Of course: a "Shining" prequel is en route

You're going to get Trolls movies and you're going to like it, America.

Iconic! Of course they're iconic. Everything is iconic. Gatsby is iconic, too. By the way, is that Gatsby musical out yet? I don't think they've made a good version of the movie yet. The Redford version is reverential but inert; the Alan Ladd version was a snore. The 1926 version - well, we'l never know. All we have is the trailer. (Via slashfilm.)

The author didn't like it and neither did his wife:

Then again, Stephen King didn't like "The Shining." Speaking of which:

I've never seen so much interest in one old movie in my life.

I found out about the Shining sequel from the twitter feed of the Overlook Caretaker, Lee Unkrich - he has a sideline as a director himself, having done something called "Toy Story 3" - and he also tweeted a link to the Worst Movie Ending ever.

The movie, I think, is "Student Confidential." The actor is also the writer and director. I can sense your lack of surprise.

Man creates tumblr to share the pictures. THE PEOPLE IN IRAN SEE THE TUMBLR.

Go here for . . . the rest of the story.

WHOA If you're wondering what a gargantuan landslide in a copper mine looks like, here you go.

ARCHITECTURE A beautiful refurbished gas station: it's now art.

Iconically! Any word that can be used to describe a gas station AND a troll doll has become stretched to the point of useless absurdity. It's pretty, as you can see here. I wouldn't call the stations iconic, though. There's not much that's iconic in gas station design, aside from two styles: the iconic gleaming white station. . . .

That's on Portland. They built lots of these, but they're vanishing fast. This one . . .

. . . was on Lyndale south of 494, but it's since been torn down. They'll all be gone in ten years, I fear.

The piece on the gas stations had a link to a story about the American Folk Art Museum. It opened to great reviews in 2001. An instant landmark. Why, give it a few years and it would be iconic. Well:

Lack of helpful punctuation and capitalization in the original. One might be wary of something that transcends traditional building trappings; that often means "the janitor hates his job because there aren't any outlets and the skylights leak" or "residents unnerved by the gently curved hallways borrowed from abattoirs, where the concept was shown to calm cows as they approach the slaughterhouse." The facade is interesting - it's all bronze, and the photos resemble some sort of abstract sculpture made out of folded leather. It doesn't fit the new building, though - an 78-story addition to the Museum of Modern Art. Curious what was planned, I googled the architec, Jean Nouvel, bracing myself for the usual horrors. Ugh:

For Spider-Man's world HQ, maybe. You don't get a sense of how it tapers into the World's Tallest Raised Pinky Finger; maybe this helps.

Also in Dubai, the Dynamic Tower. Every floor will revolve.

It's still on the drawing board.