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Danish TV Show Blows $&%# Up

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.20.2012

Hey! Do you like to watch stuff blow up in slow motion? Then, this video is for you. The title of the Danish TV program "Dumt & Farligt" translate...

Dozens Killed In Bombings Across Iraq

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 04.20.2012

BAGHDAD — Bombs ripped through 10 Iraqi cities Thursday, killing at least 30 people and shattering a month of relative calm. Minority lawmakers ...

Learn Why This Artist Draws With Gunpowder

Posted 04.11.2012

Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang is known for his aesthetically exquisite choreographed explosions. Yet for an artist so concerned with destruction, Cai's...

Man Who Predicted NASA Space Disaster Dies At 73

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

NEPHI, Utah -- Roger Boisjoly, a NASA contractor who repeatedly voiced concerns about the space shuttle Challenger before it exploded, has died. He wa...

WATCH: Slow Motion Microwave Madness

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 01.27.2012

Most of us know that microwave ovens don't get along with aluminum foil, CDs, and certain foods. But it can be great fun - don't try this at home - to...

Mighty Movie Podcast: Jason Reitman on Young Adult

Dan Persons | Posted 02.15.2012

Dan Persons

Bless screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman their twisted, little hearts. Young Adult isn't season-specific, but it does serve as a healthy counterbalance to all that holiday growth and belonging.

Reefer Madness? Thousands Of Container Cars Could Explode

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.02.2012

Reefers are causing a worldwide panic, but not the kind most would expect. Ports in western Washington state and Oakland, California are stepping ...

Mighty Movie Podcast: Nicolas Winding Refn on Drive

Dan Persons | Posted 11.18.2011

Dan Persons

It's Refn, so moral ambiguities will abound, not to mention some exquisitely-mounted chase sequences, plus unrestrained violence. Sum total: Action goodness with both brains and balls.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Evan Glodell on Bellflower

Dan Persons | Posted 10.08.2011

Dan Persons

Evan Glodell's Bellflower is the tale of two Southern Californians who fill their free time with speculations of the post-apocalyptic future and preparations for same that include the construction of Matilda, a bad-ass, black automobile.

A Traveler's Map to Michael Bay's Demolitions

Posted 08.30.2011

Far be it for us to second guess a true American artist, but it sometimes seems like director Michael Bay has it out for everything beautiful or inter...

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Cars 2

Dan Persons | Posted 08.28.2011

Dan Persons

Join Cinefantastique Online's Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons as they examine Cars 2.

Cinefantastique Spotlight: Green Lantern

Dan Persons | Posted 08.20.2011

Dan Persons

The new film is Hollywood's latest attempt to take the comic book movie back to its purer roots. Does Green Lantern earn its stripes as simple summer fun?

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Super 8

Dan Persons | Posted 08.13.2011

Dan Persons

J.J. Abrams, the man who set the deliriously enigmatic pace for Lost in that show's pilot and upended Star Trek by blowing up Vulcan (we still haven't...

Mighty Movie Podcast: Djo Tunda Wa Munga on Viva Riva!

Dan Persons | Posted 08.10.2011

Dan Persons

Viva Riva! is the first film out of the Congo to get U.S. distribution, and director Djo Tunda Wa Munga has made it a hell of an introduction.

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: X-Men: First Class

Dan Persons | Posted 08.06.2011

Dan Persons

X-Men: First Class is the latest installment of the Marvel film franchise to use comic book action to address some potent social issues.

Chinese Watermelons Exploding Like 'Land Mines'

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 11.16.2011

BEIJING -- Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, crea...

Cinefantastique Spotlight: Thor

Dan Persons | Posted 07.09.2011

Dan Persons

Is Thor the film that will bring a Shakespearean gravitas to comic book drama, or is it just table setting for the impending The Avengers movie?

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Source Code

Dan Persons | Posted 06.12.2011

Dan Persons

In his sophomore effort, director Duncan Jones explores the same theme of a man alone and at the mercy of shadowy machinations that was explored in his rightly praised debut effort, Moon.

Man Arrested In Connection With Blast Outside Synagogue

AP | Posted 06.11.2011

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- An Ohio rabbi who became suspicious of a man asking for a place to stay led police to the arrest late Monday of the suspect in...

Police Say Blast Outside Synagogue Caused By Homemade Explosive Device

AP | By ANDREW DALTON | Posted 06.08.2011

LOS ANGELES -- Police are hunting a suspect in a blast outside a California synagogue and community center that was initially believed to be an indust...

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Sucker Punch

Dan Persons | Posted 06.03.2011

Dan Persons

Steve Biodrowski and Dan Persons narrowly avoid a sucker punch to the solar plexus as they dodge and feint their way through an examination of Zack Snyder's new CGI-laced fantasy action pic.

Cinefantastique Round Table Podcast: Super 8 Sneak Preview

Dan Persons | Posted 05.28.2011

Dan Persons

Get a sneak peak at Super 8, the upcoming science fiction film from J.J. Abrams, on this edition of the Cinefantastique Round Table Podcast, the weekl...

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Battle: Los Angeles

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Persons

Think of it as Black Hawk Down meets Independence Day -- a gritty view of the usual "war of the worlds" scenario. We've seen it all before, but does this film make it worth seeing again?

Cinefantastique Podcast: I am Number Four With Andrea Lipinski

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Persons

Why "Number Four," you ask? Well, the film itself won't tell you, so if you want to find out, you should listen in as guest commentator Andrea Lipinski reveals all the details.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Gregg Araki on Kaboom

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Persons

Director Gregg Araki speaks about his newest film, Kaboom -- the story of an "ambisexual" college freshman who's getting premonitions of an impending apocalypse.