In 2018, Jimmy Kimmel asked Kobe Bryant whether he felt more nervous with the shot clock winding down and the ball in his hands or sitting at the Oscars waiting to hear his name called. The five-time NBA champion said he was less comfortable in the tense moments before he received his first Oscar for the animated short film Dear Basketball, telling Kimmel, “It’s actually worse because I’m not in control....
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Caution: Spoilers ahead for Joker. Joker’s version of Thomas Wayne wouldn’t approve of the Batman fighting crime in Gotham City. Set in the 1980s, Joker finds Thomas Wayne in his pomp as the city’s premiere billionaire celebrity, a figure of philanthropy and an aspiring mayor. Though only a peripheral character, Arthur Fleck spends much time musing over Thomas Wayne and the two have a fiery confrontation, all of which serves to demonstrate that the version of Bruce’s Dad seen in Todd Phillips’ movie is quite different to the standard depiction of the character....
CES 2017 has officially kicked into full gear ahead of the show opening to the public this weekend, and today we get a look at the latest aftermarket in-dash entertainment systems that support Apple’s CarPlay platform. Announcements at the show include new products from JVC, Clarion, Kenwood, Pioneer, and one of the first aftermarket units to support wireless CarPlay connectivity from Alpine. Head below for all the details. Alpine Alpine is showing off a new 7-inch in-dash receiver with CarPlay support dubbed iLX-107....
Disney-Pixar have confirmed that Keanu Reeves is voicing a character called Duke Caboom in Toy Story 4. Twenty-four years after Woody the Cowboy first met Buzz Lightyear, the two enemies-turned lifelong friends and the rest of the Toy Story gang are back for another adventure on the big screen. Toy Story 4 has gone through some big changes behind the scenes over the course of its development, culminating with John Lasseter’s departure as co-director and the film’s release date being delayed from June 2018 to 2019....
The name of the game these days in Hollywood is shared universe, and audiences are about to see Legendary Pictures roll out their so-called MonsterVerse, which combines Godzilla and King Kong. After Gareth Edwards successfully rebooted the King of Monsters back in 2014, this week marks the premiere of Kong: Skull Island - a star-studded, Vietnam inspired take on the King Kong mythos that features a number of connections to the larger world it inhabits....
Following a few quotes from a Jony Ive interview with The New York Times appearing in a longer piece about Tim Cook over the weekend, the publication has now published a longer transcript from the interview. In the interview, Ive was asked about working with Cook, how things have changed post Steve Jobs, and he also gave some insight into his daily work routine. “We meet on average three times a week....
Jumanji: The Next Level is one of the holiday season’s most anticipated tentpoles, but how much did it cost to make? Back in 2017, the franchise made its return with one of the more unexpected box office hits in recent memory. Fueled by a star-studded cast including Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle more than held its own against Star Wars: The Last Jedi that December, eventually becoming Sony’s highest-grossing title to date....
Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World is generally considered a return to form for the iconic franchise, managing to portray the what-if scenario of a dinosaur park actually opening and functioning, without overwriting the original Jurassic Park trilogy. It leaned heavily on the side of nostalgia and while some fans disliked its lack of originality, the film still grossed $1.67 billion worldwide. That sum would be enough for any studio to green-light a sequel, and true to form, reports quickly began to circulate about the exciting potential of Jurassic World 2....
Xiaomi has definitely been growing fast in emerging markets, but until now the company has focused mostly on stealing as much of Samsung’s Chinese smartphone market share as it can. According to Gartner’s most recent numbers, the company rose in Q3 to take a spot in the world’s top 5 smartphone manufacturers. But the company has other products beyond just smartphones, and now it has apparently begun working on a new Mi-branded laptop—and, to no one’s surprise, it looks just like a MacBook Air....
In the lead-up to Justice League’s two-year anniversary, original director Zack Snyder shares an image of his Batman, played by Ben Affleck. With Affleck, Snyder brought a different version of Batman to the screen than audiences had seen before. This protector of Gotham has a harsher worldview after years of fighting crime and was set to go through quite an arc over Snyder’s long-term DC plans. While Affleck signed up to play out this specific storyline - one which would see Batman sacrifice himself to defeat Darkseid in the end - this all changed when Snyder left Justice League....
Warning: SPOILERS for Wonder Twins #7 Fans know all about DC’s greatest heroes, but the Justice League has just revealed their top secret member, Repulso, who possesses what may well be the worst superpower ever. But what makes Repulso’s story truly tragic is that his power makes him an outcast even among the World’s Finest heroes. The League heroes may respect him for making the best of a difficult situation… but still can’t stand to be around him....
Kevin Smith might not be the most revered director in Hollywood, but he has a dedicated cult fan base that loves what he does. He was also responsible for one of the first cinematic universes, dubbed the View Askewniverse. Smith was tying together movies and their sequels with other movies and their sequels before anyone had even heard of Iron Man. He’s predominantly a director of comedies, but he’s also given us horror films and episodes of superhero shows....
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities has shared a new investor note today detailing the ongoing development of Apple’s 2020 iPhone 12 models. Kuo also says that iPhone SE pre-orders have been “better than market expectation” so far. iPhone SE pre-orders Kuo explains that the first weekend of iPhone SE pre-orders likely excited expectations, but “that the market didn’t have a high expectation” going into the release. The analyst expects shipments of 12-14 million units for the iPhone SE during Q2 2020, followed by 10 million units in Q3 2020....
At plain sight, there’s nothing that could connect Joker and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but it turns out that they both had the same plot twist regarding the family background of their main characters. Todd Phillips’ Joker follows Arthur Fleck, a failed stand-up comedian who turns to a life of crime after being constantly neglected by society. Joker isn’t based on a specific comic book arc, instead taking the graphic novel The Killing Joke as basis for its premise and building its own origin story for the Clown Prince of Crime....
Like witnessing the unmistakable tremor of a T-Rex’s footsteps reverberate in a glass of water, the internet lost its collective mind with the recent announcement that Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum would be returning to their iconic roles in Jurassic World 3. Laura Dern would once again be putting on her cargo shorts as Dr. Ellie Sattler, Sam Neill would be donning his adventure hat as Dr. Alan Grant, and Ian Malcolm would be pulling on his leather jacket for one more foray into the Jurassic Park franchise....
We’ve been hearing several reports that the launch of the iPhone 8 could be delayed compared to previous years. Reputable Apple analyst KGI Ming-Chi Kuo has also weighed in today, reporting that mass production of the OLED iPhone will likely be pushed back to October/November, instead of the normal August/September timeframe for new iPhone launches. KGI says the reason for the production difficulties is that the new iPhone 8 includes several major cutting-edge components that Apple has custom-ordered....
The popular sitcom The Good Place is coming to an end, and series star Kristen Bell believes the series finale will be both satisfying and also a real gut punch to fans. The show also stars William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto, D’Arcy Garden, and comedy legend Ted Danson, known for his time on the sitcom Cheers. The Good Place is a comedy about Eleanor Shellstrop, a woman who has died and gone to an afterlife known as “the Good Place....
Actor-director Stephen Chow has confirmed that he is planning to make Kung Fu Hustle 2, a sequel to his 2004 cult film Kung Fu Hustle. The original movie was actually a modest foreign-language hit in America with $17 million at the box office, while doing $83 million internationally for a worldwide haul of $100 million, on a reported budget of just $20 million. In addition to directing, co-writing and co-producing Kung Fu Hustle, Chow also starred in the film as the lead character Sing, a loser living in 1930s China whose only dream in life is to join the Axe Gang, a group of thugs who run the local slum....
The father of a victim of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting speaks out about the backlash to Joker regarding its use of violence. The Todd Phillips-directed flick is a little bit more than a week from releasing in theaters, and yet, instead of its rave reviews after it won the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice Film Festival, the central conversation about it revolves around its depiction of violence. Starring Joaquin Phoenix as the titular character, Joker brings fans back to the late ’70s and early ’80s at the time where the iconic DC villain was still simply known as Arthur Fleck - a failed comedian....
