What are the survival prospects for female characters in the James Bond movies? A new research project from Cleveland State University and Kent State University performed a quantitative content analysis for 195 female characters in 20 out of the 22 Bond films – uncovering in the process some clearcut predictors of their survivability. “End-of-film mortality […]
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PubMed Goes to the Movies!
Why see the film when you can read the article? by Robert E. Pyatt Ph.D. Assistant Laboratory Director Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, Ohio This is a comparison of classic films and science articles that share the same name. The movie facts come from the Internet Movie Database (www.IMDB.com). Information about the science articles comes from […]
The making of Kaboom
The rogue filmmaker knows as Pes explains how he engineered the film “Kaboom.”
ECONOMICS LESSON: Moolah-movie
What was the greatest wealth-creating film of all time? Titanic might be a popular guess, but the answer, according to Columbia Universitys Nobel laureate economist Robert Mundell, is Taxi Driver. The 1976 classic, directed by Martin Scorsese with Robert De Niro as the bitterly alienated protagonist, gave the world De Niros catchphrase You talking to […]