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Remember better with the new Sticky Notes experience from OneNote
We are excited to announce that the new Sticky Notes experience for Windows is now rolling out to all users. We had first announced the new Sticky Notes experience in this Insiders blog post earlier this year and the response was incredibly positive. Many of you have already started exploring new capabilities of the new Sticky Notes and sharing your feedback, which has been incredibly helpful – thank you.
Visually group shapes in your diagrams with containers in Visio for the web
A container in Visio is a special shape that can hold other shapes inside of it. It's often used to group related shapes together and can be a powerful tool to help organize and manage complex diagrams. The Visio desktop app has long supported containers, and now Visio for the web does, too! Users with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license use containers in Visio for the web to create diagrams that are better organized and easier to understand and navigate.
Disney Should Make a Darth Vader Movie Based On This Classic Comic Run
It's hard to imagine that Disney hasn't at least played with the idea of making a Darth Vader movie. Fans are starved for one after Vader's appearances in Rogue One and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Yes, Anakin was the focus of an entire trilogy of movies, but it still doesn't explore the most interesting part of Anakin/Vader's story: his life after the events of Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith. Accumulatively, Vader doesn't have much screen time throughout his appearances in Star Wars movies and shows.
Dick Grayson Should Be The Focus Going Forward With DC
If there is one thing DC Comics isn't new to, it's a reboot. Between crisis events, rebirths, new TV shows, and movie restructuring, DC is consistently changing how it's using its characters-usually based on how they're performing at that time. That can be both a good sign and a bad sign depending on how any one person views it, but it is a hopeful sign of change from the previous norm-which truthfully doesn't happen very often in the world of comic books.
Transform patient care with virtual visits
Innovation has always been a driving force in the healthcare industry, and Microsoft is leading the charge in delivering state-of-the-art solutions that enable healthcare organizations to revolutionize the way they operate. From virtual visits to AI-infused virtual agents, Microsoft's latest healthcare solutions are designed to streamline patient care and increase engagement.
New solutions to transform the manufacturing workforce with Microsoft Teams
Manufacturers are looking for smarter, more sustainable operations—driven by an efficient workforce that has the right knowledge and tools to handle anything the future may bring. We are excited to highlight our latest solutions to accelerate workforce transformation at Hannover Messe 2023—the world's leading trade fair for industrial technology.
Skill up on Modern Work: Quarterly recap
Welcome to our new quarterly blog series designed to help you skill up on Modern Work technologies. This is your quarterly one stop shop for Modern Work technical skilling updates, resources, and opportunities. 7 ways to skill up on Modern Work technologies today: Explore administration of Microsoft 365 in the new era of AI: Microsoft 365 Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph and the Microsoft 365 apps.
AI, roadmap, community, and more at the Microsoft 365 Conference
There has never been more exciting time to be in tech and the Microsoft 365 Conference in Las Vegas on May 2-4th is the best place to learn about the latest collaboration tools and AI capabilities that are transforming the workplace and can help you grow your impact and career.
The ‘Turn Your Brain Off’ Argument Is An Excuse For Accepting Bad Filmmaking
Home Movies & TV The ‘Turn Your Brain Off’ Argument Is An Excuse For Accepting Bad Filmmaking It's okay to enjoy a bad movie, but bad movies may have been given one too many free passes. Cinema is easily one of the most wide-ranging forms of art. At one time in theaters, there could be a raunchy comedy with an ensemble cast contrasted with a drama starring multiple Oscar-nominated actors right next door. It's partly what makes cinema so cool and exciting.
Will James Cameron End His Career With Avatar Movies?
Avatar has the potential to take up half of Cameron's life when all of the sequels are done. What could he possibly do when it's all said and done? In a weird way, it is a little bittersweet that Avatar: The Way of Water has finally come to theaters after 13 years since the release of the original. For a while, it just seemed like it didn't exist at all because it was in a constant state of production, with a coming soon light flashing constantly above it.
Build custom incident response actions with Microsoft 365 Defender APIs
As a security analyst or incident responder, you not only want to closely observe everything happening in an environment, but also react quickly and efficiently once malicious activity is detected. While Microsoft 365 Defender has powerful detection capabilities, it also provides response actions at the file, device and user level, that can be triggered both manually and automatically.
Ranking All Robocop Trilogy Villains
The Robocop franchise has some of the best villains in cinema history, and these are the worst of the worst. Robocop is as close to a perfect sci-fi action movie as anyone could get — with a decent sequel to follow and a rather disappointing third movie to finish off the trilogy. It is a bloody action movie with some great satire and social commentary. The Robocop franchise has a little bit of everything, including some all-time great villains.
Kill Bill: What Movies Most Heavily Influenced Tarantino’s Duology?
Home Movies & TV Kill Bill: What Movies Most Heavily Influenced Tarantino’s Duology? Tarantino is a filmmaker known for his references to other movies, but no movie does shows this more than Kill Bill. Quentin Tarantino is no stranger to borrowing from other films, for lack of a better word. All of his films have the DNA of films that have left an impression on him from his time working at a video store.
5 Horrifying Ari Aster Scenes
One of horror's great new minds has already left his mark with these horrifying scenes. A new title and poster have been released for Ari Aster's next movie Beau is Afraid. What was originally called Disappointment Blvd is starring Joaquin Phoenix in a supposed 3-hour-long surrealist horror epic. If any other filmmaker was releasing a movie with that description, most would be justifiably skeptical, because it just sounds like a recipe for disaster for most filmmakers to take on.
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5 Great Modern Director/Actor Duos
Making a good movie can be extremely difficult, but a great duo can make all the difference. Filmmaking is a team effort. Everyone has to depend on each other to get the best possible outcome on the screen in front of audiences. Making movies is an already monumental task so any way possible to make it easier or more streamlined is a welcome idea. It is the reason why much of the time directors will work with the same cinematographers, musicians, producers, and so on.
5 Best Jackie Chan Set Pieces
Jackie Chan is easily one of the best action stars in history, and here are five set pieces to prove it. There has been lots of conversation about the loss of the movie star. Instead of going to a movie to see a specific actor, audiences are going to see movies to see the reoccurring characters of their favorite cinematic universe. The change is especially obvious when going to action movies, where it's overrun by comic book movies and shared universes.
5 Memorable Jordan Peele horror scenes
Jordan Peele has built an impressive resume of horror films that include some all-time great scares. It is a true testament to a filmmaker's greatness when their name gets to be plastered all over the promotional material of their film. Jordan Peele has found himself as a filmmaker who can do the same after he exploded onto the horror cinema scene out of nowhere and has neatly placed himself as a mainstay of the horror genre.
Why A Live-Action Resident Evil May Never Work
Resident Evil live-action adaptations up to this point haven't worked, and based on current cinema trends, it may never work Resident Evil is a franchise full of massive hits and some major misses-looking at you 5 and 6. The franchise has honestly never been super consistent with its quality over its long run of video games and especially movies-mostly from the long list of different creators and genres that have come and gone over the years.
5 Movies That Never Got Made (But Should Have)
Movies take a lot of time, effort, skill, money, and energy to make at any level whether independent of the massive summer blockbusters. It's almost a miracle that most movies are even finished in the first place. Look at the recently released Black Adam with Dwayne Johnson. That movie took over a decade to finally come to fruition as Dwayne was announced as Black Adam in 2007.
Nefarious 9 to 5’s: 5 Horror Movies Set In Workplaces
Horror has been one of the most popular genres throughout history. It has encompassed folk tales, novels, radio, movies, comics, video games, and more. There are many reasons the genre has captivated audiences for so long, but one of the most universal reasons is a therapeutic one. These stories relate to real-world fears with real-world situations, locations, and people.
What Turns Sci-Fi Into Sci-Fi Horror?
When there are group conversations about favorite movies, it often breaks down to discussing everyone's favorite genre. More than anything else, it seems that people's tastes are defined by their favorite genres of books, movies, video games, music, etc. There are drama nerds, thriller cravers, and of course, the genre that breeds the most obsessive fans: horror. Those thirsting for blood, knives, screams, and a monster or two are horror junkies.
Why Future Avatar: The Last Airbender Series Should Be Further Explorations Into The Lore
Avatar: The Last Airbender has found itself a well-deserved resurgence as of late, especially since its debut on Netflix in 2020. When it comes to characterization, story, world-building, and so much more, Avatar: The Last Airbender is a masterclass in storytelling — and not just in the original animated series. The sequel series The Legend of Korra, the comic books, and the Kyoshi and Yangchen novels are just a few other forms of media that the sprawling Avatar story continues to excel in.
Indiana Jones 5 Could Be Everything The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Wasn’t
There aren't many eras in cinema that is more nostalgic than the period of action-adventure movies from the late seventies to early nineties. This era's films in the genre mainly come from filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. If anyone were to list filmmakers who influenced that period in cinema the most, it would be difficult to convince anyone that they weren't the top two.
The Hulk story to give the MCU the edge it needs might not be World War Hulk
The Hulks are back in the focus of Marvel for the first time in quite some time thanks to Disney plus' new series, She-Hulk. Although it isn't Bruce Banner, it is still a very much welcomed return for gamma radiation-powered heroes and foes alike. The last time any Hulk got a solo project outside comic books was in 2008 with The Incredible Hulk-which is very different from the Hulk that would be seen later on in Avengers and Thor.
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Hollywood Trends Have Been Around Longer Than The Superhero Craze
What makes going to the cinema so exciting is deciding what to go see. Whether deciding between a horror movie in October or an action movie during the summer, it all contributes to what can be an exciting choice between friends at the cinema.
International Horror Movies For Slasher Fans
Fear is a universal language. Scary stories have been a part of cultures since anyone can remember. Folktales about monsters and demons out to make those who misbehave pay have been subject to interpretation after interpretation until we get to where horror is now. Instead of through oral tradition, it now is seen in books, video games, and of course movies. Every January, theaters are filled with cash grabs in the form of cheaply made horror movies, often in the form of slasher movies.
Why Evil Dead Is A Horror Remake/Reboot Done Right
You can almost guarantee that a popular horror movie will eventually get a sequel or reboot. It's the perfect way to grab a few bucks from audiences as it utilizes nostalgia but promises something new and exciting that you need to see. But it goes without saying that history has shown audiences that many of those promises lack significant proof. Remakes of classic horror films are usually exact copies of the original or a lazy trope fest.
The 5 Most Underappreciated Werewolf Movies
The horror genre has been a fan favorite since the beginning of filmmaking. The relevance of movies like Nosferatu and the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari today can be a testament to the genre's popularity. But the genre has come a very long way with monsters, serial killers, and ghosts, just to name a few of cinema's numerous contributions to the genre. Many of cinema's monsters got their start with Universal Studios in the early to mid-1900s.
5 Great Needle Drops In Horror Movies
Since the beginning of movies, they've been accompanied by music. There are two forms of music in movies: diegetic, which is heard by the characters within the context of the movie; and non-diegetic music that cannot be heard by the characters, only the audience. Both are among the most important aspects of movie making and movie-going. That's why needle drops can be a make-it or break-it moment in movies.
Microsoft Teams: five scenarios to help you choose between many small teams or a bigger one.
Regarding Microsoft Teams, having the right balance between agility, visibility and efficiency is not necessarily easy. More importantly, we all work for different companies where the goals, the culture, and the ways of working might be completely different. You will have guessed by now that the answer to the above-formulated question is: it depends. In this article, we will try to touch base on some examples we can see happening in August 2022.
Signs: M. Night Shyamalan's Alien Thriller Turns 20
Movie conversations can get a little tense when the name M. Night Shyamalan comes up. When thinking of Shyamalan, muddled plots and twist endings that make zero sense may come to mind. It's quite reasonable, considering that the critically shredded After Earth and Avatar: The Last Airbender are both part of his filmmaking resume. But before all the bad twist endings and muddled plots, M. Night Shyamalan was seen as the next big filmmaker in Hollywood.
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe: What Makes the Comedic Duo So Timeless?
MTV's classic duo of crude, dumb, oblivious, head-banging, and fire-loving teens are back at it once again trying to finally score. This time, instead of just doing America, it's the entire universe's turn to be subject to Beavis and Butt-head's commentary, and perhaps a touch of destruction and nachos. For those who grew up with the duo in the late nineties, with its MTV reruns, or even during its brief reboot in 2011, it will be a much-welcomed return of the satirical comedy of Mike Judge.
Predator: A Franchise That (So Far) Hasn’t Lived Up To Its First Movie
The '80s were a special time for blockbuster cinema. Over-the-top heroes, memorable one-liners, villains with awesome accents, and jacked-up characters were at the height of action cinema. All of this excitement was complemented by aliens, robots, and monsters at the top of the box office. It is somewhat still that way now, but in a much more subdued way, not leaning into the absurd as much.
What a Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel should do to succeed
2021 gave audiences a lot of nostalgia at the movie theater, with Tobey Maguire returning as Spider-Man and even a new Scream movie. But one that hit the biggest nostalgia button was Jason Reitman's Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Beyond just the title, the movie is rife with nostalgia and callbacks with the returning cast, one of cinema's most popular cars, the Ecto-1 getting a tune-up. Not to mention the director, Jason Reitman, is the son of the original film's director, Ivan Reitman.
The Thing Turns 40: A Look Back At The Ice Cold Horror
The past couple of months have marked a few anniversaries of some of cinema's favorite alien characters. Not that long ago, the troubled third sequel to Ridley Scott's original Alien had reached thirty years.
Can Netflix's Resident Evil bring the franchise back from the dead?
The Resident Evil franchise has a long history with some amazing games, and to put it nicely, some real rotten flesh stinkers. But the franchise has yet again found its way back into the spotlight with even more monsters and possibly more to add to the already complicated interweaving canon. This time with announcements of another classic remake after the success of the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes, with this time being the highly anticipated Resident Evil 4 remake.
How Marvel could solve this potential problem
What Disney and Marvel have done with the Marvel Cinematic Universe is unprecedented for any franchise. By combining over twenty-five movies, several shows, and over a decade worth of content they've created one of the biggest continuities in cinema that will only continue to grow. It has easily become the biggest movie franchise in cinematic history-and has been for a while. But that doesn't come without its drawbacks.
The Monsterverse Is Doing The Shared Universe Idea Right
The pandemic changed a lot of the relationships that audiences have with the big screen. With many cinema-goers still afraid of going out, when it comes to choosing what movie to see at the local cinema, it usually has to have a justification for viewers to spend the time and money to go see it. The justification can mostly be summarized as big: big stories, with big characters, in big settings, and even more big things to follow down the road in that franchise.
30 Years Of Alien 3: Where Alien Went Wrong
The Alien franchise has no shortage of talent at the helm in its history. With Ridley Scott directing the first installment and James Cameron creating an all-time great sequel, the franchise's lineage is nothing to sneeze at. When a young David Fincher stepped up as the director of Alien 3, it would seem on paper now that this would have been an indication of another great film.
Ranking All Of Bong Joon-Ho's Movies
Share Tweet Share Email Bong Joon-Ho has had a relatively long career and the seven films he has made range from good to great. International cinema has been booming these past few years for wide American audiences. But for the most part, many international hits still barely make a dent in the domestic box-office, which is a shame as some of the best cinema has to offer can be found outside of the United States.
Jimmy Neutron Is The Epitome Of Early-2000s Kids' Entertainment
For those who grew up during the late 90s and early 2000s, cable television was dominated by three children's networks. Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon all live in the brains of those now in their mid to late twenties. Disney had Kim Possible and That's So Raven. Cartoon Network had Courage the Cowardly Dog and Ed Edd n Eddy. Nickelodeon had SpongeBob Squarepants and Danny Phantom.
Why The Lost World Is The Best Jurassic Park Sequel
Share Tweet Share Email Jurassic Park is another franchise riddled with mediocre sequels, but The Lost World is the only one that actually feels like a sequel. When it comes to filmmaking legacies, nobody has a bigger influence and impact on the box office than Steven Spielberg has. His long career is filled with massive hits like Jaws, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, and so much more make up his blockbuster-riddled resume.
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 20 Years Later: How The Movie Changed It All
Share Tweet Share Email Raimi's Spider-Man had set the bar for what comic book movies can be, and a true test of its legacy is its relevance today. Movies can't get much bigger than what Marvel has been pushing out these last few years. Especially with giant blockbusters like Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and now Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness.
The Perfect Superhero Film Is Actually A Wuxia Movie
Share Tweet Share Email Superhero movies are all over the place these days. But Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon portrays the perfect way to tell those tales. Everything Everywhere All at Once is possibly the best movie of the year thus far, and does something extremely bold. It presents a story about a multiverse within months of two of Marvel's biggest films of all-time, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
King Kong: Ranking The Terrible To The Epic
Share Tweet Share Email King Kong is an American icon of cinema with a handful of reboots or remakes. But can any of them live up to the original? Grab the popcorn and soda, because monster movies are bigger than ever. There isn't much that is more ingrained in American cinema culture than the monster flick.
Disney Should Adapt These Movies Into Live-Action Films
Share Tweet Share Email Disney for the most part missed the mark when adapting their classics, but these two lesser know Disney epics would make better live-action renditions Disney has been on a roll for the past several years when it comes to adapting its classics to live-action.
Why The Star Wars Movies Translate So Well To LEGO-Based Games
Star Wars is one of the biggest franchises in history. Images of Jedi and Droids are plastered all over lunchboxes, posters, and T-shirts. But one of the biggest pieces in the Star Wars franchise is LEGO. It was in 1999 when Lego released its first Star Wars Lego set with the infamous X-Wing Fighter, and the line has only grown since then. They would then go on to expand to hundreds of other Lego Star Wars sets that rest on the shelves of fans of LEGO and Star Wars alike.
The Batman: Why Robin Fits Perfectly In A Sequel
Matt Reeves' The Batman has evolved the character of Bruce Wayne like no other Batman film has. The film heavily focuses on the rage within Bruce that drives him to obsess over vengeance but creates an arc for Batman that vengeance isn't necessarily what's going to help the people of Gotham, the people around him, and most importantly for himself. Instead, he needs to be an inspiration of hope to Gotham if he is to help his city be what he hopes it can be.
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