NEWS
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Phoozy: “The World’s First Thermal Capsule for Your Smartphone”
My phone is a couple of years old, and I live in Texas, so this summer I’ve noticed that if I’m outside for longer than an hour or two my phone starts to run a little hot. My own proposed solution to the problem of it being too hot to use smartphones outside is ocean […]
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‘My Friend Dahmer': Jeffrey Dahmer Begins (Trailer)
This weekend was San Diego Comic-Con, which always brings with it a deluge of trailers, teasers, posters, and other promotional materials for the next year and change worth of pop culture stuff. I don’t think the new teaser for My Friend Dahmer is a part of that deluge, but it’s nevertheless fun to imagine a […]
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Radio Flyer ‘Star Wars’ Landspeeder: You Know, for Jedi
When the original Star Wars movie came out, the Hollywood Toy Industrial Complex was still churning out cheap Planet of the Apes action figures, and was nowhere near its current size and power. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for why it’s taken 40 years for the Radio Flyer Star Wars Landspeeder […]
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‘Ready Player One’ SDCC Trailer Drops (Video)
Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel Ready Player One was a hit among 80s pop culture obsessed nostalgia hounds, and many were shocked when none other than Steven Spielberg signed on to direct the movie version. At San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, a teaser trailer for the movie was released, and it looks like an overload […]
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‘Jigsaw': Finally, ‘Saw’ is Being Updated for Modern Audiences (Trailer)
I recently watched the 2004 horror film Saw with my tween son Flour, and instead of the suspenseful creepshow of my youth that I remembered, I discovered that the film was near-incomprehensible to Flour’s young eyes. I faced a frontal barrage of questions throughout the film’s runtime: “Why doesn’t Cary Elwes just use an app […]
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Gateau Mignon Kit Kat Bars are Filled with Cake
Ah, the Kit Kat bar, a decadent treat if enjoyed properly, that is, by eating all three bars at once and making no apologies. In Japan, though, Nestle has been experimenting with new ways to manufacture the Kit Kat bar, as with the new Gateau Mignon Kit Kat with a premium cake filling. The Gateau […]
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‘Bright': LA Cop Will Smith Gets an Orc for a Partner (Trailer)
It’s a premise that’s been behind many a cop movie in the last 50 years or so: Hardened cop is partnered with some unorthodox recruit to the force, and they both end up teaching each other unexpected lessons about law enforcement. That’s the hook behind the upcoming Netflix Will Smith vehicle Bright, only this time […]
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Micro but Many: A New Online Home for Micro Machines
I was a Hot Wheels and Matchbox car kid, but I still have respect for the Micro Machines brand. I also have respect for a good, detailed online gallery, which is why I’m always intrigued by a site like Micro but Many, a new online showcase for the Micro Machine collection of Tim Smith. Micro […]
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McDelivery Collection: McDonald’s Getting in on Apparel Game
First it was KFC Ltd, and now it’s the McDelivery Collection, a line of limited edition streetwear launched by McDonald’s to commemorate the impending launch of McDelivery, which allows users to access the dangerous prospect of Mickey D’s home delivery courtesy of UberEATS. Putting aside the question of whether being able to order a Double […]
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Noah x Smokey the Bear Capsule Collection (Video)
Smokey the Bear is a true fashion icon, usually photographed shirtless and in blue jeans, with a yellow forest ranger cap and a friendly but firm facial expression. Now, he’s teaming up with NYC clothing brand NYC for the Noah x Smokey the Bear collection, which carries with it a message of environmental conscientiousness that’s […]
