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The coming-of-age drama Little Wing opens with two facts, both quoted from the 2006 New Yorker article of the same name by Susan Orlean. The first: “Americans move, on average, every five years; pigeons almost never move.” The second: that racing pigeons “have a fixed, profound and nearly incontrovertible sense of home”.The title card successfully imparts a few facts about the film, which premieres this week on the streaming service Paramount+. One, that Little Wing, directed by Dean Israelite from a screenplay by John…

By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press Jenna Ortega’s stark rise as Gen Z’s goth-glam princess takes a pointless, awkward turn in “Miller’s Girl,” a new romantic horror movie about cerebral people that’s simply tiresome. Written and directed by newcomer Jade Halley Bartlett, the movie retells the classic story of a teenage girl smitten by her older teacher and a tumble into seduction. It wants to be close to Vladimir Nabokov, but it’s more “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by The Police. Ortega stars as 18-year-old Tennessee…

GPS systems, while incredibly helpful, are not infallible. Many of us have been in situations where our navigation systems have led us astray. It’s then that knowledge of the local area or traditional maps come in handy.Redditor u/MotorMania85, who studies maps in their spare time, recently shared a story about what happens when someone relies too much on GPS. The OP opened up to the r/MaliciousCompliance community about how his sister was unwilling to listen to his advice about where to drive, meaning their entire trip…

Regular audits of Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising campaigns are crucial for PPC marketers. Failing to do so can result in significant costs for clients, and what’s more, it’s often an entirely avoidable expense.To avoid common pitfalls and optimize spending in PPC campaigns, Melissa Mackey, paid search director at Compound Growth Marketing, provided a comprehensive walkthrough of the most costly mistakes she comes across during auditing and…

In the finale of The Witcher’s third season — which also happens to be the final episode where Henry Cavill will play the lead role — our hero, Geralt of Rivia, spends most of his time in bed. This is not an exaggeration: after getting his ass thoroughly kicked in a previous episode, he’s stuck recuperating in a forest, trying his best to get healthy so he can continue his quest. It’s a bizarre choice that sidelines Geralt in what should, in theory, be an important moment for the series, the character, and the actor.…

In early 2021, when it emerged that Ellie Kemper had participated, as a St Louis teenager, in the Veiled Prophet ball, a debutante party run by a group founded by former Confederate officers, the comedian took to Instagram. “I was not aware of the history at the time, but ignorance is no excuse,” went her apology. The remorse she exhibited was only the beginning of what can only be viewed as an extended self-flagellation tour.First, the beloved mainstay of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt appeared as a co-host of…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMargot Robbie has admitted that her friends were very disappointed by her lack of kissing with Ryan Gosling in the Barbie movie.The pair play Barbie and Ken in Greta Gerwig’s comedy smash, which in its first weekend has broken the domestic box office record for a female director.While the two dolls are boyfriend and girlfriend in the film, they never kiss, due to the innocent nature of…

On paper, a genre-bending dystopian crime thriller boasting a star-studded cast that only cost $15 million to produce reads as a shoo-in for box office success, but the opposite proved to be true for Hotel Artemis. The feature-length directorial debut of Iron Man 3 scribe Drew Pearce clearly had a screenplay worth getting invested in, seeing as the stacked ensemble boasted Jodie Foster, Dave Bautista, Jeff Goldblum, Sterling K. Brown, Charlie Day, Zachary Quinto, Sofia Boutella, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, and even…

AAA video games require millions of dollars and multiple years to make and market. While the result can often be fantastic, highly polished, and lavishly created gaming experiences, they do often do so with the sacrifice of trying new ideas that push the medium forward. Instead, that responsibility is shouldered by indie developers.On this week's episode of Spot On, Tamoor is joined by Kurt to talk about whether big companies are doing enough to ensure that the video game space is kept fresh with new…

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Secret Invasion episode three. Secret Invasion definitely isn’t coming up short in the shocks department, but the ongoing Disney Plus show might’ve just gone too far in its latest episode. Fans were thrilled for Emilia Clarke to join the MCU, in a role we eventually learned was Talos’ daughter G’iah, so needless to say the outcry has been immense following her apparent death and swift exit from the franchise in episode three. While there’s bound to be a twist in the tale…