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Ben-Hur's Unexpected Roots in the American West

Hollywood’s Golden Age epics feel unlike modern filmmaking, and Ben-Hur stands as one of their loftiest examples. The film was adapted from Lew Wallace’s novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, first published in 1880; for decades it ranked second only to the Bible in sales until Margaret

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Anthony Head and partner Sarah Fisher died months apart

Anthony Head, the actor best known as Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died on Friday at age 72 of "complications due to pneumonia." His longtime partner, Sarah Fisher, died suddenly on Jan. 1 at age 61, their daughters Emily and Daisy said in a Facebook post

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Everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2026

Summer Game Fest returned with one world premiere after another, delivering a steady stream of reveals across genres. The livestream mixed new trailers, remakes and sequels with a few ads and small trailers for games that were already known. Early highlights included the Resident Evil Veronica remake, a new hand‑

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Cat Caffeine — a cozy idle ASMR cat café

Cat Caffeine is a cozy idle ASMR cat café that lives on your screen. Available on PC, the game pairs point-and-click mechanics with an indie presentation. Players serve customers and decorate the café while they work or relax, allowing the experience to run quietly in the background as a calming

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How 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Connects to a Tom Hanks Crime Thriller

The Mandalorian and Grogu connects to Tom Hanks' crime thriller Road to Perdition through a shared source: the manga Lone Wolf and Cub, first published in 1970 and running until 1976. The series follows Ogami Ittō and his infant son Daigorō along the "demon road", pairing samurai

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Family donkey-trekking holiday in the Spanish Pyrenees

As my donkey bent his head to another thistle I watched layers of mountains recede in deepening shades of eggshell blue, accompanied only by wind, marmot squeals and the giggles of my two young children. Our animals were on loan from Burrotrek, run by Swiss-born Denise Wirth, who after walking

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Horror survival quiz: which villain could you survive?

A horror survival quiz uses eight questions to figure out which horror villain you have the best chance of surviving. Five killers. Five completely different ways to die — if you're not smart enough, fast enough, or self-aware enough to avoid it. Only one of them is the villain

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Szkeletal: Estrogen Dracul’s Potato Hunger

Szkeletal: Estrogen Dracul’s Potato Hunger (Polish: SZKELETAL: Ziemniaczkowy Głód Estrogenowego Drakula) is a 2D top-down action roguelite and bullet heaven game available on PC. Developed by Wypok Games, it is heavily inspired by the gameplay loop of titles like Vampire Survivors. The game serves as a satirical parody of

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John Wick: Chapter 5 — What We Know

Lionsgate has long signaled interest in a fifth John Wick film, but production has not yet begun. Plans first surfaced in 2020 and director Chad Stahelski later said Chapters 4 and 5 could not be filmed back-to-back because he needed time to develop the next story. At CinemaCon in April

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Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

A short sci‑fi survival quiz asks eight questions to determine which world your instincts were built for. It compares five very different futures: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, and Star Wars. The questionnaire probes how you react when things go wrong — whether you pull on every thread

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PlatinumGames to helm TMNT: The Last Ronin; teaser debuts at Summer Game Fest

At Summer Game Fest, Paramount Games revealed that PlatinumGames has taken over development of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, a title first announced in 2023. The short teaser offers a cinematic look at a grim, futuristic New York and carries the tagline, "When all that remains is

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Alan Ritchson’s War Machine Sequel Deepens Reacher-Like Role

Reacher Season 4 remains one of the most anticipated Alan Ritchson projects, but fans have another reason to be excited: Ritchson now fronts two action franchises. The new role doesn't tie canonically to Reacher, yet viewers who enjoy the Prime Video series will likely appreciate seeing him lead

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Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie?

A ten-question quiz matches readers to one of five Best Picture winners — Parasite, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Oppenheimer, Birdman, and No Country for Old Men — to find the film that was made for the way your mind works. Parasite, by Bong Joon‑ho, rewards close attention: it starts in

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Hot Shot: Robot Attack

Hot Shot: Robot Attack is a retro on-rails shooter where you take on missions to fight the robot uprising and bring peace to the world. Choose your targets carefully to build combos and manage your heat level. The game emphasizes precision — every shot you make counts. Games metadata is powered

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Tom Hardy Poised to Revive Thriller Series Taboo After Nine Years

Tom Hardy's recent dismissal from MobLand has left his schedule clearer and raised hopes that he can finally return to Taboo. The eight-episode thriller, created by Hardy and his father Chips, is set in the 1800s and follows James Delaney as he returns to the UK after more

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Tim Dowling: I’m on an ebiking holiday in Romania. There will be blood

I’m on a plane, in the middle seat between my wife – on the aisle – and a stranger who is occupied on her phone. My wife, a nervous flyer, is in a restless mood; she snatches my laptop and begins typing. At the bottom of the screen, under the half-completed

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Tom Cruise’s Collateral Is Streaming Free on Pluto

Michael Mann’s 120-minute crime thriller Collateral is streaming for free on Pluto this month. The film follows Max, a cab driver whose night goes awry when he picks up Vincent, a contract killer who forces him to drive from target to target across Los Angeles. Tom Cruise stars as

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Dua Lipa kicks off wedding weekend in white leather and feathers

Dua Lipa arrived in Palermo to begin wedding festivities wearing a custom white woven leather Bottega Veneta gown by Louise Trotter. The backless halter was made in the house’s Intrecciato weaving technique and fell into a dramatic fringed skirt with fluttering feathers; she carried a matching Andiamo clutch trimmed

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James Handy’s girlfriend says accused killer had schizophrenia, stopped meds

Wendy Gledhill told TMZ that her son, Michael Gledhill, who has been accused of stabbing James Handy two days earlier, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in July 2025 and prescribed medication. She said she learned he had stopped taking the medicine a week before the fatal stabbing outside Handy'

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I feared Control Resonant wouldn't feel like Control — then I got lost

Remedy is taking a big swing with Control Resonant, ditching the familiar primary pistols in favor of a character action approach. It leans on hot‑swappable weapons, combos, air juggles, and a lot of skill trees; Dylan Faden's melee moveset, powered by a shapeshifting staff called the Aberrant,

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Control Resonant preview: Remedy pivots to hack-and-slash action

Remedy Entertainment’s sequel, Control Resonant, shifts sharply from the telekinetic third-person shooter of 2019 to a hack-and-slash action game. The playable hero is new: Dylan Faden awakens as a living weapon shaped by the Federal Bureau of Control and sets out to find his sister Jesse, while The Oldest

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Amanda Batula caught spitting into West Wilson's mouth in Sicily

A video shared on Deuxmoi shows Amanda Batula spitting into West Wilson's mouth while the pair dined at an outdoor restaurant in Taormina, Sicily. In the clip Wilson can be seen opening his mouth as Batula leans in. Wilson wore a black baseball cap and a navy button-down,

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That's No Moon's Crossfire is a singleplayer stealth-forward shooter

Los Angeles studio That's No Moon unveiled Crossfire, a surprising departure from the name's history. Backed by Smilegate yet staffed by developers who cut their teeth at Naughty Dog, the studio has built a singleplayer, third-person, stealth-forward tactical shooter. The game centers on Layla Qassem, voiced

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Stranger Than Heaven adds Tupac to cast, launches January 2027

Stranger Than Heaven is an upcoming action-adventure from Sega and RGG Studio that ties into the Yakuza series. A trailer shown at Summer Game Fest revealed a January 2027 release and ended with a shot of rapper Tupac in the game. Tupac Shakur died in 1996 at age 25 and

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Tracker Loses Most-Watched TV Show Crown to Taylor Sheridan Spin-off

Tracker had become network television’s most-watched broadcast series, drawing between 10 and 18 million viewers per episode and later registering 16.4 million in Nielsen’s 35-day multiplatform ranker. That lead has shifted: Taylor Sheridan’s Marshals logged 20.7 million viewers in the same ranking and now sits