Alongside new features rolling out to Instagram today, Facebook Messenger is also making available some new functions for its app users. According to a blog post, US users on iOS and Android devices can use a new feature called Split Payments. With that, they can split a bill evenly or customize the amount each person owes. With a personalized message, users can confirm the payment details and send the request....
The Final Fantasy fanbase is one of the most dedicated in the world. This is something that has extended to the works of Square Enix as a whole, as the Internet was once filled with forums discussing the Final Fantasy games, with each entry being dissected by a generation of gamers who had been given the biggest playground in the world, in which to talk about their fan theories. It seems as if every entry in the Final Fantasy series has been thoroughly examined by gamers, with entire websites dedicated to the fan theories that have sprung up about the games....
UPDATE: In an interesting twist, Frank Grillo now says via Instagram that Crossbones is dead, and he won’t be back. It’s unclear if he’s merely saying Crossbones/Brock Rumlow will only return in flashbacks or via time travel going forward, or that he won’t ever be returning to the MCU again at all. Check out his post below: MCU actor Frank Grillo still has five movies remaining on his contract with Marvel, despite being dead in the current continuity....
While Friends featured many romantic relationships over its 10 seasons, some weren’t very significant and thus never had a huge impact on the show and the characters. In some cases, the relationship may not have been the most serious or the best choice for the characters involved, but if it didn’t negatively affect anyone else, it was better than others. Because of this, the couples that did ended up lower on this list for that very reason....
Sony’s God of War may have ushered in a new era of the franchise on the PlayStation 4 but the game’s director isn’t quite so confident about bringing a sequel to the PlayStation 5. Having already promised that it won’t take another five years of development to reach God of War 5, game director Cory Barlog is already looking at what’s next for the Ghost of Sparta. As a sequel to 2010’s God of War 3, Sony’s Santa Monica Studios picked up the long-running franchise and effectively started from scratch as it moved from the sunny climes of Greece to the snowy backdrop of Midgard, embracing Norse mythology....
Not to be all “there’s a nasty bug with Group FaceTime in macOS 12” here, but there’s kind of a nasty bug with Group FaceTime in macOS 12. I’m sure it’s on Apple’s radar already without my feedback, but I only realized this weekend that it’s not just me. That part is a relief! Here’s how it goes. Group FaceTime works great for hours at a time – most of the time....
The longtime producer of the Halloween movies wants William Shatner to face himself in the best possible way, and appear in the franchise. Malek Akkad would like to see the Star Trek icon meet Michael Myers, which means the actor would play opposite his own visage. Rather than an attempt at some kind of crossover event, it’s Akkad’s way of acknowledging Shatner’s unwitting but hugely important contribution to the popular films....
The youngster who designed the Abzorbaloff for the Doctor Who episode “Love and Monsters” has taken a retrospective look at the controversial story and his involvement in the show. David Tennant’s debut season as the Doctor contained some of the most memorable adventures in Who history, including “The Girl in the Fireplace” and “Doomsday” but it also featured some episodes that attracted a raft of criticism from fans. “Love and Monsters” was one such offering....
Doctor Who season 11 has divided the online fan community. Change has always been hard-baked into Doctor Who; every regeneration is basically an opportunity for the series to reinvent itself from the ground up, and since 2005 regenerations have often coincided with a new showrunner, with a drastically different vision for the series. That’s certainly been the case with Doctor Who season 11, which saw Jodie Whittaker take over as the Thirteenth Doctor at the same time Chris Chibnall took charge....
Paramount’s live-action Dora the Explorer casts Transformers: The Last Knight star Isabela Moner. Nickelodeon found great success at the turn of the millennium when they launched the animated show Dora the Explorer. The series ran for eight seasons before coming to a close in the summer of 2014. The series was so successful that they even launched a spinoff series in 2005 that followed Dora’s cousin. The network, then, launched a sequel series, Dora and Friends: Into the Series, that focused on an older version the title adventurer....
Netflix releases the trailer for Dumplin’, the streaming service’s upcoming movie adaptation of Julie Murphy’s same-named young adult novel. Netflix has found a great deal of success in 2018 with its YA adaptations, first with The Kissing Booth, then over the summer with To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. In fact, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before received so many views, it became a veritable hit for the streaming service (leading many fans to ask when a To All the Boys sequel will arrive)....
Luke Skywalker’s Dream The book begins with a prologue, depicting Luke dreaming of an alternate life he could have lived if he chose a different path. In this hypothetical reality, he never left Tatooine, giving the droids up to the Empire so he could stay on the Lars family homestead and be a moisture farmer. Luke grew old on the desert world with his wife Camie (a character from A New Hope’s deleted scenes) by his side, but sometimes wonders how things would have turned out if he took Princess Leia’s pleading message to heart and answered the call....
Bumblebee, a reboot of the Transformers movie franchise, takes the robots in disguise back to the ’80s, complete with a decade-appropriate set of tunes. Part-E.T., part-The Iron Giant, the new adventure has the iconic yellow Autobot team up with Charlie Watson, a teenage girl and car aficionado, to defend Earth from the Decepticons while he awaits the arrival of Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots. A huge music fan, Charlie spends most of her time listening to records and trying to fix up her deceased father’s Corvette, and when she isn’t toiling away in the garage she usually has her headphones on, much to the chagrin of her mother and stepdad....
The final scene in Fear the Walking Dead season 5, episode 4 confirms a connection between the people who took Al (Maggie Grace) and what happened to Rick (Andrew Lincoln) on The Walking Dead. In season 9 of the AMC series, The Walking Dead finally said goodbye to its lead character, Rick Grimes. However, Rick’s story didn’t end in a way that many fans expected. After making a heroic sacrifice, Rick miraculously survived, only to be taken away by the mysterious helicopter that had been in contact with Jadis....
Funko has unveiled their first wave of Star Wars Pop! figures that will be exclusives at San Diego Comic-Con 2017. The galaxy far, far away is no stranger to merchandising, and there are several tie-in products available. With Lucasfilm releasing new films on an annual basis for the foreseeable future, the studio’s licensing partners have a plethora of opportunities to come out with new items based on the sequel trilogy and anthology stories....
[This is a review of Game of Thrones season 6, episode 7, The Broken Man. There will be SPOILERS.] - ‘The Broken Man’ marks the beginning of the end for Game of Thrones season 6. As the series draws closer and closer to its eventual endgame, each hour that pushes the overarching narrative forward becomes exponentially more important. As showrunners D.B.Weiss and David Benioff have claimed, and certain directors appear to have confirmed, the series will end with two shortened seasons that will mean plot threads and character developments will move much swifter than ever before....
HBO has announced that they are teaming up with Columbia Records to create an album of songs by popular artists inspired by the massive hit series, Game of Thrones. Based on George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books, Game of Thrones has become nothing short of an international phenomenon but has taken a hiatus this year ahead of its final season in 2019. The concluding run is currently filming and secrecy abounds in order to prevent the leaks that plagued the series in 2017, with actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau recently revealing that the production is digitally erasing scripts immediately after scenes have been filmed....
The Game of Thrones season 8 premiere date is officially set for April 2019. Since first airing in 2011, HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels has become arguably the biggest show on television, with fans across the world wholly invested in the trials and tribulations of Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister and many, many others. In recent seasons, the TV show has even overtaken Martin’s book series and was subsequently announced to be concluding with its eighth season....
Giovanni Ribisi is all set to return for each of the four upcoming Avatar sequels. Considering the massive success of the first Avatar film, it’s a bit surprising that the film’s sequel has long been stuck in development hell. Of course, that’s due to James Cameron’s ambitious plans for following up the first installment of the world-building franchise. Word broke earlier this year that four sequels are on the way, with each landing a release date over the next 8 years....
[SPOILERS for the first half of Gotham season 2 ahead.] - Season 2 of Gotham has been billed as “Rise of the Villains,” and each episode has delivered on that threat. The chaos and violence in the city continues to escalate, with Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), Edward Nygma (Cory Michael Smith), and vengeful mastermind Theo Galavan (James Frain) contributing to the body count. Jim Gordon’s (Ben McKenzie) personal ideal of law and order slips further from his grasp with each new tragedy....
