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Warning: SPOILERS Below for Dark Phoenix: Dark Phoenix seems to be copying a lot of plot points that were also used in X-Men: The Last Stand. Writer-director Simon Kinberg is taking his second stab at adapting the classic X-Men story The Dark Phoenix Saga and he is repeating several key elements that fans saw in Brett Ratner’s The Last Stand, which Kinberg co-wrote. X-Men: The Last Stand mashed together the stories of The Dark Phoenix Saga with Joss Whedon’s Gifted story arc....

Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix could become Disney’s first X-Men movie. It’s been almost one year since the Mouse House made their first bid to acquire 21st Century Fox’s movie and TV assets, which includes world-renowned Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox. Of course, they spent several months following their initial offer in a bidding war with other entertainment companies out there, such as Comcast. But after making some concessions and upping their bid from $52....

After her time as a writer on HBO’s The Deuce it seemed inevitable that author Megan Abbott would bring an adaptation of one of her novels to television. As it turns out, USA was the network with the foresight to do just that, turning Abbott’s Dare Me into a smart, dark thriller that’s as enticingly unconventional as it is deliberately paced, making for a must-see series to close out 2019 and continue on into 2020....

Darkroom is a popular photo editing app for iPhone and iPad with a suite of powerful features, such as RAW support and Portrait editing. In an update today, Darkroom has added a pair of new features, but also switched its business model. With today’s update, Darkroom for iPhone and iPad is now a subscription-based application. The key thing to note here, however, is that this only affects new Darkroom users. Anyone who paid for Darkroom in the past will get “access to all premium features today....

Crowdfunding campaigns from sites like Kickstart and Indiegogo are great ways to support cool projects, but it can be difficult sometimes find the gems at times. Rather than make you sift through all of these projects, we’re tracking down the best or most notable crowdfunding projects from around the web and delivering them to you in a simple roundup. If there’s a project that you’ve backed – or even a project that you founded – be sure to leave a link below so it can be considered for the next roundup....

Update: Score this app bundle for $48 when you apply promo code MACSAVE20. This is the second-best price we’ve tracked on this bundle which includes over $1,300 worth of value. We’re kicking off Cyber Monday with a very notable Mac app deal here at 9to5Toys, one that delivers some of the most popular apps out there at new all-time low prices. This year’s Limited Edition Mac App Bundle delivers big names like Parallels Desktop (1-year), TextExpander, Aurora HDR, and more at rock-bottom pricing....

NOTE: This article contains SPOILERS for Cyborg #19 - The Justice League superhero Cyborg may need a new name, now that he’s gotten his human body back. To the average comic book fan, getting a cybernetic upgrade equipped with alien technology and weaponry might seem like a ream come true - it’s permission to fight the villains of the DC Comics universe alongside Superman and Batman, after all. But for Victor Stone, being transformed against his will into the hero known as ‘Cyborg’ is a nightmare that continues to haunt the edges of his mind....

Life has imitated art, with veteran actor and action star Danny Trejo rescuing a baby from a car accident. The actor is one of the busiest in Hollywood, having broken into movies back in the 1980s and working consistently to this day. In recent years, Trejo has appeared in everything from such critically acclaimed dramas as Breaking Bad to popular comic book adaptations as The Flash. On the big screen, in recent years he reprised his Spy Kids role in the cult-favorite standalone Machete film and its sequel, Machete Kills....

Based around everyday people that discover they have superhuman abilities, the Heroes franchise brought a fresh perspective to the superhero genre. As one of the few shows not based on established comic book heroes, the series explored the intertwining stories of 14 characters brought together for a more substantial purpose. Using the storytelling style and action sequences similar to comic books, the series became a favorite among viewers and critics alike....

From Software last released the third title of Dark Souls, and the trilogy has been a huge success for the franchise. It is one of the most popular games out there, and fans of the trilogy are eagerly for the fourth version of the game to launch. Currently, From Software is working relentlessly to release Elden Ring, and it is coming to the masses soon. But what about the sequel to the Dark Souls trilogy?...

Since the Victorian era, crime fiction has been a popular genre across various mediums including books movies and TV shows. Yet there are some exemplary works that have not only stood out on their own but also influenced the genre itself. One such example is CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a show that ran for fifteen seasons on CBS with multiple spinoffs in its chronology. Whereas previous crime shows focused on detectives and attorneys, this one was about the specialists who provided physical evidence of crimes....

Cyberpunk 2077’s first-person focus is the right choice for CD Projekt Red’s upcoming open-world RPG title, according to level designer Max Pears. Cyberpunk 2077 made headlines recently by announcing that almost all of the game would be locked into first-person view, including most of the game’s cutscenes. It’s a dramatic departure for a studio that made its name on The Witcher series, a critically-acclaimed trilogy of video games that all featured third-person cutscenes where the player could see what their version of Geralt looked like and how he responded to certain cues....

[This is a review of Daredevil season 2, episode 13. There will be SPOILERS.] - The end of Daredevil season 1 was filled with promise. It ended with the sort of heroic “and then…” that saw a newly christened superhero leap off screen in pursuit of more justice. It was the sort of ending that assured audiences there was in fact more to this story of a blind lawyer who dresses up in a costume at night to punch bad people until they stop doing bad things....

UPDATE: A representative for Tuque Games confirmed with Screen Rant that Dark Alliance will now definitely support drop-in and local co-op play. The original article follows. Now that the world has seen Dark Alliance, the spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2, developer Tuque Games has also revealed that the game wants to resurrect couch co-op as a modern gaming design choice. Dark Alliance will follow the adventures of Drizzt Do’Urden, the drow created and made famous by author R....

Check out this amazing comics-inspired poster for the forthcoming X-Men movie, Dark Phoenix. Featuring the second generation X-Men cast that was introduced in 2011’s First Class, Dark Phoenix puts Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey front and center, adapting the classic comic book arc of the same name in which Jean is taken over by a powerful psychic force. The movie features returning faces such as James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Alexandra Shipp, and will also include a new villainous character portrayed by Jessica Chastain....

The popular Darkroom photo editing app for iPhone and iPad has been updated this weekend with major under-the-hood performance improvements. This includes a rebuilt depth engine, RAW editing improvements, and much more. The Darkroom developers say that the rendering engine has been rebuilt to “dramatically improve the performance, stability, and reliability” of photo editing in the app. The year-long process impacted 50% of the Darkroom code, bringing improvements to performance throughout many features in the app....

With the latest update, Chrome 77 has gotten a lot of features and enhancements that the users were waiting for. Example, there is the new customization and theming option, tab grouping, and previews, simple share between two devices, etc. These features all in all makes the Google Chrome 77, a fully packed web browser. One of the main feature that this new update brought in for the Chrome web browser, is the theming options....

The Cyberpunk 2077 demo from E3 2019 that was shown behind closed doors will finally be going public at PAX West 2019, according to developer CD Projekt Red’s global community lead Marcin Momot. Cyberpunk 2077 was a contender for the best game shown at the conference this year, with many suggesting it smoothed over some of their fears regarding the title’s design direction, in particular how it would handle first-person combat after CD Projekt Red had developed such a smooth system for third-person fighting in their previous Witcher games....

The new limited edition Star Wars Elite Series Premium Action Figures, that will be released at this weekend’s D23 Expo, have been revealed. One of the most prominent struggles our favorite heroes face in the galaxy far, far away is the decision between the light side and the dark side, now fans will get a chance to recreate those battles with these limited edition action figure packages which feature one hero from the light side and one hero from the dark side of the force....

Although Hannah Brown took home the mirrorball trophy on Monday’s Dancing With the Stars finale, not everyone thought the former star of The Bachelorette would emerge as the victor of the season. After Brown’s win, judge Carrie Ann Inaba admitted that she was shocked at the final result. Since Inaba and Brown showed some tension in their relationship earlier in the season, the judge’s dismay at Brown’s victory isn’t entirely surprising....