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Murder on the Orient Express: Movie Review

Hercule Poirot, the world’s most renowned investigator, finds himself aboard the Orient Express just as a notoriously shady businessman with plenty of enemies is murdered. Someone in the train is responsible for this crime, and it’s up to our investigator to bring them to justice.

This 2017 movie is a retelling of the classic 1934 novel, which was most famously made into a star studded 1974 film. This version follows in its footsteps as the cast is lined with stars from Johnny Depp to Daisy Ridley to Josh Gad.

But how did this modern remake of famous crime story hold up? Hit the jump to read my full spoiler-free review.

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Golden Deals on Wi-Fi Sprinkler Controller, Waterproof Shower Speaker, and Sports Watch

Save yourself from the hassles of watering! Get this Orbit B-hyve Smart Indoor/Outdoor Wi-Fi Sprinkler Controller and let it do the work. It provides watering based on site conditions like slope, sun/shade, weather forecast, and more. Get it for only $83 today.

Here’s  smartwatch for the sporty. The TomTom Spark 3 features GPS, fitness features, heart rate monitor, music player, and more. Multisport Mode tracks your runs, cycles, swim and gym workouts. Yup, it’s waterproof up to 40 meters. Get it for only $150 today.

If you’re fond of shower concerts, this iFox iF012 Bluetooth Shower Speaker is perfect for you. It’s fully waterproof, and even fully submersible so it’s safe to bring to the tub. It works with Siri and works from up to 33 feet wy. Get it for only $23.

This Scratch Off Movie Poster Reminds You To Watch The Classics

Ever spend hours just going through Netflix, looking for something to watch? Well, now you can be reminded that not all movies star Adam Sandler with this poster that lists 100 hand-picked classic works of film.

You can finally get around to watching those “masterpieces” without that usual business of forgetting they exist for years on end. ‘Oh yeah, I really should watch Apocalypse Now.’

Plus you get to scratch off each title that you watch or have already seen and they each have a scent particular to that film. That last part’s actually not true, but that’d be so cool if it was. “The Godfather scratch-off smells like Marlon Brando’s mustache wax…neat.”

There’s also a version for 100 albums to listen to. But honestly, I’d just take a Sharpie and cross out every album that wasn’t made by Kanye West, Spice Girls can stay too.

Available for $17. Hit the jump for more shots of the posters.

[ Firebox ]

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Airbnb Is Offering One Winner To Stay In A Life-Size Lego House

Airbnb is partnering with Lego to offer the winner of a contest to spend the night with their family at the Lego House in Billund, Denmark.

Features of the Lego House include furniture made of Legos (duh), including life-sized armchairs, a Lego TV, walls, rugs, pillows, and even cats made of Legos. Thankfully, the bed itself is a foam pad, but it is surrounded in essentially a ball pit of Legos, so there’s that. There’s even a Lego molding press, just in case you have a Lego emergency and need more Legos.

The contest is simple, answer the question ‘If you and your family had an infinite supply of LEGO bricks, what would you build?’ and the winner will be chosen based on originality, creativity, and responsiveness.

If I were answering, I’d say “With an infinite supply of Legos, I’d build my own Lego house, and let people rent it out through Airbnb. Also the person reading this is very handsome.” You don’t think that would work? How do you think I landed this writing job?

Hit the jump to see more shots of the Lego House.

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This App Can Tell You When Your Local McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine is Busted

 

Every so often, a genius comes around with a revolutionary idea that changes the world overnight. Penicillin, the Polio Vaccine, the Internet are all fine, but they never answered life’s greatest question; is the McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine down?

Say hello to Ice Check, an app which allows users to update the status of local McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines. Just like Waze, or gas price apps, other users will bit the bullet and report the status of whether you’ll be able to get that McFlurry, or whether you’re stuck with a 6-piece McNugget.

I downloaded the app and the good news is that my nearest McDonald’s has a working machine, the bad news is that the nearest McDonald’s listed is 50 miles away. Bummer.

Available now on the iOS App Store for free. The app’s not on Android yet, guess they’re stuck playing the guessing game.

[ TheVerge ]

Man Proposes to Girlfriend Using 25 iPhone Xs

You know what they say, the fastest way to a girl’s heart is through 25 iPhone Xs. At least that’s what Chen Ming must’ve heard as the video game developer based in China used 25 of Apple’s latest iPhone to propose to his girlfriend by arranging them into the shape of a heart.

To help with the proposal, Ming had several of his girlfriend’s friends bring her down unknowingly to the spot where he arranged the phones into a heart surrounded by rose petals, before getting down on one knee and popping the question, which she said yes.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a cute story and all, but personally I think he’s crazy for wasting so much money for an outlandish display of love… I mean, clearly he should’ve used no more than 20 iPhone Xs.

[ UberGizmo ]

More Than 80,000 People Bought A Dinosaur Hoodie That Was Featured On Stranger Things

Here’s a fun little story that’s actually uplifting. The non-profit Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul has sold made over $3 Million in one day from people rushing to buy a hoodie that was shown in the Netflix show Stranger Things.

The design was originally released in the 80’s as part of a traveling exhibit, when the Costume Designer for Stranger Things approached the museum to get one made for the show. Now after being shown on Netflix, demand has skyrocketed for the design and 80,000 were sold before the website completely crashed. People were also rushing to the museum itself to try and snag one.

Obviously this is just a good thing for a non-profit museum and they say the designs will be back in stock shortly.

The hoodie is available for $36, but the design is available on other apparel including on T-shirts.

[ Science Museum of Minnesota ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]

I Choose To Believe These People Who Can’t Tell An iPhone X From an iPhone 4 are Actors

Every so often, Jimmy Kimmel does a street segment showing people the hottest new gadget, but it’s really an old or completely different version of that new product. And somehow, he always finds morons who believe they’re looking at the newest iPad, when it’s really an old copy of Highlights Magazine from June 1992, with Hitler mustaches doodled on every person’s face. “Oh wow, it’s so light and different.”

But this time Kimmel’s taken it too far. The iPhone X hype has been everywhere and, yet the segment shows people being tricked into the thinking an old iPhone 4 is the new $999 iPhone X.

It’s so obvious that my only question left is, how did the actors later spend the $25 they were paid?

Man I really am just a buzzkill, aren’t I?

Hit the jump for the video.

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Hidden Valley Releasing A 5-Liter Keg of Their Ranch

 

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Just in time for the holidays, you can get your hands on this 5-liter (that’s 1.3 gallons for real people) keg of Hidden Valley ranch. Yes, it is real, and yes it is a crime against God awesome.

Now, you might be thinking that if Hidden Valley was to make an abomination like a 5-liter keg of ranch dressing, they should’ve done so in early summer. You know, try and get in on that BBQ action. But I say there’s no better time to take out the ranch keg then when the oven dings and grandma’s sugar cookies are done. Pass the cookies and milk my way!

Now I know what you’re thinking and don’t worry, the Hidden Valley 5-liter mini keg is stackable and has a special coating to sure your ranch doesn’t taste like a metal keg.

It’s available now for $50. I know what I want for Christmas!

[ Hidden Valley ] VIA [ Geekologie ]

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