What do a 15th century Spanish Assassin and a modern day death row inmate have in common? Genes, of course, and it’s that genetic connection that saves the life of Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender), the protagonist of Justin Kurzel’s upcoming movie based on Ubisoft’s massively successful video game franchise Assassin’s Creed. The film sees Callum brought in by Abstergo Industries, the modern face of the Knights Templar, and forced to relive the memories of his ancestor, Aguilar (also played by Fassbender)....

Karen Gillan has teased Nebula’s role in Avengers: Infinity War, revealing she had no idea how important the daughter of Thanos would be. Gillan’s played the cybernetic Nebula in both Guardians of the Galaxy movies and is set to return in Infinity War and next year’s Avengers 4. And although she’s not been prominent in the marketing thus far - she only appeared in one shot of the Super Bowl TV spot - don’t be fooled into thinking she’s only a bit-part....

Bear With Me: The Lost Robots tells a straightforward story adjacent to the main game, but is still worthwhile for its humor, writing, and puzzles. Over the course of three episodes released across 2016 and 2017, Bear With Me transported players to an imaginative world of black and white film noir aesthetics, talking teddy bears, grisly murders, and deep-rooted psychological trauma. Wrapped in a shell familiar to fans of the LucasArts adventure games of yore, Bear With Me won over audiences with its mix of humor, drama, and child-like imagination....

Doctor Strange is now out in theaters, and while the visuals have been one of the most talked about aspects of the film, the cast comes a close second. Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo headline the cast of Marvel’s fourteenth film in their cinematic universe. The supporting cast is just as impressive, with Mads Mikkelsen (Kaecilius), Benedict Wong (Wong), and Rachel McAdams (Christine Palmer) each playing crucial roles to the story....

A couple of years ago, Apple introduced App Clips, a neat way to let users take advantage of a specific app without having to download and store it on their iPhones. With WWDC 2022 and iOS 16, Apple is now increasing the maximum size of these “non-apps” from 10MB to 15MB. Will that be enough for developers to create versions of their apps as App Clips or for users to take advantage of?...

A developer claims to have reverse-engineered the NeuralHash algorithm used in Apple’s CSAM detection. Conflicting views have been expressed about whether this would enable the child sexual abuse material detection system to be defeated… Developer Asuhariet Ygvar posted the code to GitHub. Convert image to RGB. Resize image to 360x360. Normalize RGB values to [-1, 1] range. Perform inference on the NeuralHash model. Calculate dot product of a 96x128 matrix with the resulting vector of 128 floats....

Almost two years since its debut, Apple TV+ is set to arrive in South Korea on November 4 alongside the first Korean production called Dr. Brain. Dr. Brain is directed and executive produced by filmmaker Kim Jee-Woon and stars Lee Sun-Kyun from Academy Award-winning film Parasite. This Apple Original will be a six-episode Korean-language series and it’s based on the popular webtoon of the same name by Hongjacga. The sci-fi drama marks the first Korean-language series to debut on Apple TV+....

When Arrow lost Black Canary late in season 4, it seemed as though Team Arrow would have to do without a version of the character for a while, as likely successor Evelyn Sharp took up the mantle of Artemis before she took to being a dirty traitor working for Prometheus. Then, during the midseason finale, the answer appeared to present itself in the form of Laurel Lance, who had returned from the dead....

There is perhaps no other video game property that has courted quiet as much wide-spread acclaim and attention in the past ten years than Assassin’s Creed (from developer and publisher Ubisoft) has. With a feature length adaptation of the best-selling series on the way from director Justin Kurzel (Macbeth) and starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard (who costarred in Macbeth with Fassbender), anticipation surrounding the big screen installment in the historical/fantasy adventure property is quite high right now....

Watch the cast of Avengers: Endgame have fun on set in the film’s official gag reel. After a few months, Marvel Studios’ culminating film becomes the biggest film in the world, pushing past James Cameron’s Avatar which held the title for 10 years. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Endgame picks up after the catastrophic events of Avengers: Infinity War, putting the focus on the core Avengers after Thanos handed them their first ever real defeat....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown exponentially over the past eight years since Iron Man was first released in 2008. Now, with Marvel Studios gearing up to enter Phase 3 of the MCU with Captain America: Civil War, the massive shared universe spans almost a dozen films, a pair of TV shows on ABC, and a burgeoning Defenders universe on Netflix. Phase 3 will additionally bring the third Avengers team-up film, the two part Avengers: Infinity War, which will unite many of the superheroes introduced in the MCU....

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Spider-Man: Far From Home. Avengers Tower got a redesign in Spider-Man: Far From Home, but for who? The landmark building in New York has become a staple of the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the years. Tony Stark originally built it as Stark Tower, but it became known as Avengers Tower by the end of The Avengers in 2012. Ever since, the big, glowing “A” has routinely popped up in the skyline of New York when possible - except in the Netflix shows....

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus remains a divisive entry in the Alien franchise. It was met with mixed response from fans and critics alike, but its box office was enough to push another film into production. And the sequel, Alien: Covenant, is taking a much more direct tie to the originals in more ways than one. Not only will it introduce a new ship and many new characters, but the film looks to be utilizing what made the original so iconic: horror....

Warning: SPOILERS below for Black Panther! - Aside from Infinity Stones, Vibranium is the most valuable and coveted commodity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As established in Black Panther, Vibranium arrived on Earth millions of years ago in the form of a gigantic meteor composed of the metal. The meteor crashed in the continent of Africa, whereupon the nation of Wakanda was built around the “Great Mound” of Vibranium. Over millennia, the Wakandans learned to harness Vibranium, which is the most versatile substance on the planet....

Ant-Man & The Wasp producer Stephen Broussard says the Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel is what he calls a “one bad night” movie. The original Ant-Man was the first MCU film to combine superheroes and the heist genre. Director Peyton Reed revealed early on that the Ant-Man movie sequel falls into an “entirely different genre template”, though he refrained from revealing exactly what that would be. However, Reed did later clarify that Ant-Man & the Wasp is not a romantic comedy about the titular characters, as had been rumored....

Ant-Man & the Wasp is a sequel to 2015’s Ant-Man and is set in the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War. The film sees the return of Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, who partners with Evangeline Lilly’s Wasp in the battle against a terrifying new threat, the Ghost (played by Hannah John-Kamen). Ant-Man & the Wasp is generally expected to be part of the build-up to next year’s Avengers 4, the climax of Marvel’s Phase 3....

Now that she is officially suiting up in Ant-Man & The Wasp, it turns out that Evangeline Lilly worked even harder than her costar Paul Rudd on stunts. Even though both actors are meant to be working side-by-side in the movie, the titular Ant-Man apparently isn’t putting in as much effort as his superhero counterpart. Following up 2015’s Ant-Man, Ant-Man & The Wasp centers around Scott Lang (played by Rudd) as he deals with the massively consequential events set up in Captain America: Civil War....

The Equalizer 2 director Antoine Fuqua’s long-gestating Scarface remake is reportedly set to begin production this fall, on October 1. Fuqua recently said he has been trying to recruit Denzel Washington to take the lead Scarface role, but without any success. Narcos star Diego Luna was previously reported to be set for the lead, but this has not yet been confirmed. Universal has been trying for years to get a Scarface remake off the ground, but has met many delays and roadblocks along the way....

Apple Watch domination of the smartwatch market sees no sign of ending, despite the growing popularity of much cheaper devices. A new report today says that much of the 24% growth in the market during 2021 was driven by demand for sub-$100 models, but that Apple continued to outsell its nearest competitor by a factor of three to one … Counterpoint Research said that Apple’s market share did slip a little, from 32....

Rumors about a USB-C iPhone aren’t new. Ever since Apple started switching its USB-A ports on the Macs and Lightning ports on iPads to USB-C, people started thinking that would be only a matter of time until the company followed the same path with the iPhone. So far, we still use Lightning cables on iPhones, but a robotics engineering student claims to have created the first USB-C iPhone in the world....