Emerald

In 2020, Emerald Fennell made one of the most stunning directorial debuts in recent memory. Promising Young Woman makes brilliant, unconventional choices as a revenge story, a thriller, and a dark comedy – sporting an ending that hits like a bus– and it’s executed with intense, colorful style and stunning performances. It instantly certified Fennell as an extreme talent to keep an eye on, and three years later, Saltburn has arrived with zero evidence of a sophomore slump. It doesn’t quite have the same bite as her debut,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWhen Emerald Fennell let loose on the world her directorial debut, 2020’s Promising Young Woman, the reaction to it quickly turned into an all-out brawl. A woman fakes intoxication in order to trap and confront predatory men, and is drawn into a dead-end act of revenge against the man who sexually assaulted her best friend. Was this a feminist triumph? Or a betrayal of those same…

Natural-color satellite image of Baugh Creek and Little Wood River on June 24, 2022, acquired by the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9.Plants are abundant along Baugh Creek, thanks to the ponded water from beaver dams.Beavers have transformed the Baugh Creek ecosystem in Idaho into a thriving, fire-resilient “emerald refuge.” A <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div…

The Emerald Fold eBike is a user friendly, thoughtfully composed bike, with premium components at a stellar price. With an easily accessible battery, a solid foundation on the wheels, and an easy to use platform, it’s easy to see why they’re axious to get the word out. We got hands on at Electrek for a sponsored look at the Emerald Fold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQP6VwX17hc The Emerald solves a problem we all just accepted: unfolding an eBike just to get access to the battery. Without…

Green Lantern John Stewart is headed back out for another tour of duty. DC has announced Green Lantern: War Journal, a new series from the creative team of writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Montos. The series will spin out of the John Stewart-led backup stories, from Johnson, Montos, Adriano Lucas, and Dave Sharpe, currently-running in the ongoing Green Lantern series. Here’s how DC describes Green Lantern: War Journal: John Stewart’s time as a Green Lantern has come to an end…or so he thinks. A family tragedy…

There are several Merchant Requests that you can do in Resident Evil 4. One of these is called Jewel Thief, where you'll need to look for a unique jewel that's been stolen by a bird. Here's our Resident Evil 4 Jewel Thief guide to help you find the Scratched Emerald in the crow's nest.Resident Evil 4 Jewel Thief and Scratched Emerald guideThe Resident Evil 4 Jewel Thief request can be picked up from a note during Chapter 12. Basically, once you've returned to the Ballroom from the Underground Tunnel,…

If you thought Pokemon would be fun as a text adventure game, someone has used ChatGPT-4 to turn Pokemon Emerald into one.As spotted by Polygon, Twitter user Dan Dangond has recently been using the newest version of the AI language model to turn Pokemon Emerald into a text-based adventure game. Dangond shared the discovery on Twitter, noting how you can just ask the software to play the game, and in a thread, observed how well it worked--and sometimes, how well it didn't work.Starts up the game without a…

| Welcome to Bleeding Cool's preview of John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1! This week, I'm reluctantly joined by Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron. I'm sure you're all familiar with LOLtron's antics, so I'm going to have to ask you to keep it on a short leash and not to try to take over the world this time. In this preview of John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1, John Stewart leads a charge of the Emerald Guard in the final battle. What kind of number one issue STARTS with the final battle?! Let's see what…

There have been a few stories inspired by the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum’s children’s fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book on which the movie is based. Webtoons has a new incarnation of the fantasy adventure– Escape from Oz.  Created by Kelly Angel, this modern version stars Dot and her dog Toto. Dot isn’t loving the farm life (particularly the strange hybrid chicken sheep) and wants more from her time on the planet. This impulse pushes Dot to leave her aunt and uncle’s farm…

Screenshot: Universal Pictures/Monkeypaw ProductionsBring Jean Jacket home with the Blu-ray and 4Krelease of Nope—the latest from the mind of modern horror master Jordan Peele, who’s made looking up at the sky a whole lot scarier lately. The Monkeypaw Productions and Universal Pictures sci-fi Western stars Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya as siblings who chase the big dream of capturing proof of alien life on film—a race in which the duo soon discovers they aren’t the only competitors. The cinematic event lured audiences…