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‘Halloween Ends’ Director Told the Cast the Fans Wouldn’t Be Happy With His Vision

Image: Universal Perhaps Halloween Ends was always destined to go this way, with star Rohan Campbell revealing that director David Gordon Green knew fans would take issue with his plans. Green helmed all three of the recent Halloween trilogy, with his vision seeing Jamie Lee Curtis return as Lauriea Strode and introducing a new layer of horror into Haddonfield. Among the key new cast members for Halloween Ends was Campbell in the crucial role of the seemingly mild-mannered Corey. Green, as well as Curtis,…

‘Till’: History told through a mother’s pain

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Jeff Barnaby remembered. The Canadian Indigenous filmmaker died this week at age 46. Though he had only made two features, “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” and “Blood Quantum,” he was already a deeply influential figure for the way he tied Indigenous-centered themes to elements of genre storytelling.As he said in an interview with The Times’ Jen Yamato in 2020, “It’s one of the benefits of being a Native film director:…

One woman’s Apple Watch told her she was pregnant before anything else

Every year, the Apple Watch gains new functionality to more accurately monitor your health. For example, the Apple Watch Series 8 gained a new sensor that can track your temperature while you are asleep. There is also a new Cycle Tracking feature to help with family planning and period predictions. The Apple Watch is so capable that it can even perform tasks Apple doesn’t advertise, like alerting you to the fact that you’re pregnant. Over the weekend, a Redditor shared a story about how her Apple Watch helped…

Naomi Watts was told her career would be ‘over’ aged 40 when she became ‘unf***able’

Naomi Watts has revealed she was once told her career would be “over” at age 40, when she would supposedly “become unf***able”.At the time, Watts had recently starred in David Lynch’s acclaimed psychological drama Mulholland Drive, and was 33 years old.Recalling the comment to Entertainment Weekly, Watts said: “I was told, ‘You better get a lot done because it’s all over at 40 when you become unf***able.’ And I’m like, ‘What? What does that mean exactly?’“Then you think about it, and you go, ‘Oh, right. When you are no…

6 big iPhone 14 Pro camera secrets Apple never told us about

The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are the only iPhone 14 models to get a significant camera upgrade for the wide lens. Apple introduced a 48-megapixel sensor that replaces the previous 12-megapixel camera, but only on the iPhone 14 Pro models. However, that doesn’t mean all the photos you capture with the new camera system will be 48-megapixel images. Apple already explained its pixel-binning technology that combines four pixels into virtual larger pixels for low-light photography. The resulting photos are…

A Spiritual Adviser Told Ezra Miller They Were Being Hunted by Demons

Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images After seizing far too many headlines for their offscreen behavior over the last few months, Ezra Miller has finally started seeking treatment for what they called “complex issues”, ones so severe they threatened to not just derail $200 million comic book blockbuster The Flash, but the 29 year-old’s entire career. Having already apologized for their past behavior, and the Scarlet Speedster’s long-gestating solo debut heading to theaters next year, the road to rehabilitation…

This robot crossed a line it shouldn’t have because humans told it to • TechCrunch

Video of a sidewalk delivery robot crossing yellow caution tape and rolling through a crime scene in Los Angeles went viral this week, amassing more than 650,000 views on Twitter and sparking debate about whether the technology is ready for prime time. It turns out the robot’s error, at least in this case, was caused by humans. The video of the event was taken and posted on Twitter by William Gude, the owner of Film the Police LA, an LA-based police watchdog account. Gude was in the area of a suspected school…

4 awesome iPhone 14 Pro always-on display features Apple never told us about

Apple’s events feature detailed run-throughs of the company’s latest products, but there is never enough time to talk about every single feature. Therefore, after those products launch, early adopters often find surprises that Apple failed to mention. To that point, the iPhone 14 Pro’s always-on display is far more capable than we expected. iPhone 14 Pro always-on display surprises Reviews for the iPhone 14 lineup went live on Wednesday. They praised the iPhone 14 Pro for its improved performance, exciting…

Fans Told Looper Which Member Of The Rogues Gallery They Never Want To See In A Live-Action Batman Movie

In a recent poll that Looper conducted with about 613 Batman fans based in the United States, 25.29% of respondents said that they have no desire to see a live-action Mad Hatter in future Batman films. Following close behind was Professor Pyg at 21.37%, then Commissioner Gordon's psychotic son J.J. Gordon at 21.04%, Clayface at 18.43%, and lastly, Man-Bat at 13.87%. The results are interesting, as some fans have noted that the Mad Hatter, aka Jervis Tetch, could be an interesting and even beneficial…

Toyah on It’s a Mystery: ‘I told Princess Margaret I was a punk rocker. She said “How ridiculous”’ | Toyah Willcox

Toyah Willcox, singer/songwriterI was a cult punk singer playing sweaty little clubs and getting covered in so much gob that dry cleaners would go: “Yeuch! We’re not touching that!” Then a brilliant PR woman called Judy Totton turned everything around. She put me in every parish magazine in the country that would talk to me. I soon had all these fans who said they discovered me because their parents or grandparents had told them about this punk rocker.I was making singles that were eight minutes long with reams of lyrics…