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At first glance, “The Cut” seems to be a standard-issue boxing film about a out-of-nowhere contender being given an unexpected shot at a big match—the kind of basic underdog sports drama that never seems to go out of style. However, anyone in the mood for such a thing who decides to go and see it may be more than a …

A tight, twisty script, meaningful stakes, a top director (Darren Aronofsky), and an A-plus cast have delivered a satisfyingly sharp thriller, “Caught Stealing.” It is also the most powerful PSA for wearing your seatbelt than any movie since the one they showed us in high school Driver’s Ed. Austin Butler, continuing to impress, plays Hank, a sweet bartender and the …

Did you ever wonder how it’s possible to have secure communication in an age of near-total surveillance? “Relay” lays out a possible scenario, using details of a real-world service that “enable(s) people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind or those with a Speech Disability to place and receive phone calls.”  In this movie, a same-named company uses the technology …

As the summer of 2025 enters its final days, actress Sydney Sweeney has proven to be one of the most ubiquitous figures in popular culture during that time. Over the last couple of months, she has co-starred with Julianne Moore in the Apple TV movie “Echo Valley,” put her name on both a bar soap purportedly made with her own …

Being a kid is hard enough without adding the loss of a parent to your already overstretched emotional bandwidth. This is something writer-director Seth Worley knows well and explores in his wondrous family film “Sketch.”  When I wrote about the film after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, I praised it for being a “big, warm-hearted …

Google AI summary feature deals blow to link clicks and website traffic  Euronews.com Online news publishers face ‘extinction-level event’ from Google’s AI-powered search  NPR You might be ghosting the internet. Can it survive?  BBC New ways to learn and explore with AI Mode in Search  The Keyword AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink  Yahoo Home Source link

There’s something inherently romantic about traveling. It’s the chance to learn more about the world, step outside of your comfort zone, and see the things you only heard about before in books or movies. Meeting new people abroad also presents the possibility of finding new love. There’s a swoon-worthy subgenre of romantic films about finding love between tourist stops, like …

This latest installment in the saga of the Smurfs features a surprising new development in the history of the little blue guys, created by Belgian comic artist Peyo (Pierre Culliford) in 1958. For almost 70 years, each of the hundred or so Smurfs has been named for a sole defining characteristic, like Lazy, Grouchy, Baker, or Doctor. Then there is …