‘Old’ couple turns shuttlecock blockers

Two of India’s biggest sportspeople have punked a group of schoolchildren in a great prank. Indian badminton stars Kidambi Srikanth and Ashwini Ponnappa donned makeup and prosthetics to look like an elderly couple. While badminton is barely a blip on the sporting radar in Australia, in India, badminton is the countries second most played sport. […]

Windows 10 1809: iCloud incompatibility fixed, but other blockers remain

Enlarge (credit: Patty’s Photos / Flickr) While the rollout of Windows 10 version 1809 (the October 2018 Update) has been problematic, Microsoft really does try to avoid sending the update to configurations that it knows just won’t work properly. One of these situations involved PCs with Apple’s iCloud client. The system would break when trying […]

The Morning Watch: ‘Blockers’ Puke Scene Breakdown, ‘Nathan For You’ Video Essay & More

The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, Blockers director Kay Cannon breaks down a hilarious […]

The 6 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Blockers,’ ‘Beirut,’ and ‘Dietrich & von Sternberg’

A new month has dawned, so there are new movies to be seen on your subscription streaming services; we’ve plucked out a lesser-known gem from each. On demand and disc, we’ve got a big spring comedy and quietly effective political thriller. And finally, Criterion has unleashed (just in time for Barnes and Noble’s big 50% […]

Blockers review: Prom night comedy with overprotective parents

But I hadn’t accounted for Pitch Perfect writer Kay Cannon. In Blockers she hits on a way to unite two raucous comedy staples in one killer catchphrase. This is “ass beer!” (obvious when you think of it). She just needed a bent-over ex-wrestler (John Cena), a syphon of beer and an open-mouthed observer (Ike Barinholtz). […]

Salon to ad blockers: Can we use your browser to mine cryptocurrency?

Enlarge / Salon’s new message for ad blockers. (credit: Salon) Salon.com has a new, cryptocurrency-driven strategy for making money when readers block ads. If you want to read Salon without seeing ads, you can do so—as long as you let the website use your spare computing power to mine some coins. If you visit Salon with […]

‘Blockers’ Trailer: Parental Advisory is Not Recommended

I like Ike Barinholtz, Leslie Mann, and John Cena. I think they’re all underrated, talented performers, and ever since seeing Barinholtz work his magic as a charmingly weird supporting character in The Mindy Project, I’ve been pulling for him to lock down some more starring roles in big studio comedies. But after watching this new trailer […]

No doubt Brexit is happening: May issues leave date, time, and stark warning for bill blockers

British Prime Minister Theresa May has set out the specific hour that the UK will leave the European Union, giving a clear warning to Tory rebels with any plans to block the Brexit bill: shape up or ship out. “The government has this week published a cross-party backed amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill which […]

‘Blockers’ Trailer: John Cena, Leslie Mann, and Ike Barinholtz Are Weirdly Overprotective Parents

In the footsteps of other raunchy coming-of-age comedies like Superbad and American Pie where teens just want to have a lot of sex comes Blockers, a movie about three parents who will stop at nothing to sabotage their daughters’ sex lives. Starring John Cena, Leslie Mann, and Ike Barinholtz as the traditionally-minded parents who discover their daughters’ prom night “sex […]