Leonardo DiCaprio

In 2011 two franchises based on novels for teens –  “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One” – overtook stoner comedies, CGI kiddie movies, and comic book adaptations at the box office. In 2012, the bigscreen adaptation of “The Hunger Games” will wage a similar battle against […]

This week’s new movie releases include “Jack and Jill,” starring Adam Sandler as both the title characters, “J. Edgar,” with Leonardo DiCaprio as the original head of the FBI, and a smaller film by Lars Von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst, called “Melancholia.”   Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, and Kristen Meinzer, Takeaway culture producer, […]

Neil Harbisson is a painter, a musician, and a cyborg. Born with a rare form of colorblindness, Harbisson can only see the world in grays. In 2004, he collaborated with a scientist to create a device called the Eyeborg.