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Kyle Shirley put off a marketing plan for his roofing company after insurance premiums for his work trucks shot up 55%. Becky Brinkerhoff’s insurance bill has doubled and she is checking with other companies for a better deal. Stephanie Rankin will likely reduce the coverage on one of her vehicles to help cover the 44% increase in her insurance rates. The three Denver-area residents are among Coloradans reeling from rising auto insurance costs on top of higher grocery bills and other expenses. The insurance rates are…

Colorado’s Front Range faces a risk of hail damage unlike any other area in the country, and it also happens to bewhere homeowners have installed solar panels on their roofs at some of the highest rates, according to a study from Roof Gnome, a platform that connects consumers with roofing and solar installation contractors. The combination can be a costly one when storms do hit and a contributor to rising home insurance premiums in the region. “Hail accumulation is an uncommon phenomenon but is most prevalent along the…

Image: WBDenis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two dives deeper into the world of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel series. Though the film’s not in theaters until March 1, it has screened for critics and film commentators—and the social embargo is now up, revealing some very positive first reactions.Unboxing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Limited Edition Playstation 5 BundleDune: Part Two follows Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he forges an allegiance with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen in order to rise up against the Harkonnen…

The world premiere of Marvel's upcoming movie Madame Web, starring Dakota Johnson in the titular role, took place in Los Angeles on Monday. The first reactions after the premiere are mixed, with many hailing the movie after the debacle of the women-led ensemble film The Marvels last year. (Also Read: Dakota Johnson has been making headlines throughout her Madame Web press tour: Her best comments so far) Dakota Johnson in Madame Web(YouTube) Here's the good, the bad, the ugly of what X users have said about…

In 2015, Andy Weir became one of the most well-known authors of his time when Ridley Scott turned his beloved sci-fi novel, The Martian, into one of the best sci-fi movies of all time and a controversial Golden Globe winner. Nearly a decade later, Project Hail Mary, one of Weir’s other works, is getting the big-screen treatment with some major talent involved.If this is the first you’re hearing about the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation, don’t worry, because we’re about to break down everything we know about the…

I’m not old enough to have caught the original Star Wars trilogy as they came to cinemas in the early ’80s, but I’m old enough to remember the churning, violent whirlpool of rage that accompanied the release of the prequels. Now, barely two decades on, to say that the fandom has turned over a new leaf so far as the prequels are concerned would be a huge understatement. If anything, it seems that the supposed brilliance of those films is only just dawning on us. It doesn’t matter how absurd and utterly whimsical a scene…

Image: HasbroAs we get closer and closer to the arrival of X-Men ‘97, the rallying cry of “To me, my X-Men merchandise!” just gets louder and louder. Earlier this week we saw Lego get in on the X-mania with a new set, but now it’s Hasbro’s turn with its latest wave inspired by the cartoon series.There’s plenty of X-Men this time around with Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Nightcrawler all getting figures in wave two, but the real highlights are the villains filling out the other half of the wave. Magneto—having appeared in wave…

Bankers, payment companies and hospitals have welcomed the RBI decision to raise the UPI payment limits to hospitals and educational institutions to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh and also to hike the cap for e-mandates for recurring payments to Rs 1 lakh. Unveiling the monetary policy, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said the limit for various categories of unified payments interface (UPI) transactions has now been enhanced to Rs 5 lakh per transaction from the present Rs 1 lakh for payments to hospitals and educational…

The first reactions to Timothée Chalamet’s highly anticipated Wonka are here! If these reactions from critics and entertainment journalists are taken into consideration, Wonka is a 'delicious' and 'heartfelt' musical with a 'pitch-perfect' lead act from Timothée. (Also read: Taika Waititi says he had no interest in directing Thor Ragnarok, reveals why he did it: I was poor, had a second child) Timothée Chalamet in a still from Wonka. Wonka gets a thumbs upFilm Critic Perri Nemiroff of Collider wrote, "#Wonka is…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe long-awaited Charlie and the Charlie Factory prequel musical Wonka held its world premiere in London on Tuesday (28 November), with early social media reactions praising the film as a “sweet treat” and singling out the lead performance by Timothée Chalamet.Wonka, directed by Paddington and Paddington 2 filmmaker Paul King, casts Chalamet as a younger version of the titular…