Summary Long before there was Barbenheimer, there was the classic 2006 magician movie clash betweenThe PrestigeandThe Illusionist. Christopher Nolan’sThe Prestigefeatured an outstanding cast led by Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Andy Serkis, and David Bowie. It was just the fifth feature film directed by Nolan and his first beforeThe Dark Knight, which arguably remains his greatest movie to date even afterOppenheimerwon Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars.The Prestigewas nominated for two Oscars in Cinematography and Art Direction and received a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 77% and an audience score of 92%....

Quick Links The technological marvel of AI offers free alternatives to expensive software and subscriptions. But just where can you make savings? From writing and note-taking to PDF and transcription, here are the tools that regularly save me money. The majority of these tools will have paid tiers. Whether you need to splash out on this depends on your usage. All the tools I cover have generous free versions and all the functionality I require to step up and replace a subscription service....

Summary The cast ofThe Dark Knightincludes a variety of talented actors, from Christian Bale to Morgan Freeman, but one famous star almost elevated this list of prestigious performers to the next level.One of the villains in the 2008Christopher Nolan moviecould have been played by a familiar face,an actor Bale later collaborated with on a successful film. The two actors missed out on the chance to work together onThe Dark Knight.However, they made up for the loss 11 years later when they starred as the two main leads in a biographical sports drama in 2019....

Cutting cable was, without a doubt, the best decision I ever made, but I do miss it at times. Luckily, Plex has live TV channels for free. If you’re trying to mix up your library’s content, check out these unique channels. 10FilmRise: Unsolved Mysteries Unsolved Mysterieswas particularly good when Robert Stack was the host (though I am partial to Dennis Farina, too), but I’ll get to Robert shortly. The show’s premise of real-life cases being open-ended gave us viewers an opportunity to be detectives....

As email providers add better cybersecurity measures to stop malicious emails from reaching your inbox, malicious agents work just as hard to avoid such countermeasures. Such is the case of the zero-point tactic, which uses smart manipulation of the email’s font to get emails past the spam filters and into your inbox. Let’s explore what the zero-point tactic is, what it achieves, and how you can stay safe. What Is the Zero-Font Tactic in Phishing Emails?...

What Is Amazon’s Ring Nation Show and Why Is It So Controversial? The Ring doorbell was created because its inventor, Jamie Siminoff, was unable to hear his doorbell ring as he worked in his garage. His solution was a Wi-Fi-enabled doorbell that alerted his phone and enabled video communication when someone was at the door. In 2022, Amazon has decided to leverage the footage captured by Ring doorbells to create a reality TV show called Ring Nation....

HRTF has the potential to greatly improve your awareness in Valorant. We’re here to help you find out if it’s right for you and how to use it properly. What Is HRTF in Valorant? HRTF stands for Head-Related Transfer Function, and it transforms the incoming audio into how sound would hit your head depending on where it’s coming from. HRTF is an audio processing setting in Valorant released in patch 2....

WhatsApp has something of anaffinity for half-baked features. Many moons after its debut,WhatsApp multi-device feels incompleteon linked devices, and even missed call alerts don’t function like they do for normal calls. However, the steady influx of new features continues unabated. One of those additions was an option to create polls in chats. WhatsApp is now working on a fix this feature should have had since day one. WhatsAppintroduced the polling optionin November last year to simplify decision-making in larger group chats with several hundred participants....

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine. Summary Deadpool & Wolverineis one of the most exciting movies inMarvel Cinematic Universehistory, but the project’s choice to use Tyler Mane’s Sabretooth has been the source of confusion. As promised by Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and the rest of the team behind the movie,Deadpool & Wolverine’s castfeatured several surprise appearances. The size of the cameos varied depending on the character, with both past villains and heroes getting their chance to shine in theMCU’s only movie in 2024....

Summary Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Wheel of TimebooksThe Wheel Of Timeseason 2 added another major departure from the Robert Jordan novels, teasing a future story long before its book appearance. This alteration relates to Verin, the Aes Sedai played by Meera Syal, who was introduced in the second season. Verin will have a significant role to play in thepossible Black Ajah conflictthat may arise as soon as season 3....

With the recentconfirmation of season 3’s production, fans’ love for the animeSpy x Familyhas continued to soar. Popular for its comedy, action, and quirky slice-of-life elements, the series' lovable and eccentric characters bring a surprising amount of heart to the spy genre. While anime as a whole is packed with broken families,Spy x Familyoffers fans a refreshing and unique take on parent-child relationships. Tasked with maintaining international peace, deep-cover spy agent “Twilight” becomes “Loid Forger” and quickly pieces together a family unit via a sketchy adoption and marriage of convenience for Operation Strix....

TheStar Warsfranchise has had its fair share of surprise twists over the years, some of which have become iconic as both moments in the franchise and moments in film as a whole. These moments not only took initial viewers by surprise, but they also completely changed the game when it came to the surrounding story and characters.Star Warshas pushed the envelope several times regarding the stories that can be told in this setting, and the moments in this list reflect that willingness to change....

10 Free Canva Fonts You Should Be Using in Your Designs and Presentations If you like designing things, especially social media graphics, marketing materials, and presentations, then you’ve probably already heard of Canva. Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool, and it’s full of handy features that make designing things incredibly easy. Here, we’ve compiled ten of the best Text-based Canva fonts you should try, plus some hidden fonts in Photos and Elements you may not know about....