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20. Ike and Tina Turner – Stop the Wedding/Please, Please, Please (1970)Ike and Tina Turner’s 60s singles hit intermittently, but their reputation rested on a live show they honed relentlessly touring the chitlin’ circuit. This lo-fi but extraordinarily powerful eight-minute medley – taped in front of a rowdy audience in the mid-60s, released in 1970 – gives you at least a flavour.19. Ike and Tina Turner – Workin’ Together (1970)The pair weren’t known for their ballads – they dealt largely in high-octane soul – but the…

Might be the catcher or the controller We live in arguably the greatest era of gaming controllers. And while I’m sure younger generations will take it all for granted, those of us who’ve been gaming for a few decades know it’s been a long road to get to where we are today. The Switch Pro controller, Xbox Series X|S controller, and PlayStation Dual Sense controller are the best controllers we’ve seen from console manufacturers, both in terms of comfort and usability. And you know that’s the case because basically every…

My friends are my power! Sora has enlisted the help of many Disney and Final Fantasy characters over the years, and Kingdom Hearts summons have provided a great way for players to get the upper hand on the Heartless and Nobodies. With Tinkerbell giving constant healing, and Peter Pan lifting Sora off the ground for some aerial attacks, there were plenty of awesome summons to pool from in order to create this list. While not all Kingdom Hearts summons are useful (we’re looking at you, Chicken Little), plenty of them can…

Many people credit the Resident Evil games with the birth of the survival-horror genre in video games. From spinoffs to sequels to remakes, sifting through all the Resident Evil games can be a challenge. If you’ve never played one before, you want to make sure you start with the right game.  Everyone might have their own ideas about the “best” or “worst” Resident Evil games, but we’ve done our best to rank the games in the series for you. Keep in mind that we’ll only consider games with “Resident Evil” in the title,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeHaving initially established itself as a power-house of binge TV, in more recent years Netflix has turned its attention to movies.But with dozens of Netflix original films to chose from, how to sort the gold from the feature-length dross?To help you make sense of the service’s mind-boggling viewing options here’s a countdown of the best original movies available to stream on Netflix…

12. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)An early, and relatively minor, Haneke showing 71 “fragments” – or glimpses of apparently unrelated scenes and people – set in present-day Vienna. These involve a security guard, a troubled young man, a depressed retiree and a Romanian illegal immigrant. So what’s tying them all together? The answer is partially given at the beginning and fully at the end, and the movie gives us Haneke’s keynote themes: the nature of violence, urban alienation, the abolition of compassion…

Photo via Warner Bros. Two-time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou has appeared in some of the biggest blockbuster movies of all time, but the Beninese-American actor admits he still experiences discrimination in the film industry. Though he is the most-nominated African actor in the history of the Academy Awards, he recently revealed the economic gap between his salary and what other actors of his stature earn. “I still have to prove why I need to get paid. They always come at me with a complete lowball: ‘We only…

Nestlé SA promised it will work to boost the nutritional value of its snacks, drinks and food products, after most of its portfolio was rated as unhealthy. Less than half of Nestlé’s main food-and-drink portfolio is considered healthy, according to the results of an international nutrient profiling system that the Swiss food company published for the first time. Nestlé started using it last year with the aim of boosting transparency about the nutritional value of its products.…

While the role-playing game (RPG) has become a catch-all genre, now encompassing an almost silly range of games that don’t share much in common, there was one video game franchise in the 1980s that was the quintessential RPG. Yes, we’re talking about Final Fantasy from Square Enix. The fantasy Japanese RPGs debuted on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1987, but they became cultural touchstones in the ’90s as Super Nintendo games. From there, the series made an incredibly successful jump to 3D on the…

‘Don’t Think Twice’ about these spells Throughout the years, some of the best Kingdom Hearts spells have Sora summoning fireballs or using balloons as projectile weapons. Most Kingdom Hearts games have their own exclusive spells, like Water and Reflect; the latter of which is one of the most beloved enchantments in the series. Today, we’re listing the best Kingdom Hearts spells based on their effectiveness in battle and cinematic flair on-screen. Let’s hope Donald is better at healing Sora after reading this. Screenshot…