“Three years after its debut at the Sundance Film Festival and a short-lived name change to All Rise, Monster has finally landed on Netflix. Based on Walter Dean Myers’ 1999 novel of the same name, the legal drama shoehorns the viewer into a horrifying, yet all-too-familiar, scenario in which a Black teenager named Steve Harmon (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is facing decades in prison while on trial for a crime that he swears he hasn’t committed.” Read more at Thrillist. Cats love boxes, even imaginary ones, according to a new study published in Applied Animal Behavior Science. Read more at Mental Floss. Castlevania Season 4 upheld the animated Netflix series’ reputation as the best adaptation of a video game franchise so far. “There’s a reason critics refer to the ‘video game curse.’ While we have seen good (or, at least, palatable) live-action adaptations in recent years like Sonic, Mortal Kombat, and The Witcher, for the past few years it’s been clear that the best video game adaptation is an animated show. For three seasons, Castlevania took the best parts of the classic horror games and remixed them with its own vast mythology…” Read more at Inverse. The shift to working from home last year had been out of necessity. As the world opens back up and people start to return to the office, it’s time to take a look at what’s working with remote working, and what isn’t. Read more at PCMag. Read more at Gizmodo. In a facepalm-worthy case of using the wrong formula to get to the right answer, some anti-vaxxers believing in a new conspiracy theory about vaccinated people “shedding vaccine particles” are now beginning to wear masks and social distancing. Read more at The Mary Sue.
