Wall Street at 30: is greed still good?
Dec 08, 2017 02:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
December 11 marks the 30th anniversary of Oliver Stones darkly perceptive Wall Street. The film exemplified the 80s yuppie era during Ronald Reagans conservative presidency: a time when a celebrity suddenly became...
What the Harvey Weinstein case tells us about sexual assault disclosure
Oct 13, 2017 09:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment Law
Explosive reports from The New York Times and The New Yorker in recent days have revealed decades of alleged sexual harassment and assault perpetrated by high-profile Hollywood movie executive Harvey Weinstein. In the wake...
New Star Wars trailer revealed – but is the Force still strong with this one?
Oct 10, 2017 13:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy not that far away, the trailer for Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace opened with the promise that every generation has a legend. Although it was not ultimately the film many fans...
How Blade Runner 2049 prepares us to welcome robots for real
Oct 08, 2017 02:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Entertainment
The idea of dangerous, inhumane artificial intelligence taking over the world is familiar to many of us, thanks to cautionary tales such as the Matrix and Terminator franchises. But what about the more sympathetic...
How 'Chollywood' blockbuster Wolf Warriors 2 echoes changes in China's foreign policy
Aug 28, 2017 14:21 pm UTC| Entertainment
When Hollywood is not being criticised for being a liberal mouthpiece, it is often viewed as a front for American foreign policy. The time-honoured example of this is the Rambo series wherein Sylvester Stallones invincible...
Terminator 2 in 3D reminds us what we've still to learn about AI and robotics
Aug 28, 2017 14:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
The classic science fiction action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day has ticked over its 25th anniversary. To celebrate, director James Cameron went one step further than remastering the original 1991 version and has...
The real reason Mark Wahlberg earns US$42m more than any woman in Hollywood
Aug 28, 2017 13:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Why should we care that, in Hollywood, female actors earn less than male ones? The latest tally of star pay, compiled by Forbes magazine, has men far outstripping womens earnings. The highest paid woman Emma Stone makes...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects