Month: June 2024

This exciting thriller from one of the hottest directors just arrived on Prime Video

Rian Johnson has become one of the most important film directors of our era. Johnson is the creator of the Knives Out saga; the director behind Star Wars Episode VIII; the filmmaker of one of the best series of last year, Poker Face; and the director responsible for two of the best episodes of Breaking Bad: Fly and Ozymandias.

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It’s now beyond question that his career couldn’t be more fruitful, yet the truth is that he has shown signs of greatness since 2005, when he directed his first film, Brick. This mystery thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt was recently added to the Amazon Prime Video catalog, and it’s definitely worth watching by as many viewers as possible.

Why should you watch Brick, by Rian Johnson?

The story of Brick follows Brendan Frye (Gordon-Levitt), a lonely high-school student who becomes an amateur detective to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend, Emily (Emilie de Ravin). Before long, Brendan finds himself immersed in the dark and dangerous underworld of his high school, where he encounters drug dealers, bullies, and other suspicious characters. With the help of his friend Brain (Matt O’Leary), Brendan follows a series of cryptic clues that lead him to uncover the truth behind Emily’s disappearance and unravel a web of corruption and deceit.

Undoubtedly, Brick stands out for its stylized dialogue and dark tone, evoking the spirit of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett’s classic detective novels, but transposed onto a contemporary setting of high-school teens. With a clever script that has made Johnson’s career a delight to behold, it’s definitely one of the movies you shouldn’t miss on Amazon Prime Video.

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How many seasons will The Boys have? The showrunner of the series answers

Amazon Prime Video has found its cash cow in ‘The Boys.’ Despite series like ‘Fallout’ or ‘The Rings of Power’ surpassing this superhero fiction in viewership, it’s clear that ‘The Boys’ fandom can move mountains, and every spin-off or new title that comes out about the series is a great success on Amazon’s streaming platform.

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Now that ‘The Boys’ is about to premiere its fourth season and it’s been confirmed that there will be a fifth season, we’re now all wondering how many seasons the series will have in total. It’s been a long time since a show surpassed its comic predecessor, and even though this one seems to be on track to do that, the result is anybody’s guess… and it might seem strange to extend it beyond its limit. Or maybe not?

Five… or more

In an interview with Inverse, showrunner Eric Kripke was asked about the final duration of the series, and he couldn’t be clearer. Despite confirming in the past that the initial premise of ‘The Boys’ was for five seasons, he is not ruling out the possibility of having several more:

“In my last series, ‘Supernatural,’ I swore that it would have five solid seasons, and then the damn series lasted 15. So, I’m going to keep my mouth shut, even though, artistically, five seems like a round number. I have learned since then not to try to predict the seasons. Someone pointed out to me that I am literally the most wrong person in the history of entertainment about how many seasons their series should last, and they were right. I need to keep my mouth shut. And that’s what I’ll do”.

Thus, everything seems to indicate that ‘The Boys’ will have more than five seasons on Prime Video. However, if the initial plans were for five seasons… many of us are thankful when a series ends when it’s supposed to.

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Venom: The Last Dance releases trailer and makes clear it will not resemble anything we’ve seen in the previous films

The Spider-Man universe without Spider-Man that Sony Pictures has been building in recent years is on the decline. After the failure of Morbius and Madame Web, plus the endless delay of Kraven the Hunter, the only hope that remains is Venom… and his next film will be the last in the saga.

Thus, now that it’s becoming clear that this universe is drawing to a close and everything will be concentrated in Marvel Studios, Sony is preparing a grand finale, and it appears this will be Venom: The Last Dance. The film starring Tom Hardy, which will conclude the trilogy, will be released on October 24th, and we’ve just received the first trailer:

Goodbye to Venom… in a big way

In the trailer for Venom: The Last Dance, we can see all kinds of chaos that we hadn’t seen before, from a “poisonous” horse to the symbiote dancing as a couple. Without a doubt, Marvel Studios is going all out in this latest installment, but as the title itself suggests, it doesn’t appear there will be a fourth.

Here is the Mad Max cameo you didn’t see in Furiosa

The release of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, has expanded George Miller’s universe after Fury Road, but it hasn’t just served to explain more about the character played by Anya Taylor-Joy. It also has a hidden surprise for fans: the presence of Mad Max.

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While the movie focuses on the story of Furiosa a brief cameo of the Road Warrior has sparked the curiosity of viewers. The figure of Max, played by stunt double Jacob Tomuri, is seen standing next to his Ford Falcon V8 Interceptor, as he watches Furiosa fight to survive in the unforgiving wasteland.

A future for Max in the franchise?

The briefness of the scene has led to numerous potential interpretations of its meaning. Why is Max there? What role does he play in the Furiosa story? The director of the saga, George Miller, has revealed that the events of Furiosa was developed 15 years before Mad Max: Fury Road. And he explains that “Max is lurking somewhere in this story”; which suggests that the character’s presence in the prequel is not accidental.

The inclusion of Max in Furiosa opens the door to the possibility of the character having a more important role in the fifth installment of the saga, the only one in which he isn’t the lead role. Miller has expressed his interest in exploring what happened to Max during the year prior to the events of Fury Road, so that could be the direction they take. However, Furiosa’s poor box-office performance changes everything… and it’s possible that in the end there is no future for Mad Max.

How many cores does the new iPad Air with M2 actually have? Here’s what happened

It’s clear that the new iPad Pro and iPad Air have surprised us in various ways. But they have also surprised us in a way we never imagined. Why? Because at the end of last week, as reported by 9to5mac, Apple changed the specifications of the new iPad Air from the initially reported 10 GPU cores to 9 GPU cores. However, this discrepancy only appears in marketing material, meaning that these devices have likely had just 9 cores from the beginning.

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10 or 9 cores? That is the question

This is the most important issue, because after the modification of technical information on its official website, an Apple spokesperson (via 9to5mac) clarified that all previously reported performance data for the iPad Air with M2 are correct and are based on the device’s 9-core GPU.

Apple has stated that the new iPad Air is nearly 50% faster than its predecessor with the M1 chip, thanks to a higher memory bandwidth. This performance improvement is superior to previous models like the iPad Air with the A14 Bionic chip, offering up to three times better performance.

What makes all of this particularly interesting is that this marks the first time Apple sells a device with the M2 chip that features a 9-core GPU. Normally, products that incorporate this chip are available in 8- or 10-core configurations. But beyond that, why has something like this occurred?

One of the most feasible theories is that Apple is working to avoid leaks. Obtaining the specifications for unreleased devices is a very tempting opportunity for leakers to capitalize. Leakers who feed on information provided by some employees from inside the company. Sometimes, certain details of this information are modified so that, when leaked, it’s possible to trace it to the source. In this case, it would appear that the modified information turned out to be official.

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Something, it must be said, that shouldn’t have happened, but the way events have unfolded makes it more of a curiosity than anything else. The performance calculations of this new iPad are correct, as is the improvement they represent compared to the previous generation. So, with 10 cores or 9, go ahead and enjoy these new iPads.

It’s not known if the United States will ban TikTok… especially after what Donald Trump just did

The situation with TikTok in the United States is not easy to solve, especially during an election period. After both Joe Biden and Donald Trump promised to ban the social network completely if they won the elections, now the latter has created a profile and has achieved the impossible: 3.5 million followers with just one video, at the peak of his legal problems… and, paradoxically, of his popularity.

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Tik, Tok, Trump

In the video, he only says one phrase (“It is an honor for me”), enough for it to have been seen by more than 64 million people around the world with 153,000 comments. His love-hate relationship with social media is legendary, and TikTok can be the ideal place to convince young and more skeptical voters. There are only five months left until the elections and they have to use all the advertising tricks they can, after all.

Joe Biden is also on TikTok, but he has only managed to amass just under 350,000 followers for months, with videos that usually don’t exceed one million views… And the comments are clearly pro-Trump. There is still a long way to go, but if TikTok helps – as it seems it will – the former president’s career, will he dare to ban it afterward? There are only doubts right now… and very, very few certainties.

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The Mario Kart of ‘Bloodborne’ has already been released—and it is wonderful

Did I say ‘Bloodborne’? No, of course not, I’m referring to something completely different from ‘Bloodborne.’ The last thing we want is for Lilith Walther, its developer, to have problems with Sony again after receiving several lawsuits for using the title of their successful game in the promotion of their small free game born out of pure passion.

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Let’s clean the streets

In the end, the game has been called ‘Nightmare Kart’ and features 21 characters, 13 karts, and 15 tracks in a complete campaign that will include boss battles and split-screen multiplayer. And all of this while still being ‘Mario Kart,’ ‘Bloodborne,’ and, I repeat, free. It started as a joke in April 2021 and now, three years later, we can finally play without Sony getting in the way.

Walther has already received praise from critics and the public with his “demake” of ‘Bloodborne’ for PS1, and if by now FromSoftware hasn’t realized that they need him on their team, something is wrong. Obviously ‘Nightmare Kart’ doesn’t have the same intention or tone as ‘Bloodborne,’ but that’s precisely the point, no matter how much a couple of purist fans complain. They exist, though.

The best kart game is now available on itch.io (where you can also give some extra money to the authors—do it!) and soon on Steam. And it’s as meticulous, original, and fun as it is absolutely magical. You literally lose nothing by trying it, after all.

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Valve will promote Street Fighter 6 with the Steam Deck

Street Fighter 6 is a game that is performing extraordinarily well for Capcom. With its recently announced second season and with a legendary character newly arrived in the game, this fighting game is in top form. That’s why it’s not surprising that Capcom wants to give it more weight. And they have done so with a special collaboration with Valve.

Starting from June 1st, Capcom will set up six stations in six specific locations with Steam Deck where you can play Street Fighter 6 for free. This will serve as a promotion for both Street Fighter 6 and the Steam Deck, which has been available for purchase in Japan and East Asian countries since late 2022.

However, if you think the idea of touching grass and, by the way, playing Street Fighter 6 is cool, we regret to inform you that you will have to be in Japan for that. The six locations where these booths will be set up are in Osaka, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Tokoname, Ishikawa, and Shitoro. Although if you are in Japan, or plan to go to Japan this summer, you can always go to any of these points to play some rounds of Street Fighter.

This makes us wish that this campaign goes well and Capcom decides to do the same with more games—in more places. Because the times when you could play consoles and video games in stores and shopping centers should never have been lost. And now is a good time to get them back.

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The first Lara Croft anime has been announced

Surprisingly, Lara Croft has never had her own anime or animated series. Even when she was at the height of her popularity and was one of the most recognizable characters in the industry, no one did anything with her outside of the medium. A wasted potential, considering all the potential of ‘Tomb Raider’ for a series.

That’s why, if you’ve always wondered what an animated series of ‘Tomb Raider’ would be like, you don’t have to wonder anymore. Netflix has announced that they are working on ‘Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft,’ the character’s first anime. Working on it is the team from Powerhouse Animation, who have already made the Castlevania and Master of the Universe: Revelation series for Netflix—so we can expect quality work.

The series will take place after the events of ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider,’ the third and final chapter of the Crystal Dynamics reboot. According to the Netflix synopsis, Lara Croft must return home after someone has stolen a powerful Chinese artifact from Croft Manor. This will lead her to confront her true self, being forced to decide what kind of heroine she wants to be.

All of this happens during the rebirth of Lara Croft as a character—and as ‘Tomb Raider’ as a franchise. Something evident considering that Amazon is working on its own ‘Tomb Raider’ series, this time live-action, with the help of screenwriter Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who previously worked on Indiana Jones. Similarly, Amazon will also be in charge of publishing the new installment of ‘Tomb Raider,’ produced by Crystal Dynamics, which will run on Unreal Engine 5.

‘Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’ will premiere on Netflix on October 10th. And while we still have some time before we can watch it, we can take comfort in the fact that it will be released before anything Amazon is preparing.

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One of the most classic games from PlayStation returns

For many years, it seemed that Sony was not aware of its own history. Setting aside its vast legacy of past titles, disregarding them in every possible way, people who have grown up with their consoles have felt abandoned. As if the brand’s legacy meant nothing. Something that seems to be starting to change, with announcements like the one of a new ‘Astro Bot.’ Or the reissue that will blow many people’s minds.

Sony has announced that a new version of one of its classics—’Tombi!’—is going to be released. Named ‘Tomba! Special Edition,’ this version will allow the use of analog controls, have a new remastered soundtrack, allow saving the game anywhere, and rewind if we get stuck. These quality-of-life improvements are commonly seen in many reissues of old games, making them more accessible to modern sensibilities.

If you don’t know ‘Tombi!,’ it is a platform game about a wild boy with pink hair who must defeat some demonic pigs to release the cursed parts of the continent and recover his grandfather’s bracelet. A silly premise, but effective for a game with a lot of personality.

A big part of that personality is that it was a game for the first PlayStation that didn’t focus on 3D. Using 2.5D, it used 2D sprites for its characters, but the scenarios were completely in 3D. That, combined with small RPG elements, made the game, while not revolutionary, feel fresh and different from most platforms of its time. Generating a cult following that would extend to its even more acclaimed sequel, ‘Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return.’

‘Tomba! Special Edition’ will be released on August 1st for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Additionally, at a later date, it will also be released for PlayStation 4. So if you are old enough to feel nostalgic for the first PlayStation, mark the date, because you won’t want to miss this release.

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