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The Prospect is a promising looking space Western starring Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal, and will be premiering at SXSW. Via Slashfilm: The moment Pedro Pascal strutted on screen in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, he proved he was ready to be a bonafide movie star. The actor has been stealing scenes since he first […]

Nike Barcelona – Nike celebrates its 20 year partnership with F.C. Barcelona in a spot directed by Wally Pfister, a splashy ad by W+K. Via Adweek: Nike celebrates its 20-year partnership with F.C. Barcelona, one of the world’s great soccer clubs, in a new 90-second spot directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister that salutes team’s […]

The trailer for Season 3 of the Hugo Award-winning SFF series The Expanse is out! This looks like it takes place within late book 2. Via the Verge: The Syfy channel has released the first full trailer for its upcoming third season of The Expanse, teasing a solar system on the verge of all-out war […]

Why do the Oscars love Method Actors? This Vox explainer looks into it. Some people (cough Jared Leto) do take it to extremes. Via Vox: Method acting describes a broad framework for training actors to break down, understand, and portray their characters. The acting technique emphasizes tapping into one’s personal experiences to reproduce the emotions, […]

Icarus, a film about doping in sport that ballooned out into a documentary about Russian doping in Sochi, has won an Oscar for Best Documentary. Via the New York Times: What started as a wild idea turned into something more dangerous in “Icarus,” a documentary that had the good fortune to be filming when bad […]

Negative Space is an Oscar-nominated stop motion short film that’s played in more than 80 festivals and has won 25 prizes so far. Via Variety: “Negative Space,” co-directed by Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, is an adaptation of the poem by Ron Koertge. The poem’s tale about a boy who connects with his father by […]

Bloomberg created a video game to document and report on the demise of the American mall which is also a journey through mall management. Via Adweek: “We thought, let’s just really push it hard and come up with zany and funny ideas,” said Bloomberg’s deputy editor of special projects Thomas Houston about the scenarios. Houston […]

ICYMI: The trailer for Fahrenheit 451 is out! This movie adaptation of the classic Bradbury book features Michael Shannon and Michael B Jordan. Via the Verge: There’s no specific release date yet for HBO’s Fahrenheit 451, an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel about a future dystopia where books are illegal, and “firemen” are special […]

Vahana has taken its first test flight in Oregon! This is Airbus’ first air taxi. Is the future of hovercars already nearly here? Via the Verge: Airbus conducted the first successful test flight of its Vahana electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft on January 31st, the aerospace giant announced. At 8:52AM, the full-scale vehicle […]

Ugly Delicious is Momofuku’s David Chang’s new Netflix series about food around the world, looking at their origins and their meaning. Via the New York Times: David Chang and his new Netflix series, “Ugly Delicious,” can most easily be defined by what they’re not. Mr. Chang is not a fastidious French kitchen god, a high-energy […]