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There is perhaps no story that better explains where the movie industry is at in 2024 than all the Road House drama. In short, the film’s director, Doug Liman, was so outraged about MGM/ Amazon’s decision to drop the movie directly on streaming that he boycotted the SXSW premiere and released an open letter unleashing his anger. I thought it was a bit dramatic when it happened back in February, but then I saw Road House at a critics screening earlier this week, and I’m now overwhelmed by so many thoughts.Road House is a…

See Every Bit of Outer Space We’ve Brought Back to EarthSample-return missions have brought piles of moon rocks, plus pieces of asteroids, comets and even the sun back to Earth. Next up is the big prize: MarsBy Clara Moskowitz & John Knight Visiting moons, asteroids and planets is great, but taking a piece of them home is even better, according to traditional space wisdom. Bringing samples to Earth allows scientists to study them with the full breadth of existing laboratory technology, whereas only limited analyses…

The iPhone 15 FineWoven case has to go down as one of the least-well-received Apple products of all time. FineWoven was the only mistake in an otherwise spotless iPhone 15 line-up launch. Apple's best iPhones, the shiniest, fastest, most powerful mobile devices it had ever made, were paired with the all-new protective case that, while better for the environment than previous options thanks to its use of natural fibers, was an absolute grime magnet.Expensive and poorly conceived, the FineWoven case’s natural fabric makeup…

Dua LipaIt would be inaccurate to say that Dua Lipa is entering her flop era – the first singles from her upcoming album, Houdini and Training Season, are currently in or around the top 20 most streamed songs globally on Spotify. But there’s something a little gimlet-eyed in how they’re written – catchy in a grimly determined rather than breezily natural way – that makes them hard to love, and some mean media types (not me, yet!) are wondering if she could be on the way down the other side of fame’s hill.Well, this…

With the current state of the global economy, many companies have to face a lot of bad news. One example has to do with smartphone marketing as a whole. However, despite being on a decline, the smartphone market saw some pleasing growth in Q4 2023. It’s important to note that these numbers don’t include phones released after December 2023. So, they’re not going to take into account phones like the Galaxy S24 series. Since it’s early March, we will see numbers for devices released after December last year starting in…

In 2008, when Nam Le was 29, his debut garnered international attention. The Boat, a collection of stories unusual in its scope and global eye, brought prizes, headlines and lavish praise – and contractual commitments for a novel. Sixteen years later, Le has released his second book. Not the novel (it’s “getting there”, he says), but a brief, hardcover volume titled 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem: a collection of poems, or perhaps one book-length one.While working on the novel, Melbourne-based Le, who did a stint as…

A Los Angeles landscaper who said he was viciously mauled by French Montana’s Tibetan Mountain Dog four years ago is demanding a $2.3 million default judgment against the rapper and record producer. Plaintiff Jason Leyva says the 2019 attack left him with lasting injuries affecting his professional prospects and ability to care for his young daughter. He says French Montana, whose legal name is Karim Kharbouch, hasn’t responded to his multiple attempts to serve him with the complaint, so the court should intervene…

Petroglyph has announced that the sequel to 2016’s 8-Bit Armies, titled 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far, will release into PC Early Access on February 23. The use of 8-Bit in describing indie games that use either a voxel or pixel art style has always irked me. It’s less common now, but it was very popular as the retro gamer identity started to take hold. A pet peeve is all. However, Petroglyph has been in my mind since I learned they are still updating 2006’s Star Wars: Empire at War. That kind of love and commitment…

Helen Mirren had a very important role in being part of the cast of Barbie. She was the box office-dominating film’s narrator, providing humor with her signature British accent. In addition to being heard though, Mirren was almost also seen drunk fighting in a scene with a fellow Oscar winner.Greta Gerwig had no one else in mind to play Barbie’s narrator than Helen Mirren. Can you blame her? Mirren’s posh British accent was a reigning force for the comedy film. She brought humor while explaining in a serious tone the…