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CBS’s Ambitious ‘NCIS’ Formula Change Gives Its Newest Series a Major Advantage
CBS is taking an unusual approach with its newest NCIS spinoff, NCIS: New York, by actually filming the series on location in New York City rather than recreating the setting elsewhere. This marks a departure from franchise norms, as previous entries such as NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: Origins were largely shot on the Paramount…
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The “hard” 1979 song Bob Seger didn’t want to sing forever
It’s just too high! The post The “hard” 1979 song Bob Seger didn’t want to sing forever first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Nintendo Wipes Out Hundreds Of Switch Emulator Repositories
Nintendo has removed more than 400 GitHub repositories linked to Nintendo Switch emulators in a single coordinated sweep, filing seven DMCA anti-circumvention notices earlier this week. The takedowns targeted forks and networks associated with Suyu, Skyline and Yuzu, with Nintendo arguing the emulators unlawfully bypass the technological protections that guard its games’ encryption keys. The…
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Prime Video’s 8-Part Historical Drama Adaptation Is Officially a Global Smash
Prime Video’s eight-part adaptation of Isabel Allende’s 1982 novel The House of the Spirits has become a global hit, earning praise for capturing the source material’s blend of multigenerational family saga, magical realism and political tragedy more faithfully than most literary adaptations manage. The series follows the Trueba family across decades in an unnamed Latin…
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‘Spa Weekend’ Review: Leslie Mann and Isla Fisher in a High-Concept Comedy Without the Comic Highs
I watched “Spa Weekend” and realized that the genre it’s in — the high-concept movie with the concept in the title, the comedy that puts out a vibe of “Look, I’m crass and dumb and obvious! And that’s why you like me!” — may be entering its twilight zone.
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12 Years Later, the Best Fantasy Video Game Quote of the 2010s Still Hits Hard
An article marking the twelfth anniversary of Dragon Age: Inquisition revisits what it calls the standout fantasy video game quote of the 2010s, delivered by the villain Corypheus during the “In Your Heart Shall Burn” mission. BioWare’s 2014 release won the first-ever Game of the Year award at the Game Awards and is remembered for…
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Israel-Gaza film sparks boycott row as Tesla joins mass China recall
Pro-Palestinian campaigners in Lebanon, Jordan and other Arab countries have called for a boycott of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, arguing that ticket sales would support producer Avi Arad, whom they say has publicly backed Israel during the Gaza war. The campaign centres on Arad’s political statements and past Israeli military service, rather than the…
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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky, the founder of AI-and-biology startup Outer Biosciences and partner of Lady Gaga, has revealed that his company has spent years developing methods to keep living human tissue alive outside the body, reportedly for over a month at a time, in order to train an AI model on it. The work had been kept…
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“I can revisit that world”: The 1977 movie David Lynch called “next door to a perfect film”
Timeless. The post “I can revisit that world”: The 1977 movie David Lynch called “next door to a perfect film” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Ronnie Wood interview: The Stones’ new album, a new Faces album, and Einstein. “We have to be honest about the sickness in the land. There’s a lot of bad things going on”
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has discussed the band’s new album, Foreign Tongues, describing it as anything but a nostalgic exercise despite the band’s decades-long history. Working with producer Andrew Watt, Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards say they recaptured the disciplined studio approach of their early years, channelling that energy into songs that confront…