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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeNetflix users are mocking Elon Musk after the Tesla founder took exception to a scene about his cars in the new film Leave the World Behind.The lengthy post-apocalyptic thriller, from Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail, was released on the streaming service on Friday (8 December), and has since shot to the top of its most-watched charts.Adapted from the 2020 novel of the same name by Rumaan…

After having some time to play through the new Pokémon games Scarlet and Violet, fans were not happy with the design of the 1000th Pokémon. Cheese string dude? Applejacks mascot? C3PO looking-ass? Who’s mans is this? Meet Gholdengo. Some fans were quick to point out its visual similarity to a techy crypto bro, gold all over and rocking a little fanny pack. It also seems to metaphorically embody crypto bros with the way it evolves. In this article, I will be looking at Gholdengo’s design and looking at why fans were…

Credit: Jasin Boland An eagle-eyed media professional has spotted the stunning resemblance that the poster for Thor: Love and Thunder has with the classic ’80s comedy National Lampoon’s European Vacation. Jim Maxwell posted the images side-by-side on Twitter, with the results being a very similar blocking of the characters in the image, as well as Chevy Chase holding up a broken bottle of champaign, surrounded by lightning, in European Vacation, looking very similar to the Stormbreaker being grasped by Chris…