Netflix has an odd way of celebrating the holiday season. No, I’m not talking about Hot Frosty, a popular movie offering that sees Frosty the Snowman transformed into a hot human man with abs. I’m talking about Carry-On, a thriller set during the holidays that chronicles the desperate situation a young TSA agent named Ethan, played by Taron Egerton, finds himself in during his busy shift on Christmas Day. A mysterious and unseen traveler blackmails Ethan into letting a suspicious package through on a plane that’s about to leave the airport. If he doesn’t comply, his pregnant girlfriend will die.…
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For the holiday season, it’s a great idea to take advantage of the available phone deals for an upgrade. If you’re an Android fan, you should check out this offer from Best Buy for the Google Pixel 9, which was just launched a few months ago. The smartphone’s 128GB model is on sale with a $150 discount that brings its price down to a more affordable $649 from $799. You’re going to want to hurry with your purchase if you’re interested, though, as we’re not sure how much time is remaining before this bargain gets taken down. Why you should…
For much of his career, Paul Thomas Anderson has excavated the grimy, sun-soaked past of California, the state he was born in and has long called home. In Boogie Nights, he explored the pornography boom of the late 1970s in the San Fernando Valley, a literally over-the-hill region of Los Angeles he’s returned to repeatedly in Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, and Licorice Pizza. Even There Will Be Blood, the severe, twisted 2007 epic many still consider Anderson’s greatest achievement, spends most of its towering runtime on the oil boom that partly built Los Angeles. Inherent Vice – Official Trailer Most of…
Jaume Collet-Serra is well-versed in the mid-budget action thriller. Since 2011, Collet-Serra has made several smart, gripping thrillers, from Unknown and Non-Stop to Run All Night and The Commuter. All four are high-concept movies with memorable settings, heart-stopping action, and a pissed-off Liam Neeson. Collet-Serra, having helmed two big-budget blockbusters—Jungle Cruise and Black Adam—returns to his signature genre (albeit without Neeson) with Netflix’s Carry-On. It’s Christmas Eve, and TSA Agent Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) is about to work during one of the airport’s busiest days. All is well until Ethan finds a mysterious earpiece in one of the security bins. On…
If Kraven the Hunter really is the final film in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, then the franchise is going out fittingly, not with a bang but a whimper. Between its early Thursday previews and opening Friday screenings, Variety reports that the J.C. Chandor-directed superhero film has so far grossed only $4.7 million at the domestic box office. If that seems low to you, that’s because it is. Earlier this year, Sony’s Madame Web, which became the subject of even more mocking memes and poor reviews than Kraven the Hunter, fared better. The Dakota Johnson-starring film, Madame Web, outperformed Kraven the Hunter…
The survey, conducted among a sample of 23,000 electric vehicle drivers worldwide, revealed that just 1% would return to a petrol or diesel vehicle, while 4% would choose a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) if they needed to replace their vehicle. As Petter Haugneland, assistant secretary general of the Norwegian EV Association, reports, “the results confirm that electric vehicle drivers are extremely satisfied with their choice, and reports of a decline in the popularity of electric vehicles are largely exaggerated. According to research firm TrendForce, global sales of electric vehicles, including hybrids and PHEVs, are expected to reach 16.26 million in 2024,…
The transition team of president-elect Donald Trump is planning to end existing car-crash reporting requirements to safety regulators, according to a Reuters report. The report cites a document obtained by Reuters which lays out the transition team’s 100-day strategy for automotive policy. In the document, the team says the crash-reporting requirement leads to “excessive” data collection, Reuters says. The requirement has been denounced by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has spent over a quarter billion dollars to help Trump get elected. Musk has also been nominated by Trump to lead what would be a newly-created “Department of Government Efficiency The…
In the wake of the release of OpenAI’s o1, a so-called reasoning model, there’s been an explosion of reasoning models from rival AI labs. In early November, DeepSeek, an AI research company funded by quantitative traders, launched a preview of its first reasoning algorithm, DeepSeek-R1. That same month, Alibaba’s Qwen team unveiled what it claims is the first “open” challenger to o1. So what opened the floodgates? Well, for one, the search for novel approaches to refine generative AI tech. As my colleague Max Zeff recently reported, “brute force” techniques to scale up models are no longer yielding the improvements…
This was a turbulent year in the world of Windows laptops. The introduction of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips completely changed the game — and I don’t say that lightly. They entered the market in such a forceful way that both AMD and Intel were forced to respond quickly with their own more power-efficient chips that could compete. Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2, otherwise known as Lunar Lake, attempted to beat Qualcomm at its own game, boasting a dramatic improvement in battery life. Recommended Videos But now that the dust has settled a bit, which chip results in the best laptops…
If you’re willing to spend on headphone deals, you should set your sights on one of the best options out there: the Bose QuietComfort Ultra. You can get these amazing wireless headphones with a $100 discount from Bose itself, which slashes their price from $429 to a more affordable $329. The offer will remain online until December 29. While you still have time before it expires, we highly recommend completing your purchase as soon as possible just to make sure you don’t forget to take advantage of this excellent bargain. Why you should buy the Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones “Noise…
