Apparently any place looks better if you just say it’s Japan. The idea being that the “Japan effect” is so strong, just the location tag can filter how we perceive an ordinary street or an average ...

Comedian Fred Armisen has just put out a new album. It is called "100 Sound Effects" - and that's exactly what it is. Over the years, fans of Armisen's comedy have come to expect the unexpected - ...

In a world of information overload, it can feel soothing to stick your head in the sand. Don’t want to hear what the doctor might say? It’s easy not to make a follow-up appointment. Did a favorite ...

As the guitar-strumming will-o'-the-wisp Maria von Trapp, Julie Andrews taught us a few of her favorite things. And six decades on, "The Sound of Music" is still one of ours. Based on Rodgers and ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly. But there ...

The mission to get a healing mushroom out into the world will continue. Ahead of Sunday’s Season 1 finale, Adult Swim has renewed Common Side Effects for a second season. The animated comedic thriller ...

Ben Colagiuri receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Cosette Saunders does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

Digital visual effects have been an integral part of the filmmaking process for decades but their increased use over the years has had some moviegoers convinced that Hollywood is far too reliant on ...

Sound effects are some of the most underappreciated aspects of cinema. Indeed, the visual nature of film as a medium often ensures that sound is taken for granted, particularly when it comes to ...

Taylor Swift has sung "When I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer." Shimmer in gold. Because everything she touches, and everywhere she goes, turns to just that. She's a ...

Finasteride is a generic prescription drug used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia and male pattern baldness. Finasteride can cause side effects that range from mild to serious. Examples include ...