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‘I Live in V.I.,’ a Social Class Satire From Nigeria, Will Dive Into Urban Alienation and Gentrification
Nigerian director Ugochukwu Azuya is developing I Live in V.I., a surreal social-class satire about a young woman’s struggle to survive in Lagos after moving there for work. The project was presented at Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors programme and won the Tabakalera–San Sebastián Film Festival Residency Award, potentially helping it progress towards production. The…
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‘Dead Souls’ Review: Alex Cox Betrays His Talent — Again — in His Latest Arid Didactic Western Doodle
Variety’s critic finds “Dead Souls”, Alex Cox’s new crowdfunded Western, a disappointing and overly didactic film. Cox plays a mysterious elderly man who arrives in an 1890 Arizona border town to collect the names of dead Mexican labourers; the review argues that the premise becomes an arid political lesson rather than compelling drama. The critic…
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‘Lilo & Stitch 2’ Drops First Look of Pink Alien Angel in Live-Action Sequel
Disney has unveiled the first image of Angel, Stitch’s pink alien love interest, in its live-action “Lilo & Stitch” sequel at D23 in Anaheim. The reveal confirms the sequel will introduce another established character from the franchise after the first live-action remake earned more than $1 billion worldwide. Angel, also called Experiment 624, is known…
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Pixar Sets Original Film ‘Ghost Market’ for Spring 2028
Pixar has announced “Ghost Market”, an original supernatural animated film scheduled for release in spring 2028. Revealed by chief content officer Pete Docter at Disney’s D23 convention, it follows Kyle, a teenage Chicago content creator who discovers a hidden Hawaiian market linking the living and the dead during a family holiday. The film is inspired…
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Courtney Love Reveals She ‘Almost Died’ in 2019 Amid Mystery Illness
Courtney Love has said she “almost died” during an unspecified illness after moving from Los Angeles to London in 2019, but has since recovered and is now healthy. She shared the account while updating fans on a completed new album, signalling a return to music despite ruling out a Hole reunion. Love said the illness…
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Netflix’s Near-Perfect 8-Part Horror Thriller Is a Nightmare You’ll Binge in One Weekend
Netflix’s eight-part horror thriller Archive 81 is being highlighted as a distinctive, binge-worthy series despite its cancellation after one season. The article argues that its mix of analogue horror, cosmic dread and mystery has aged well, particularly as Netflix’s earlier emphasis on ambitious horror projects has diminished. Created by Rebecca Sonnenshine and released in 2022,…
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Trump’s fight over rarely used 18th-century deportation law lives on in latest court clash
The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed as moot a legal challenge to President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The ruling ends that particular case without deciding whether the administration’s use of the 1798 law was lawful, leaving the broader dispute…
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WoW’s haunted: Players report that their disconnected friends’ characters are starting to play the game on their own
World of Warcraft players have reported an unusual apparent bug in which characters belonging to friends who have disconnected seem to continue acting in the game. The reports have prompted speculation and concern within the community, as they suggest that a player character may remain active after its owner loses connection. The available article text…
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‘Widow’s Bay’ Cinematographer Christian Sprenger on How ‘Jaws’ and ‘The Shining’ Influenced the Show’s Visual Style
Cinematographer Christian Sprenger says Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” was designed to balance comedy and horror without revealing its tone too early. Drawing on the visual language of 1970s films such as “Jaws” and “The Shining”, the team aimed for a nostalgic, realistic look in which tension comes from pacing and anticipation rather than heavily shadowed…
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PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
Nine PBS, a public television station in St Louis, is seeking court-ordered access to around 50TB of archived material after its cloud storage provider, Open Source Storage, apparently ceased operating and stopped responding. The case matters because much of the collection, spanning roughly 70 years, is said to be unique and irreplaceable, including local historical…