A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny… Let’s have it!
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First Poster and New Images From David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds Arrive Ahead of Cannes Premiere (thefilmstage.com)
After an eight-year gap between Maps to the Stars and Crimes of the Future, thankfully the wait for the next feature from David Cronenberg isn’t nearly as long: The Shrouds will premiere this month at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s led by Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, and Sandrine Holt, and while U.S....
Worried carmakers call for urgent UK help to reignite waning interest in electric vehicles (www.theguardian.com)
Car manufacturers have called for urgent action to reignite the switch to electric vehicles, after sales figures showed slowing demand among ordinary motorists for battery-powered cars....
Swiss Army Knife maker developing new version - without the knife (news.sky.com)
Carl Elsener, chief executive of Victorinox, said a rise in regulation to tackle knife crime meant the company was developing a new version of its famous pocket tool....
Natalie Elphicke: Former Tory MP defects to Labour (www.bbc.co.uk)
Political party in Germany 'calls for kebabs to be subsidised' (news.sky.com)
Should the government subsidise kebabs?...
The Guyver: 4K release coming from Unearthed Films (www.joblo.com)
The Guyver is a 1991 flick loosely based on a Japanese Manga, which was initially put out (in a heavily truncated version) by New Line Cinema on home video. It did well enough to get a sequel, Guyver: Dark Hero, but it’s a movie that hasn’t been super easy to see over the years – until now that is....
A name only a dad could love (feddit.uk)
Hi I'm Will Ropp! Ask me anything! (youtu.be)
I’m primarily an actor in LA, but recently went behind the camera to make my first short film “Kodar: The Primordial God of Light and Ether”, starring Maddie Ziegler. Ask me anything!
‘Furiosa’ First Reactions Say It’s a Stunning Powerhouse (But No ‘Fury Road’) (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Sideways (i.imgur.com)
I do hope the actual apartment is more aligned with our plane of existence...
Mexican senator sacrifices rooster to Aztec rain god (in-cyprus.philenews.com)
Adolfo Gómez Hernández, a legislator of the Morena parliamentary group in Mexico, invited individuals with censers and two others who sacrificed the animal in the government building on Wednesday (April 24th)....
Doctor Who first look review – Ncuti Gatwa will make this show far more fun than it’s been for years (www.theguardian.com)
Christmas specials don’t count. Intermediate trilogies where David Tennant is the Fourteenth-and-a-Half Doctor or whatever don’t count. The new era of Doctor Who, with Russell T Davies back as the showrunner and Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, only really begins here, with the new season proper. The first double bill, comprising...
Warner Bros. will be releasing "GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE" on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on June 11. It will also be released on PVOD on May 14. (lemmy.ml)
NOTE: The picture above is of the Walmart-exclusive SteelBook. The regular 4K release will not look like this....
Men over 30, what do you keep in your bedside nightstand?
Men over 30, have you ever been in a legit confrontation with a stranger?
Have you had a confrontation with a stranger before in person? Whether it was a argument, fight, scream match, etc? Do you regret it? What happened?