November 2018 – Page 50

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Two models comprise Acer’s new Nitro VG0 series of affordable AMD FreeSync gaming monitors. There’s the tiny, affordable 21.5-inch, 1080p model that costs only $130, and the 27-inch model I am reviewing here, which is the VG270U Pbmiipx, (See it at Newegg). It costs $450 and serves up a 2560×1440 resolution and a speedy 144Hz refresh rate. You lose out on some of the connections and design flourishes of Acer’s flagship Predator line, but you do get a crisp IPS panel that offers motion blur reduction – Acer calls it Visual Response Boost (VRB) – allowing for a speedy 1ms response time.

New Movies This Week: What To See In Theaters And On Streaming (11/16-11/22)

Ever since Avatar hit theaters in 2009 and smashed box office records, the last few weeks of the year have become increasingly important to movie studios. Many of the year’s biggest movies are now reserved for November and December–three of the last four Star Wars movies were released just before Christmas, and the Avatar sequels have all got December releases lined up over the next decade. The first of this year’s big winter releases arrives this week, in the magical shape of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The first Fantastic Beasts made more than $814 million at the worldwide box office two years ago, and expect the sequel to perform just as well.

For those movie fans uninterested in warring wizards, this week also sees the US release of Widows, the highly acclaimed heist thriller from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen. There’s also the comedy Instant Family with Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, while UK audiences can check out a couple of new horror movies– the Dario Argento remake Suspiria and slasher movie Hell Fest.

The Coen brothers also make a return this week, with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs on Netflix. It’s a western comedy that tells six different stories, and has a cast that includes Liam Neeson and James Franco. Also on Netflix is Cam, a dark horror movie about video cam girls and doppelgangers from Get Out producers Blumhouse. So here’s the week’s new releases in the both the US and UK, in both theaters and on streaming…

Breaking Down The Grinch’s Box Office Debut

Illumination Entertainment has another hit on their hands with a new animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, which opened with $67.6 million. With an additional $13.1 million coming from foreign markets, its worldwide debt of $80.7 million has already secured a profit for the film, which has a production budget of $75 million. When compared to the other eight films produced by Illumination Entertainment, The Grinch doesn’t stack up as high as you might think, so we’re breaking down its opening weekend when compared to the rest of Illumination’s slate.

The Grinch’s opening weekend ranks as the sixth best out of Illumination Entertainment’s nine films, behind another Dr. Seuss adaptation, The Lorax ($70.2 million), Despicable Me 3 ($72.4 million), Despicable Me 2 ($83.5 million), The Secret Life of Pets ($104.4 million) and Minions ($115.7 million). Its debut fared better than the very first Illumination film, the original Despicable Me ($56.4 million), Hop ($37.5 million) and Sing ($35.3 million). All of Illumination’s films have at least broken the $100 million domestic box office barrier, with the lowest-grossing film being Hop at $108.1 million, but oddly enough, a lower debut doesn’t often foreshadow a lackluster domestic performance.

Best Black Friday PC Deals

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If you’ve been holding off on getting a new laptop, PC, or components to build your own, you made a wise decision. The best Black Friday deals on gaming PCs and everything else computer-related have already started in some cases. If the deals haven’t already started, we have a really good idea of what’s coming down the pike for Black Friday 2018. You can already get a look at the best Best Buy Black Friday deals, as well as the best Dell Black Friday deals, among others.

The True Legacy of Stan Lee at Marvel Comics

The pop culture world was dealt a huge blow today with the news that Stan Lee passed away at the age of 95. Lee is widely celebrated as one of the primary architects of the Marvel Universe. He co-created many of the company’s most famous heroes and villains and managed to become the public face of Marvel for decades. But ultimately, Lee’s true legacy at Marvel Comics isn’t any one character or franchise, but the deep inspiration he provided for generations of creators that followed.

Lee’s resume includes a laundry list of iconic superhero characters – Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and on and on. That said, Lee isn’t singlehandedly responsible for creating any of the characters he’s so closely associated with. Spider-Man was a joint creation with Steve Ditko. Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men were all developed alongside Jack Kirby. But that’s the beauty of comics – it’s generally a collaborative medium. If you didn’t have Kirby’s boundless imagination and superhuman work ethic paired with Lee’s sense of humor, grandiose storytelling style and marketing skills, none of these characters would be what they are today. It’s safe to say many of them might never have left the drawing board in the first place.

101 Amazing Little Details in Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 promises an unparalleled level of depth, from its vast, sprawling world, to the people and animals within it, and how it all fits together in a way that is quite unlike any open-world game before it. You’re never quite know how each encounter with another character will pan out because each person is different. Similarly, it’s filled with moments where you’ll ask yourself, “I wonder if I can do that?”, and chances are you probably can, no matter how outrageous it is.

Child’s Play: New Poster, Release Date Revealed for Chucky Reboot

MGM and Orion Pictures have released a new poster for Child’s Play, the Chucky reboot, that reveals a June 21, 2019 release date.

“More than a toy… he’s your best friend,” reads the poster, which depicts a warehouse full of boxes of Buddi toys. A box in the foreground gives a good look at the packaging, which includes a WiFi signal above the “i” in Buddi. Icons along the side of the box indicate Buddi can be controlled by phones, tablets, and computers when connected to WiFi.