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As the satirical coming-of-age story of a Hitler Youth kid whose jingoistic attitude and love of Adolf Hitler (who’s also his kooky imaginary friend) is challenged by a Jewish refugee his mother is hiding in the walls, Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit was a tonal tightrope walk. Waititi’s script, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens, nailed that complicated mixture of tones, and as a result, he walked home with the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay....

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you’ll know that Joker has hit screens and is smashing box office records left, right and center. The movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix, details how an ordinary, albeit downtrodden man named Arthur Fleck becomes increasingly disillusioned with life in Gotham City and turns to crime in order to vent his frustrations at the world’s failure to help people like him....

Superman’s opening in the Snyder Cut of Justice League was very different than the theatrical cut. A far cry from the shaky cell phone footage of the children interviewing Superman, Zack Snyder potentially had a much grander and epic opening sequence in the Snyder Cut of Justice League. Zack Snyder’s DC saga was always leaning more for the vibe of The Lord of the Rings trilogy than it was to the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Another feature of the new iPad is a redesigned camera system that seems to borrow heavily from both the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Gone are the poor man’s backside camera on iPad 2. The new iPad boasts Apple’s proven camera system design featured on iPhone 4S. On the back is the new iSight camera with a 5-megapixel CMOS sensor. It’s got a number of iPhone 4S features, including backside illumination, auto-exposure, auto-focus, face detection in still images, video stabilization, a fifth lens and hybrid IR filter....

Apple touted that the iPhone 11 Pro features the best display it has ever produced, the Super Retina XDR display, that sets new records for smartphones. Now DisplayMate is out today with its highly detailed review and has given Apple’s Super Retina XDR its “highest ever A+ grade” and given it the “Best Smartphone Display Award.” The award for the iPhone 11 Pro comes after Apple won the same with its iPhone XS....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOhAzd0tp28] A new video has made its way online today showing what is allegedly the rear casing of the much rumored plastic-backed, lower-cost iPhone 5C that many expect Apple to officially unveil early next month. The report from Taiwan’s Apple Daily claims to provide some precise measurements for the lower-cost iPhone. Coming in at 24.55mm x 59.13mm x 8.98mm, the iPhone 5C appears to be slightly larger than the iPhone 5 due to the plastic back....

Apple’s sole supplier of A-series processors for iPhones, TSMC, shared today that it expects premium smartphone shipments to decrease this year. Interestingly, the chip maker says that the cryptocurrency market is what will help keep its business growing. In a report from Nikkei, one of TSMC’s CEO’s shared specifics about its expectations for the smartphone market to see high-end model shipments decreasing and mid- to low-end devices seeing a slight boost this year....

Apple new sixth-generation iPod nano costs from $43.73, according to iSuppli’s latest tear-down analysis of the same. The 8GB version of the latest iPod carries an estimated BOM of $43.73, the second-lowest BOM of all members of the iPod line — only the fourth generation product was less expensive to manufacture at $40.80. “Instead of piling on features, as so many brands do with their latest products, Apple with the sixth-generation iPod has maintained or even removed some attributes in order to fit the form factor and function desired,” said Andrew Rassweiler, director and principal analyst and teardown services manager, for iSuppli....

Are you looking to install a firmware file on Itel it1355? Then you are just in the right place. In this post, we have brought you the latest stock firmware for the Itel it1355. These days installing custom ROMs, rooting the device is a pretty common scenario among smartphone enthusiasts. However, not every day is a sunny day. Usually, while customizing your device you may have performed some wrong steps and ended up with a bricked device or a phone stuck in the endless boot loop....

James Wan is going to direct a Magic Order TV show pilot from Mark Millar. Considering that Wan has only been making feature length movies for roughly fifteen years, the degree of success he’s managed to achieve in that time is nothing short of astounding. Most Hollywood filmmakers are lucky to have one popular franchise to their name. Wan, however, is responsible for quite a few. Whether it’s horror or action or taking on the gigantic world of comic book superheroes, Wan has managed to establish himself as a young filmmaker with the ability to churn out hits....

With Joker hitting cinemas, it’s time to evaluate how Joaquin Phoenix’s performance stacks up to all previous takes on the Joker. While the movie is expected to do great business at the box office, Joker has been shrouded in controversy since it first screened for critics at the Venice Film Festival (where Joker won the Golden Lion). Debates continue over the movie’s treatment of violence, its central character, and the impact it could have on the wider culture during such politically tumultuous times....

Judge Lucy Koh ruled earlier today that Apple would not be able to recover the roughly $16 million in legal fees incurred while suing Samsung for patent infringement, according to a new report. Apple would have had to prove to the court that the case was exception in order to recover the legal costs, which Koh said it had failed to do. [tweet https://twitter.com/FedcourtJunkie/status/502252272118935552 align=’center’] While the patent lawsuits between these two companies still manage to make headlines every few weeks, the rivals recently announced a decision to avoid any further patent litigation outside of the United States....

The latest 11- and 12.9-inch iPad Pro are discounted by $249 today, plus deals on 2019 MacBook Pro, and iPhone 8 at $330. You’ll find all of today’s best offers and more in this 9to5Toys Lunch Break episode. 2019 MacBook Pro hits new all-time low Apple latest 13- and 15-inch MacBook is being discounted by up to $299. This is a new all-time low on select models, including the high-end 15-inch 512GB configuration....

iPhone battery life has been a growing concern, particularly since the performance throttling snafu that started at the end of last year. With the Battery Health beta available in both iOS 11 and 12, the latest version also offers improved battery statistics as well. Paired with the new Screen Time software, the enhanced battery statistics in iOS 12 help users get a better picture of how they’re using their devices, understand system resources and more....

The new release also sports an updated version of the ever so essential Installer.app beta 6 and new .de localization for German users. There are no significant updates with regard to the 3G baseband unlock, according to the iPhone Dev Team. “PwnageTool 2.0.3 is available,” the developers reveal on their blog. “This version provides support for iPhone/iPod firmware 2.0.2 5C1, it has an updated Installer.app beta (b6) and contains a new ....

The iPhone podcast app Castro has a lot more competition in the market nowadays since I first reviewed it back in 2013. Arguably, Castro is still the most visually appealing of the current crowd and the developers are currently working on the next major version of the app, Castro 2. In the meantime, the developers have released Castro 1.5 with some new features and a new pricing model. Following Overcast’s lead, Castro is now completely free for all to download....

It’s November 2019, the same month and year that serves as the dystopic “future” setting for Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction film, Blade Runner. Many fans are now looking to revisit the classic as a way to compare the technology in it to our own (spoiler alert: there are no such things as replicants… yet), so we’ve put together a guide to where you can watch Blade Runner online. Blade Runner follows Rick Deckard, who has the titular job of hunting down bioengineered replicants and killing them....

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart is one of the newly released third-person shooter video games that has been developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It’s currently exclusive for the PlayStation 5 console and comes as a single player. Now, the interested gamers are eager to know Is Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart Releasing on Xbox or Nintendo Switch? As we’ve already seen in the gameplay trailer videos of Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, it seems that the game has stunning graphics and impressive gameplay controls whatsoever....

2017’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, IT didn’t pull any punches with audiences, despite the majority of its cast being children. However, a deleted scene that depicted an alternate opening to the film showed Georgie Denbrough surviving his encounter with Pennywise the Dancing Clown. From director Andy Muschietti and writer Gary Dauberman, IT brought all the most brutal aspects of King’s novel to the big screen in a sleek, cinematically gorgeous way....

After landing his breakout role as Nick Adopolis in Freaks and Geeks, Jason Segel has propelled quite the acting career. Although he’s been involved with some major flops like Sex Tape (2014), Jason Segel will always prevail as one of the funniest, most lighthearted comedy actors for his time. Though Freaks and Geeks may have given him his first breakout role, the actor has come a long way since playing that rebellious teenager....