[NEWS] Five culture links: animals, Ferox of Mars, Blockbuster, Please Stand By, Higher Brothers

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• This argument in favour of recognizing the inherent rights of animals as moral persons, to not be property, seems compelling to me. Open Democracy has it.


• This documentary project by Nicolas Polli about Ferox, an imagined third moon of Mars, sounds amazing. Wired reports.


• Blockbuster in McAllen, Texas, is closing up shop. A once-mighty retail chain is going under. Global News reports.


• This Slate review of the new Dakota Fanning Trekkie film, Please Stand By, makes it sound amazing.


• VICE profiles Higher Brothers, a Chinese hip-hop band from Sichuan making it big in Shenzhen.