March 29
Better Than News
Big Trouble on Little Arrakis is a science fiction comedy adventure film directed by John Carpenter and Denis Villeneuve and starring Kurt Russell.
The Primes of Miss Jean Brodie is a short novel by Muriel Sparks about a charismatic Scottish mathematics teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, and her influence on the lives of six impressionable number theory students.
Alien vs. Brainiac is a science fiction horror film.
"Elder Gods Along the Watchtower" is a song by Bob Dylan and H. P. Lovecraft.
Men Only Want Ten Things is a 1979 American romantic coming-of-age film starring Bo Derek and Sam J. Jones.
The Mystery of Geraldo Rivera's Shaving Kit is a reality television series starring Geraldo Rivera.
Beyond Plausible
Alien vs. Sandworm is a science fiction thriller film about a group of alien xenomorphs who must work together to survive after crash-landing on the planet Arrakis.
Strainer in a Strained Land is a 1961 science fiction guide to kitchenware by Robert Heinlein.
Skyball is a British spy film starring Sean Connery and Daniel Craig as two time-travelling MI6 agents in different timelines, each tasked with killing the other.
In Other Words
The Cider House Roulette is a 1985 novel by American writer John Irving about a young man growing up under the guidance of a gambler and casino owner.
Are You Sure
• ... that physicist and priest Francesco Zantedeschi was among the first to recognize the marked absorption by the atmosphere of red, yellow, and green light?
• ... that mathematician Wilhelm Ackermann discovered the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation?
• ... that mathematician and academic Tullio Levi-Civita contributed to absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to the theory of relativity?
• ... that the Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe, first appeared in "Tribbles for Ichneumon", one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek?
Topic of the Day
Dennis Hopper
Deacon Billy is a proposed film in which actor Dennis Hopper will play Deacon Billy, a Merchant Marine captain who trades his ship and crew for the last motorcycle on Earth.
Indiana Jones Versus the Oil Pirates of the Caribbean is an action-adventure film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Dennis Hopper plays a charismatic antihero who discovers the so-called "Peak Jones" effect, when the world has more Indiana Jones films that it can sustain.
Crochet is an 1994 American textile arts thriller film about a bus that is rigged by a terrorist (Dennis Hopper) to explode if a SWAT officer (Keanu Reeves) knits fewer than fifty stitches per minute.
