Joaquin Phoenix stars in the darkly satirical “Eddington” which premiered at the Cannes film festival on Friday, a biting take on America’s culture wars set in a small New Mexico town.
The film by fast-rising American director Ari Aster is an unsettling but often amusing Western-style thriller set amid America’s toxic politics and conspiracy theories
Someone needs to consult Mickey Mouse or Walt’s frozen head.
This past weekend, Disney decided that Mother’s Day was the perfect time to re-release their somewhat floppy Snow White film. We say “somewhat floppy” because, while it did make $200 million globally, it cost $250 million to make—so they’re still in the red. But the Mother’s Day re-release may have added even more insult to injury. Shown in 1,300 theaters, the film pulled in less than what some Kickstarter campaigns make: just $350,000 in revenue.
Snow White might not be the best choice for a Mother’s Day film, considering the mother is dead and the stepmother is, well, evil. Along with how much peiple hated the film. But Disney went for it anyway.
Maybe there was some logic behind it. Snow White has become a meme magnet on TikTok, with videos galore mocking the film. Perhaps Disney thought it could cash in on some gallows humor and bring in audiences looking for a laugh, just like they did with the Minecraft movie. But no such luck. We didn’t chicken jockey Snow White. That didn’t happen—and instead, the meme of failure continues. Snow White remains abandoned by moviegoers.
There’s a lesson here for Disney. And it’s not just about timing their re-release better. The real lesson?
Stop making movies that people don’t want to see.
President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find a romantic partner.
Dr. Casey Means’ recommendation to consider guided psilocybin-assisted therapy is notable because psilocybin is illegal under federal law. It’s listed as a Schedule 1 drug, defined as a substance “with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Oregon and Colorado have legalized psychedelic therapy, though several cities in Oregon have since banned it.
Heads Up: A Soviet-Era Spaceship Is About to Crash Back to Earth — Maybe Into Your Backyard
A derelict spacecraft launched by the former Soviet Union in 1972 is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere this week — and it’s not your typical space junk. Unlike most debris that burns up in the atmosphere, this one might actually survive re-entry… and come crashing down in one piece.
Meet Cosmos 482, also known as Kosmos 482 by the Russians. Originally designed to land on Venus, this heavy-duty spacecraft was accidentally stranded in Earth’s orbit over 50 years ago. Now, it’s making its final descent — and it’s bringing all 1,091 pounds of reinforced Soviet engineering with it.
NASA forecasts that Cosmos 482 will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere sometime between May 7 and May 13, with the most likely crash date being May 10. And here’s the kicker: experts say it might not just burn up on the way down. This Venus lander was built to survive 300 Gs of acceleration and 100 atmospheres of pressure. Translation: it’s a flying tank — and it’s coming home.
So where will it land? Good question. The current projections are wide — it could hit anywhere from the United States, Mexico, South America, Africa, Europe… or yes, even your house. At this point, the best advice might be: don’t look up… unless you hear something coming.
Stay tuned — and maybe keep your insurance up to date.
Warner Bros. is going full creepy-viral to promote Weapons — the upcoming child-horror flick from Barbarian writer-director Zack Cregger. The latest move? An unlisted two-hour surveillance-style video that shows kids running through the night. That’s it. Two straight hours of eerie night vision footage — mostly silent, occasionally disturbing, all deeply unsettling.
The official poster sets the tone perfectly:
“Last night at 2:17 a.m., every child from Mrs. Gandy’s class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark… and never came back.”
A few of the comments on the video are fun.. A sampling of our favorites:
in the 1980s we would call this “normal”
“Kids are gonna start doing this at night, running down the streets with their arms open and dangling”
“Ok guys. This is the whole movie. Dont waste your money.”
“E V I L….welcome to Holly Wood”
Weapons stars Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, June Diane Raphael, Toby Huss, and Benedict Wong — a solid cast, but let’s be honest, the internet can’t stop talking about that video. It’s already disturbing viewers, with some thinking — at first glance — that it might be actual found footage or worse. It’s not. It’s modern horror marketing, devolved and digitized for maximum effect. And it works. Two hours of children screaming, vanishing, and disappearing into the dark. Nothing concrete, just vibes. Bad ones.
Here is the official trailer:
This might be the most highly anticipated horror release of the summer. The trailer itself? Looks phenomenal. A seemingly mundane setup — high schoolers disappearing on a random Wednesday — but that’s what makes it even more terrifying. I’ve always found that the best horror comes from that sudden rupture of normalcy. The ordinary turning otherworldly. The safe spaces suddenly unsafe.
Horror fans, rejoice. The rest of the world? They’re recoiling at this ad campaign — and that’s probably exactly the point. Love it or hate it, Weapons has everyone talking. Mission accomplished.
Brad Caleb Kane just posted a photo on Instagram showing a production draft script for Crystal Lake — and he announced that the production offices are officially open for business!
The script he shared was written by Kane himself, based on characters created by Friday the 13th (1980) writer Victor Miller. The copyright is registered to “Camp Blood LLC,” which pretty much confirms that pre-production is underway and things are starting to move.
Also, Linda Cardellini has signed on to play Mrs. Voorhees for A24 and Peacock’s Crystal Lake. She’s described as “a mother who gave up a singing career to raise her special needs son, only to take a dark turn after losing him.” And that son, of course, is Jason Voorhees.
Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. local time in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals.
Cardinals met at the Vatican to schedule Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, plan the conclave to elect his successor and make other decisions about running the Catholic Church as world leaders and the ordinary faithful grieve the pontiff’s death.
Meanwhile Peter does the blessing….
Calling 900 year old prophecies to see what happens next…
Pope Francis dead in Rome.. he was 88.
Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.
“At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church,″ Ferrell said.
Developing..
We’ve all been pretty busy lately. In fact, we’ve been so busy, I don’t think we’ve even had the chance to really consume the news. There’s been shootings, controversial political decisions made by the Trump administration—and of course, we always talk about the weather. That’s the go-to, right?
But something else happened this week that barely anyone is talking about. Something huge. Something that could very well be the beginning of disclosure—at least the kind that says, “Hey, life itself might not be confined to just this planet.”
Here’s what happened: Scientists from the University of Cambridge, using the James Webb Space Telescope, picked up what might be actual signs of life—yeah, life—on a planet called K2-18b. There are some reports questioning if it is really just a lot of ‘hot air’…
It’s out there in the constellation Leo, about 124 light-years from us, which in the grand scheme of the universe, isn’t as far as you’d think. What did they find? They detected chemicals in the atmosphere—dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide. On Earth, those are mostly made by little things like marine plankton. According to one of the lead researchers, this is maybe the strongest hint we’ve ever had that we’re not alone.
Of course, the scientists are careful; they say we need more proof before we start popping champagne, because there could be non-living ways those chemicals show up. But as it stands, this is about as close as we’ve come to actual scientific evidence for life beyond Earth.
That’s right—news broke that another planet, which isn’t as far as one might think in the scheme of things (though still light-years away, of course), may have the building blocks—or even the evidence—of life. And that’s thanks to the James Webb Telescope. Now we know that. But we also know this likely won’t be the last time we hear news like this. There’s a good chance it’s not just this one planet. This is just the first somewhat-official disclosure through scientific research, with potentially many more to come.
And yet… no one’s talking about it? I mean.. Us. People. The little people. The medium people. And the big people. . .
The story was a blip. Something tossed in after sports and weather. No real discussion about what it could mean, no deep dives into what it might tell us about the nature of life, or how we might even try to contact or reach these places someday. Instead, you have to dig to find it. Space nerd periodicals might carry the headline, but this should’ve been everywhere.
Now sure, it’s not aliens in flying saucers or cows mysteriously mutilated by little green men—but it is potential scientific confirmation that life may exist beyond Earth. That the universe could be teeming with life. That’s a big deal.
So look at us here on earth. Consider the circumstances.. a landscape so charred by disaster and controversy that we don’t even have spare time to wonder anymore… Imagine a giant sized version of us. Would it be the same as here?
Following that though, here’s the real question, if this is a big deal—if it turns out life really does exist on this Earth-like planet, and maybe many more: Do we even want to tell anyone WE are here?
Depending on the kind of civilizations that might exist on these planets, would it be better to just keep our little pale blue dot a secret, hidden in this quiet corner of the Milky Way?
So there they are.. the heroines of our day.
Their bravery.. their singing.. they united the world.
Actually they may have. People thought their response, and Katy Perry kissing the earth, was tone deaf. But the rest of us? Yea.. we just don’t know if this even happened.
And the door?
It opened.
We saw it.. We know it.. And Jeff Bezos doing his fake heroic door open was just for show.
This premature door open occurred after six women including Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez – traveled just beyond the edge of space aboard Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard rocket, before the capsule parachuted back to Earth.
Or we are told.
We were also told the door can’t open..
So what else here was just for show?