Epic movies simply wouldn’t be the same without their rousing scores. Think back on some of your favorite action films, even only your favorite moments, and then imagine them without any music accompaniment. Boring, right? And in the case of fight scenes, no music leaves only a soundtrack of smacking flesh, grunts, and heavy breathing - sounds that don’t really lend themselves to any film’s grand, cinematic spectacle. In superhero movies, the music can be even more important, where heroes often come with their own musical themes....

Director Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice has evolved from being the sequel to Snyder’s own Superman franchise reboot, Man of Steel, into the ‘gateway drug’ to (as the film’s subtitle suggests) not only the filmmaker’s two Justice League movies but the greater DC Extended Universe of comic book film adaptations, since it began development. This new film will continue the story of Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel, but at the same time introduce a new (and older) version of the Caped Crusader, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck), along with Diana Prince aka....

Bill Condon reveals that he originally tried to get Beyonce to star in his Beauty and the Beast movie. Disney has expanded their lineup over the past few years - which now includes both Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios - but they will always be remembered as the studio that created some of the most iconic animated films in cinema history. And so, when Tim Burton proved with Alice in Wonderland that remakes (and re-imaginings) of those same films would work in live-action, Disney didn’t hesitate to push forward with the initiative....

In this episode of the Apple @ Work podcast, Michael Covington from Jamf comes on the show to discuss their new report about the most requested permissions by popular iOS apps. Sponsored by Direct Mail: Bring the power of email marketing to your internal communications, with Direct Mail for Mac. Create, track, and securely send right from your desktop. Request a free trial today! Sponsored by Kandji: A modern, cloud-based platform to manage and secure your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV devices....

We’re not seeing much progress with US antitrust legislation just at present, but if the two bills do make it through the Senate, that raises the prospect of Apple default apps being banned. Which is to say, Apple could not pre-install its own stock apps on iPhones, instead having to offer customers a choice of core apps. Above is one illustration of how Apple might respond, offering a choice of key apps during initial iPhone setup, likely with its own apps top of the lists …...

Starting this week, Apple Music is livestreaming some concerts from major artists as part of Apple Music Live. This new feature kicks off with a Harry Styles concert Friday, alongside the release of his third album, Harry’s House. Apple Music subscribers in 167 countries can watch the live shows at no extra cost. From Apple Music: The Harry Styles concert, One Night Only in New York, will be at UBS Arena in Long Island, New York....

About a month ago, Apple began letting users review some built-in apps via App Store review. Now, just after the release of iOS 15.1, the company is opening up Messages, Phone, Photos, and Safari to user’s scrutiny. The funny thing is that Apple now lets users review some unusual apps. For example, what can you do about Messages or Phone? Of course, the company can always improve iMessage features, as we’ve written about several times, but the Phone app?...

Apple today unveiled its Black Friday holiday event for 2022, in which customers can get an Apple Store gift card worth up to $250 with the purchase of an eligible Mac, iPad, or iPhone from the Apple Store. The Apple Shopping Event runs from November 25 through November 28, Black Friday through Cyber Monday. As usual, check 9to5Toys to find the best Apple deals. Apple gave an early preview of the deals it will be offering....

Apple has shared photos of the new two-story Apple Store Myeongdong, two days ahead of the official opening of the latest South Korean store. The design looks pretty standard for a contemporary Apple Store, though it does have a couple of unique touches … Background We first learned in February that Apple was planning two new retail stores in South Korea, when the company began advertising for staff. The following month, Apple confirmed plans to open its largest store in the country in Seoul’s historical center of Jung-gu....

Apple has officially announced its March event. Along with sharing the date, the company has continued its tradition of hiding a fun easter egg for iPhone and iPad users on the invite. This AR easter egg thing started a couple of years ago. First, with the Apple Watch Series 6 and iPad event, then iPhone 12 launch, the M1 Mac event, the 2021 Spring Loaded, September’s iPhone 13 event, and finally the Unleashed event for the M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pro....

Apple this week released iOS 15.6.1 and macOS Monterey 12.5.1, both with security enhancements. And to bring these security enhancements to even more users, the company today released Safari 15.6.1 for Macs running macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina. The update doesn’t come with any new features or major changes. Instead, it fixes an exploit in WebKit (Safari’s web engine) that could lead to arbitrary code execution. This fix was already available for users who updated their Macs to macOS Monterey 12....

Warning: This post contains SPOILERS for Avengers: Infinity War — James Gunn confirms Groot’s final line in Avengers: Infinity War, and it makes the ending even more heartbreaking. After all of these years, Thanos finally made his move and fundamentally altered the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With just the snap of his fingers, the Mad Titan wiped away half of the universe’s population. The casualties may go beyond what’s revealed in the movie, but the moments that immediately followed the pivotal snap showed several of the MCU’s biggest heroes disappearing before the other heroes’ very eyes....

Last week began the major marketing blitz for Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Civil War. There was a new trailer, all sorts of interviews (here are ours!) and posters, and of course, there was the reveal of Spider-Man. And while the third Captain America - which begins Phase 3 of the MCU - is still a few months away from release, its directors Anthony and Joe Russo and writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have already been working on the two-part Avengers: Infinity War for months....

[WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.] With the entire DC Extended Universe of films based on the comic book company’s biggest stars hinging on Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, fans expected to see some hints of what was to come in Justice League and beyond. But they got much, much more than just hints. Along with the usual wealth of comic book details, adapted subplots and characters, and good old fashioned easter eggs, Batman V Superman featured several major teases of what lies ahead - so many, fans are guaranteed to miss some....

The next installment in DICE’s long-running Battlefield franchise is rumored to be Bad Company 3. In 2002, DICE launched their brand-new first-person-shooter, Battlefield 1942, which put them on the map and made their all-out war focus a force to be reckoned with. The Swedish video game developer, which now operates under Electronic Arts (EA) as EA DICE, has been making Battlefield games ever since, while occasionally taking time to develop other games as well, such as Mirror’s Edge and Star Wars Battlefront....

Beats today announced a new version of Beats Studio Buds in a collaboration with Union. These limited-edition earbuds will be available at Union’s Los Angeles and Tokyo stores and online starting tomorrow, December 1. This new version of Beats Studio Buds celebrate Union’s 30th anniversary. The Studio Buds feature a bold red, black, and green design and packaging, drawing inspiration from the Pan-African flag and paying tribute to Union’s roots as a Black-owned business....

Ex Machina writer and director Alex Garland’s newest film finally has a 2018 release date. The film, Annihilation, is an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s 2014 novel by the same name. The book is the first in the planned Southern Reach novel trilogy by the author. The sci-fi work tells the story of four female scientists traveling into a dangerous location known as Area X - a part of the world left abandoned from the rest of civilization....

The Altered Carbon is a Netflix cyberpunk sci-fi series based upon the book of the same name by Richard Morgan. The seconds season has just been released and comparisons have started already. The first season was brilliant with incredibly realistic settings, stellar visual effects, and a mysterious main plot. Fans expected the same from the second and were not disappointed. In fact, this installment delivered much more than the previous, on some levels....

Ant-Man & The Wasp debuted a classic Ant-Man villain from the comics, Elihas Starr aka. Egghead, who may play a part in the Marvel subfranchise’s future stories. Known primarily as an antagonist to Hank Pym’s incarnation of the shrinking hero, Elihas is a brilliant government research atomic scientist who was dismissed when he was caught for espionage - a very similar characterization to his established backstory in the MCU, but it turns out that he’s also Ghost/Ava’s father....

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