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Godzilla Minus Zero to make world premiere at New York Film Festival
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” will have its world premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival, organisers at Film at Lincoln Center announced. The film is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One,” and its selection as the festival’s Spotlight Gala underlines the continued critical standing of Yamazaki’s rebooted franchise more…
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Post-trade deadline futures bets worth taking on the World Series and division winners
This sports betting column from OutKick discusses how Major League Baseball’s trade deadline, which has just passed, affects wagers on World Series and division winners. The author argues that the flurry of trades signals which teams are beginning or continuing to “tank” for the remainder of the season, meaning bettors should reassess their existing futures…
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Is 8GB VRAM enough for a graphics card in 2026? Yes, but GPU makers should still try harder
Rock Paper Shotgun tested whether 8GB of VRAM remains adequate for a graphics card in 2026, given that most low-end and mid-range GPUs still ship with this amount despite complaints from enthusiasts that it’s insufficient. The author swapped their 24GB Radeon 7900 XTX for a borrowed 8GB RTX 4060 Ti and played a range of…
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Meet the £1m-rated non-league star Abdulmalik
Boreham Wood, an English National League club, has received a £1m bid from Swedish top-flight side Djurgården for 23-year-old forward Abdul Abdulmalik, one of the more unusual transfer sagas of the summer. The figure matters because it would equal the record direct sale by a National League club, matching the fee Leicester City paid Fleetwood…
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PS5 Drops to $30 in Best Buy’s Back to School Sale
Grab Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PS5 for just $30 at Best Buy, saving $40 during the Back to School sale—and unlock the Spider-Man: Brand New Day suit right now.
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109 Years Ago Today, the “Father of Country Music” Recorded His First Songs at a Furniture Store in Tennessee
This week marks 109 years since Jimmie Rodgers, later dubbed the “Father of Country Music”, recorded his first solo songs on 4 August 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee, at a session held above a furniture and hat company building. The recordings, made for Ralph Peer of the Victor Talking Machine Company, are regarded as a foundational…
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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost
UK poetry sales are heading for a record year, driven largely by the success of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. The surge matters because it shows a cinematic release can dramatically revive interest in an ancient text, pushing poetry further from its academic roots into mainstream, gift-friendly territory alongside the rise…
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Violent Night 2 director reveals a disturbing scene inspired by horror master Sam Raimi
Director Tommy Wirkola has previewed Violent Night 2, the sequel to the 2022 action comedy in which David Harbour plays a foul-mouthed, murderous Santa Claus. Speaking to Polygon, Wirkola and producer Kelly McCormick revealed that the new film sees Santa taking the wrong lessons from his first outing, becoming so obsessed with punishing the “naughty”…
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Taking Back Sunday announce ‘Louder Now’ 20th anniversary reissue with bonus 7″ (exclusive vinyl)
TBS also have a special show celebrating ‘Louder Now’ at Red Rocks in October.
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‘He’s tiny, dumpy and funny – so his BMX tricks are hilarious’: Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, an adorable slice-of-life adventure
Kyoto-based studio Denkiworks has unveiled Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, a debut slice-of-life adventure game starring Pon, a freeloading tanuki (raccoon dog) who has emptied the coffers of his home shrine on video games and snacks instead of saving for its 50th-anniversary festival. To fund repairs and buy festival attire, Pon takes a job delivering parcels by…