. Jon Benjamin as the mad scientist who sets Tribbles on the path to becoming an official enemy… Read the rest of the article: Tribbles breakfast cereal is an endless box of hairy balls
Akiva Leffert has designed an Ikea-themed tarot deck: Ikea is a place of transition, a journey, a source of light and comfort, but also strife. Ikea contains the universe. Harness… Read the rest of the article: The Ikea Tarot
The Vatican launched an official "eRosary": It pairs with an app, and is activated when the user makes the sign of the cross: When activated, the user has the possibility… Read the rest of the article: The Vatican's new electronic rosary is activated by activated by making the sign of the cross
Caitlin Kirby, a doctoral student at Michigan State University, defended her dissertation while wearing a skirt made of rejection letters she had received during her studies: Successfully defended my PhD… Read the rest of the article: Grad student defended her dissertation while wearing a skirt made of rejection letters
Guillermo del Toro was recently a guest on Visitations, the podcast hosted by Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah. During the two-part interview, del Toro briefly discussed his movies, but mostly… Read the rest of the article: Guillermo del Toro says his grandmother used to physically torture him for the good of his soul
