War is hell … unless Quentin Tarantino is involved. The maverick director, who until 2009 had best been known for his violent crime pictures Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown, took a trip to the past and put his own spin on the most conservative of subgenres: the World War II action movie.
Once dominated by the likes of John Wayne and Audie Murphy, the WWII movie under Tarantino’s eye assembled an eclectic group of actors like Brad Pitt, a largely unknown Michael Fassbender, an unrecognizable Mike Myers, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, The Office‘s B.J. Novak, and Christoph Waltz in what would be an Oscar-winning performance as the villainous Hans Linda and gave it a nasty, postmodern spin. In this war, a movie theater becomes a weapon, the good guys die left and right, and Hitler is unceremoniously offed by a barrage of bullets.
Inglourious Basterds has since been recognized as one of the director’s best works, and one of the greatest war movies ever. Now’s the time to add it to your collection since Amazon is offering an amazing Cyber Monday deal that’s too good to pass up. The retailer has shaved 39% off the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Inglorious Basterds $17.99 list price, letting cinephiles and WWII buffs everywhere the opportunity to snag a copy for only $10.99.
For under $11, you get the movie (of course), but also over two hours of extras which include alternate and extended scenes cut from the movie, a copy of the original Inglourious Basterds (called The Inglorious Bastards) from 1978, a roundtable discussion with QT, Brad Pitt, and film critic Elvis Mitchell, the full movie Nation’s Pride that plays in IB, the making of Nation’s Pride, a conversation with actor Rod Taylor, and more.
That’s a lot of great content and virtuoso filmmaking for a low, low price. How can you pass up on a movie that has Brad Pitt bashing skulls and a wronged woman seeking vengeance for her slain family? It’s never not a good time to battle Nazis, so get your copy of Inglourious Basterds today and watch Tarantino rip apart history and genre conventions with wild abandon.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.