Pulp Fiction aim." Despite that, argues Fraiman, ""Pulp Fiction" demonstrates ... that even an open pulpophile like Tarantino may continue to feel anxious and emasculated by his preferences." "Pulp Fiction" won eight awards from a total of twenty-six nominations. Also, in the balloting by the National Society of Film Critics, Samuel L. Jackson was the runner-up in both the Best Actor and the Best Supporting Actor categories. American Film Institute Lists Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino; it is based on a story by Tarantino and Roger Avary. Starring John Travolta, Samuel
Technology in Star Wars deflector shields, are particle deflector shields, also known as "magnetic shields". In 2015, the American megacorporation Boeing built plasma-based force fields, similar in size and dimensions to the force fields used in "Star Wars" ground battles. Like the ground force fields in the "Star Wars" films, these shields cannot block or repel solid matter, but are instead built to protect vehicles from the force of explosions. In 2014, physics students at the University of Leicester developed a module of plasma-based deflector shields, inspired by the ones in "Star Wars" and other science fiction stories. However, the field poses some issues.