By Ubisoft announced the other day a corporate restructure, one that led to multiple projects being cancelled, including “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” remake. In addition, two of its studios (Ubisoft Halifax and Ubisoft Stockholm) were being shut down, while others would be hit by smaller impacts. The reasoning
Taika Waititi On His “Star Wars” Film Approach
Filmmaker Taika Waititi is at the Sundance Film Festival right now playing the villain in the family adventure feature “Fing!” based on the children’s book of the same name. The New Zealand-born filmmaker, who scored raves for his helming of Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok” but not so much for its
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We meet 14-year-old Sid Bookman (Ani Palmer) in a video chat room. It’s 2006, New Zealand, still deep in the dial-up age. Talking to a guy online, Sid says she’s 18 and claims her camera’s broken. It’s not. A chubby, shirtless 35-year-old wanks off on the other side. It’s these
Sundance ‘26: ‘SILENCED’ Relitigates the Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Trial Through the Lens of Weaponized Defamation Law
Historically, men would duel to the death when their reputations were tarnished, but international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson argues that “too many men were dying that way, so they introduced defamation laws.” This was supposed to be a more civilized method—allow legal practitioners to decide what is and is
“Mercy” Shown None At The Box Office
With the intense snowy weather event pummeling a chunk of North America right now, it’s looking like this weekend at the box office will be not just the lowest of the year to date, but also down 9% on last year at the same time. The Chris Pratt and Rebecca
