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It goes without saying that when people show up to watch King Kong, or Godzilla, or King Kong vs. Godzilla, they’re there to see big monsters wreak havoc. Sometimes there are interesting human stories, but they mostly serve to frame those giant monsters we love so much. And that’s the first mistake that Skull Island, an animated spinoff on Netflix, makes: for most of the first season, the story is focused almost entirely on people. The second? Those people are almost uniformly annoying and chatty. The show turns things…

Hello, it’s Thursday, March 2, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:TOP STORIES Heavy snow buries California mountain communitiesAnother week of pounding snow has deluged many of California’s most popular mountain resorts and communities, from Lake Tahoe to Lake Arrowhead, where residents struggled with shuttered highways and dwindling food supplies.Crews across the state worked desperately to clear roadways as more snow fell overnight, amid a blizzard warning that has been in place since Monday.…

Hollywood intrigue is back from the holidays – Tinseltown practically goes into hiberation from Thankgiving to Epiphany, so we’ve only had James Gunn dueling with Snyder Bros to keep us busy for the last month or so. But oh yeah, the intrigue is heating up as Gunn and co DC Studios head Peter Safran prepare to unveil their 8-10 year plan for DC’s cinematic exploits. The internet will explode on that day…but before that, a few scores to settle! Top notch entertainment journalist Tatiana Siegal has returned to Variety to…

Sonic Frontiers broke me. This game frustrated me so thoroughly that when I, at last, put the controller down, I did not feel a sense of accomplishment but one of relief. I wanted to like this game. There were parts I did. But those good moments were overshadowed by an experience that is inconsistent, slow, and riddled with bugs that make you want to hurl your controller through the screen.Frontiers starts with Sonic, Tails, and Amy crash-landing on an island in search of missing Chaos Emeralds. To free them, Sonic must…

Photo: Mark Knapp / GizmodoFor years, Dell’s XPS line has presented some of the most compelling thin-and-light laptops on the market. While these machines always came at the higher end of the price spectrum for their category, they offered exceptional design and build quality. The new Dell XPS 13 Plus takes design to another level with a largely reimagined aesthetic that makes it one of the more eye-catching laptops out there, if not the most practical. While the Dell XPS 13 Plus goes for performance and style in equal…

In May, a portrait of a woman sold at auction in New York for $195m (£157m): a record for an artwork by an American artist and by any artist in the 20th century. That month, also in New York, there was a furore when a dress the woman had once worn was paraded at the Metropolitan Museum of Art gala by a reality TV star. The gown is said to be “the most expensive dress in the world”; its owner paid nearly $5m for it. To ensure its safety, it is normally kept in special conditions in a darkened vault.The woman in the…