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Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd by Mexicans wherever they live. It is one of Mexico’s most colorful holidays and an important day of festivity in U.S. communities with large Mexican-American residents. The celebration is based on the belief that during these two days, “the souls of the dead awaken and return to the living world to feast, drink, dance, and play music with their loved ones” [History.

My friends,  I think the Spanish have given the world many culinary gifts—jamón, paella, burnt Basque cheesecake, Ferran Adrià’s famous liquid olives…but the most important one of all may be tapas, the little bites that make up so many of our meals in Spain. As you may know, the word tapa means lid in Spanish. The tradition began in the south of Spain as people would use little pieces of bread and small bites to cover their glasses of wine or sherry to keep the fruit flies out of them…and it quickly spread across every region of the country.

Happy Uncle O’Grimacey Day to those who celebrate. While Ireland itself actually turns out some excellent films, there are some pretty terrible American movies with Irish “themes” which gives me the luxury of having a few to choose from. I decided to forego the obvious and skip the Leprechaun series and instead I wanted to discuss a movie that doesn’t get its due whether as a good movie, a bad movie, a sports movie, a Boston movie or a Wayans movie, even though it is by definition all of those things.

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The creator of Dog Soldiers and The Descent, Neil Marshall returns to the big screen this weekend with bloodthirsty Roman epic, Centurion. ReelScotland got the chance to speak to director Marshall, along with stars David Morrissey and Axelle Carolyn about the film’s creation, the training involved for their roles and surviving the sub-zero Scottish shoot. Set In AD 117, Centurion tells the myth of the legendary Roman Ninth Legion who are on a mission to wipe out the Picts and kill their leader, Gorlacon (Ulrich Thomsen).

On Saturday 10 April, Dundee's DCA cinema opened its doors for a very special preview screening of Neil Marshall's new historical blockbuster, Centurion. Hosted by Pictavia Visitor Centre in Angus, the evening included appearances by real-life Roman actors and a Q&A session with some of the extras and historical consultants who worked on the film. For the 220 fans who won free tickets, it was an exciting opportunity for an advance viewing of a gripping action thriller which is surely destined for great success.

Dr. Dan Wilson of Debunk the Funk joins us to discuss how he went from believing in conspiracy theories about “hidden” cancer cures to becoming a scientist, what led him to rethink his conspiracy beliefs, the crossover between the anti-vax industry and crunchy wellness spaces, how to think critically about common wellness conspiracy theories, and more.  Dan Wilson, Ph.D. is a molecular biologist who earned his doctorate in biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.

I met Chandler in a hip Silverlake coffee shop. We began with the question of whether or not LA has, or can have, a proper music scene. Despite the outpouring of electronic music from the city right now, it seems that there are few shows from local (adult) acts to back it up. Chandler: Yeah. I mean, I don’t even think there can be a scene in LA. There is, like, subculture.