Awesome Leisure

“Knowing is good. But knowing everything is better.” Emma Watson stars as a new employee at a tech and social media giant in this drama about privacy in the digital age. Also starring Tom Hanks, Karen Gillan and John Boyega. Based on Dave Eggers’ eponymous novel.

The sequel to the Studio Ghibli-inspired PS3 RPG is coming to the PS4. Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom promises more colorful characters and sweeping music with an even more massive world. We hope it’s less grindy than its predecessor. Drops 2017.

The NES Classic Edition’s controllers have inexplicably short cables. That’s why 8Bitdo came up with the Retro Receiver, a Bluetooth adapter and wireless NES-style controller for the tiny console. The adapter also works with the Wii Mote, Wii U Pro, PS3 & PS4 controllers.

A fantastic performance by DJ Brace as he shows off his dexterity and timing between his twin turntables and mixing board. These days, the discs control digital sounds instead of analog ones – but he’s still got mad skills.

(Spoilers, PG-13) Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Fans of Westworld will want to watch this season one montage from Burger Fiction. Not every question was answered, but the show is doing a much better job clueing us in than Lost ever did.

With May, Hammond, and Clarkson gone, we’d much rather watch The Grand Tour than the new Top Gear, but we just had to share this extended footage in which Ken Block tore up the streets of London with his 1400 hp Hoonicorn Mustang, with Matt LeBlanc riding shotgun.

Caesar and his kin are drawn into a war against an army of humans, led by a Colonel (Woody Harrelson) hellbent on ending the apes, and forcing the audience to choose whether to root for the humans or the apes. Perhaps the next movie will be Rise of the Planet of the Fleas.

(PG-13) From Horrible Bosses, King of Kong and The Goldbergs director Seth Gordon comes a Seth Rogen-style comedy masquerading as a Baywatch reboot. Considering no one asked for it, this is probably the best outcome. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario.

It’s Marvel’s third attempt in not so many years to reboot the Spider-Man franchise, so we’ve got some concerns, but we did find Tom Holland to be awkwardly charming in Civil War, so we’ll give him a chance. Watch the trailer and decide for yourself.

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aimé and Shigeru Miyamoto dropped by The Tonight Show to showcase the mobile game Super Mario Run and the upcoming hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch, running The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Skip to 4:37 for the Switch.

One of the hottest gifts this year is the miniature remake of the NES, but we’re thinking of investing our cash in this versatile palm-sized console instead. It works with a variety of retro game emulators and USB controllers, has an HDMI output, and works as a 4K media player.

For his latest video, Devin Supertramp replicated the classic speeder bike chase from Return of the Jedi – but instead of flying precariously between giant redwoods, they did the stunt on water, using specially modified Jetovator jetpacks. Duct tape ftw.

“You’re not in the burger business. You’re in the real estate business.” Michael Keaton stars as the late businessman Ray Kroc, who – for better or for worse – revolutionized franchising and turned McDonald’s into the American icon that it is today.

Bora Barroso presents a brief look back at animated films from the House of Mouse, from 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, up to this year’s Zootopia. While the style and technique have changed, the storytelling and characters continue to enthrall.

Kuma Films presents footage of a fun and different way to get around the skatepark, using a pair of tiny, independent boards instead of a regular skateboard. Isamu Yamamoto – the kid in the video totally kills it.

Our friends at Rides & Drives head to Northern Wisconsin and tell a tale of big fish, cold beer, Hawg Wobblers, supper clubs, and the 2016 Nissan Titan XD. If you’ve ever thought of taking a fishing trip to the northwoods, you might want to read this first!

James Hobson of Hacksmith Industries created an impressive working replica of Batman’s grappling gun, complete with a bat-shaped hook that can fire to the roof of a six-story building. He next plans on making a device that allows him to ascend a building.

Steep is an extreme winter sports game for Windows, Xbox One and PS4. Feel the thrill of skiing, snowboarding, paragliding and wingsuit diving with friends or on your own. You can create your own lines, challenge friends and even ride together on your gear of choice.

To celebrate the first ever World Trick Shot Day (who knew?), Harlem Globetrotter Buckets Blakes headed to the top of the 58-story Tower of the Americas in San Antonio, and took aim at the basket far below. We have no idea how he worked the wind into his calculations.

One of the coolest concepts we’ve seen on the LEGO Ideas‘ website, Brett Cuviello’s Iron Giant build is simply spectacular, and does a great job replicating the giant robot from Brad Bird’s 1999 animated classic. The 2,000 piece set would have to be pricy, but we desperately want one.

Filmmaker Clark Zhu presents a year-end compilation which features scenes from 262 motion pictures released in 2016. While not every movie lived up to its trailer, it’s still a fantastic recap of the year in film. Full list of movies here.

The Foldscope is an incredibly affordable flat-pack microscope that’s mostly made of paper. It comes with a lens that provides 140x magnification – on par with four-figure microscopes. The $20 kit comes with prepared and blank slides, an LED lamp and more.

Hideo Kojima’s first game with his independent studio is an open-world action PS4 exclusive that stars perfect avatars of actors Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen, along with director Guillermo del Toro. Aaaand that’s all we know. But in Kojima we trust.