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There are a lot of factors to consider when looking for a new sci-fi movie to watch. Do you want to watch something recent, or are you down to sample some 20-year-old classics? Do you want something short you can watch without fear it’ll keep you up too late, or something so absorbing you won’t care that it’ll absorb you long past your bedtime? Do you want something scientifically accurate or more of a space opera that fudges the rules of psychics for the sake of entertainment? The 2017 film Okja walks the middle line between all of these. It’s…
The history of TV is littered with great shows cut tragically short. Sometimes they get to belatedly tie up loose ends with a movie or a miniseries, and sometimes they’re just left there, a carcass on the road to warn wary travelers against ever trying anything like THAT again. For the purposes of this list, we’re going to try to look at the tragic cases, the shows that got their legs cut out from under them just before the finish line, or even near the start of the race. So we’re not going to include a show like The Expanse,…
When you think of thoughtful, deliberate sci-fi, Star Wars probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Star Wars is fun, Star Wars is epic, Star Wars is exciting, but the franchise is often at its best when depicting lightsaber duels to the death or deep space dogfights. If you want careful character development and slow-burning storylines, you might wanna look elsewhere. Or at least that was the case until Star Wars: Andor aired on Disney+. This show takes its sweet time building its story to the point where you figure a lot of Star Wars fans might check…
Reginald Guessing Trousers and his merry team of Apple Rumourmongers made another announcement this week. There’s going to be an iPhone 17e. Perhaps very soon. Which is no great surprise. But Trousers also parped out key info about this new iPhone: its display will be rubbish. Which is also no great surprise. Because ever since Apple unleashed a budget (by Apple standards) iPhone, it’s followed a pattern. Fish an old design out of a dusty drawer. Inject a binned chip. Add the odd upgrade to mollify grumpy people. Then sit back and watch the money roll in. We had this with the iPhone…
A new Game of Thrones prequel series called A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms debuts just around the corner. The show is lighter in tone than either Game of Thrones or the spinoff House of the Dragon, which are both big sprawling affairs with dozens of characters and sweeping conflicts. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is mostly about one guy trying to win a tournament, and that change of pace might be just what the franchise needs. But just because this show has fewer characters than fans are used to doesn’t mean you might not need some help. There’s…
While not the most exciting audio format, the CD is still an excellent way to keep a physical media collection and cheaply acquire lossless digital music files. It’s much cheaper to track down the physical CD for the album you’re looking for than pay full price for a FLAC download. If you have a Mac or Windows PC with access to an optical drive — either an internal one or USB drive — you can rip lossless digital files from your physical CDs. You just have to find the right software. For very infrequent rips, I like to use my…
Music streamers can listen to their favorite songs in surround sound with formats like Dolby Atmos. This Dolby format creates a three-dimensional immersive audio experience using object-based masters. Producers and artists can choose exactly where to place a sound in a virtual spatial environment for maximum effect. This sounds impressive to people used to traditional surround sound formats, which rely on fixed-channel sound that lacks dimensional height. Dolby Atmos is over a decade old, but it’s become more common for music streaming, so you may be trying it out for the first time. However, listening to music in Dolby Atmos…
Got Sky Q, Sky Glass or Sky Stream 4K TV? Ultra HD comes as standard with your Sky Multiscreen Sky Q subscription, and costs just £5-a-month extra with Sky Glass or Sky Stream, and while it doesn’t extend to everything available, the catalogue is steadily growing all the time. Here’s Stuff’s pick of the best that Sky 4K has to offer… Don’t have Sky? Check out all the latest deals Existing Sky customer? Upgrade to Sky Multiscreen (or check out other deals) Sinners If you thought all the blood had already been sucked from the vampire genre, Sinners proves that…
The default settings on your TV are often configured in a way so you can get started straight away. But that doesn’t mean you should stick with those settings blindly. Many of them are set so that your TV looks eye-catching on a showroom floor, uses less energy, and pushes featured content. All of this means you’re not getting the best possible experience. With a few quick tweaks, though, you can get better picture quality, faster loading speeds, and a smoother navigation experience overall. Motion smoothing It’s not as helpful as it sounds Credit: Kegan Mooney / MakeUseOf Motion smoothing goes…
Stuff VerdictThe MG IM6 will be perfect for anyone who wants a Tesla beating SUV with ridiculously quick performance, plenty of range and oodles of interior space.ProsWickedly fast and lots of rangeImpressive comfort levels insideCavernous boot and a frunk tooConsScreens control all features and functionsRather innocuous body stylingRidiculously small rear window Introduction I’m not personally in the market for a family-focused electric SUV, but if you are the MG IM6 is a perfect alternative to the likes of the Tesla Model Y, Skoda Enyaq, Kia EV5 and much more besides. It’s really quite brave of Chinese parent company SAIG to…