Monthly Archives: February 2019
Last Day to Get 3 Months Prepaid Cell Service for $20
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We've been running this deal for a while, even thought it's a little outside the IGN scope of coverage, because it's just too good to pass up. Today is the last possible day to cash in on Mint Mobile's introductory prepaid rate. If you haven't been following along, Mint Mobile offers 3-months prepaid service for $20. That's $6.67 per month.
The bottom line: for ~$6.67 a month, or $20 total, you get unlimited talk and text and 8GB LTE data, for three months.
Mortal Kombat 11 Director Responds to Alleged Roster Leak
A possible roster leak for Mortal Kombat 11 surfaced on SteamDB, rumored to have revealed 11 character additions for the game, including three brand new fighters that are unknown.
The leak appeared in an achievements list on SteamDB, which is a third-party database that takes the exact information from Steam's internal data to show it publicly.
Due to that process, an achievements list would theoretically have to be added to the PC version of a game by the actual developers for it to appear on SteamDB.
The list includes trophies that players can get for performing two different fatalities for specific fighters.
Apex Legends Couldn’t Have Been Revealed Any Other Way
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The Lego Movie 2’s Opening Weekend Box Office Is Half the Original’s Opening
While everything may be awesome in the LEGO universe, things aren't as great in the real world.
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part brought in an estimated $34.4 during its opening weekend according to Box Office Mojo. That's about half of what the original LEGO Movie earned during its $69 million opening weekend back in 2014.
The LEGO Movie 2 came in well under expectations, with the studio expecting the sequel to earn about $50 to $55 million over the weekend.
Despite good reviews — including an 85 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes — the film wasn't able to hold onto the audience who flocked to see the original.
BAFTA Film Awards 2019 Winners Announced
The Film Awards winners of the 2019 British Academy of Film and Television Awards have been announced, with The Favourite coming out on top with seven wins.
The Favourite, a British period drama set in the early 18th century, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, won Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design and Make Up & Hair. Colman received the BAFTA for Leading Actress while Rachel Weisz took home best Supporting Actress.
Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma notably won four BAFTA awards: Best Film, Director, Cinematography and Film Not in the English Language.
The full list of BAFTA Film Awards winners are as follows:
iPad and Apple Watch are on Sale for Cheap Today
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If you're in the market for a new iPad or Apple Watch, today is a great day to buy one. That's because some of the most sought-after models of both products are on sale at Walmart and Amazon. For instance, you can save $80 on an Apple Watch Series 3 or grab the latest model of iPad for a terrific discounted price. All told, you can save nearly 30% off the regular retail price of products that don't tend to go on sale very often.
Move Over, Netflix – Marvel and Hulu are Teaming Up for The Offenders
Marvel Television and Hulu have announced a partnership that will bring four adult animated series based on Marvel characters to the streaming service.
Announced during this morning's Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, the four series will be Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Hit-Monkey, the Tigra & Dazzler Show, and Howard The Duck. The four shows are set to culminate in a special called Marvel’s The Offenders. (See what they did there?)
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) is centered around “an egomaniacal super-villain with a really big head and a really little body” who attempts to maintain control of his evil organization and family. M.O.D.O.K. is being written by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt and produced by Jeph Loeb. M.O.D.O.K. has been featured in various Marvel comics and shows, and appeared in IGN’s top 100 comic book villains list.
Lucasfilm Releasing The Art of Star Wars Rebels
The hardcover art book The Art of Star Wars Rebels is on the horizon from Dark Horse Books and Lucasfilm.
It will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the artistry that went into the show with never-before-seen concept art and process pieces along with exclusive commentary from showmakers Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg, and Carrie Beck provided by writer Dan Wallace.
Temporary cover for The Art of Star Wars Rebels. (Image Credit: Dark Horse Books and Lucasfilm.)
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First Look at Will Smith as Blue Genie in Disney’s Aladdin
A new TV spot for Disney’s upcoming live-action Aladdin, aired during the 2019 Grammy Awards, has showcased a short, first glimpse at a very blue Will Smith as Genie.
A bald but standard-appearance Smith was first seen in costume on the cover of Entertainment Weekly back in December, though the actor later clarified that the photos represented Genie in his “human/disguise” form and that his character “will be CGI most of the movie.”