The premise held considerable appeal: a company striving to cultivate the perfect flower at a horticultural competition. When Emily Beecham and Ben Whishaw’s characters engineer a bloom releasing happiness-inducing pollen, they believe they've achieved success. Her character even takes one home as a present for her child, naming it "Little Joe." Like in “Jurassic Park,” the plants are supposedly unable to reproduce—a…

A fascinating concept and initial setup, but the execution proves tedious. The Capgras Delusion has been recognized since the beginning of the century, yet it’s largely been treated as an oddity. The standard explanation found in most psychiatry textbooks is rooted in Freudian theory; the idea being that a young person, like many growing up, experiences strong sexual attraction toward their mother—the so-called Oe…