Summary Mike Flanagan is taking over the next installment inThe Exorcistfranchise, and his involvement sets up a perfectMidnight Massactor reunion that I’ve waited three years for. In 2023, Universal kicked off a new trilogy ofExorcistmovies withThe Exorcist: Believer. However, after it was panned by critics and failed to become the box office hit it needed to, Universal is rethinking the next installment in this trilogy. David Gordon Green is out and Flanagan is in to takeThe Exorcistfranchise in a bold new direction....

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ When a Bluetooth speaker is said to be “portable,” it is often a pretty broad term because you can find them in a pretty wide variety of sizes. Some are small enough to fit in a pocket, whereas others wouldn’t comfortably fit in a bag....

This article contains spoilers forThe Acolyteepisodes 1 and 2. Summary The Acolytehas introduced viewers to a whole new part of theStar Warstimeline - but many established characters are still around. Set a century before the beginning of the Skywalker Saga,The Acolytereveals the tail-end of theHigh Republic Era. This was the Golden Age of the Jedi, before any of the main established characters -90 years before the birth of Anakin Skywalker himself....

Few could have predicted that James Gunn’s hilarious supervillain team-up filmThe Suicide Squadwould lead to one of streaming television’s biggest hits, but that’s exactly what happened when spinoff seriesPeacemakergave HBO Max one of its first must-watch shows of the year. Created and written by Gunn (who also directs all but three of the season’s eight episodes),Peacemakerhas John Cena reprise his role fromThe Suicide Squadas the series’ titular aspiring superhero who isn’t afraid to create a pile of dead bodies in his quest for peace....

Pokemon Go Sweet Discoveries event dates, Applin debut & more After Gossifleur’s debut,Pokemon Gois bringing yet another Gen 8 creature to the game: Applin! Learn how to get the apple lookalike – and its evolutions Flapple and Appletun – in the Sweet Discoveries event. The upcomingSweet Discoveries eventis bringing the iconic Applin to Pokemon Go. But that’s not all, as trainers will be able to evolve the Apple Core creature into two of its forms, Flapple and Appletun....

We thought we’d seen the last of the problems with Nvidia’s 12VHPWR connector used for theRTX 40-series. However, it seems that the issues are not over, and the latest incident is different in a major way. While the previous cases of melting connectors all affected cables supplied by Nvidia, things are different this time around. A Reddit user reported that their custom CableMod connector has melted, undermining previous theories about the root of the problem....

Travelers heading to the Maldives will soon be able to spend their entire vacation under the waves, if they wish. The tiny Indian Ocean country already lets youdine in the depths of the deep blue sea, and later this year you’ll be able to book a room there, too. Brought to you by the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island resort, the residence is said to be the first of its kind in the world....

Spider-Man: Brand New Day report reveals 5 villains ‘planned’ for Tom Holland’s next trilogy Spider-Man: Brand New Daywill kick off Tom Holland’s next – and possibly final – trilogy in theMCU, and there are five villains he could end up facing off against. As Holland wrapped up his publicity tour on No Way Home, he said, “If I’m playingSpider-Manafter I’m 30, I’ve done something wrong.” His attitude has clearly changed....

Star Wars Battlefront 2 player count explodes again after record price cut Star WarsBattlefront II’sSteamplayer count reached all-new heights once again after it went on sale on Valve’s platform. The grand-scale multiplayer shooter, originally released on PC in 2017 via EA’s defunct Origin platform, was ported to Steam in 2020, where it had only managed to hit five-digit concurrent players once, in January 2021. Fast-forward to 2025, and DICE’s sequel, set in a galaxy far, far away, has experienced a gigantic renaissance that, at least as of writing, shows no signs of tapering off....

In the U.S., the top carriers don’t offer the same network performance. One carrier has significantly outperformed the others over the past six months, according to data collected in network and connectivity expert Ookla’s latest “Speedtest Connectivity Report.” The report, which covers data collected between July and December 2024, found that T-Mobile, the third-largest carrier in the U.S., has emerged as the clear leader in overall performance. The differences are striking....

Marvel’sShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsbroke new ground and plenty of box-office records, and like so many other films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it looked pretty spectacular while doing so. Directed byDestin Daniel Cretton, the film casts Simu Liu as the film’s titular martial arts superhero, who’s forced to confront both his destiny and his dark past when his father, Xu Wenwu (Tony Leung), sets his sights — and the criminal empire he leads — on acquiring the magic of powerful dragons located in the hidden city of Ta Lo....

TheGuardians of the Galaxyfranchise has always had an intense connection to music, and director James Gunn really knows how to incorporate Star-Lord’s classic ’70s and ’80s bangers into his movies. Whether it be for emotional effect or cool factor, the needle drop is an extremely important aspect of Gunn’s filmmaking in the series. A needle drop, unlike a film’s original score, is when a movie uses a pre-existing recording of a song as either background music or music in the scene itself....

The Conjuring: Last Rites trailer confirms terrifying true story Ed and Lorraine Warren (well, the fictional ones) are back for one finalhorrormovie, withThe Conjuring: Last Ritestrailer finally confirming which terrifying true story it follows. If you’re new to the franchise, there’s three separate strands of film you need to be aware of. You don’t have towatch The Conjuring moviesin this order, but alongside the obvious, Annabelle and The Nun movies are also part of the same world....