Trying to position every movie as relevant to the moment has become a perennial awards season tactic. It needs to go.
Tim Allen: ‘I Kind Of Liked’ That Trump Pissed People Off
“Once I realized that the last president pissed people off, I kind of liked that,” the star revealed.
Mortal Kombat Movie Aims To Have The Best Fight Scenes Ever On Film
The director of the Mortal Kombat movie is promising that the video game adaptation will feature some epic fight scenes befitting of the Mortal Kombat name.
Simon McQuoid–an Australian commercials director who makes his feature directorial debut with Mortal Kombat–told Collider that the goal was to create the best fight scenes ever committed to film.
“The fights themselves, what we’ve attempted to do… is to innovate within,” he said. “To drive character forward and story forward within the fight. So we spent a lot of time on that. The fight team are incredible on this movie. The first thing I said to Kyle [Gardiner], who is the stunt coordinator, he runs the whole thing, I said to him, ‘Ok Kyle, we have to make the best fights that have ever been on film. So, no pressure.’ … But it was really about building character and story within the fight itself so it didn’t just feel like a plugin. It actually felt like part of the scene and part of the act.”
A Betsy DeVos Holdover Is Still In Charge Of America’s Student Loans
Advocates want Joe Biden and Miguel Cardona to oust Mark Brown, the head of Federal Student Aid.
AMD Reveals RX 6700 XT For $479, Out This March
AMD has announced its mainstream RDNA 2-powered GPU, with the RX 6700 XT set to launch on March 18.
This is the most affordable GPU in the 6000 series yet, with specs that target 1440p for maximum performance. This pits it against Nvidia’s RTX 3070 and less powerful RTX 3060 Ti, with AMD nestling in between the two with its $479 MSRP. Of course, if the past few months have been any indication, that figure might not count for anything, considering the inflation of GPU pricing due to stock shortages.
If you can snag one at release for anywhere close to the recommend price, AMD is promising performance on par and, in some cases, exceeding that of the RTX 3070. In its internal benchmarks, AMD has the RX 6700 XT beating its Nvidia rival in many modern titles. What isn’t as clear in the image is that the benchmarks are making use of AMD’s Smart Access Memory boost for increased performance, a feature which Nvidia hasn’t yet rolled out to the RTX 3070.
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Madden 22 Will Have A Better Franchise Mode, EA Says
EA Sports has pledged to deliver a better Franchise mode experience for Madden NFL 22 following criticisms of the mode in the latest game. The promise came from executive producer Seann Graddy, who also spoke about the final update to Madden NFL 21‘s Franchise mode, which is launching this week with a number of notable changes.
For Madden NFL 22, Graddy said in a blog post, “In Madden 22, work is well underway. We’re collecting input from a number of resources to ensure that we deliver a Franchise experience that our fans want. This includes feedback from you, the community; [and] of course our Game Changers, and the many passionate Franchise fans that work on the development team.”
“The Franchise community continues to be incredibly important to us. On behalf of the entire Madden NFL team, we can’t wait to share with you what we’re working on for Madden NFL 22, so please, stay tuned,” he added.
The World Finally Started Cutting Climate Pollution. Now It Needs To Multiply That By 10.
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Brian David Gilbert Answers 27 Questions
What’s Brian David Gilbert’s favorite nail polish? How tall is he? And most importantly, how does he like his eggs? BDG answers those and more in this special Q&A.Cinema Chain Alamo Drafthouse Files For Chapter 11
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a popular cinema chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, has filed for Chapter 11. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the chain, which also has locations in states including New York, Virginia, and California, has a deal in place to sell its assets to Altamont Capital and Fortress Investment Group–which will allow Alamo to restructure its business and try to weather the storm of the coronavirus’s impact on its business.
“The transaction will provide the company with much-needed incremental financing to stabilize the business during the pandemic, which has had an unprecedented and outsized impact upon the movie theater and dining industries,” a statement from the company said (via the Austin American-Statesman). “More importantly, it will position Alamo Drafthouse to return to growth and continue executing on its long-term strategic vision.”
The Alamo was an early adopter of what became an emerging trend last year among movie theaters: Allowing patrons to rent theaters for private viewing parties. As this filing indicates, the novel manuever was not enough to buoy business.