11 h. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We see if 'It Feeds' satisfies horror fans' taste buds

Little originality on show but still works. on its own merits - just.

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19 h. ago Pentagon is sending more than 1,100 extra troops to the southern border, report says

Latest deployment takes total close to 10,000 promised by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, despite criticism of escalation as needless waste of resources

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39 h. ago Netflix releasing prequel to iconic horror movie trilogy after years of fans' demands

It's going to be a spooky weekend for those who fancy watching a horror flick

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63 h. ago Donald Trump is now receiving disapproving marks on nearly every key issue

A recent Marquette Law School poll shows President Donald Trump’s approval is negative on nearly all key issues except border security.

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2 d. ago Maga Catholics are on a collision course with Leo XIV. They have good reason to fear him | Julian Coman

They have been quick to brand the new pope an ‘anti-Trump’ ‘total Marxist’. In return, he is already critiquing their worldviewIn the outer reaches of the Magasphere, it would be fair to say the advent of the first pope from the US has not been greeted with unbridled enthusiasm. Take Laura Loomer, the thirtysomething influencer and conspiracy theorist, whose verdict on Leo XIV was as instant as it was theologically uninformed: “Anti-Trump, anti-Maga, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis.” Also doing the rounds on X was a short summary of Leo’s supposed transgressions before ascending to St Peter’s chair: “Trashed Trump, trashed Vance, trashed border enforcement, endorsed DREAMer-style illegal immigration, repeatedly praised and honored George Floyd, and endorsed a Democrat senator’s call for more gun control.”So far, so tedious. The comic-book casting of the new pope as a globalist villain in the US culture wars is traceable back to his predecessor’s impact on lib...

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3 d. ago A Simple Accident review – Jafar Panahi takes us on a nightmare trip into a land of bribes and brutality

Cannes film festival An unfortunate encounter with a dog sets off a chain of surreal, grotesque events that expose the corruption and tyranny at the heart of IranJafar Panahi is the veteran Iranian auteur and democracy campaigner who continues to get arrested and imprisoned, to endure film-making bans and defy the law, finding loopholes through which his movies can be made and shown abroad. And the Iranian authorities, tensely and hypocritically aware of world scrutiny and indeed the soft-power prestige still to be accrued from Panahi’s eminence, appear (almost) to tolerate it.Now Panahi has come to Cannes with what might be his most emotionally explicit film yet: a film about state violence and revenge, about the pain of tyranny that co-exists with ostensible everyday normality. There are macabre stabs of satire, black comedy and horror-farce, and the movie almost looks like an Iranian dissident tribute to Weekend at Bernie’s or even Hitchcock’s The Trouble With Harry. Continue rea...

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4 d. ago Blair Witch Project star's creepy actions in woods near her home sparks outcry among Maine neighbors

Blair Witch Project star Heather Donahue has once again found herself in trouble in the woods.

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5 d. ago Trump’s new border wall will threaten wildlife in an area where few people pass

The San Rafael valley in Arizona is home to bears, mountain lions and wolves – now their movement will be restrictedDonald Trump is forging ahead with a new section of border wall that will threaten wildlife in a remote area where many rare animals – but very few people – roam.Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has invited private sector companies to bid for contracts to erect nearly 25 miles of barrier on the US-Mexico border, across the unwalled south of Tucson, Arizona, one of the most biodiverse regions in the US. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Netflix viewers buzzing about upcoming horror movie and question its ties to trilogy

Netflix is releasing a brand new horror film later this month

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7 d. ago 'Masterpiece' horror movie with 'best plot twist ever' is streaming on BBC iPlayer

The film has an impressive 86% on Rotten Tomatoes and has been described as "impeccably cast and smartly written".

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8 d. ago US lost business travelers in April as economic anxiety and border detentions cooled demand

Business travel to the U.S. fell 9% in April as companies and workers grappled with economic uncertainty and anger over the Trump administration’s tariffs and border policies

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8 d. ago Keep calm (but delete your nudes): the new rules for travelling to and from Trump’s America

Many people have decided a trip to the US isn’t worth the risk after recent border detentions. But if you are going, what do you need to know? Immigration lawyers explain it allKindness doesn’t cost a thing. Putting up a big “no foreigners welcome” sign, threatening to annex your neighbour, and throwing visitors to your country into detention for minor visa infractions, however? Such actions are expensive. The United States is on track to lose $12.5bn (£9.4bn) in international travel spending this year, according to a study published on Tuesday by the World Travel and Tourism Council.If the Trump administration is concerned that its aggressive rhetoric is costing tourist dollars, it’s not showing it. During a recent press conference about the 2026 Fifa World Cup, which will be jointly hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada, vice president JD Vance joked about deporting football fans who outstay their welcome. “We’ll have visitors from close to 100 countries. We want them to come ” Vanc...

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1 week ago Trump’s border intimidation is coming for US citizens too – ask streamer Hasan Piker | Owen Jones

The leftwing, pro-Palestine streamer’s interrogation by airport officials on his return to the US shows a chilling escalation of the war on free speechWhere are all the free speech warriors on the right now? Hasan Piker, a popular streamer with 4.5 million followers across YouTube and Twitch, who has been hailed by mainstream publications such as the New Yorker and New York Times as the left’s answer to the deluge of rightwing internet influencers, says he was detained and questioned for hours by border control agents as he re-entered the US (Piker is a US citizen). It is an instructive moment. Countries that behave like this towards political commentators and dissenting voices who are their own citizens are either nakedly authoritarian, or well on the way.Piker was reportedly interrogated at length not just about Hamas, the Houthis and Hezbollah, but his views on Donald Trump. The 33-year-old pundit – an unapologetic champion of the Palestinian cause – stuck to a message of opposin...

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1 week ago ‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia

Karenia mikimotoi algae can suffocate fish, cause haemorrhaging and act as a neurotoxin, one expert saysGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailMore than 200 marine species, including deepwater sharks, leafy sea dragons and octopuses, have been killed by a toxic algal bloom that has been affecting South Australia’s coastline since March.Nearly half (47%) of the dead species were ray-finned fish and a quarter (26%) were sharks and rays, according to OzFish analysis of 1,400 citizen scientist reports.Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump supporter and green card holder detained for over a month by ICE over years

Brooke Choquette had voted for President Donald Trump and her husband Kunal Oberoi supported the administration. They never expected Kunal would be detained by border officials, and spend two months locked up due to Trump’s border policies, writes Michelle Del Rey

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1 week ago Michigan father and green card holder spent nearly two months in ICE detention

Brooke Choquette had voted for President Donald Trump and her husband Kunal Oberoi supported the administration. They never expected Kunal would be detained by border officials, and spend two months locked up due to Trump’s border policies, writes Michelle Del Rey

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1 week ago BBC horror movie with whopping 95% Rotten Tomatoes score hailed as an 'underrated masterpiece' and 'pure cinematic gold' as it's made free to stream

The thriller premiered back in 2014 and sees a young woman, Kylie (Morgan O'Reilley) who was placed under house arrest in her childhood home.

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2 w. ago Billy Woods: Golliwog review – one of the most engrossing, unnerving records you’ll hear this year

(Backwoodz Studioz)The New York rapper confronts trauma and state-sanctioned terror with his latest release, pulling out innumerable images of inhumanityGolliwog has the ambience of a horror movie: dissonant strings, like nails on a chalkboard, form the basis of the track Star87; agonised screams are sampled throughout; every so often, an ominous drone will fill a song to the point of overwhelm. On that level alone, New York underground icon Billy Woods’ latest album would be a feat of sound design, and one of the year’s most engrossing, unnerving records. Of course, this being a Billy Woods record, that’s just scratching the surface.Golliwog’s horror aesthetics are a counterpoint to its tales of real, everyday nightmares. Through samples, guest verses and his own lyrics, Woods unearths innumerable images of inhumanity: stories of CIA torture methods, “12 billion USD hovering over the Gaza strip”, a class of professional “zombies” willing to turn a blind eye to the working class tha...

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2 w. ago Road rage confrontation between moving Kia and motorcycle ends in horror captured by dashcam

In the clip, a minivan and motorcycle are seen traveling side-by-side on an Oregon highway when the biker appears to gesture at the driver in frustration.

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2 w. ago Border Czar Tom Homan claims Trump could be ‘the most knowledgable President we’ve ever had’

Tom Homan says Donald Trump is “one of, if not the most knowledgeable President that we’ve ever had.”

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