Avengers: Infinity War has been hyped as "an unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making." And it is, both in that it arrives in theaters nearly 10 years to the day after Iron Man, the very first installment in the now-sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe, opened in 2008 and that it is a huge @&!%ing deal anyone was able to pull this off at all. Because Infinity War isn't so much a proper sequel […]
“A Quiet Place” had another noisy weekend at the domestic box office, reclaiming the No. 1 slot in its third frame. John Krasinski’s thriller co-starring Emily Blunt continued on its stellar run, earning $22 million from 3,808 locations. “A Quiet Place” had another impressive holdover, declining only 34% to bring its domestic tally to $132 million. That was enough to top Dwayne Johnson’s “Rampage” and Amy Schumer’s “I Feel Pretty.” Bumped […]
Six years ago, Daron Malakian recorded an album for his side project, Scars on Broadway, Now, he's finally ready to release it. For the past six years, System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian has been sitting on an entire album with no plans of releasing it. He recorded it entirely himself with the intention of putting it out under the name Scars on Broadway, a side band he launched during System's […]
The next major update for Windows 10 is supposed to hit sometime this month, though one of the questions that has yet to be answered is what exactly will it be called? We know have an answer. While still not officially announced, it appears that Microsoft has officially moved on from calling it the Spring Creators Update and will instead simply refer to the next major release as the Windows 10 April Update. That […]
THR provides a quick glimpse into the HBO drama's first new episode since 2016, with 15 out-of-context quotes. The reckoning is almost at hand. In a matter of hours, viewers far and wide will return to Westworld, the twisting-and-turning HBO series from creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, based on Michael Crichton's original film made in 1973. When the series returns, it will follow the path made famous in Crichton's movie: […]
Nicolas Cage isn’t going to be acting forever. Speaking to The Blast (via Complex), Cage revealed that he plans to retire from onscreen acting in “three or four years” because he wants to focus exclusively on directing in the next phase of his career. “Directing is something I look forward to down the road,” Cage said. “Right now, I’m primarily a film performer and I’m gonna continue doing that for three or four more years […]
It’s the first phone to have a physical button that calls up only Google’s digital assistant, and it follows Samsung's own Bixby button on the Galaxy S9. The upcoming LG G7 ThinQ smartphone will have a unique, physical connection to Google Assistant. The flagship phone, slated to be unveiled in a New York event on May 2, will sport a dedicated hardware button specifically for Google's digital assistant, according to people familiar with the […]
I’m sitting across from Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody in a tiny student cafeteria at the Upper West Side’s Jewish Theological Seminary. We’re ostensibly here to talk about how their activist work intersects with their artistic pursuits and their Judaism, a topic they spoke about at length alongside their friend and fellow activist Ruth Messinger to a rapt audience just an hour or so earlier. But we just happen to be meeting […]
Netflix has made a strong effort to land Oscar nominations since debuting its first original feature, “Beasts of No Nation,” in 2015. The next step in the streaming giant’s plan to secure film awards could be to buy and own movie theaters. A new report from the Los Angeles Times says Netflix is considering buying theaters in Los Angeles and New York in order to gain a boost during Oscar […]
