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17 Years Later, This Legendary Star’s Final Film Is Officially Streaming Free
Terry Gilliam’s *The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus*, the final film completed by Heath Ledger before his death in January 2008, is now streaming free on Tubi. The fantasy drama had a fraught path to completion: Ledger had shot only a third of his scenes when he died, threatening to derail the entire production, since his…
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Super Mario Galaxy Movie Directly Led To New Star Fox And Yoshi Games, Miyamoto Confirms
Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie directly prompted Nintendo to develop new Star Fox and Yoshi games, in an interview with Famitsu covered by Nintendo Everything. He explained that once the studio decided to write Fox McCloud and Yoshi into the film, this created momentum for accompanying game projects, though he…
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Blasphemous and Sekiro enjoyers may savour the boss rushing of Rubinite, a dark fantasy action RPG about a red-eyed murder princess
Rubinite, a new boss-rush action RPG from Gameworks Ventures and Cup Dog Games, has launched on sale via Steam. The dark fantasy title casts players as Ruby, an exiled princess of the conquered Scarlet Kingdom, who must fight through a gauntlet of grotesque sentinels to reach and defeat the sorceress responsible. It stands out for…
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Toe-curling moment US ambassador is read Ed Miliband’s comments about ‘racist idiot’ Donald Trump – as new Foreign Secretary prepares to head for Washington
A newly surfaced comment in which Energy Secretary Ed Miliband once branded Donald Trump a “racist idiot” was put to the US ambassador in an awkward on-record moment, causing visible discomfort. The timing is pointed, as it comes just as Britain’s new Foreign Secretary prepares to travel to Washington for talks, raising questions about how…
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‘Ted Lasso’ Star Toheeb Jimoh & ‘Snow White’s Dujonna Gift Leading BBC’s ‘Open Water’ Adaptation
The BBC has cast Toheeb Jimoh, best known as Emmy-nominated Sam in Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, and Dujonna Gift, who appeared in Disney’s 2025 Snow White, to lead its television adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut novel Open Water. Jimoh plays Marcus, a retail worker pursuing photography, opposite Gift’s Effie, a dance student in Dublin;…
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Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Leak Reveals More Than 100 Scrapped Designs, Including Unseen Creatures and Missing Evolutions
A previously unseen Game Freak documentary has leaked online, revealing more than 100 scrapped designs from the development of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, including cut creatures, missing evolutions and alternative early versions of familiar species. The find matters to fans because Game Freak keeps its design process tightly guarded, and material like this offers a…
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‘Far beyond anything we had predicted’: Framework says its supplier’s memory prices are ‘more than double’ its previous shipment
Framework, the company known for its repairable, modular laptops, has said that memory prices from its supplier have risen dramatically, describing the increase as “far beyond anything we had predicted.” The firm noted that its supplier’s latest quoted prices for memory are “more than double” those of its previous shipment, reflecting a wider surge in…
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The music in Nolan’s Odyssey is as well-crafted – and bloodlessly unmemorable – as the movie itself
In a Guardian opinion piece, composer Tom Smail assesses Ludwig Göransson’s score for Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Odyssey, arguing it is technically accomplished but ultimately fails to leave a lasting impression, mirroring what he sees as the film’s own emotional flatness. Smail, who has personal experience composing in a similar vein, praises the ambition of…
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‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out
US measles cases have hit a 35-year high, with combined totals from this year and last exceeding the sum of the previous 25 years, driven largely by domestic outbreaks linked to falling vaccination rates. For the first time in 25 years, the country no longer meets the criterion for having eliminated measles, since Utah’s outbreak…
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Xbox version of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game delayed by over a month, less than 24 hours before launch
The Xbox release of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game has been delayed by more than a month, with developer PM Studios making the announcement less than 24 hours before the game’s scheduled launch. The publisher cited “unforeseen circumstances on a backend feature” as the reason, pushing the Xbox version back to 3rd September. The late…