Top Picks: The documentary 'RBG,' the Infatuation app
The聽Agenda app聽can help you take notes in a more beneficial way,聽Han Solo of the 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� series gets an origin story with 'Solo,' and more top picks.
The聽Agenda app聽can help you take notes in a more beneficial way,聽Han Solo of the 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� series gets an origin story with 'Solo,' and more top picks.
Supervolcano explainer
Just what makes a volcano a 鈥渟upervolcano鈥�? A new National Geographic video delves into the features of supervolcanoes, their life cycles, and how they make new life possible. The video includes glimpses of various supervolcanoes, including Campi Flegrei in Italy. You can find the clip at http://bit.ly/supervolcanoes101.
Set the agenda
The Agenda app can help you take notes in a more beneficial way. Agenda shows you what you did in the past on a project and what you have planned for the future, as well as allowing you to use tags and links, among other features, with your notes. It鈥檚 free for iOS.聽
Dinner time
The Infatuation app can help you decide on a great new dinner spot. All reviews are written by the editorial team, which has categorized restaurants by topics, including 鈥済irls鈥� night out鈥� and 鈥渄ate night,鈥� helping you zero in on what restaurant will provide the atmosphere you鈥檙e looking for. It鈥檚 available for cities including New York, Los Angeles, London, and Chicago and is free for iOS and Android.
Ginsburg doc
The documentary RBG chronicles Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg鈥檚 unusual pop culture popularity. The movie tells the story of her time in college and law school and describes her current influence. 鈥淗er famous friendship with the expansive Antonin Scalia, her legal and temperamental antithesis ... is a wonder to behold,鈥� Monitor film critic Peter Rainer writes. 鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to know that, even in the upper reaches of today鈥檚 Washington, D.C., friendship can still eclipse ideology.鈥� 鈥淩BG鈥� is available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Flying solo
Han Solo of the 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� series gets an origin story with Solo, starring Alden Ehrenreich. He embarks on adventures with his first love, Qi鈥檙a (Emilia Clarke), and smuggler Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson). Monitor film critic Peter Rainer writes that Harrelson is 鈥渕arvelous as always鈥� and that 鈥淸director Ron] Howard ... and his screenwriters, Lawrence Kasdan and Jonathan Kasdan, keep things thrumming along cliffhanger-style for most of its two-plus hours.鈥� 鈥淪olo鈥� is available on DVD and Blu-ray.