New York has been host to several film premieres over the past few weeks, from Materialists to Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning.

They started as high-tech summer blockbusters for all four quadrants; their final reckoning is as this generation’s Bond marathon in waiting.

The Final Reckoning collected $285K in pre-sales for the third Saturday at the box office in China. Read more.

Avery Frank of the Show-Me Institute draws parallels between the plot of the new blockbuster and the push to generate power for AI data centers.

It’s pretty much what you’d expect, with some incredible set pieces, including a nail-biting underwater submarine sequence — ...