Action-Adventure Movies Sweep Box Office Totals

Blockbuster hits do have something in common. Their stories catapult audiences on a thrilling action-filled adventure. Many factors affect the bottom line, but more than anything, success rests on an engaging plot that keeps viewers glued to their seats. Studios often use...

'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws

""Amphibian horror" isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws. Trichobatrachus...

New genre of video games target mental health

There's a study on a game where you answer some questions to get an idea of your daily emotional and mental health. The findings (whether this game with lots of "smiley faces" can improve your self-esteem and lower stress) will be released later this year, but they are...

Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt dies at 88

"MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- E. Howard Hunt, who helped organize the Watergate break-in, leading to the greatest scandal in American political history and the downfall of Richard Nixon's presidency, died Tuesday. He was 88. Hunt died after a lengthy bout with pneumonia, according...

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" The Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a widespread, medium-sized, omnivorous mammal of North America. It has black facial colorings around the eyes, and has a bushy tail with light and dark alternating rings. The coat is a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur. The...

I Admit It: I Liked The Fountain

" Richard Corliss risks expulsion from the movie critics' guild with this review of a woozy romantic epic. Movies critics can't agree on much, but there's one assumption most of them hold deeply without ever discussing it. It's that a film that says life is crap is...

Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Ancients

"A friend of mine arrived from Lagos recently with a wonderful gift, he knows that I enjoy traditional music of the highlife genre and so felt that Sonny Bobo would be up my street. The dude did not disappoint. If you love Owerri language and enjoy Owerri delicacies such as...

The Berlin Porn Festival: Alternative Smut for the Silver Screen

"Ever get the feeling that traditional hardcore is just plain boring? Then alt porn may be the genre for you. Goths, punks and skaters have emerged out of the Internet and into the cinema in Berlin's first ever porn film festival."