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The Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard-led Five Nights at Freddy’s has finally received a rating, and it’s certainly going to evoke mixed feelings in audiences everywhere. While the first trailer promises an unnerving experience for viewers, it’s not going to be a watch that would leave children scarred — and for good reason. Those who have played the FNAF video games are aware that the games are usually rated T or 12+, so it makes sense that a film about said video game would follow suit — you don’t want to aim so high…

It’s difficult to imagine a time when an event like Prime Day was non-existent, but since its debut in 2015, it’s been the go-to for some great deals for a lot of customers.When it comes to Apple products, it’s a fantastic way to look for a good deal if you’ve been wanting a MacBook or iPad upgrade for example, and you’re not bothered about getting the latest and greatest.But there have been those moments in the past when we’ve seen a great deal, and for whatever reason we didn’t pull the trigger. Or we’ve been waiting…

Warner Bros Discovery negotiating a $500mn deal to sell its publishing assets(Photo Credit –Imdb) Warner Bros Discovery is reportedly negotiating to sell around half of the well-known Warner studio’s film and TV music-publishing assets for approximately $500 million. As per Variety, the rights are “slightly less than half” of the catalogue, with a price of around $500 million. The assets are likely to go to a major label, with Sony said to be in the lead. The catalogue is believed to include music from films such as…

Apple Apple gave us a jam-packed WWDC 2023 keynote, and it was one of the most significant ones in years. After all, it introduced a brand new product category for Apple with the Vision Pro mixed reality headset. It’s basically as significant as when Steve Jobs revealed the iPhone in 2007, then the iPad in 2010, and when Tim Cook showed off the Apple Watch in 2014. But the headset isn’t the only thing we got in the WWDC keynote. Since it’s a developer conference, it’s also about the software for all of our devices.…

“It’s kind of a make or break moment because Apple, out of any company in the world, has the ability to make this a must-have consumer item," said Anderson, chief executive of Mirrorscape. “The question is, can they?" It has taken a lot longer than anyone has expected for the iPhone maker, based in Cupertino, Calif., to get its headset into shape. It has been in development inside Apple for seven years and the device’s launch has been delayed several times, The Wall Street Journal…

Welcome to the Wide Shot, a newsletter about the business of entertainment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the business of moviegoing is looking at an almost, kind of, sort of normal summer box office. The key movie season could hit the $4-billion benchmark this year in the U.S. and Canada, compared to the $3.4 billion generated last summer, according to Comscore. Such a result would be another positive step for an industry still on the mend, though still not quite…

Cr. Christos Kalohoridis/Netflix © 2023 The excitement is running high for next week’s debut of FUBAR, the action-packed Netflix spy series that marks Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s first-ever leading role in a small screen project. That hype was only increased after the legendary action star essentially confirmed the show to be a spiritual successor to the classic blockbuster True Lies, and it would be safe to assume at the very least the episodic adventure is going to be at least 10 times superior to the recent…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe first reviews are in for Johnny Depp’s new movie Jeanne du Barry following its Cannes Film Festival premiere on Tuesday (16 May).The French-language film directed by Maïwenn was controversially chosen to open the festival this year.The biographical movie follows the working-class Madame du Barry (played by Maïwenn) on her quest to climb the social ladder of 18th-century France.…

via Marvel Television True Marvel Cinematic Universe veterans will remember the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. era fondly; back when the MCU was still finding its feet as both a franchise and a shared universe, the series was an intriguing expansion of mainline canon alongside the likes of Daredevil, Luke Cage, and a plethora of other legacy shows that look ready to bounce back in a big way going forward. One of its heaviest hitters was Mockingbird, an elite operative who also happens to be one of Marvel’s most notable…

Image via Sony Pictures Releasing There are few Spider-Man characters quite so iconic as J. Jonah Jameson. The irate newsman is a vital staple of the Sam Raimi trilogy of Spider-Man films, portrayed with stunning expertise by the great J.K. Simmons. He created a challenging situation with his performance by ensuring that absolutely no one could live up to him. In the years since those early 2000s flicks arrived in theaters, Simmons’ performance has informed every subsequent take on Jameson, with the MCU going…