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x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIc671o9yCI The DCU might be in a shambles at the moment, with James Gunn taking over to give it a hard reboot, but there are still a few flicks that fans remain cautiously optimistic about, and one of them is Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The original was not a memorable movie by any stretch of the imagination. Indeed, the best word we could come up with to describe it is “serviceable.” But even then, thanks to a cast of talented breakthrough stars like Jack Dylan Grazer and Asher…

Netflix has a new interface on the iPhone — and it’s so much better it’s difficult to know where to start.The newly updated app, which is available as a free download via the App Store as before, still gives people quick and easy access to the top-notch TV shows, movies, and documentaries available in that huge library. But now the app’s actually fun to use in-between, too.The new Netflix interface is, dare we say, full of whimsy?Getting jiggy with itPerhaps the biggest example of that whimsy is in the way the app flows,…

Dir: Matthew Warchus. Starring: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough. Cert PG, 117 minutesMiss Honey makes millennials wistful. She was, for many of us, our formative film crush. Embeth Davidtz’s performance, in Danny DeVito’s big-hearted 1996 Matilda adaptation, made us wonder why we couldn’t all be respected as child geniuses by a kindly teacher. As I watched Lashana Lynch play the part for a new generation, I imagined Gen Alpha in 20 years’ time, reflecting fondly on how she –…

Dir: Matthew Warchus. Starring: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough. Cert PG, 117 minutesMiss Honey makes millennials wistful. She was, for many of us, our formative film crush. Embeth Davidtz’s performance, in Danny DeVito’s big-hearted 1996 Matilda adaptation, made us wonder why we couldn’t all be respected as child geniuses by a kindly teacher. As I watched Lashana Lynch play the part for a new generation, I imagined Gen Alpha in 20 years’ time, reflecting fondly on how she –…