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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 freeHenry Cavill has opened up about his general dislike of sex scenes in film and television.The 40-year-old actor made the remarks while appearing on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast with his Argylle director Matthew Vaughn.Argylle, released last week (2 February), casts Cavill as a fictional spy invented by a best-selling author whose creations begin to mirror real-life…

Users can take advantage of the translation feature in any Roblox experience that has enabled Roblox's in-experience text chat service. The chat window will automatically translate any text into the person's native language without the user having to take any additional actions. The translations happen in real time, with a latency of approximately 100 milliseconds, according to Roblox. This allows users to carry out a conversation with the same flow they regularly would, as seen in the video below. Starting today, you…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain We may not always fully understand why our partners get jealous, and women and men often get jealous for completely different reasons. Two NTNU researchers decided to investigate whether people also know about these distinct differences between the sexes. Their study is published in Evolutionary Psychological Science.…

Most people probably try to concentrate on their checklist or what to make for lunch when grocery shopping, yet sometimes they can’t help but spot something they see no purpose in or think they would never pay for themselves. Naturally, though, as pointed out by some commenters, it is mostly about people’s preferences, yet others may still have questions about the purpose, price, or impact on health, which in some cases has a very informative explanation, as with pre-chopped vegetables, given by this Redditor.Do you…

Representing Xenovia, the Leiden team took full responsibility for the explosion but said their client repossessed Candidia’s satellite in full accordance with the Outer Space Treaty. Having given notice to the Candidian company that it was late on payments, they argued, the Xenovian creditor had satisfied the treaty’s requirement for “appropriate international consultations.”Katsande felt as if she was hearing a rough version of her own winning argument thrown back at her. After about 15 minutes of deliberation, the…

The differences between men and women – the ultimate inexhaustible topic. The one dead horse that we’ll probably keep beating for centuries to come. It seems that everything possible is already said. There are thousands of books and advice columns written about it, movies, TV shows, podcasts – you name it. Yet we’re still here – talking, reading, and writing about it.This particular thread has gotten quite a lot of attention. When one netizen asked, “Women, what do you find the most confusing about men?“, almost 30k…

Whether we realize it or not, food is a big part of romantic relationships. First dates often involve carefully planned dinners, lovers bond over their favorite cuisines, and many couples gather around a table to talk about their day.So it’s understandable that redditor Potential-Trash-7890’s first date stormed out of a restaurant when she realized he ate without her. Completely baffled about what he did wrong, he turned to the “AITAH” subreddit, asking for its members’ unbiased opinions.Scroll further to find the full…

Stage Fright (1987) TrailerAfter an auspicious early career assisting, acting for, and/or otherwise working with the likes of Lucio Fulci, Joe D’Amato, Dario Argendo, and Terry Gilliam, Michele Soavi made his own cinematic mark, directing cult favorites like 1989's The Church, 1991's The Sect, and perhaps his best-known work, 1994's Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery Man). His first feature, 1987's Stage Fright, is maybe a hair more “horror” than “giallo,” but its tale of actors trapped in a theater with an escaped…

Deciphering SQL Query Performance: A Practical Analysis in Data Warehousing and Database Management SystemsPhoto by Manuel Geissinger on PexelsUnlike Python and other imperative programming languages, which require the explicit detailing of algorithms in a step-by-step manner to optimize, SQL is a declarative programming language that focuses not on the sequence of operations, but rather on expressing the logic of what you want to achieve. How a query is executed in the database depends on the database system itself,…

Image: Photo: Shutterstock Graphics: Vicky Leta‘Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions. As we all sign up for gym memberships or invest in a Peloton that will just gather dust by March, I resolve to work out your brain this year. January 1, 2024 is a Monday. So what day was January 1 last year? Because of the regularities in how we slice and organize time, you don’t need to consult a calendar or count backwards from 365 to answer that question.Will You Click Windows’ New Copilot Button?Legendary mathematician John…