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Lionsgate Movies have just dropped a new trailer for the latest movie in the John Wick universe. The spin-off will star Ana de Armas in the titular role of the Ballerina, a dancer and, judging by the trailer, mass killer much like her Keanu Reeves-cast forebear. There’s a heavy focus on action in the clips, with de Armas out-battling a number of larger foes in an ever-more creative manner with bag-of-tricks tactics, at one point slamming a hand grenade into a man’s mouth shortly before crushing him into the corner with a large, metal door to contain the explosion. /*! elementor…

Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning British actor and star of movies in the Harry Potter franchise, has died at the age of 89. She may be best known to modern audiences as a humorously sharp-witted supporting presence, but her distinguished career stretches back many decades of screen and stage. She won 2 Academy Awards, including Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Best Supporting Actress for California Suite. Her titular role as the outspoken and somewhat overbearing Edinburgh teacher Miss Jean Brodie may have been, in part, what attracted Harry Potter author to specifically request her for the role…

Trailer for Black Panther Director Coogler’s Highly Anticipated ‘Sinners’ Shows the Director Taking a Genre Turn With Regular Collaborator Jordan

On the tail end of wrongful death accusations in past months, Disney issues two more strong reminders this week that it’s not in the business of making friends, despite the cheery nature of many of its flicks. On September 25 they released a press statement advertising the expansion of their new “paid-sharing” program.Like many press releases, without a close read it can sometimes be difficult to discern whether the news is bad or good for the consumer. To be clear upfront: this is bad news if you’ve ever benefitted from ‘unpaid sharing’ of the streaming service. The new service is…

Amazon have opted not to renew their lease on a pair of California facilities, a decision that will impact the hundreds of workers employed across the 2 sites. A spokesperson told SFGate that the decision was taken in order to meet the international multi-billion dollar technology company’s “business needs”. Amazon Struggles Nico Baum/Unsplash This move is the latest in a series of layoffs that Amazon have undertaken in 2024 so far in various divisions. In the first 2 months of 2024, the company gave workers their marching orders in their healthcare and Amazon Prime divisions. Amazon-owned Twitch also lost hundreds…

There is an old adage that goes: ‘as soon as you drive your car off the lot (the car salesroom), it loses half its value’. This statement has never been totally accurate as price drops for used cars were never that dramatic. However, new data from iseecars.com show that EVs are now depreciating in value so rapidly that used models can be bought at an even cheaper price than their gas-guzzling counterparts. Tesla Price Cuts Andreas Rasmussen/Unsplash The downward trend in EV prices may have been sparked by a series of price cuts to Tesla models last year. Tesla have…

In the latest of a series of perplexing discoveries made by the James Webb Telescope, astronomers have discovered what appears to be a colossal question mark in the night sky. Although some may be wondering who might have left the inquisitive message in the sky, NASA scientists have come up with a more sober explanation for the phenomenon. An Image From the Past Bryan Goff/Unsplash Images picked up by telescopes such as this only offer a glimpse into the state of the universe at an earlier time. This is because light travels at a finite speed, so the images gathered…

A hurricane watch has been put in place for parts of southern US as storm Francine is upgraded to a hurricane on Tuesday evening. The new classification was made by the National Hurricane Center when the storm was found to have sufficient wind speeds. Residents of several states, some inland, can expect to receive warnings regarding heavy storms. Hurricane Upgrade NASA/Unsplash Tropical storms are classified as hurricanes when sustained wind speeds top 74 miles per hour under the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The scale is a predictor of potential property damage, so the classification of a storm as a hurricane is…

Aerospace manufacturer Boeing are currently under fire for a number of quality control issues, particularly over their 737 Max plane series. Amid these issues, the company has also been facing union action from their machinist union, which represents tens of thousands of workers, and the union have just scored what looks like a major victory. Previous Crashes Tory Doughty/Unsplash Despite the modern rarity of plane crashes (International Air Transport Association flights had no fatal crashes in 2023), Boeing’s 737 Max 8 suffered 2 fatal crashes within 6 months of each other in 2018/2019. In October 2018, a 737 Max 8…

In one of the largest recall events of 2024, a large automobile company has been forced into a recall of over 1.2 million trucks following the discovery of a malfunction in its ABS breaking system. Owners of the vehicles, some of which have been in production since 2019, have been urged by the manufacturer to return their car for servicing. Pickup Trucks Eyosias/Unsplash Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) issued the recall via the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), who discovered the fault. The fault affects recent Ram 1500 vehicles, specifically the 2019 and 2021–2024 models of the Stellantis vehicles. ABS…