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Antoine Fuqua’s thuddingly unsubtle Will Smith-starring slavery drama is an unusually ugly picture. And while you can make a case that the facts of slavery cannot and should not be prettified, Fuqua’s approach, both in the relentless grind of graphic cruelty and the grim, near monochrome sludge of the cinematography, makes for a gruelling endurance test of a viewing experience.Smith, fresh from his Oscar-winning performance in King Richard last year, delivers a physically committed turn as a character loosely based on a…

Image: Marvel StudiosIt turns out that you’re never too big to get cut down to size by your friends in the group chat. Soon after Chris Evans’ Sexiest Man Alive cover for People went wide, the original Avengers—Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and Mark Ruffalo—immediately began to text each other. I fully endorse this kind of absurdity because I find it hilarious that all these attractive people are more or less calling each other “loser” like high school frenemies.Hemsworth revealed…

via Universal In almost every case without fail, becoming the single highest-grossing film in the history of an entire genre would be a cause for widespread celebration. And yet, Duncan Jones’ Warcraft didn’t turn a single penny of profit during its theatrical run. The top-earning video game adaptation of all-time (a record it set in the summer of 2016 and continues to hold onto in the face of stiff competition) would have tanked spectacularly were it not for China, with the market accounting for a whopping…

via Marvel Studios You can set your watch to Marvel Cinematic Universe fans blasting Captain Marvel at this stage, with the smash hit origin story continuing to comfortably prove itself as the franchise’s most opinion-splitting standalone installment. As has been made abundantly clear by the relentless bombardment of negativity swirling around Brie Larson, her portrayal of Carol Danvers, and the merits of the movie itself, the trolls ain’t gonna stop trolling anytime soon – but at least the Academy…

Although Pulp Fiction may have garnered pockets of infamy by being at the forefront of many a conversation spearheaded by a “film bro,” it’s more-or-less universally agreed that Quentin Tarantino‘s cult hit is up there with the very best of them, from the cast’s electric performances to the sheer depraved poetics of it all; indeed, only Tarantino could make a conversation about European hamburgers entertaining in a way that’s generationally memorable. All that is to say, if you…

A small Dutch town took Twitter to court on Friday to demand the social media giant takes down all messages relating to a supposed ring of satan-worshipping paedophiles that were alleged to have been active in the town in the 1980s. Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, a town of around 35,000 inhabitants in the middle of the Netherlands, has been the focus of conspiracy theories on social media since 2020, when three men started spreading unfounded stories about the abuse and murder of children they said took place in the town in the…

With rise in number of vehicles on our roads, accidents on our roads have also increased. Most of the time, these incidents happen due to negligent or reckless driving. In order to keep a eye on such violations, cops have now started relying of technology and have installed CCTV cameras on most of our roads and highways. In the past, videos of several accidents have gone viral on the internet and these videos have helped cops in tracking down the offender. One such video of an accident has now gone viral on the…

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. SIX -20.28% said attendance fell 22% in the second-quarter from a year ago,  even as other theme-park operators have seen visits nearly return to prepandemic levels. The lower attendance was made up a bit by visitors spending more at its theme parks, with revenue down 5%. Still, profit fell by more than a third. The results come as Chief Executive Selim Bassoul…

India has one of the largest road networks in the world. Many of these roads remain unmonitored by the authorities and police. This allows scammers and looters to target high-value packages like cargo trucks. We have seen many such incidents in the past where looters have targeted such trucks. Here is one such video from Rajasthan, where a few looters try to loot the cargo of a truck on the highway. The video by Transport TV is taken from another truck that was travelling behind the victim. According to the…