Posted on August 22, 2015 at 8:00 am
Photographer Dennis Stock befriended James Dean and saw him as the symbol of a cultural upheaval that inspired him to a naturalism with his photos like what Dean was doing with his acting. Pattinson plays Stock and Dane Dehaan plays Dean in “Life,” co-starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Joel Edgerton.
Posted on August 21, 2015 at 8:12 am
CBC’s wonderful Wiretap podcast says goodbye after 11 years with this adorable short film featuring wisdom from elders to youngers, ages 7-93. It covers everything from taking off the training wheels to asking a girl to dance to being kind to your family, enjoying sweets, and not having too many cats. Stay weird!
Posted on August 20, 2015 at 5:29 pm
Maybe someday there will be a good movie based on a videogame. But there’s no evidence of that possibility in the tiresome “Hitman: Agent 47” based on the first-person shooter Hitman Trilogy. The game keeps the player’s interest through challenges involving dexterity and problem-solving. The movie has striking images and competently staged fight scenes, but …
Posted on August 20, 2015 at 11:18 am
The New York Times reports: This month, the journal Pediatrics published a study that used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study brain activity in 3-to 5-year-old children as they listened to age-appropriate stories. The researchers found differences in brain activation according to how much the children had been read to at home. Children whose parents …
Posted on August 20, 2015 at 10:51 am
Ever wonder why Pixar’s movies always begin with a desk lamp? Watch Pixar’s first computer-animated short, released 29 years ago today.
