The Walking Dead: World Beyond Premiere Recap: Smells Like Teen Spirit

Whether you’ve already read our reaction to The Walking Dead: World Beyond — spoiler alert: didn’t love it — now it’s your turn to weigh in. First, we’ll go over the densely-plotted premiere, then you can grade the episode in the poll beneath and write your own review in the comments. Ready or not, here […]

Fists of fury: Warrior channels fierce fighting spirit of Bruce Lee

Andrew Koji plays Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates to 19th-century San Francisco from China and gets caught up in the Tong Wars. In 1971, Hollywood lore has it that the legendary Bruce Lee pitched an idea for a TV series about a martial artist in the Old West. Skittish studio heads passed […]

2019 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: ‘We the Animals’, ‘Eighth Grade’ and ‘First Reformed’ Lead the Pack

Awards season is officially in full swing as the folks at Film Independent have officially announced the nominations for the 2019 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring achievements in independent film for the year 2018. Jeremiah Zagar‘s film We the Animals led the indie pack with five total nominations. But coming in close behind are two wildly […]

Everything You Should Know Before Flying Spirit Airlines

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The Indivisible Invisible: Inside Brazil's Spirit World

Somewhere in Rio de Janeiro, 28-year-old Krysllah Mendoca closes her eyes and lifts her arms in reverence. Dressed in all white, Mendoca is paying homage to spirits and the spirit world during an Umbanda ceremony. Umbanda, which emerged from Rio in the 1930s, is a mix of the region’s religions, including African traditions of worship, […]

‘Teen Spirit’ Review: Max Minghella’s Directorial Debut Lacks Pop [TIFF]

If A Star is Born was the folk song of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, a familiar tune brilliantly rendered by cover artist Bradley Cooper, then Teen Spirit was its pop song. The film is derivative, calibrated to appeal to a lowest-common-denominator audience … and yet admittedly catchy, even if it’s immediately recognizable as […]

Brilliant Mbappé, insane Varane, and a Floyd Mayweather spirit — This is everything you need to know about how France won the 2018 World Cup

Getty Images France has done it. After a remarkable victory over Croatia, France is the 2018 FIFA World Cup champion. The French were tasked with knocking out a gauntlet run of soccer giants over the last couple of weeks but Les Bleus dug deep and ground out victories over Argentina, Uruguay, and Belgium, to set-up […]

‘The fighting spirit was amazing’ – Jose Mourinho on Russia’s shock World Cup win over Spain

Jose Mourinho says Russia showed “amazing fighting spirit” in their historic penalty shootout win against Spain in the World Cup last 16. Russia won 4-3 on penalties after the game had finished level at 1-1 following extra time at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Read more Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev has the hero for the hosts, pulling off […]

How Spirit AI uses artificial intelligence to level up game communities

Spirit AI is using artificial intelligence to combat toxic behavior in game communities. The London company has created its Ally social intelligence tool to decipher online conversations and monitor whether cyberbullying is taking place. It is the brainchild of researchers at New York University, according to Mitu Khandaker, creative partnerships d…Read More