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"Acquiring preemptive knowledge about emerging technologies is the best way to ensure that we have a say in the making of our future." — Catarina Mota, TED Talks +++ A selection of future technologies featured in films Personalized virtual billboard advertising via retinal scanners (Minority Report) Candy-colored fast-food chains with advanced 3D food printers (Cloud Atlas) Holographic multi-touch dynamic interactive presentations (Prometheus) Anti-gravity cocktails in upscale restaurants (Upside Down) Designer-label body modification scanner pods (Elysium) Full-scale aquarium with sushi bar in luxury locomotives (Snowpiercer) Avant-garde transformative fashions (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) Relaxing weightless sleep in outer space colonies (Gravity)

Action, drama, comedy, musical, romance, documentary, sci-fi, period pieces, crime, horror, thriller, mystery, etc. There’s nothing Tom Cruise can't do.

It's hard to understand why he hasn't won an Oscar, but he's already beyond the stage where he needs to prove himself with an Oscar. Instead, he has earned something far more valuable, the title of 'the last movie star in the world.' 👍