10 cinematic failures that turned into timeless classics – ranked! | Film

10 cinematic failures that turned into timeless classics – ranked! | Film

10. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Budget: £19.3m. Worldwide gross: £22m Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption. Photograph: Columbia/Sportsphoto/Allstar Still IMDb’s chart-topper as the best film of all time, this started small. It struggled to compete with Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump on release, had limited female appeal as a male-bonding-in-prison yarn, and … Read more

Israel-Hamas ranked as a top issue by only 11% of college students

Israel-Hamas ranked as a top issue by only 11% of college students

A survey conducted in September among 1,012 students revealed that the economy and cost of living are the most crucial issues influencing students’ voting decisions in the upcoming election. 52 percent of respondents selected this as the most important issue. Other significant concerns identified in the survey, which was carried out by Inside Higher Ed … Read more

134 college football teams ranked after Week 8: BYU demands attention

134 college football teams ranked after Week 8: BYU demands attention

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It’s time to take notice of BYU. The Cougars are undefeated and have delivered Kansas State and SMU their only losses of the season. Yet BYU remains outside the top 10 in both the AP and Coaches polls. But not … Read more