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Warner Bros handout film still: Twisters. (from_left)_Lily_(Sasha_Lane)_and_Tyler_(Glen_Powell),_in_Twisters

Earth

91av recommends Twisters – action sequel with added tornadoes

The books, TV, games and more that 91av staff have enjoyed this week

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THE DECAMERON. (L to R) Tony Hale as Sirisco, Karan Gill as Panfilo, Lou Gala as Neifile, Douggie McMeekin as Tindaro, Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia, Zosia Mamet as Pampinea, Tanya Reynolds as Licisca, and Amar Chadha-Patel as Dioneo in Episode 103 of The Decameron. Cr. Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix ?? 2023

Society

The Decameron review: 14th-century romp is a veiled satire of today

Culture

Dogwoof handout film still: Eternal You

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Would you resurrect a dead loved one with AI, asks a new documentary

Culture

New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens

Mind

New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens

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A scene from the film

Mind

AI reads brain activity to reveal what part of a movie you're watching

News

Janus Films handout film still: THE BEAST Directed by Bertrand Bonello. The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely ?erase? their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Le?a Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).

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Léa Seydoux and George MacKay dazzle in shocking sci-fi film The Beast

Culture

Hunt for the Oldest DNA press picture. Eske Willerslev on fieldwork, Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

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Documentary explores a geneticist's motivation to understand the past

Culture

Sting film still (2024)

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Darkly comic sci-fi chiller sees a pet spider turn fast-growing hunter

Culture

Matt Damon in The Martian

Video

Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong

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Quvenzhane Wallise in Breathe

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This one-room sci-fi thriller should take its MacGuffin more seriously

In Breathe, Earth is stripped of its oxygen, the plants are dead, oceans are dried up, no one trusts anyone — but we don't know what caused it. This sci-fi film fails to stand out among superior one-room thrillers, says Simon Ings

Culture

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Spaceman review: Adam Sandler is a serious star as a lonely astronaut

Culture

Life

In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

Culture

Technology

Hollywood strike ends – but actors’ battle against AI may not be over

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