The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Director:
Travis Knight
Stars:
Hailee Steinfeld,
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.,
John Cena
Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song – a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
Director:
Jon S. Baird
Stars:
John C. Reilly,
Steve Coogan,
Shirley Henderson
Philip is a disabled white billionaire, who feels that life is not worth living. To help him in his day to day routine, he hires Del, an African American parolee, trying to reconnect with his estranged wife. What begins as a professional relationship develops into a friendship as Del shows his grouchy charge that life is worth living. Written by Tom Daly
Don Giovanni, K. 527: Scena Ultima: ‘Qual strepito è questo…’
(Lanterna, Maturina, Donna Elvira, Donna Ximena, Duca Ottavio, Pasquariello)
Written by Giuseppe Gazzaniga
Performed by Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing See more »
Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
James McAvoy,
Anya Taylor-Joy,
Haley Lu Richardson
On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Director:
Travis Knight
Stars:
Hailee Steinfeld,
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.,
John Cena
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
While promoting the movie at the 2018 Comic-Con, writer and director M. Night Shyamalan noted that the film was “a once-in-a-lifetime movie in that Disney arm Buena Vista International, which owns the rights to Unbreakable (2000), and Split (2016) studio Universal Pictures, agreed to team for the film.” He continued saying, “I don’t think this will ever happen again, where two studios had two IPs they completely owned, and I said, ‘Can we make a sequel to both, and you guys share it?’ and they said ‘Yes.'” See more »
Goofs
When the Police Officers respond to the mental asylum they take the time to don riot gear and deploy shields. As it was known that at least one of the three escaping patients has killed several people the officers would never ever have taken any of these steps. They would have pulled their weapons as deadly force would have been completely in order at this point to stop the escape. See more »
Quotes
[from trailer]
Elijah Price:
This is not a cartoon. This is the real world.
An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Directors:
Anthony Russo,
Joe Russo
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.,
Chris Hemsworth,
Mark Ruffalo
A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance.
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers’ war.
Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Director:
Steve McQueen
Stars:
Viola Davis,
Michelle Rodriguez,
Elizabeth Debicki
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug. Written by Paramount Pictures
This is the first Transformers film to be shot entirely in a taller aspect ratio (1.85:1), although Revenge of the Fallen, Age of Extinction, & The Last Knight had IMAX-expanded sequences. See more »
Goofs
While Charlie’s mom is driving Bumblebee, she freaks out when Charlie pulls up next to the driver’s window in her moped and says that she was afraid she was being carjacked. The term carjacking was not used in 1987. Per Wikipedia: The word is a portmanteau of car and hijacking. The term was coined by EJ Mitchell, an editor with The Detroit News. The News first used the term in a 1991 report on the murder of Ruth Wahl, a 22-year-old Detroit drugstore cashier who was killed when she would not surrender her Suzuki Sidekick. See more »
Quotes
Agent Burns:
[to Charlie and Bumblebee]
Don’t run. Do *not* run.
Part of the closing credits are a stylish sequence of images in yellow and black. See more »
Alternate Versions
Although the original British submission was uncut and rated 12A, it was replaced by a cut PG version removing 6 seconds of violence/injury. See more »
Six years after the events of “Wreck-It Ralph,” Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure.
Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
A Lion cub crown prince is tricked by a treacherous uncle into thinking he caused his father’s death and flees into exile in despair, only to learn in adulthood his identity and his responsibilities.
Directors:
Roger Allers,
Rob Minkoff
Stars:
Matthew Broderick,
Jeremy Irons,
James Earl Jones
The Incredibles hero family takes on a new mission, which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world.
Director:
Brad Bird
Stars:
Craig T. Nelson,
Holly Hunter,
Sarah Vowell
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario’s attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists’ find that their lives will never be the same.
Directors:
Garth Jennings,
Christophe Lourdelet
Stars:
Matthew McConaughey,
Reese Witherspoon,
Seth MacFarlane
A selfish prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.
In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael’s three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Written by Disney
Although the original setting of the first three Mary Poppins novels was the 1930s, Walt Disney changed this to the turn of the century for Mary Poppins (1964). This film, set roughly twenty-five years after the the first, restores the 1930s setting. See more »
Goofs
In a couple of street scenes, road markings of double yellow lines (no parking) are covered over but can be seen if you know where to look. See more »
Quotes
Mary Poppins:
We’re on the brink of adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with too many questions.
In a reprisal of the credits gag from the original, Dick Van Dyke is at first credited as “Nackvid Keyd”, only for the credits to unscramble themselves again. See more »
On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Director:
Travis Knight
Stars:
Hailee Steinfeld,
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.,
John Cena
The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
Six strangers are given mysterious black boxes with tickets to an immersive escape room for a chance to win tons of money. Being locked in several rooms with extreme conditions, they discover the secrets behind the escape room and must fight to survive and to find a way out.
Stealing a page from Apple’s recent earnings warning, Intel blamed a lack of demand in China as one of the reasons for reporting healthy fourth-quarter profits that were nevertheless less than Wall Street expected.
Intel’s fourth quarter, traditionally the company’s strongest, capped what Intel said was a record-breaking year in terms of revenue. But Intel blamed China, weakness in cloud-computing customers, a weakened modem market, and an inability to manufacture enough processors as reasons the company’s revenues did not meet expectations. Intel’s manufacturing woes have been a source of questions since 2018, as has been when Intel will name a replacement for Brian Krzanich, Intel’s chief executive who unexpectedly stepped down about seven months ago.
Interim CEO Bob Swan addressed both issues, at least in part. Swan predicted that Intel’s manufacturing problems, which caused a shortage of its CPUs, would be fixed by the end of the second quarter. And as for a new CEO, Swan said the board would name a replacement “very soon”.
Shawn Morgan/Intel
It’s been more than six months since former Intel CEO Brian Krzanich’s departure.
Intel’s fourth quarter, by the numbers
Intel disappointed Wall Street by reporting $5.2 billion in profits, compared to $18.7 billion in revenue. (Analysts polled by Yahoo Finance had expected earnings per share of $1.22 on revenues of $19.01 billion.) They also expected Intel to forecast $17.37 billion in revenue for the first fiscal quarter, ending in March. Instead, Intel said it expected to book $16.0 billion in first-quarter 2019 sales.
Why? Intel blamed a number of factors, but China was a high-profile scapegoat. Apple had previously blamed for its own earnings warning. For the current quarter, Intel sad that a slowdown in China, weaker sales to cloud customers, a weakening NAND flash market, and weaker modem demand contributed to the lower fourth-quarter sales. Looking forward, Intel said it sees trade and “macro” concerns intensifying, especially in China.
Intel
Intel’s first-quarter 2019 numbers aren’t what analysts expected to see.
Intel’s Client Computing Group saw strong demand for its higher-performance products, including gaming. Intel’s PC-centric CCG grew 10 percent during the fourth quarter, to $9.8 billion overall. CCG still is Intel’s largest business, though Intel’s Data Center Group continues to climb: the unit reported $6.1 billion, up 9 percent year-over-year. PC volumes, though, fell by 2 percent, which Swan blamed on Intel’s inability to manufacture enough chips.
“We expected a stronger finish” to 2018, Swan said.
What Intel’s processor shortages mean for you
Swan told analysts that part of Intel’s inability to meet expectations has come as the company has struggled to transition to the 10nm manufacturing node. Intel spent the recent CES in Las Vegas describing the company’s wholesale switch to 10nm, including Ice Lake, its next-generation processor, which is still on track to ship by the 2019 holiday season, Swan said.
Intel is pinning its hopes on Ice Lake, its upcoming 10nm CPU.
The shortages were and are the most pronounced in the value end of the PC market, as Intel’s strategy is to prioritize Xeon chips for servers—where there are “no shortages,” Swan said—and so-called “big core” products at the high end of the PC market. “Big core” chips like the Core i9 will be prioritized over “small core,” mid-range processors, followed by the cheapest “value” chips. Though he didn’t say so explicitly, it appears that Intel’s ceding the low end of the market to rivals such as AMD.
Swan said the total available PC market was essentially flat. The fact that Intel’s PC sales fell by 2 percent, Swan said, was directly tied to the shortages.
In the meantime, Intel appears to be doubling down on its areas of strength—which, not coincidentally, are where it can turn high profits. Oddball chips like the Core i9-9990XE, which Intel will sell at auction—yes, to the highest bidder—indicate that Intel will try and milk its high-end chips for all they’re worth.
Intel’s numbers also indicated two trends in the PC business: though notebooks are selling well (up 8 percent year-over-year in revenue), they’re not making much money per device (as average sale prices rose 6 percent). Buyers might be buying fewer desktops, as evidenced by the fact that desktop PC sales grew just 3 percent. But desktop PC prices soared 13 percent, indicating that gamers are also investing in their desktop rigs.
Flash woes are good news for consumers
But what hurt Intel can benefit consumers: Intel cited a weakening market for NAND flash, and forecast that the trend will continue. That’s good news for consumers planning to convert or invest in SSDs, which should continue to decrease in price.
Intel’s latest Optane innovation combines Optane and flash memory on the same PCB.
Swan said that Intel is “not too excited” about being in a commodity flash business,and that the company is seeking differentiated roles for flash memory and its Optane technology. A recent example of that strategy was the company’s hybrid flash-Optane M.2 card it showed off at CES.
As for Optane itself, Intel’s message was that it won’t be hampered by one-time partner Micron’s decision to buy up the plant that Intel and Micron used to manufacture Optane, more generically known as 3D XPoint. Swan said that a number of products were on tap to take advantage of Optane, though it’s unclear what Intel’s manufacturing strategy will be.
Intel executives concluded by saying that they didn’t believe that conditions were that different than a few months ago, in October, when Intel predicted a slightly rosier outlook. This year, 2019, should be another record year of revenue, Swan said—its fourth in a row.
But 2019 should also be a challenge: that guidance includes Intel’s prediction that it will successfully fight to protect its position in the wake of increased competition, Swan said. Trade issues, a manufacturing conversion, and an aggressive AMD all mean that Intel will be fighting to keep its lead.
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Six years after the events of “Wreck-It Ralph,” Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure.
The Incredibles hero family takes on a new mission, which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world.
Director:
Brad Bird
Stars:
Craig T. Nelson,
Holly Hunter,
Sarah Vowell
The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
A Lion cub crown prince is tricked by a treacherous uncle into thinking he caused his father’s death and flees into exile in despair, only to learn in adulthood his identity and his responsibilities.
Directors:
Roger Allers,
Rob Minkoff
Stars:
Matthew Broderick,
Jeremy Irons,
James Earl Jones
Miles Morales is a New York teen struggling with school, friends and, on top of that, being the new Spider-Man. When he comes across Peter Parker, the erstwhile saviour of New York, in the multiverse, Miles must train to become the new protector of his city. Written by Tom Daly
When Peter Parker, Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy are standing outside Aunt May’s door, Peter starts walking away until Gwen fires up a web to pull him back. In the very next shot, Peter is back in place but the web behind him is gone entirely. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Peter Parker:
[narrating]
Alright, let’s do this one last time. My name is Peter Parker. I was bitten by a radioactive spider and for ten years I’ve been the one and only Spider-Man. I’m pretty sure you know the rest. I saved a bunch of people, fell in love, saved the city, and then I saved the city again and again and again… And, uh… I did this.
[shot of Spidey doing the emo dance from “Spider-Man 3”]
Peter Parker:
We don’t really talk about this. Look, I’m a comic book, I’m a cereal, did a Christmas album…
SPOILER: There is a scene at the end of the closing credits: Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara) travels to Spider-Man (1967) and has a comical encounter with the Spider-Man of that show. See more »
Chemical Calisthenics
Written by Cut Chemist (as Lucas MacFadden) and Gift of Gab (as Timothy Parker)
Performed by Blackalicious featuring Cut Chemist
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises See more »
After debuting on iPhones last May, Verizon’s Visible prepaid service has finally made its way to Android, bringing unlimited data, messaging, and calls for just $40 a month. If you’re interested in making the switch, here’s everything you need to know:
What is Visible?
Visible is Verizon’s answer to AT&T’s Cricket Wireless, offering unlimited data, minutes, and messages for $40 a month. Verizon also promises no activation, SIM card or upgrade charges, or otherwise hidden fees.
Do I need to be a Verizon customer to use Visible?
Nope, any subscriber on any carrier can make the switch to Visible.
Why is Visible only $40?
The catch here is that speeds are limited to 5Mbps. While that’s still in the LTE range and a good deal faster than 3G, it’s significantly slower than the 25Mbps to 50Mbps you’re going to get with a standard carrier plan. However, it should be plenty fast enough for music streaming and web browsing. The only noticeable impact should be with video streaming, which will drop to 480p.
But Visible still uses Verizon’s network?
That’s right. The only difference is that the speeds are throttled.
How do I sign up?
Here’s the beauty of Visible: It’s all done via an app. You can download the Visible beta from the Play Store today to try it out. From there you’ll be able to set up your account and order your SIM kit. After you receive it, you can swap your Visible SIM with your existing one and follow the instructions in the app.
When can I cancel my old service?
Your old service will automatically be canceled once you activate your Visible account.
Visible is selling the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ with no money down and no financing, though they start at $768 ($32/month) and $912 ($38/month), respectively, both higher than the phones’ usual prices.
Is there a protection plan offered?
Yes, Verizon is selling a Visible Protect plan for $10-$12 a month depending on your phone. If you need to use it, it’ll cost you a $99 deductible to repair your screen, $199 for other damage, and $280 to replace it after loss or theft.
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