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July 5, 2025

Watch How Hollywood Legends Pulled off Their Wild Stunts in Iconic 1920s Films

Nowadays, most film studios rely on CGI and green screens, either entirely or as a supplement, to accomplish ambitious stunts. Technology, of course, hasn’t always been advanced enough for such immersive illusions, and yet films from the early 20th century still managed to feature spectacular cinematic effects. They say a magician should never reveal their tricks, but a recent YouTube video by Lost in Time does just that.

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May 25, 2025

Anthony Bourdain Once Declared ‘Ratatouille’ Is “The Best Food Movie Ever Made”

The movie Ratatouille (2007) may be one of the best Pixar films and the greatest animated works of all time. While it did win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, with time, it earned an equally significant nod. The late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, renowned for his devotion to sharing the best in international cuisine, declared that Ratatouille was “the best food movie ever made.

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April 16, 2025

New 3D Scans of the Titanic Reveal the Most Detailed Look at the Ship in Its Final Moments

Back in 2022, filmmaker Anthony Geffen and his team embarked upon a journey off the coast of Newfoundland. Over the course of three weeks, Geffen followed Guernsey-based company Magellan as they mapped the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which is submerged more than 12,500 feet below the North Atlantic Ocean. Magellan gathered an unprecedented 16 terabytes of data and 715,000 images of the ill-fated ship, while Geffen produced Titanic: The Digital Resurrection for National Geographic.

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March 30, 2025

Long-Lost Silent Film About Abraham Lincoln Discovered by an Intern

Dan Martin never expected to uncover a century-old silent film. During his final week as an intern at a Long Island film archive, the film preservation student found a film considered lost by the Library of Congress. It was one of more than 7,000 silent pictures thought to be missing. Sometimes, however, the past has a way of returning.

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