A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. Table of Contents The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus were never on my radar — until I had a sudden change of heart. As a Pro Max exclusivist, the entry-level iPhone typically doesn’t catch my
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iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max review: Battery life so epic, you’ll ghost your charger
A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. Table of Contents Behold! I now crown the iPhone 16 Pro Max as our new smartphone battery life king, kicking the Google Pixel 9 out of its short-lived throne. You won’t believe how long the top-tier
‘Eden’ Review: Jude Law Leads a Starry Cast Marooned in Ron Howard’s Odd and Off-Putting Survival Tale
It would be completely understandable that Ron Howard, having directed more than two dozen genre-tripping films spanning six decades, would want to shake things up a bit by jumping into something outside his proven comfort zone. And it would be equally logical that the vehicle to take him there would be a certifiably bizarre but
‘Uglies’ Review: An Appealing Joey King Headlines McG’s Routine Dystopian YA Adaptation for Netflix
Based on the bestselling novel, the film revolves around a young woman living in a society that mandates cosmetic surgery at age 16. September 12, 2024 4:00pm ‘Uglies’ Brian Douglas/Netflix A brave young woman battles a repressive society in a dystopian future, while honing her archery skills in the process. No, it’s not The Hunger
‘Friendship’ Review: Netflix Funnyman Tim Robinson Conquers the Big Screen in a Squirmy Bro-Com Co-Starring Paul Rudd
Having successfully built a devoted following as a leading purveyor of cringe comedy with his hit Netflix sketch series, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, the show’s rubber-faced star/co-creator ups his game with the innocently titled Friendship, a gleefully discomfiting portrait of male bonding that delivers some of the year’s biggest laughs. Robinson
SwitchArcade Review Round-Up: ‘Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection’, ‘Yars Rising’, & ‘Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland’
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics ($49.99) As a fan of Marvel, Capcom, and fighting games back in the 1990s, Capcom’s line of fighters based on Marvel’s characters were like a dream come true. Starting off with the excellent X-Men: Children of the Atom, these games just kept getting bigger and better. Moving on
‘Relay’ Review: Riz Ahmed Excels in David Mackenzie’s Mostly Clever Paranoid Thriller
A striking legacy of 9/11 is how the United States government exploited national grief and panic to pass aggressive legislation stripping Americans of privacy rights. The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, also known as the Patriot Act, was passed in October 2001, 45 days after
‘Wolfs’ Review: Brad Pitt and George Clooney Reunite for a Cunning Caper That Never Takes Itself Too Seriously — Sometimes to a Fault
Can movie stars stay cool forever? That seems to be the big existential question underscoring the clever, impeccably directed if rather flimsy action comedy Wolfs , which reunites Brad Pitt and George Clooney, who most memorably chummed it up together in the Ocean’s trilogy. Back then they were two of the biggest actors on the