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Do You Khow Who’s in These Gorgeous Pop Culture Portraits?
“Wait, those are paintings?” It’s a phrase I hear often when discussing the work of painter Ashton Gallagher. The Illinois-based artist can take any subject and make a painting so lifelike, so dynamic, that you’d swear it was a photo. And, at times, people do think they’re photos. But, we assure you they’re not.
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Vulcan’s Hammer, Philip K. Dick’s 1960 Tale of AI Gone Wild, Is Heading to the Big Screen
Published shortly before Philip K. Dick’s breakout novel The Man in the High Castle, Vulcan’s Hammer might not be one of the celebrated author’s best-known titles. But its pulpy story is — like so many of Dick’s works — eerily prescient, and director Francis Lawrence, who’s roamed some dystopian landscapes in the past thanks to…
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The Mistake That Changed the History of Blade Runner
These days, Blade Runner is considered one of the all-time masterpieces of science fiction. The combination of Philip K. Dick’s idea, Ridley Scott’s direction, Harrison Ford’s performance, and a laundry list of technical masters behind the scenes created a film that has stood the test of time. But it wasn’t that way at the time…
