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Eli Roth Admits ‘Ice Cream Man’ Features Generative AI After He “Mispoke” About Using The Technology
Director Eli Roth has admitted that generative AI was used in his new slasher film “Ice Cream Man”, after initially telling an interviewer that its animated sequences were created traditionally. The clarification followed scrutiny of the film’s credits, which list Dark Half, an AI visual effects company, prompting Roth to walk back his earlier account.…
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8 Most Universally Beloved Movie Trilogies of All Time
Collider has published a ranked list of the eight most universally beloved movie trilogies, arguing that what unites them is not individual scenes but the cumulative emotional experience of watching all three films through to a satisfying conclusion. The piece notes that most trilogies falter somewhere along the way, often in the middle instalment or…
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Bruce Springsteen shares that wife and bandmate Patti Scialfa is in cancer remission after eight years
Bruce Springsteen has revealed that his wife and E Street Band bandmate Patti Scialfa is now in remission after living with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, for more than eight years. He shared the news in a video message during a fundraiser for the Pan-Mass Challenge bike ride, which supports Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,…
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Keeping yesterday’s computers ticking takes more than nostalgia
Restoring and repairing vintage computers involves more than a knack for nostalgia and a soldering iron, according to Australian hobbyist Earie Salmon of the YouTube channel Earie’s 8-Bit Workshop. Interest in preserving decades-old machines has grown, but Salmon explains that the hobby brings distinct challenges not faced when fixing modern electronics, from sourcing obsolete components…
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New Fortnite leak teases one of the most requested collaborations is coming to the game
A newly uncovered Fortnite leak suggests that Kingdom Hearts, one of gaming’s most requested crossovers, could soon join the battle royale game. Epic Games has built a reputation for bringing rival franchises together in Fortnite, and speculation has been mounting that the next season, widely expected to be titled “Gaming Legends,” will centre on classic…
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Continuity, chaos and Rodman: how Washington Spirit are thriving in NWSL
Washington Spirit have established themselves as one of the National Women’s Soccer League’s most consistent top performers, sitting among the top two teams for a third consecutive season despite the notoriously unpredictable nature of the competition. The club’s success is notable because it has come amid significant squad turnover, including the departure of former Rookie…
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A Child of My Own review – barely believable true crime tale of desperation and delusion
A Child of My Own is a Netflix docudrama by Chilean director Maite Alberdi that recreates the extraordinary case of Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza, known as Ale, who faked a pregnancy for nine months after suffering three miscarriages and facing pressure from her husband’s family to have a child. The film mixes candy-coloured re-enactments of…
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Ice Cream Man review – Eli Roth’s junky slasher is one of year’s worst horrors
Eli Roth’s new horror film Ice Cream Man marks a significant step down from his previous effort, Thanksgiving, according to a Guardian review. It is the first release directed by Roth for his newly founded studio, the Horror Section, which aims to produce retro-styled genre content, but the film is criticised as a cheap, poorly…