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Snyder's affinity for "The Dark Knight Returns" was already on full display in 2016's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." The climactic fight between Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) is clearly influenced by the graphic novel. Like the movie, the book sees Batman and Superman at an ideological stalemate, resulting in an all-out brawl. In Miller's book, Bruce Wayne has to don a specialized armored suit to even stand a chance against the Man of Steel, much like he does in "Dawn of Justice."…

The current stable version of the Google app for Android has a search bar placed at the top of the screen, which makes it hard for people to access it with one-handed usage on devices with large screens. Well, the company seems to be working on solving this issue. According to a new report from TheSpAndroid, Google is testing a bottom-mounted search bar in the latest beta version of the Google app (v14.48.26.29.arm64). According to the screenshots shared by the publication, the search bar is placed right above the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIt hasn’t even been on shelves a full month yet and already Britney Spears’s best-selling memoir, The Woman in Me, is in talks to be turned into a screen adaptation.The bombshell memoir, which was released on 24 October, contains a number of candid revelations about the 41-year-old “Toxic” singer’s personal life – including her relationship with Justin Timberlake and the battle for…

CLIMATEWIRE | Broiling Phoenix is waiting to cool down. The desert metropolis has sweltered through 21 days of temperatures that reached at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit, blowing by an 18-day record set in 1974. Downtown streets are nearly deserted. No one stops in a tree grove planted on a hot plaza. A woman washes her hair in the pfft-pfft-pfft of a park's sprinkler system. As millions of people huddle indoors amid the region's dangerous heat wave, the intensity and persistence of the hot streak raises questions about…

Stanley Kubrick’s classic film Dr Strangelove is to be adapted for the stage for the first time.The 1964 apocalyptic comedy, about a rogue US general who triggers a nuclear crisis and puts the world on the verge of catastrophe when he orders an attack on the Soviet Union, will be adapted by Armando Iannucci, the writer and broadcaster known for political satires including the TV series The Thick of It and the film In the Loop, and the Olivier award-winning actor Sean Foley. Foley will also direct.“In these sad times what…

Image: Blumhouse ProductionsWithin the last decade, Blumhouse has been a key figure in helping horror movies become a bigger part of mainstream pop culture. With classic franchises like Halloween and The Exorcist under its belt alongside its own originals such as The Purge and M3GAN, the production company continues to expand. One of its next big projects is an adaptation of Scott Cawthorn’s popular video game series Five Nights at Freddy’s, and if Jason Blum has his way, it won’t be the only game that Blumhouse…

Posted in: Comics, Manga, Yen Press | Tagged: anime, Goblin Slayer, I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, light novels, manga, The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Yami-hara, Yen Audio, Yen PressYen Audio announced 5 new audiobooks at Anime Expo 2023, including Yami-hara, Goblin Slayer, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?At the Yen Press Industry Panel at Anime Expo 2023, Yen Audio announced the upcoming release of five new audiobook…

Christina Darby/ZDNETNew software updates are coming to AirPods Pro 2The feature is set to come out this fall and will be accompanied by other AirPods Pro 2 updates like personalized volume, which uses machine learning to understand your own environmental conditions and listening preferences over time to fine-tune your volume experience.Also: Apple reveals video voicemails for FaceTime usersApple also promises the connection of AirPods between Apple devices is about to get faster with updates to automatic switching,…

Collage with images of work teams and characters from "Wolf of Wall Street," "Braveheart" and "Remember the Titans." Credit: Created by Deb Berger/Iowa State University. We all like to think of ourselves as rational human beings. If there's a drastic change in our lives or at work, we can evaluate our options and make the best choice. But James Summers, an expert in team management and adaptation at Iowa State University, says…

Image via Marvel Studios Whatever happens with Jonathan Majors’ MCU future, Kang the Conqueror is here for the long haul as the multiversal megalomaniac is set to remain as the big bad of Marvel’s Multiverse Saga, which will unfold through 2026. With his threat to existence culminating in 2025’s Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and the following year’s Avengers: Secret Wars, we can expect Kang’s introductory tussle with Scott Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to be just a teaser for many more superhero battles…