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Tag: Glass
Don’t Worry Darling review: through the suburban looking glass
Opening with a seductive flow of cocktails and cocktail dresses, Olivia Wilde’s gilded-cage thriller Don’t Worry Darling takes place in a vaguely post-war luxury community that’s like a Barbie dream town built from collective nostalgic memory. Victory, as this domestic paradise is named, resembles just about any inviting postcard depiction of ’50s suburban life put […]
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Review: Rian Johnson Outdoes Himself With A Hilarious New Benoit Blanc Whodunit [TIFF]
Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” was a wonderful breath of fresh air — an original film with a stellar cast and a funny, engrossing mystery with twists and turns. It reminded us that movies could be, ya know, fun. Seemingly the moment the movie ended, audiences wanted more. Specifically, they wanted the return of Benoit Blanc, the gentleman […]
Lenovo Slim 9i review: glass on top, quality underneath
I’d forgive you if you haven’t heard of the Lenovo Slim 9i. Among Lenovo’s many lines and sub-brands of laptops, the name hardly stands out. But as reviewed, it might be one of the most compelling 14-inch clamshell laptops I’ve ever reviewed. That’s thanks to the gorgeous OLED screen, great performance, and a webcam good […]
The knives are out again in first teaser for Glass Onion
Daniel Craig reprises his role as Benoit Blanc in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. We loved director Rian Johnson’s delightful 2019 hit film Knives Out as much as anyone. So we’ve been eager to learn more about the upcoming sequels commissioned by Netflix. Fortunately, the streaming platform just dropped the first teaser for Glass Onion: […]
Benoit Blanc returns in first trailer for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
In late 2019, writer and director Rian Johnson’s Knives Out was an unexpected hit. There aren’t a lot of comical murder mysteries burning up the box office the way that one did. That may be why Netflix pulled the trigger on two Knives Out sequels, the first of which will arrive later this year. Now, […]
Antiques Roadshow guest ‘humiliated’ over valuation of ‘ugly lump of glass’
“So again it’s all now building up nicely, do you like it now?” she asked and the lady replied: “Yes it’s growing on me!” “And if this went into auction you would be looking at an estimate of between £4,000 and £5,000,” Susan revealed. “You’re kidding me?” the lady exclaimed. “That’s ridiculous because whenever I […]
Gorilla Glass-maker plans to produce glass suitable for folding iPhones
Enlarge / A folding phone by Oppo. (credit: Brian Shen) According to Wired, glass-maker Corning is “working on ultrathin, bendable glass that’s 0.1 millimeters thick and can bend to a 5 millimeter radius” that may be usable for smartphone displays within two years. Corning produces Gorilla Glass used in Apple’s iPhones, as well as in […]
‘Glass’ is an Adequate ‘Split’ Sequel and a Terrible ‘Unbreakable’ Sequel
When M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable was released in November of 2000, expectations were unreachably high. His previous film, The Sixth Sense, was a worldwide sensation, grossing nearly $ 300 million domestic (on a $ 40 million budget), introducing one of the all-time great twist endings, and branding its writer/director as the next Spielberg. Unbreakable hit theaters […]
“Scary” reality: Meds tainted with germs, glass, carcinogens, mystery particles
Enlarge / What else is in there? (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) An investigation by Kaiser Health News into thousands of recent drug recalls reveals a frightening record of medicines in the US being tainted with dangerous bacteria, mold, glass shards, rubber bits, cancer-causing chemicals, mysterious powders, and worrying metal particles. There were also cases of medications […]
