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Choose a Movie's Plot -- While You Watch It
Turbulence, a new film, uses
complicated video coding
procedures that allow the
viewer to change the course
of a movie in mid-plot. In
theory, that means each new
theater audience can see its
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New 'Alien Invader' Star Clusters Found in Milky Way
As many as one quarter of
the star clusters in our
Milky Way -- many more than
previously thought -- are
"invaders" from other
galaxies, according to a new
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Whirligig Beetle Gets Rock 'N' Roll Legendary Name
An unusual new species of
whirligig beetle from India
is being named Orectochilus
orbisonorum in honor of the
late rock 'n' roll legend
Roy Orbison and his widow
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What Makes A Great Movie?
Psychologists analyzed
thousands of films to get at
the formula for critical
acclaim and box-office
success. A film that wins
critical acclaim is likely
to be an R-rated drama,
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How a Hollywood Box Office Success Can Translate Internationally
May 22, 2013 — A researchers is looking at why some Hollywood movies are successful in the international box ... > full story -
Before 'Skyfall': 46 Years of Violence in James Bond Movies
December 10, 2012 — Violent acts in James Bond films were more than twice as common in "Quantum of Solace" (2008) than in the original 1962 movie "Dr. No," researchers have ... > full story -
Smoking in Movies Increases in 2011, Reverses Five Years of Progress
September 27, 2012 — Top box office films last year showed more onscreen smoking than the prior year, reversing five years of steady progress in reducing tobacco imagery in movies, according to a new ... > full story -
Musical Clues to the Truth About Female Sleuths
September 25, 2012 — By analyzing the soundtracks of 1940s film noir thrillers, a musicologist can track changing attitudes to women -- moving away from the classic femme fatale and love interest to the independent ... > full story -
Rating Films With Smoking 'R' Will Cut Smoking Onset by Teens, Experts Say
July 9, 2012 — New research estimates, for the first time, the impact of an R rating for movie smoking. Researchers emphasize that an R rating for any film showing smoking could substantially reduce smoking onset ... > full story -
Seeking Solace: Celebrity Deaths Often Have Pronounced Effects on Their Audiences
June 28, 2012 — According to a cognitive psychologist, the common responses to celebrity deaths demonstrate important realities about how people build relationships with the media they ... > full story -
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Physicists Predict Success of Movies at the Box Office Based Solely on Advertising Costs
June 15, 2012 — A group of Japanese scientists have surprised themselves by being able to predict the success or failure of blockbuster movies at the box office using a set of mathematical models. The researchers ... > full story -
Should Films With Smoking Have Adult Ratings?
August 23, 2011 — Two articles address the question of whether films with smoking scenes should have "adult" ratings applied to ... > full story -
What Can Movie Stars Tell Us About Marriage? That Education Matters, Study Finds
April 27, 2011 — Marriages among movie stars can help unravel the reasons why people tend to marry partners of similar education ... > full story -
Stellar Explosions Provide the Key to Understanding the Fate of the Universe
May 27, 2010 — The mysteries of the universe and how we came to be are set to be unlocked by a technique for modeling fluids, similar to one which is becoming increasingly popular within the film industry to ... > full story
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