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Hope’: A Monster Movie Too Big for Its Own Good

Hope’: A Monster Movie Too Big for Its Own Good

Published by Daniella Wilson

The marketing for Hope, the new film by the South Korean horror master Na Hong-jin, presents it on an epic, otherworldly scale. It’s the most expensive Korean movie ever made, and the director’s first in more than 10 years, since his widely acclaimed hit, The Wailing; its sweeping rollout across the United States, which includes special showings on premium-format screens, is also one rarely afforded to international productions. That approach befits Hope’s run time (a hefty 156 minutes); its blockbuster plot, about an alien invasion taking place near Korea’s Demilitarized Zone; and its open-endedness—apparently, Na has already written a sequel. Yet the entire time I was watching it, I had one overriding feeling: Everything could perhaps be a little bit smaller. Hope’s first hour, after all, does not really hint at these greater ambitions. It comes across as simply an extremely robust monster thriller, mixing action, horror, and comedy with aplomb. The story initially concerns a slightly bumbling police officer, Bum-seok (played by Hwang Jung-min), who is summoned by local hunters to investigate a cow …

Older Generations Can’t Stand 10 Gen Z Work Habits That Are Actually Good For You

Older Generations Can’t Stand 10 Gen Z Work Habits That Are Actually Good For You

Published by Jenni Sidey

With Gen Z valuing flexibility and ethics, their change-maker attitude has thrown workplace culture for a loop. So, it’s not surprising that there’s tension between Gen Zers and older generations, who are used to certain expectations.  But despite boomers and Gen Xers not liking these changes, Gen Zers have work habits that can actually do some good for everyone. Not only are young people prioritizing their mental health and ensuring their employers treat them well, but they’re making it the bare minimum for all workers to thrive. Gen Z work habits that are actually good for you, but that older generations can’t stand 1. Ditching traditional officewear for comfortable clothes Svitlana Sokolova | Shutterstock Resentment is impossible to ignore at work, especially when it comes from older people who are used to doing things a certain way. But everything is constantly changing, and as younger generations set boundaries and expectations, they’re growing into leadership positions of influence. Not only does Gen Z largely push back against traditional expectations of officewear like business casual clothing, but …

3 Reasons Why Looking Foolish Can Be Good for Your Brain

3 Reasons Why Looking Foolish Can Be Good for Your Brain

Published by Jenni Sidey

Public speaking is often listed among our greatest fears. As Jerry Seinfeld once joked, at a funeral, the average person would rather be in the casket than delivering the eulogy. I have spent a truly impressive amount of my life trying to avoid looking foolish. Most people would agree. There’s a spectrum when it comes to avoiding public humiliation. Being laughed at is generally considered to be an unpleasant experience. But there’s even a word for an extreme fear of it. Gelotophobia is a personality trait characterized by a disproportionate fear of being laughed at by other people (Torres-Marín et al., 2017). Unfortunately, learning almost anything requires a period of being bad at it. If we want creativity, innovation, and play in our lives, learning to tolerate the discomfort of looking foolish is an important part of our adult development. And looking foolish may actually be good for your mental health. Here are three reasons why. 1. It teaches your brain that embarrassment is survivable. Your brain is built to care what other people think. …

7 unfinished sci-fi and fantasy series that are too good to wait for the ending

7 unfinished sci-fi and fantasy series that are too good to wait for the ending

Published by skeptic

It’s always nice to start a sci-fi or fantasy book series knowing that there’s an ending waiting for you. That said, you don’t get the pleasure of wondering along with other fans what comes next, because the answers are already out there. Of course, if you opt to start reading an unfinished series, you run the risk of never seeing the ending, since there’s no guarantee the author will ever get around to writing it. But in some cases, series like that are worth the read anyway. The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson No need to worry Credit: Tor Books We’ll start with a non-threatening one. Brandon Sanderson is one of the most prolific fantasy authors working today, and he’s in the middle of writing his masterpiece. The Stormlight Archive is set on a world racked by massive storms that’s facing an apocalyptic threat. Sanderson has written five books in the series so far and has another five to go. And there’s almost no doubt that he will get there. Sanderson is an incredibly disciplined writer …

The Good Daughter First Look: Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy on Playing Southern Sisters and Their Show’s Shocking Start

The Good Daughter First Look: Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy on Playing Southern Sisters and Their Show’s Shocking Start

Published by Sam Flores

Byrne was initially drawn to the steelier qualities of Sam, who, in adulthood, is a big-city patent lawyer with disdain for Charlie’s choice to reside in their hometown as a defense attorney working with their father. “It was almost like a character a man would typically play,” Byrne says, “in the end, Charlie is the tougher of the two in many ways and the harder to crack. And Meghann is so extraordinary.” She can’t help but indulge in some sisterly-feeling praise. “The danger is that this story can become so dark that you don’t want to engage,” says Byrne. “And she just has such a natural effervescent joy in her. She shouldered this story in many ways.” The fittingly-named crime novelist Karin Slaughter—a moniker she inherited at birth, long before ever picking up a pen—speaks a little like one of her wisecracking Southern characters. Upon receiving a call from megaproducer Bruna Papandrea, who created a TV genre unto itself with Big Little Lies, which she co-produced with former producing partner Reese Witherspoon, Slaughter thought, “Oh …

Good Morning America introduces show’s brand new stars in official update — details

Good Morning America introduces show’s brand new stars in official update — details

Published by Daniella Wilson

It’s official! Good Morning America is moving in a brand new direction for their weekend hours. The show’s morning hours on Saturdays and Sundays usually consisted of a panel of three anchors, mainly Whit Johnson and Gio Benitez, with Somara Theodore as the meteorologist. Now, the show will feature two anchors dedicated to Saturday broadcasts, and two separate ones to Sunday broadcasts, plus a regular weekend meteorologist. © ABCWhit Johnson will remain GMA’s Saturday anchor, a post he has held since 2018 Whit will now anchor GMA on Saturdays with Rachel Scott, while Gio will anchor the Sunday broadcasts with Rhiannon Ally. Leslie Lopez will be helming the weather department on weekends for GMA. Whit, who also serves as the anchor for ABC’s World News Tonight on Saturdays, has been anchoring GMA Weekends since 2018, while Gio, who is the network’s transportation correspondent and frequently appears on the main shows on weekdays, has been a GMA Weekend anchor since 2023. Leslie is the newest addition to the crew, only joining ABC News in April 2026. …

The Kennedy Center Had a Good Sculpture

The Kennedy Center Had a Good Sculpture

Published by Sam Flores

Until last week, a big electric-blue sculpture by Joel Shapiro sat next to the Kennedy Center. Boxy and rigid but seemingly weightless, Blue looked like a clumsy person who’d been swept by a breeze into an accidental pirouette. Shapiro called the metalwork a “celebration of possibility.” Some people thought it looked like Gumby. I loved it. The leaders of the Kennedy Center—and there is really just one leader of the Kennedy Center—did not. Workers dismantled Blue last Wednesday. No specific reason was given, save that the change had occurred at the center’s request. Internal documents obtained by The New York Times say that the sculpture was targeted for removal soon after Donald Trump took control of the institution. Shapiro—one of the most important American sculptors of his generation—died last summer. He spent decades coaxing human gesture and emotion from the austere geometry of minimalism. His abstract shapes and forms have strong personalities. They lie in wait for their audience, then suddenly come alive. I knew Shapiro a little, through his wife, the artist Ellen Phelan. …

Good Faith Vs Bad Faith

Good Faith Vs Bad Faith

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Clusterfuck Nation, “In conditions of mass democracy, the soft and the infantilising will be preferred over the hard and the necessary again and again.” – Eugyppius on X Clusterfuck Nation never sleeps, even while everybody else lays aside their labors. Later today we’ll light up the ceremonial grill, but for now it’s onto the tribulations of this dolorous moment in history. It was just such a sparkling September morning twenty-five years ago when those hijacked airliners knifed into the World Trade Center towers (plus the Pentagon + a field outside Shanksville, PA). Despite all the forensic debate since then, I go with the original explanation that four teams of jihadi maniacs did the 9/11 deed. And also, yet, despite all the official defenses mounted since then – the Patriot Act, etc. – here we are allowing a massive Islamic infiltration and even takeover of many places in America, proving, at least, that history is trickster. After the trauma of 9/11, you can’t deny our country went off the rails …

The Hidden Cost of Being the “Good” Partner

The Hidden Cost of Being the “Good” Partner

Published by Jenni Sidey

I used to tell my friends back in the day that even if someone tried to kill me, and years later that same person needed my help, I would probably still help them. No matter how hard I tried to stay mad or angry with someone, I could never bring myself to harm them. I just can’t. Many people in my life mistook my kindness for weakness. And for a long time, I let them. Sometimes, it felt easier to agree with someone’s opinion than to spend my energy convincing them that they were wrong about me. Early Lessons in Self-Sacrifice Looking back, I think this part of me started very early. I was 5 years old when my kindergarten teacher asked me to play Baba Yaga in a school performance. In the Soviet Union, Baba Yaga was the legendary ugly old witch, the opposite of the beautiful princess character every little girl wanted to play. Everyone had already taken the pretty roles. My teacher came to me and basically pleaded, “Please help me. I …

The strong summer may be a good sign for theaters this year

The strong summer may be a good sign for theaters this year

Published by Sam Flores

In the months leading up to summer, Paul Gunsky installed new reclining seats and immersive sound systems at his Bay Area CineLux Theatres chain in hopes that moviegoers would return in droves. And they did. Young people flocked to his showings of “Obsession” as the Gen Z horror film gained momentum throughout the summer, while nostalgic millennials came to watch “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” propelling business for his chain of eight theaters with 62 screens above that of last year. Driven by billion-dollar-plus blockbusters, the popularity of Imax and other enhanced formats and a diverse lineup of films, this summer’s box office has given theater owners such as Gunsky a much-needed shot in the arm and boosted optimism for the rest of the year. The season’s heaviest lifting came from Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” ($2.4 billion in global box office), Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” ($1.6 billion) and Walt Disney Co. and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” ($1.1 billion), though a wide-ranging crop of quality movies helped push the summer over the edge. For …