Rebirth

A once-mighty body of water is rising again in Central California. Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River and was last full in 1878. It was mostly drained in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as its tributaries were dammed and diverted for agriculture.In recent weeks, after relentless storms, once-depleted rivers are roaring from the Sierra Nevada into the valley, spilling from canals and broken levees into fields as the phantom lake reemerges.These satellite images from NASA…

Photo via Warner Bros. Dwayne Johnson just can’t seem to shake the bad press around Black Adam. After learning of his abrasive behavior and outlandish bids for control of the creative process, many fans came to see the popular actor a little differently. The hits just keep coming with fresh news that the star actually banned Zachary Levi from appearing in a cameo during the post credit scene of Black Adam. For his part, Levi doesn’t seem too concerned with the row, or the DCU anymore. The Shazam! actor reached…

As Dave Gahan happily admits, there was a moment when he thought there would never be another Depeche Mode album. Actually, he says, there were two. The first came as a result of the pandemic, when he underwent a rock star equivalent of the Great Resignation, the phenomenon in which people stuck at home started reconsidering their priorities. He had tried to gig with his other band, Soulsavers, at the end of 2020, between the first and second lockdowns (“Wonderful shows, but the whole thing was a constant state of anxiety…

Photo: Chananun Chotrungroj/Courtesy of Sundance InstituteHeartbreak and body horror intersect in Laura Moss’ Birth/Rebirth, a homage to Frankenstein and David Cronenberg’s visceral nightmares that also puts motherhood—in various senses of the word—under the microscope. It just premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and will stream on Shudder later this year.Birth/Rebirth begins with a harrowing birth scene (“Baby’s gonna be fine,” a nurse reassures an ailing woman in labor, to which the terrified mother-to-be…

For perhaps the first time ever, Netflix is the one to capitalize on other studios canceling projects as it picked up the scraps of Disney’s Nimona. Disney generally isn’t associated with canceled projects in the modern day, with their image one of factory-like efficiency in pumping out high-quality product after product. One of the recent few public failures associated with Disney, Nimona was shelved following the Mouse House’s acquisition of animation studio Blue Sky during the Fox merger. Netflix was quick to advance…

Remember the Tata Nano? Of course, everyone does. It was one of the most ambitious cars that have been launched in India in recent memory. The Nano was a vision of Tata Sons Emeritus Mr Ratan Naval Tata who wanted his countrymen to be able to afford a four-wheeler in this day and age of growing inflation. However, the Nano because of being marketed as the cheapest car did not manage to attract many buyers and became a marketing disaster and later was scrapped from the product lineup of Tata Motors. Recently, it was…

Image: NetflixGamera is one of the most beloved Kaiju around, but his cinematic legacy isn’t as particularly deep as titans like Godzilla. But, at long last, he’s about to shell-spin his way to a swanky new reboot at Netflix.Overnight, Netflix and Kadokawa announced Gamera Rebirth, the first Gamera movie since 2006's Gamera the Brave. Little is known about the details of Rebirth so far other than its Netflix distribution and the fact that the director of the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Shusuke Kaneko, won’t return. Also…

Activision announced that Call of Duty: Warzone will relaunch as Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera. The game will go offline temporarily on November 16, 2022, before returning on November 28. When it does so, it will only include the large Caldera map; Rebirth Island and Fortune’s Keep will no longer be playable when Warzone Caldera launches. Warzone Caldera will be a separate experience from the upcoming Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0. Activision confirmed that only a standard battle royale playlist will be available in…

Image via Marvel Studios Happy hump day, True Believers! As has been a continuing theme of late, this Wednesday’s Marvel news is all to do with looking to the future, which isn’t surprising given that we’re at the tail-end of Phase Four and on the cusp of Phase Five. Unfortunately, not all the updates are positive, as an intriguing-sounding Disney Plus show isn’t as far along in development as it should be. On the plus side, an original MCU favorite is about to undergo a “rebirth…” Black Panther 2 might be…

Final Fantasy VII Remake ended on a big cliffhanger back in 2020, teasing an all-new timeline for Cloud Strife and his party as they fought to change fate. For its upcoming sequel, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, a new quote from co-director Motomu Toriyama is hinting at an even bigger divergence from the established story."As it says at the end of the game 'The Unknown Journey Will Continue', and Cloud and his friends will be on that journey for a while yet," co-director Motomu Toriyama said in the final…