What you should watch: Friday release The Ice Road, a Liam Neeson thriller about a driver who must cross a frozen ocean to save the lives of trapped miners. Of the new releases last week, you could watch Russian period epic Silver Skates, the Jennifer Lawrence-starring Silver Linings Playbook, Japanese mobster flick about the Yakuza A Family and […]
If you stuck around after the end credits of The Mandalorian’s season 2 finale last December, you know there’ll be a new Star Wars show hitting Disney Plus: The Book of Boba Fett. There was a little confusion after Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin bid a tearful farewell to Grogu, aka Baby Yoda, seemingly tying up The […]
The original film was a pretty undeniable flop, with only a 16% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. A #Remake section has been added to a popular fansite, saying, “The Inheritance Cycle is long overdue for an adaptation on screen. …Read the full story
While a lot of new movies hit Amazon Prime Video at the beginning of this month, it’s pretty slim pickings for new content this week and into the end of June. Hopefully you’ll find something appealing among the other early June arrivals, including Revolutionary Road, starring Kate Winslet, and 50/50, Chicken Run and Dodgeball: A True Underdog […]
Heading into this week, Netflix doesn’t just want to entertain you — it wants to relax you too. More this week includes the excellent Silver Linings Playbook on Thursday, Japanese mobster flick about the Yakuza A Family on Friday, along with true story inspired drama Fatherhood, starring Kevin Hart, also on Friday. If none of those […]
Season 5 of comedy-drama Workin’ Moms also arrived on Tuesday, followed by three big premieres on Thursday: season 2 of Stephen King approved existential zombie series Black Summer, season 3 of excellent Turkish fantasy The Gift, and new sci-fi/Nordic noir Katla, centered on a woman searching for her missing sister. For more, catch the second part […]
In the Heights, the highly anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical, is stirring up strong reactions since opening in theaters and hitting HBO Max last week. CNET reviewer Steph Panecasio calls the film a “high-energy love letter” to the Latino community, but some viewers have expressed dismay that In the Heights falls short when it […]
In the Heights, the highly anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical, is stirring up strong reactions after opening in theaters and on HBO Max last week. But though the movie celebrates the Latino community, some viewers have expressed dismay that In the Heights falls short when it comes to Afro-Latino representation, since members […]
Disneyland Paris has finally reopened more than a year after its initial shutdown due to the global spread of COVID-19. Both theme parks at Disneyland Paris had originally reopened July 15, 2020, but the French parks closed again on Oct. Disney World resorts and hotels began reopening in late June 2020, while the Disney Springs shopping and dining […]
In a May 13 tweet, Musk referred to an increase in the use of coal and other fossil fuels to generate the power used for mining as the reason behind his decision. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and other popular cryptos reached record highs this year, raising concerns about the amount of energy needed to mine the […]
Disney had shut down its global theme parks indefinitely due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in early 2020, starting with Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland in January last year. Both theme parks at Disneyland Paris had originally reopened July 15, 2020, but the French parks closed again on Oct. Disney World resorts and hotels began reopening […]
And in what will be Disney Plus’ biggest film release so far, its megabudget Marvel movie Black Widow will be available to stream on Disney Plus for an extra fee the same day it hits theaters on July 9. But the monthly rate of Disney Plus is still roughly half the price of HBO Max and compares with Netflix’s cheapest […]
Following the hack, JBS reportedly had to halt operations at its five largest beef plants in the US as well as some other facilities, prompting concerns about possible meat shortages. The attack came just weeks after hackers targeted the Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest gas pipelines in the US, with a ransomware hack. …Read the […]
“Lilibet” is the nickname that Queen Elizabeth II gave herself as a child when she struggled to pronounce “Elizabeth” and “Diana,” of course, is for Harry’s late mother, the Princess of Wales. Lilibet Diana bumped her uncle, Prince Andrew, down one spot in the line of succession to the British throne. …Read the full story
“Lilibet” is the nickname that Queen Elizabeth II gave herself as a child when she struggled to pronounce “Elizabeth” and “Diana,” of course, is for Harry’s late mother, the Princess of Wales. Lilibet Diana bumped her uncle, Prince Andrew, down one spot in the line of succession to the British throne. …Read the full story
An agoraphobe whose diet consists of pills and wine, she’s forced to slowly piece together her hazy reality — and a murder that may or may not have taken place. In voiceover, we hear Anna happily chatting with her husband Ed attention, her reliability is again brought into question. Anna’s strained relationship with Ed is […]
The annual Golden Globe Awards, which honor TV and movies, are under fire, as is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that gives them out. In February, the Los Angeles Times published a scorching story about problems within the group, and since then the Golden Globes, the group’s high-profile awards show, has been in the […]
The annual Golden Globe Awards, which honor both TV and movies, have never had the flash of the Oscars, and for decades that didn’t seem to matter. In February, the Los Angeles Times published a scorching story about problems within the group, and since then the Golden Globes, the group’s high-profile awards show, has been in […]
Jackson Palmer, a self-identified “average geek,” is high in the stands at a Nascar race at the Sonoma Raceway in California. Palmer describes the situation using words like “crazy,” “surreal” and “nuts.” He remembers this moment as a “reality check.” Dogecoin was a tweet, then it was a cryptocurrency worth money in the real world. […]
