Avengers: Infinity War will see lots of destruction in New York City, but it won’t see New York City’s heroes step in to help protect their home. The Avengers’ TV spots show off everything from the Sanctum Santorum to Bruce Banner’s return to earth, giving them a lot of ground to cover and leaving little room for some of the pieces of the MCU that haven’t yet made it to the movies....
Phantasm is heading to DC Comics, as Tom King will bring the villain into the main continuity in his Batman/Catwoman series. King got his start with DC on Batman back in 2016, as part of their DC Rebirth relaunch. In the over three years of work he’s delivered, King has created several big storylines and a few that were met with great pushback from readers, such as a much discussed wedding with Catwoman....
Hell is literally about to break loose in season 3 of Ash Vs. Evil Dead. The original Evil Dead is a grimy, no-budget horror movie made by a group of young filmmakers in the woods. It was also the debut of director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man), who proved his talent at an early age by crafting an intense, gory ride with inventive camera work. The movie also made a star of B-movie icon Bruce Campbell, but it wasn’t until Evil Dead 2 the actor would be able to show off his comedy chops....
Few things are as important to a movie as its ending. The ideal ending not only wraps up the film’s plot points, but can also drive home the movie’s main themes and is a chance for filmmakers to give one last powerful emotional punch before their audience leaves the theater and goes home. However, sometimes, the best ending isn’t the one that actually ends up in the movie. Whether it’s due to studio interference, script rewrites, or test audience feedback, there are times where the perfect ending is replaced by something a little more standard and lackluster....
We’ve known for several years that an in-house Apple 5G modem design was in the works, to enable the Cupertino company to finally ditch Qualcomm as a supplier. A fresh report today says that Apple is in talks with a potential company to assist with this work. Apple is expected to switch to its own modem design from 2023, though this likely won’t entirely end the company’s relationship with Qualcomm …...
After cutting its California self-driving test fleet to 54 in May, Apple has been consistently expanding the number of drivers as months go by. Now, the company has 137 drivers. As spotted by macReports with numbers from the California DMV, Apple is slowly going closer to the number of drivers it had last October: 154. Unfortunately, one number that doesn’t change at all is how many self-driving vehicles the company has....
Some of the biggest upgrades this year with the iPhone 13 lineup are the camera advancements thanks to even bigger sensors, lenses, and more. To get all the inside details, videographer Tyler Stalman has interviewed some of Apple’s camera engineers on the latest episode of the Stalman Podcast. Coming with all-new sensors and lenses, an improved A15 Bionic chip, and new ISP, the iPhone 13 lineup features camera advancements like macro photography/videography, Cinematic mode, Photographic styles, 3x telephoto zoom, better low light performance, and much more....
Apple is releasing Apple Fitness+ in 15 new countries today. With that, Jay Blahnik, Apple’s VP of Fitness Technology, gave an interview to the Brazilian newspaper O GLOBO to talk about this launch and what users can expect in the future. Available in the US for about nine months, Apple Fitness+ features 11 different exercises with dozens of classes and many instructors to help everyone who wants to close their Apple Watch rings....
Update: Alongside Germany, Apple has also made the report accidents feature on Apple Maps available to users in Spain as well. It’s possible to report accidents, danger zones, and speed check Germany is the latest country to add support for reporting incidents using Apple Maps. This feature launched alongside iOS 14.5 and is slowly expanding globally. As spotted by Macerkopf, with this feature now live in Germany, users can report an accident and danger zones on a new menu of the app....
Apple’s ecosystem is perhaps the most valuable asset the company possesses, after its brand, so eyebrows were raised when Google yesterday announced plans to replicate many of the key elements of that ecosystem. While some Apple fans were outraged at what they saw as blatant copying of Apple features, my view is that this is good news for Android and iPhone users alike … Google went on to describe its plans to allow Wear OS smartwatches to unlock Chromebooks, and to adopt Spatial Audio....
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is now supporting union organizing efforts at Apple’s Grand Central Station Store in New York City. Together with Fruit Stand Workers United (FSWU), the CWA and Workers United will help the flagship store in its ongoing work to form a union. In a press release, it was stated that Workers United is also the union behind the Starbucks Workers United campaign. The Grand Central store began the unionization process in April, branding the initiative as “Fruit Stand Workers United”....
There have been some major changes in the Arrow-verse this season. Flashpoint, new characters, new missions, new bad guys (and only one more season of Island flashbacks!)… and a very different Team Arrow. Although Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) is obviously still in the lead, and Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) is behind him, they are the only two original Team Arrow members still in play right now. Oliver’s new team of superhero recruits includes Mr....
Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo confirm there will be no alternate realities in Infinity War or Avengers 4. Marvel Studios has devoted so much effort to keeping plot details of the film tightly under wraps. This, in turn, resulted in fans obsessively theorizing about what goes down in the twin Avengers sequels, piecing together trailer footage, comments from everyone involved, as well as leaked set photos. Among the plethora of speculations rounding the film, one particular one has gained traction over the last several days and it involves the possibility of introducing alternate realities....
Warner Bros’ upcoming Batgirl movie is rumored to be looking to hire Kristen Stewart - or someone like her - for the role of Barbara Gordon. The studio has been building up a shared cinematic universe in recent years featuring characters from the DC comics. Launched in Man of Steel, then truly kickstarted in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, the franchise has come to feature some of DC’s most iconic heroes and villains....
The Dark Knight will head to Japan in Batman Ninja, a new animated film arriving next year. As one of DC’s most popular characters, it’s no surprise that iterations of Batman seem to pop up every few months. Since DC relaunched their animated movie universe, the Dark Knight has starred in or featured in every film they’ve released. Meanwhile, Bruce is looking more and more like the vigilante on Gotham with each passing week....
There’s plenty of mystery surrounding Ghost, the villain of Ant-Man and The Wasp, and we have a theory on why. Director Peyton Reed is bringing seldom used Marvel comic villain Ghost to the big screen, but even with the movie just week away, little has been revealed about the character. We know Hannah John-Kamen is playing Ghost and she’s got powers connected to the Quantum Realm and Hank Pym’s technology, but she may be even more connected to the story than previously thought....
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Apple today announced its next-generation MacBook Air, starting at $1199, featuring the just-announced M2 chip inside. The new MacBook Air has a redesigned enclosure and comes in striking new case colors. The new Air design comes in silver, space gray, starlight, midnight, and gold. The previous teardrop wedge shape has been replaced with a simpler, flat-edged chassis. Just like the 2021 MacBook Pro, the display has also been pushed closer to the edges with the addition of a display notch....
Releasing today on Apple Books is a tell-all from inside the offices of Lumon Industries. As the company behind Apple TV+ drama, “Severance,” the book dives into the controversial procedure seen in the show. One month after the series premiere, the book is from the perspective of a Lumon employee who risks everything to expose the truth. In the book “Severance: The Lexington Letter,” we follow Peg Kincaid, who undergoes the Severance surgical procedure, a way to separate personal and work lives....
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