August 2005 was a much simpler time: The first iPhone was still two years away from being released, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo was in theaters, and Prison Break debuted on Fox. After two prison escapes, an Ocean’s Eleven-style reset, four seasons, and a TV movie, the hit series signed off in 2009. Now, with Fox reviving many of its greatest hits (please let Fastlane be next), Michael, Lincoln, Sara, T-Bag, […]
With Project Scorpio, Xbox is evolving in a big way. Due out holiday 2017, this impressive new take on Microsoft's console promises high-end components that can power the types of 4K gaming and virtual reality experiences that you'd typically need a tricked-out PC for. The arrival of a new console so early into the Xbox One's life cycle may seem confusing or alarming, but fret not — we're here to […]
WARNING: This post contains spoilers from the Big Little Lies season finale. Read at your own risk! Nicole Kidman agreed to play Celeste Wright in Big Little Lies when she first met the novel’s author, Liane Moriarty, and they struck a deal: If the Academy Award-winning actress would play the lawyer-turned-abused-housewife, Moriarty would grant her and Reese Witherspoon the rights to the project. That agreement led Kidman down a rabbit hole of despair, […]
Samsung has teased a "new beginning" to go with its upcoming Galaxy S8. The company could certainly use a fresh start. This week, the Korean consumer electronics giant is set to show off the latest version of its flagship phone, the Galaxy S8. To say expectations are high for this phone would be an understatement. Samsung is hoping to wipe away the bitter taste left from the Galaxy Note 7, […]
Warner Bros. can’t get enough of Justice League, and fans cannot either. This weekend, the world got its first-look at the blockbuster as Zack Snyder dropped the trailer for Justice League for all to see. The thrilling video saw the likes of Batman and Wonder Woman team up with Cyborg, Aquaman, and even the Flash as they faced down hordes of parademons. And, in the international trailer for Justice League, […]
Brie Larson is making history. The Oscar-winning actress will reportedly play Victoria Woodhull, the United States’ first female presidential candidate, in a biopic of the same name. Amazon Studios acquired the film project on which Larson will also serve as a producer, Deadline reported Wednesday. Woodhull ran for presidency on the Equal Rights Party ticket in 1872, decades before women could even vote, according to Biography.com. A suffragette who fought […]
Sometimes all you can do is laugh. But when Ryan Gosling got the giggles onstage during this year’s Oscars fiasco, he wasn’t just covering up his disappointment that the Best Picture award went to Moonlight instead of La La Land. “What really was happening as I was watching, it was surreal anyway, I was watching people start to have this panicked reaction in the crowd and guys were coming on with […]
Robert Downey Jr. has signed on to star in The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, based on the character from the 1920s children's books by Hugh Lofting. The film, according to The Hollywood Reporter, was secured by Universal after a bidding war took place between multiple studios. Downey is stepping into the title role in the film which will see the actor communicate with animals. Set to be directed by Stephen […]
The Shirley MacLaine vehicle, "The Last Word," is like a car with too many gears. Unfortunately for MacLaine, screenwriter Stuart Ross Fink and director Mark Pellington use them all and in no particular order. A lack of consistent emotional tone is the problem here. The movie begins on a dark note, moves on to being wacky, then turns earnest, then cutesy and then tragic. During the third act the story […]
