2023s

Metro Denver’s real estate agents anticipate the metro housing market will stabilize in 2023. During the pandemic, office workers who no longer had to commute wanted more space to work from home. And that freedom, combined with low-interest rates, fueled a home-buying frenzy nationally. In Denver, where home prices were already climbing, that demand made prices skyrocket as buyers offered thousands over the list price. Higher interest rates combined with more available homes helped temper the market. And real estate…

We’re not even a full week into 2023 yet, but fans of horror movies already have a new offering to enjoy in just a few days. Blumhouse’s M3GAN hits theaters this weekend, with the movie following a roboticist named Gemma who uses the M3GAN (Model 3 Generative Android) doll she designed to be a child’s companion to look after her recently-orphaned niece Cady, only for things to go horribly wrong. Following the first early reactions for M3GAN dropping last month, reviews for the Blumhouse feature are now trickling in, so…

Marina AllenMarina Allen: Superreality – videoFrom Los Angeles, USMarina Allen wears songwriterly classicism with incredible lightness: there are tinges of Brill Building doyennes such as Laura Nyro to her conversational piano playing and lilting voice; of west coast wonder to her open-hearted and unflinching lyricism. Her second album, 2022’s gorgeous Centrifics, was produced by Cass McCombs and Weyes Blood collaborator Chris Cohen, and represented Allen daring herself to say “yes” to being honest with herself, to write…

If the internet has taught us anything, it’s that Marvel and DC fans will argue over almost anything. As you can imagine, DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn regularly promoting the Marvel Cinematic Universe and his contributions to the franchise on Twitter haven’t gone down all too well with supporters of the company he was recently hired to rehabilitate. Of course, not everything has to boil down to superheroic tribalism at the end of the day, but it most definitely will until May of 2023. Once Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3…

Folding smartphones are still really new, and as the technology behind them continues to evolve, phone makers are only just beginning to explore what’s possible with different designs. The small folding phone we’re most excited about at the moment is the Oppo Find N2 Flip, a newly announced challenger to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 and the Motorola Razr 2022. Oppo already has one folding smartphone on the books, the Oppo Find N, and has just announced its follow-up, the Find N2, but the Find N2 Flip is capturing our…

Xiaomi's 13 series flagship smartphones are here, and as usual, they're loaded with the latest technology and features. With the 13 and 13 Pro, Xiaomi is the second manufacturer to use Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 platform, following Vivo with the X90 Pro and IQOO 11 series. They also have new camera modules with improved image quality, ultra-fast charging and more.  As with the previous models, the Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro have separate designs. The 13 Pro uses a wrap-around 6.73-inch 2K+ AMOLED screen (3,200 x…

With Phase Four in our rearview mirror, 2023 marks the beginning of the MCU’s Phase Five, with the next three movies from Marvel Studios coming our way promising to be real standouts of the ongoing Multiverse Saga. Not that they’re without their dissenters, though, as incoming Captain Marvel sequel The Marvels has already been receiving as much hate from some quarters as, well, the first film. Nonetheless, it turns out its critics have wasted their effort as The Marvels has now been crowned the most anticipated Marvel…

Each and every year without fail, the VOD and theatrical market becomes swamped with high concept action movies destined to disappear from memory in the blink of an eye, meaning that any film looking to make an impact needs a unique hook. On that front, Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace has one hell of a hook to capture the imagination. Of course, we should point out that your desire to see the film will likely be entirely impacted by whether or not you have any interest in seeing Denise Richards slaying poorly-rendered…

Ever since it was first announced back in April, Cocaine Bear has held a very special place in the heart of moviegoers. A film based on the real life story of a 175lb black bear who ingested a duffel bag of abandoned cocaine in northern Georgia in 1985, Cocaine Bear seemed to have everything that a discerning modern audience would want in a film, which is to say a bear and some cocaine.That said, there was also a sense that the film couldn’t possibly live up to the title. Cocaine Bear is such a perfect name for a movie…

Google has been synonymous with the Android smartphone market, but even more so now thanks to its own Pixel lineup of phones. The latest releases, the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, have been a hit with most buyers, despite some minor flaws. If you’re looking for a pure Android experience, then the Pixel is the way to go. Even I, as a longtime iPhone-only user, prefer the Pixel so far over other Android smartphones based on my testing. Now, it looks like 2023 may be the year we get the first foldable Pixel device,…