Parents of students in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> charter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/public-schools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">school</a> are upset that their fourth graders were shown a&#8221;Winnie the Pooh&#8221;-themed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">horror movie</a> in class and that the teacher allegedly refused to turn it off even as the students were begging him to.
Michelle Diaz said her twins were deeply affected by seeing the horror film “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” at their school, The Academy of Innovative Education in Miami Springs. She said their math teacher put on the movie during class time. 
The film is unrated and contains graphic depictions of violence, murder, torture, nudity, and profanity. 
Diaz said the students’ pleas for the teacher to turn it off went unanswered. “He didn&#8217;t stop the movie, even though there were kids saying, ‘Hey, stop the movie, we don&#8217;t want to watch this,’” the mom told <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/parents-horrified-after-teacher-shows-inappropriate-movie-at-local-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a> of the incident. 
While she says some students picked the movie, she didn’t see that as a valid reason for showing it in school. “It&#8217;s not for them to decide what they want to. It&#8217;s up to the professor to look at the content,” Diaz told the outlet.
“Blood and Honey” is a British indie film and features the children&#8217;s book characters Pooh and Piglet going on a murderous rampage, which includes smashing a victim&#8217;s head with a sledgehammer, decapitating a person, and feeding a woman into a woodchipper, among other horrific scenes.
The school issued a statement regarding the incident, saying some students had met with a counselor after viewing a portion of the film. 
&#8220;The Academy for Innovative Education has become aware that a segment of a horror movie was shown to fourth graders, Monday, October 2, 2023, that was not suitable for the age group,&#8221; the statement said.
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“Our administration promptly addressed this issue directly with the teacher and has taken appropriate action to ensure the safety and well-being of students.”
Head of School Vera Hirsh told <a href="https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/winnie-the-pooh-horror-movie-shown-to-children-in-florida-school-18006345?fbclid=IwAR1vrGPBJie2G5d2U---jgCVFo5aJKHzLTq_t5gOKeb2aKtDJsNk05ZboIg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami New Times</a> that “as soon as the teacher realized what was being shown, the movie was turned off.”
She also said only twenty to thirty minutes of the film was seen and that, “Most of the film&#8217;s grisly murder scenes take place later in the movie.”
Hirsch said the incident had been “thoroughly addressed with teachers, students, and parents” and that the students who saw the horror movie were “in school and doing fine.”
This incident is reminiscent of a Tennessee teacher who was <a href="https://ew.com/article/2016/04/29/human-centipede-2-high-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended in 2016</a> for showing his high school class the graphic and violent horror film “Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence” during class.

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Remember the scariest movie from your childhood? Chances are it’s “The Exorcist.”
The 1973 classic starred Ellen Burstyn as a mom trying to save her daughter Regan (Linda Blair) from demonic possession.
Heads spin. Pea soup flies. The power of Christ compels you to watch it every Halloween.
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Now, we’re getting yet another film in the “Exorcist” saga — this, after two other “Exorcist” projects fell so far under the radar they barely merit a mention. There was the forgettable 1977 sequel and a shockingly effective third go-round in 1990 starring George C. Scott. 
The new sequel, as you might predict, is both unnecessary and ultimately woke. 
The good news? Burstyn returns for “The Exorcist: Believer,” brought to us by the same folks who rebooted “Halloween” in 2018, Blumhouse Productions.
Leslie Odom, Jr. of “Hamilton” fame plays Victor, a single father who enjoys a close, and meaningful bond with his pre-teen daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett). The girl meets with a fellow classmate one fateful afternoon, and the duo goes missing for three days.
When they return, they begin to act differently, and painful scars appear on their bodies. Why, it’s as if something demonic took over their souls.
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Victor dismisses any such talk at first, but when he realizes there may be no other explanation, he reaches out to the only person who might feel his pain. That’s Burstyn’s Chris MacNeil, who famously battled Beelzebub in the 1973 original.
The first half of “Believer” is both restrained and effective. Odom has serious screen presence, and director David Gordon Green’s days as an indie film darling roar back with positive results. The visual cues start to stack up, and Green’s knack with his young cast members makes their pain palpable.
It’s eerie that Angela’s friend Katherine (Olivia O’Neill) looks like a young Blair – hardly a coincidence.
So we have not one but two possessed children, and we all know what happens next. Except we’ve seen exorcism after exorcism on screen since the 1973 original, and no film has measured up to its excellence.
Add “Believer” to the list. But that’s not the only bad news.
The film’s third act is a mess, neither scary nor spiritually significant. In fact, the sequel has a beef with the faith behind the original masterpiece. The Catholic Church.
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The Church refuses to help Victor and Katherine’s parents (one-dimensional Christians), referring the matter to psychiatric professionals.
Talk about cutting a franchise off at the knees. It’s like making a new James Bond movie and having him reject both the Crown and MI-6 entirely.
The attempt to save the poor girls turns into a Kumbaya affair, with different faiths gathering to beat the demon back. It takes a village to exorcise your children, apparently.
We’re even treated to a girl power moment where a secondary female character steps in to save the day when a man refuses to do the job.
It’s at least different than the 1973 version, but it’s neither frightening nor sensible. The detour also deconstructs the powerful good versus evil narratives that anchored the first “Exorcist” film.
Who needs God when you’ve got a can’t miss IP (Intellectual Property). Producer Jason Blum, notorious for keeping film budgets as low as possible, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/exorcist-believer-reviews-trilogy-400-million-1235608583/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly shelled out $400 million</a> for the rights to &#8220;The Exorcist” franchise.
Yikes.
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The film’s setup avoids the “woke mind virus” entirely at first. We’re lulled into a false sense of security. To paraphrase Admiral Ackbar from “Return of the Jedi” &#8212; “It’s a trap!”
That spell is shattered when Chris is asked why she wasn’t allowed in the room all those years ago when two male priests battled to save Regan’s soul.
“It must have been the patriarchy,” she mutters, which might be the clunkiest sequence on screen this year. Or next.
The 90-year-old Burstyn still brings a welcome heft to the proceedings, her presence softening the vehicle’s cash-grab DNA. The screenplay, by Green and Peter Sattler, doesn’t know what to do with Chris, sadly, shackling her with a silly encounter with her old nemesis.
Why bother inviting a Hollywood legend back to the franchise if you can’t give her anything meaty to chew on?
Woke helps explain why “The Exorcist: Believer” plays down the Catholic faith and puts both character diversity and multiple religions front and center.
We can’t celebrate Catholicism in 2023, and to risk doing so might offend other religions.
So we get a cultural stew, one that adds little to the film’s dramatic weight. Had the story taken its spiritual cues from the effective prologue, set during a Haitian earthquake, we might have had a fresh cultural spin on good vs. evil.
That’s not the case.
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The recent “Nefarious” featured a far more captivating battle between good and evil, powered not by special effects but a strong script and a killer turn by Sean Patrick Flanery.
Nothing in “Believer” comes close.
We’d forgive plenty if the battle for the girls’ souls brought something terrifying to the table. Instead, it’s a hodge-podge of warmed-over scares with a predictable nod to the original’s signature twist.
Ooh, another Easter Egg! That’s great for memes but hardly the stuff of nightmares.
The only thing scary about “The Exorcist: Believer” is that the studio has more sequels in the works.
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Sean Patrick Flanery doesn’t mince words about previous faith-based movies.
The vast majority have been almost unwatchable, the veteran star of franchises like “Saw” and “The Boondocks Saints” said.
He argues more recent fare, like the 2023 hit “Jesus Revolution,” reveal how the genre has matured over time. These stories embrace studio-level production values and feature recognizable talents like “Frasier” alum Kelsey Grammer.
Now, Flanery is taking a personal stake in the genre’s growth. He plays the title character in “Nefarious,” a psychological horror film with more than a dash of spirituality.
“I feel like this one is so well crafted it could have come from 20th Century Fox, or Sony, or Paramount,” the actor said.
The story follows a death row inmate named Edward (Flanery) who says the devil made him commit a string of murders. A psychiatrist (“Entourage” alum Jordan Belfi) must examine the killer to see if he’s sane enough to be executed by the state.
The alleged demon’s name? Nefarious.
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“This is one of the scripts that you move to L.A. for and find a roommate on Craigslist,” the actor said of the film, written and directed by Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon of “God’s Not Dead” fame.
He read the script, hoping he would be cast as Edward, or perhaps it’s Nefarious.
“Whoever gets this role is the luckiest S.O.B. I ever met,” he recalled saying at the time.
It’s an actor’s dream gig, no doubt. Flanery’s character gets reams of dialogue, and the story focuses on the battle of wills between the inmate and his interrogator. Even leading roles rarely offer such meaty material and screen time.
That challenge didn’t scare the black belt-winning actor, though, who teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu to students at his academy in between acting gigs.
“I’ve been a competitive athlete since I was a kid. There’s no glory in the defeat of an unworthy opponent,” he said. “I don’t wanna be undefeated and know I fought scrubs.”
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The film is inspired by the book series by Blaze TV personality Steve Deace. “Nefarious” serves as a prequel to Deace’s “A Nefarious Plot” and “A Nefarious Carol,” which focus on a demon with dreams of world domination.
Many actors intensely research a given role before the cameras roll. For Flanery, he said the “Nefarious” script did the leg work for him.
“My preparation is in the script, between fade in and fade out. The more well written a script is, the less work you have to do,” said Flanery, who previously penned the 2016 coming of age novel “Jane Two.”
“Nefarious” joins a long list of horror films tied to demonic possession. “The Exorcist” remains the sub-genre’s masterpiece, with recent fare like “The Pope’s Exorcist” tapping similar themes.
Flanery said he didn’t consider past genre efforts while shooting “Nefarious.”
“When you start steering your performance based on previous performances, it’s a little artificial,” he explained. “Trying to replicate something somebody else did on the screen is two degrees removed from reality. The best I can hope for is my one degree of fake to be so minimally fake as to be seen as reality.”
“Nefarious” may resemble a mainstream horror affair at first blush. The imagery and trailer suggest just that. Looks, once again, deceive. The story touches on the death penalty, abortion, and other issues, along with the eternal battle between good and evil.
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The story introduces those elements organically, not with the rhetorical sledgehammer seen in some faith-friendly fare.
“Some films can shout so loudly you can‘t hear what they’re saying … [‘Nefarious’] isn’t shouting at all … it’s just painting a picture,” he said.
Said picture lacks the gratuitous blood and gore of most horror films.
“There’s the old, ‘a picture paints a thousand words.’ The right assembled five words can paint a thousand pictures,” he said of the film, which earned an R-rating for its disturbing content. “We could almost do this as an audiobook and it would be equally as powerful … you don’t need big bangs or explosions times ten if the dialogue aspect of the story is so powerful.”
Flanery, 57, takes his craft in stride after decades in the business. As a father of two who works primarily in independent features, he understands his place in show business. He’s also giddy to be steadily working in a demanding, often cruel, industry.
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“I’ve made a career doing movies nobody sees &#8230; I haven’t done any big-budget films that have heavy-handed studio involvement,” he said.
“The worst film I’ve ever done is better than any of the real jobs I ever had. I used to change the deep-fat fryer at Church’s Fried Chicken,” he added, noting with a laugh that no one ever circled back to the restaurant to praise the perfectly crispy chicken.
Some stars might have a hard time shaking a role like “Nefarious’” Edward, given the intensity of the presentation.
The grounded actor left the character on the set.
“When they say, ‘cut,’ it stops. I don’t take any of the work home with me. There’s no baggage to unpack,” he said.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
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Actor Sean Patrick Flanery Relishes New Role In Psychological Thriller ‘Nefarious’

Actor Sean Patrick Flanery Relishes New Role In Psychological Thriller 'Nefarious'

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The producers of Sci-Fi cult favorite &#8220;Sharknado&#8221; have a new creature feature in the works — featuring a drug-addled alligator: &#8220;Attack of the Meth-Gator.&#8221;
The low-budget production company behind the project, The Asylum, specializes in what they refer to as &#8220;mock-busters&#8221; — movies that mock the larger-budget blockbusters in both title and plot. For example, 2009&#8217;s &#8220;Transmorphers: The Fall of Man&#8221; was a callback to &#8220;Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen&#8221;; and the company released &#8220;Titanic II&#8221; in 2010.
The new project, scheduled for release over the summer of 2023, gives a convenient recall to the recent hit film &#8220;Cocaine Bear&#8221; — but the production company says they already had &#8220;Meth-Gator&#8221; in the works prior to its release.
&#8220;Hold our bear &#8230; I mean, beer,&#8221; The Asylum tweeted on Friday. &#8220;Coming for your life this summer.&#8221;
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Hold our bear… I mean, beer. 
Coming for your life this summer. 
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The promotional imagery showed a large alligator with razor-sharp teeth and wild, glowing red eyes. Behind the monster stood several tall buildings and a few palm trees. The movie apparently centers around an alligator that was exposed to the drug through the fresh water supply.
&#8220;Please tell me this is real and not a joke,&#8221; an entertainment blogger begged, prompting a response from The Asylum confirming that the project was, in fact, real.
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&#8220;This is real! We’re pumping the meth into Floridas fresh water reserves as we speak!&#8221; they said.
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This is real! We’re pumping the meth into Floridas fresh water reserves as we speak! 😍
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Responding to a comment from a fan, Asylum CEO David Michael Latt said that a sequel would be titled &#8220;Crackodile.&#8221;
&#8220;For everyone peeing in their panties over Crackodile. Dad said yes,&#8221; Asylum tweeted back. &#8220;And @DaivdMLatt NEVER breaks a promise.&#8221;
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For everyone peeing in their panties over Crackodile. Dad said yes 🥹🥳😍 
And <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidMLatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DavidMLatt</a> NEVER breaks a promise <a href="https://t.co/DeS6eszd14">https://t.co/DeS6eszd14</a>
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Asylum offered one more teaser tweet on Saturday, showing some of the cast members complaining about one of their fellow actors being a difficult. &#8220;There&#8217;s that one drugged out diva on set that&#8217;s always late, ate half the crew, and leaving teeth all over the place.&#8221;
&#8220;We’ll give you no guesses to figure out who the cast of #MethGator is complaining about,&#8221; the tweet read. &#8220;Last day on set of Attack Of The Meth Gator! Our star will be entering rehab immediately after we wrap. We appreciate all your thoughts &amp; prayers for his full recovery.&#8221;
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Last day on set of Attack Of The Meth Gator! Our star will be entering rehab immediately after we wrap. We appreciate all your thoughts &amp; prayers for his full recovery 🥹🙏🏼🧪🐊🚑🏥 <a href="https://t.co/xdCPEniXs1">pic.twitter.com/xdCPEniXs1</a>
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Actor John Larroquette admitted that he once took a role in a horror movie in exchange for &#8220;a matchbox&#8221; of marijuana.
According to a recent <a href="https://parade.com/tv/john-larroquette-got-paid-in-marijuana-for-texas-chainsaw-massacre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> for Parade Magazine, the &#8220;Night Court&#8221; actor explained that he had taken on the role — narrating the opening sequence of 1974&#8217;s &#8220;The Texas Chainsaw Massacre&#8221; — as a favor to his friend, director Tobe Hooper, and that he hadn&#8217;t expected to be paid for the work.
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John Larroquette confirmed the rumor that Tobe Hooper paid him in weed to narrate his 1974 film &#39;The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.&#39; <a href="https://t.co/mFTeL8as7q">https://t.co/mFTeL8as7q</a>
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Larroquette told Parade that he had actually met Hooper several years earlier when he was working as a bartender in Colorado — and when he later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting, Hooper called him and asked if he could spare an hour to narrate the beginning of his latest project.
&#8220;Tobe heard I was in town and asked for an hour of my time to narrate something for this movie he just did. I said ‘Fine!’ It was a favor,&#8221; Larroquette said — but he admitted that, on his way out the door, Hooper had slipped him a little something for his trouble.
&#8220;Totally true. He gave me some marijuana or a matchbox or whatever you called it in those days. I walked out of the [recording] studio and patted him on the back side and said, &#8216;Good luck to you!'&#8221; the actor added.
According to <a href="https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/hemp22b.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Botanical.com</a> — which has published a lengthy list of street-terms for marijuana and other related paraphernalia — a &#8220;matchbox&#8221; refers to approximately &#8220;1/4 ounce of marijuana or 6 marijuana cigarettes,&#8221; or the amount of marijuana that might fit in a matchbox.
The Louisiana native said that he has never even seen &#8220;The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,&#8221; explaining that horror movies are not really his thing — but he did appreciate the fact that the movie did well and netted him roles narrating sequences in the sequels as well.
&#8220;You do something for free in the 1970s and get a little money in the ‘90s,&#8221; he said.
Larroquette, who is part of the NBC &#8220;Night Court&#8221; reboot, famously withdrew himself from contention after four consecutive <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488662/awards/?ref_=nm_awd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emmy wins</a> for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series — from 1985-1988, during the show&#8217;s original run.
He was <a href="https://screenrant.com/night-court-john-larroquette-emmys-wins-consideration-end/#john-larroquette-wasn-t-the-only-star-who-withdrew-from-emmy-nominations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not the only star</a> to take that step either — Candice Bergen bowed out after winning five times between 1989-1995 for her role in &#8220;Murphy Brown,&#8221; and Oprah Winfrey withdrew her name after winning seven times in 12 years.

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Hollywood &#8220;nepo babies&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/jamie-lee-curtis-says-she-assumed-ana-de-armas-was-an-inexperienced-unsophiscated-young-woman-when-they-first-met-on-set/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/were-killing-it-kate-hudson-says-co-parenting-with-3-different-fathers-is-going-great/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kate Hudson</a> hit back at critics who appeared to suggest that the film industry — and other arenas as well — gave deference to the children of celebrities.
The topic graced the <a href="https://nymag.com/press/2022/12/extremely-overanalyzing-hollywoods-nepo-baby-boom.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest cover</a> of New York Magazine, along with the headline, &#8220;Aw, Look! She Has Her Mother&#8217;s Eyes. And Agent: Extremely Over-analyzing Hollywood&#8217;s Nepo-Baby Boom.&#8221;
And while Curtis was not mentioned in the article herself, she appeared to feel singled out due to her own close ties to the theme of being an actress who was raised in a family of Hollywood stars. The daughter of Academy Award nominees Tony Curtis (&#8220;The Defiant Ones,&#8221; 1959) and Janet Leigh (&#8220;Psycho,&#8221; 1960), Curtis described herself in an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmgx-KRLwlJ/">post</a> as &#8220;an OG Nepo Baby.&#8221; She went on to criticize the term, however arguing that it was being used to devalue people like her who, through no fault of their own, simply happened to have famous parents.
&#8220;I have been a professional actress since I was 19 years old so that makes me an OG Nepo Baby,&#8221; Curtis began. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never understood, nor will I, what qualities got me hired that day, but since my first two lines on &#8216;Quincy&#8217; as a contract player at Universal Studios to this last spectacular creative year some 44 years later, there&#8217;s not a day in my professional life that goes by without my being reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars. The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt.&#8221;
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Curtis went on to explain that she had always been aware that the &#8220;reflected fame&#8221; from her parents could have brought her certain advantages, but that did not mean that she had no value or worth of her own.
&#8220;It&#8217;s curious how we immediately make assumptions and snide remarks that someone related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art, would somehow have no talent whatsoever. I have come to learn that is simply not true,&#8221; Curtis continued. &#8220;I have suited up and shown up for all different kinds of work with thousands of thousands of people and every day I&#8217;ve tried to bring integrity and professionalism and love and community and art to my work. I am not alone. There are many of us. Dedicated to our craft. Proud of our lineage. Strong in our belief in our right to exist.&#8221;
Curtis concluded with a note to her followers — and to herself — saying that it was important to simply &#8220;be kind.&#8221;
Academy Award nominee <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/may-we-all-today-sing-for-olivia-actress-kate-hudson-belts-out-newton-john-tune-in-touching-tribute/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kate Hudson</a> (&#8220;Almost Famous,&#8221; 2000) was raised by her mother, actress Goldie Hawn, and her stepfather, actor Kurt Russell — and <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/12/26/kate-hudson-sees-nepo-babies-way-more-in-other-industries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she argued</a> that the influence of nepotism seemed to be far more prevalent in other industries.
&#8220;I see it in business way more than I see it in Hollywood,&#8221; Hudson said during an <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/kate-hudson-interview-glass-onion-knives-out-b2250000.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with The Independent on Sunday. &#8220;Sometimes I’ve been in business meetings where I’m like, &#8216;Wait, whose child is this?&#8217; Like, &#8216;This person knows nothing!'&#8221;
Hudson went on to say that, at least in her family, the correlation might have more to do with a common personality type than nepotism.
&#8220;It’s definitely in our blood. People can call it whatever they want, but it’s not going to change it,&#8221; she said. And at the end of the day, she argued that it all came down to who was willing to put in the work. &#8220;I don’t care where you come from, or what your relationship to the business is … if you work hard and you kill it.&#8221;

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Every Christmas brings toys, treats, and a dozen (or more) sticky-sweet films.
You know the favorites by heart (like “Elf”), but every December delivers dozens of wannabe classics brimming with Christmas cheer. Think “Three Wise Men and a Baby,” “Santa Bootcamp,” and “Haul Out the Holly,” from this year’s haul alone.
For some, though, the movie parade can be a mite too merry. It’s why Hollywood’s counter-programming gurus give us darker tales to balance out the cinematic eggnog.
The 1984 classic “Gremlins” may have unofficially started this bleak Christmas tradition. Director Joe Dante’s romp follows Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates as they battle a town full of, well, gremlins.
The film is set during the holidays, and one scene pushed the boundaries of its PG rating.
Cates’s character recalls how her father tried to surprise the family one Christmas by sneaking down the chimney, Kringle style. Except he broke his neck during the descent and died. The family found out when they tried lighting the fireplace and smelled something odd.
The scene <a href="https://screenrant.com/gremlins-movie-classic-santa-scene-almost-cut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly got sliced by nervous Warner Bros. suits</a>, but Dante insisted it matched the film’s creepy tone.
Consider that the grandaddy of all dark and gloomy holiday films. Here are the others:
<h2>“Fatman” (2020)</h2>
Mel Gibson, of all people, stars as Ol’ Saint Nick in this bleak, bloody thriller. Gibson’s character &#8216;Chris Cringle&#8217; is burned out, but that’s not the worst of his problems. A disgruntled child can’t forget the lump of coal that greeted him one bitter Christmas morning.
So the lad hires a hitman (Walton Goggins) to take out the “fatman” once and for all. What follows is bleak, bloody, and not nearly as edgy as it wants to be.
It’s hardly Gibson’s fault, but he should have waited for a script rewrite before pulling on that famous red suit.
<h2>“Bad Santa” (2003)</h2>
It’s the ultimate black Christmas comedy, and it saves its sentimental side for the very end. Billy Bob Thornton stars as a department store Santa who uses the guise to rob department stores to his heart’s content. 
His thievery hits a snag when he bonds with a wayward teen in desperate need of a father figure. Good luck, kid.
The film’s finale showcases the beating heart that was there all along, buried under vulgar language, out-of-wedlock sex, and other R-rated shenanigans. Few actors portray flawed souls you can’t help rooting for quite like Thornton, and the story’s redemptive arc proves surprisingly solid.
<h2>“Christmas Bloody Christmas” (2022)</h2>
The story: A military grade Santa Claus robot goes rogue, slicing and dicing its way through an unsuspecting town. It’s up to a record store owner and her hipster employee to stare down the robot threat before it can paint the town red … with blood.
This uber-low-budget affair offers little wit to lighten the seasonal bloodshed.
<h2>“Violent Night” (2022)</h2>
David Harbour of “Stranger Things” fame gets a crack at playing the big guy. His Santa is fed up with ungrateful kiddos, and he’s been around the block a time or two. One flashback shows him in a former life as a Viking warrior who has a way with a sledgehammer.
Why? To explain how Harbour’s Santa stands up to a team of mercenaries, led by John Leguizamo, hoping to steal a rich family’s fortune. The action is relentless, and so is the ultra-violence. The screenplay proves routinely witty, though, which leavens the mayhem.
What might surprise viewers is the subplot involving an ex-couple who may reunite before the final credits roll. Their child, delightfully played by young Leah Brady, gives this Santa hope for the future.
<h2>“Black Christmas” (1974, 2019)</h2>
Director Bob Clark directed 1983’s “A Christmas Story,” arguably the definitive movie for the season. Eleven years earlier, Clark uncorked “Black Christmas,” one of the first slasher films. A group of sorority sisters face a serial killer in their midst, and the body count quickly starts to rise.
The 2019 remake leaned heavily into woke, drawing the ire of even liberal film critics who roasted its faux feminist trappings.
<h2>“The Night Before” (2015)</h2>
This very stoner Christmas stars Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as three chums who spend each December searching for the best yuletide bash. That tradition is threatened by them aging out of their youthful shtick, but not before a final round of drinking, drugging, and other controlled substances.
The comedy is pure Rogen – R-rated high jinks with plenty of pot gags to wash it all down.
<h2>“Anna and the Apocalypse:” (2017)</h2>
You can never get too many zombie musicals set around the holidays. Anna (Ella Hunt) is in her final year of high school when an undead outbreak happens around the school’s Christmas pageant.
The usual mayhem occurs, from brain-chomping sequences to teen alliances gone awry. The big wrinkle? The engaging cast breaks into song now and then, bouncy numbers that make the horror tropes easy to digest.
<h2>“The Ice Harvest” (2005)</h2>
This Christmas alternative boasts a serious creative pedigree. It’s directed by Harold Ramis, the Ghostbuster who previously helmed “Groundhog Day” and “Caddyshack.” Co-screenwriter Richard Russo penned the novel-turned Paul Newman drama “Nobody’s Fool.”
John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton star as morally dubious souls who steal $2 million from a mob boss around Christmas time. Now, they’ll have to stay alive long enough to spend it.
Iconic critic Roger Ebert gave the film <a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-ice-harvest-2005" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his inimitable thumbs up,</a> comparing the story to tales spun by crime guru Elmore Leonard.
<h2>“Die Hard” (1988)</h2>
It’s a Christmas movie. ‘nuff said. 
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
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There’s a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/horror-movies">horror movie</a> in theaters that’s so gory fans are fainting and vomiting while watching it.
“Terrifier 2” is a relatively small <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">production</a> released last weekend on 700 screens, earning just $2.3 million so far, per <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/10/16/terrifier-2-fans-vomiting-fainting-over-graphic-violence/10519066002/?fbclid=IwAR01TeX4qcocdPmJcDnEljlcdE0hwpHsHrzOhf6r2Erx-yYfWEuEDQigmlE">USA Today</a>. But even with these humble profits, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">slasher flick</a> is making headlines for how audiences are reacting to the over-the-top gore. 
Fans headed to Twitter to brag about extreme reactions to the horror flick.
“My friend passed out and the theater called an ambulance,” one Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/ratshitbastard/status/1579276269224853504">wrote</a>, sharing a photo of his friend being treated by emergency responders. “Highly recommended.”
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&mdash; Andrew Liming (@ratshitbastard) <a href="https://twitter.com/ratshitbastard/status/1579276269224853504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“Just saw Terrifier 2. It was an amazing gory mess. The guy behind me passed out cold n crashed into my chair, another guy left because he didn’t feel good, I overheard him say and walking out theatre door I heard a guy puking hard &amp; loud in the bathroom.” another person <a href="https://twitter.com/Bark_4KT/status/1578572770187046912">shared</a>. 
A third <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanTheHorrorM1/status/1578082164272398356">wrote</a>, “Terrifier 2 is so gory I puked in my popcorn.”
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The movie is a follow-up to the 2016 movie “Terrifier” about a sadistic murderous clown named Art. It shows the creepy clown returning to terrorize a teen girl and her little brother after being resurrected by “a sinister entity.”
Overall, audiences seemed happy to be so grossed out by the film.
“Seeing Terrifier 2 in a theater was a real trip,” another viewer <a href="https://twitter.com/therealsirw2/status/1578378550171795456">shared</a>. “People in the audience were gasping, covering their eyes, and a few times I even heard retching sounds from a woman a few seats over.”
“It’s cool that a movie can still draw a reaction like that. Seems to rarely happen these days,” the fan said. 
One of the film&#8217;s producers shared a warning on Twitter, telling potential viewers that the film is likely to cause extreme reactions. 
“This movie contains scenes of graphic violence and brutal depictions of horror,” executive producer Steve Barton wrote. “Viewers who are faint of heart, prone to light headedness or have weak stomachs are advised to take extreme caution. There have already been numerous instances of fainting and vomiting in theaters. For those choosing to continue, you’ve been warned.”
David Howard Thornton plays Art the Clown in both “Terrifier” movies and will also be portraying the Grinch in an upcoming horror movie, “The Mean One.” The spin on the classic Christmas movie will show the main character slaughtering Cindy-Lou Who’s family and then turning his sights on her years later to “carve the roast beast,” the publication notes.

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Audiences have been watching <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-rare-academy-award-winner-who-isnt-afraid-to-call-out-woke-hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jon Voight’s</a> performances for decades, but the actor credits one particular role for the second half of his legendary career.
Voight says few thought he could convey the gritty antihero in 1985’s “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089941/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Runaway Train,</a>” the tale of two convicts who break out of jail only to wind up on the titular train.
His screen image up until then lacked that brand of dangerous persona.
The ex-con character of Oscar “Manny” Manheim was the toughest guy in a tough prison, Voight explains. The Academy Award winner for “Coming Home,” renowned for his delicate features and gentle characterizations, seemed a longshot for the film.
“No one would have chosen me for that part. It came to me in a magical way, in a sense,” Voight tells The Daily Wire.
The role earned him critical honors — an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win — and a career rebirth.
“Without that performance, I probably wouldn’t have done ‘Heat,’ ‘Anaconda’ and ‘Ray Donovan,’” he says, ticking off three tough guy gigs in his career. “That’s what contributed to my longevity, being able to play the villain and the tough guys … I broke the mold.”
Voight, an icon who humbly calls himself a “character actor,” plays a curious chap in his latest project. “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16375952/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders</a>” finds him anchoring an ensemble of bickering family members in a life or death struggle.
Voight plays Ellison Betts, an eccentric millionaire celebrating his birthday with his extended brood. Tensions are high as the siblings reunite in Ellison’s sprawling mansion, but that’s nothing compared to the threat awaiting them.
A hidden voice demands they play an immersion-style whodunnit game, one with a shockingly high body count.
Voight reunites with director Sean McNamara for the film. The duo recently completed work on “Reagan,” the 2023 eagerly biopic of the nation’s 40th president. The actor wasn’t sold initially on “Dangerous Game,” but McNamara coaxed him to come aboard.
“He found this so delicious, the way he spoke about it, I thought, ‘this is gonna be good,” Voight says, adding the veteran director makes coming to the set a joy. “He’s very positive … he always says, ‘that’s genius,’ at the end of every take, and he means it.”
For “Dangerous Game,” McNamara had multiple cameras shooting at the same time, with the director orchestrating from his booth in the back of the set, the actor explains.
The film arrives during a mini crush of murder mysteries, from the emerging “Knives Out” franchise to twin Agatha Christie remakes – with a third film, “A Haunting in Venice,” recently greenlit. Plus, Steve Martin’s “Only Murders in the Building” Hulu series keeps audiences guessing with a dash of humor.
Those projects aren’t as dark as “Dangerous Game, though, which veers from mystery to horror long before the end credits.
Voight’s career began with a pair of little-seen roles (“Fearless Frank,” “Hour of the Gun”), but his breakout performance in 1969’s “Midnight Cowboy” changed everything for him. The X-rated smash garnered Voight his first Oscar nomination, paving the way for follow-up movies like “Catch 22,” “Deliverance” and “Coming Home.” The latter earned him a Best Actor trophy, cementing his status as one of Hollywood’s most gifted stars.
His “Runaway Train” performance ensured he’d stay busy for as long as his creative fires burned. Even his willingness to express his conservative views, something most right-leaning stars keep to themselves, haven’t dimmed his Hollywood stardom. 
He’s actively supported President Donald Trump and slammed President Barack Obama during the latter’s two terms in office.
You won’t hear him getting political on a film or TV set, though. He famously agreed to disagree with his longtime “Ray Donovan” colleague Liev Schreiber, a policy he maintains in other work environments.
“Politics is not to be dealt with on a set. You’re there for the work, not there to proselytize anything. That’s the way I am,” he says. “Other people will try to get me into saying something, and I say, ‘hey, let’s do our work, fellas.’”
His remarkable, seven-plus season run on Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” gave Voight the chance to do something he couldn’t for much of his career – stick with a character and watch him grow.
Mickey Donovan, a loving father to Schreiber’s Ray and an unrepentant killer, gave Voight one of his best roles yet. “It’s the first time I’ve ever done that kind of a lengthy series. It was a lot of responsibility for me to craft it … we had to protect [the characters],” he says.
Voight’s next major project after “Reagan,” in which he plays a retired KBG agent, is co-starring in Francis Ford Coppola’s comeback vehicle, “Megalopolis.” The highly anticipated film features a who’s who of Hollywood stars, past and present, including Adam Driver, Laurence Fishburne, Dustin Hoffman, Talia Shire, Forest Whitaker and D.B. Sweeney.
The craft of acting still casts a spell over Voight, much like his longtime friend Al Pacino.
“I love his passion,” he says of “The Godfather” star. “I’m passionate, too. I wanna solve these characters. We get to make them something that gives people an experience.”
Voight may be 83, but his enthusiasm seems untouched by time.
“I’m an older fella … things change, but I’m always pretty much the same fella. I come to the set with the same intensity,” he says. “I don’t mail anything in. I don’t do that. I’m still very excited [by the process].”
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Francis Ford Coppola directed one of the most beloved films of all time with 1972’s “The Godfather.”
Two years later, many feel he topped himself with “The Godfather Part II.”
Add other iconic films like “Apocalypse Now” (1979) and “The Conversation” (1974), and Coppola represented the very best of ‘70s cinema.
His last great, — or even good — film remains far back in his rear-view mirror. Flops like 1996’s “Jack” with Robin Williams and, more recently, 2007’s “Youth Without Youth” suggest the director’s creative skills have long since curdled.
Film culture hopes the auteur’s next project, “Megalopolis,” starring Shia LaBeouf, Adam Driver, Talia Shire, and Forest Whitaker, returns Coppola to the heights of his early career.
If not, he’s certainly not alone in losing his mojo.
Many well-regarded directors have squandered their artistry over time. The following four directors fall squarely into that category.
<h3>Brian De Palma</h3>
Coppola’s ‘70s chum (along with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas) toiled in relative obscurity before he adapted Stephen King’s chilling “Carrie” for the big screen. The 1976 film remains one of the best King adaptations, and it secured his place as a first-rate horror movie.
He leaned into the genre, delivering the solid thriller “The Fury” (1978) and, later, the Hitchock homage “Dressed to Kill” (1980) with Michael Caine. His 1982 film “Blow Out” lacked commercial pop, but many praised its sublime artistry and, once again, Hitchcock echoes.
Quentin Tarantino dubbed the film <a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/brian-de-palma-modern-cinema-drives-him-crazy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of the greatest movies ever made</a>.
De Palma’s 1987 blockbuster “The Untouchables” earned co-star Sean Connery his first and only Oscar while cementing Kevin Costner’s stardom. Bravura sequences, like the baby carriage tumbling down a long stairway, defined the director’s signature touch.
His 1990 disaster “The Bonfire of the Vanities” proved so inept it inspired the must-read expose “The Devil’s Candy,” but De Palma rebounded with commercial hits like “Carlito’s Way” (1993) and “Mission: Impossible” (1996).
It’s been a slow, steady decline ever since.
The 2007 anti-war dud “Redacted” <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0937237/?ref_=bo_se_r_1">couldn’t crack the $100,000 mark</a> at the domestic box office. His 2012 erotic thriller “Passion” got pummeled by critics and ignored by audiences. His most recent film, 2019’s “Domino,” lacked both stars and critical huzzahs.
The director, now 82, has two projects in the works according to IMDB.com (“Sweet Vengeance” and “Catch and Kill”) with little details attached to either. One report suggests the latter title will be a horror movie <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/scarface-director-brian-de-palma-writing-horror-movie-about-harvey-weinstein-scandal/">inspired by producer Harvey Weinstein’s predatory crimes</a>.
<h3>Rob Reiner</h3>
The erstwhile &#8216;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-maher-clashes-with-meathead-rob-reiner-over-medias-burial-of-hunter-biden-laptop-bombshell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meathead</a>&#8216; made the transition from sitcom star to A-list auteur look easy. Sure, 1984’s “This Is Spinal Tap” didn’t generate any Oscar buzz, but it quickly became the mockumentary all others must be measured against.
And most come up short.
The “All In The Family” alum’s subsequent hits captured the zeitgeist over and again, from 1986’s “Stand By Me” to “The Princess Bride” (1987). Reiner’s ability to spin crowd-pleasing stories without pandering proved a runaway success. Think 1990’s “Misery,” 1992’s “A Few Good Men,” and 1989’s “When Harry Met Sally,” the ultimate rom-com.
Lately, Reiner’s films barely make a ripple in the pop culture waters. Duds like “The Magic Of Belle Isle” (2012), “And So It Goes” (2014), “Being Charlie” (2015), and “Shock And Awe,” a 2017 political screed leaning into his hard-left politics, got ignored by audiences.
Reiner’s next project could reverse his fortunes, assuming he still boasts the skills to pull it off. <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/05/spinal-tap-sequel-rob-reiner-michael-mckean-christopher-guest-harry-shearer-back-1235022317/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He’s directing a “Tap” sequel</a>, reuniting the original faux band for more rock satire.
<h3>Kevin Smith</h3>
The New Jersey native’s 1994 opus “Clerks” is no one’s idea of a great film. It’s cheaply shot in uninspired black and white and features actors who hardly electrified movie houses.
It still packed plenty of charm and winsome humor, while incorporating Comic Con rants that now power plenty of YouTube channels. Smith’s ability to find the humanity in these low-level clerks jump-started his career, and rightly so.
The Kevin Smith media machine whirred to life.
Smith’s subsequent films, “Mallrats” (1995), “Chasing Amy” (1997), and “Dogma” (1999) delivered more of his cracked humor with bigger budgets and better stars (Ben Affleck, George Carlin, and Shannen Doherty).
Smith’s potty mouth and heartfelt connection with his fan base secured his place in Hollywood even when his films failed to deliver. The director’s ability to change course mid-career also boosted his fortunes. 
His politically-charged thriller “Red State” (2011) shocked fans and critics alike, while 2014’s “Tusk” delivered a squirm-inducing horror unlike anything since 1973’s “Sssssss.”
His films, alas, started a noticeably downward trend around that time. His iconic Jay and Silent Bob characters fueled films meant solely for hardcore Smith fanatics (2019’s “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot”), while 2016’s “Yoga Hosers” proved so painful it couldn’t lean into its clumsiness for cult movie consideration.
Variety described the latter as an <a href="https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/yoga-hosers-review-kevin-smith-1201687721/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“on-screen underwear stain.”</a>
His newest film, “Clerks III,” is an unremittingly lazy effort that finds Smith going through the motions while repeating the original film’s classic bits.
<h3>Oliver Stone</h3>
You don’t have to love, or even tolerate, Stone’s hard-Left politics to grasp his cinematic genius. The Vietnam veteran used his experiences to power “Platoon” (1986) and “Born on the Fourth of July” (1989), two award-winning films that entertain first and send a message later.
Stone’s 1987 smash “Wall Street” accidentally defined the decade’s rapacious culture, boiled down to star Michael Douglas’ “greed is good” speech. More powerhouse films followed, from “JFK’s” conspiracy laden storytelling in 1991 to 1994’s “Natural Born Killers” starring an unrecognizable Rodney Dangerfield.
Stone could stir the pot like few others, but he had the cinematic chops to pull off his gonzo storytelling.
Even his smaller films, like the under-appreciated 1988 thriller “Talk Radio,” showed his knack for grabbing audiences by the scruff of the neck and giving them a hearty shake.
That skill, put to lesser effect with “Nixon” (1995) and “The Doors” (1991), faded over time. Recent fair like 2016’s “Snowden” and 2012’s “Savages” suggested Stone’s creative fires no longer burned with this signature intensity.
More embarrassing?
His fawning documentaries highlighting his preferred dictators. The 2009 film “South of the Border” praised Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez while his four-part series “The Putin Interviews” flung softballs at the Russian strongman.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Pennsylvania native M. Night Shyamalan, the director of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">movies</a> such as &#8220;Signs&#8221; and &#8220;The Sixth Sense,&#8221; typically features several twists you never see coming in each of his projects. Often, the message of his movies is in what is left unsaid.
Well, sometimes life imitates art — such is the case with a hall-of-fame internet video that went viral over the weekend showing dozens of hooligans ransacking a Wawa convenience store in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-lawlessness-reigns-how-a-weak-on-crime-d-a-has-left-a-city-at-the-mercy-of-criminals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia</a>, replete with surprises and hidden plotlines.
Philadelphia police are <a href="https://6abc.com/philadelphia-pa-wawa-ransacked-roosevelt-boulevard-video-philly-police/12266264/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> the incident in which nearly 100 teenagers ransacked the popular establishment known for its incredible deals on munchies and gasoline. As the video shows, dozens of unruly kids are seen causing mayhem in the northeast Philadelphia Wawa, pushing over shelves and taking whatever they can.
It seems like typical footage of a &#8220;smash-and-grab&#8221; that has become all too commonplace <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/14-arrested-in-smash-and-grab-thefts-totaling-340000-all-quickly-released-due-to-zero-bail-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in American cities</a>. Yet, just like a Shyamalan film, the clip suddenly takes a turn.
Right before it ends, a patron turns to the man filming behind the counter and says, &#8220;Are y&#8217;all recording or are you making food?&#8221; The man apparently did not hear her, and she repeated herself again, saying, &#8220;Are y&#8217;all gonna make any sandwiches? Or are y&#8217;all just going to keep recording?&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a little while,&#8221; an unnamed man says, presumed to be a Wawa employee.
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Philadelphia is a dying city. It is doomed. Wawa tyson and the blvd <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PhillyMayor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JimFKenney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimFKenney</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DriscollForPHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DriscollForPHL</a> <a href="https://t.co/cNmT54przi">pic.twitter.com/cNmT54przi</a>
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In reaction to the hilarious request for food amid the pillaging, Barstool Sport&#8217;s Dave Portnoy tweeted, &#8220;The most unbothered human of all time.&#8221;
In actuality, the most unbothered humans are those in places like Philadelphia who continuously vote for Democrats whose policies, in turn, lead to rising crime, as shown in the video. Philly&#8217;s District Attorney Larry Krasner is one such offender.
First elected in 2017, Krasner instituted a series of criminal justice reforms, including deprioritizing shoplifting for items below $500. In turn, &#8220;arrests and charges for retail theft dropped nearly 70% between 2017 and 2021, while reported incidents rose 21%,&#8221; <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-shoplifting-rising-retail-20220901.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Based on that evidence, it is more likely that the freeloaders who demolished the entire store just to grab some Snickers bars and nachos won&#8217;t see any jail time.
Yet rather than learn the error of their ways, Philadelphia <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/philly-da-larry-krasner-cruises-to-reelection-victory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-elected</a> Krasner in 2021. In other words, Philadelphia citizens voted for this destruction. Twice.
That fact brings us to our second Shyamalan-level twist. In another video posted of the incident, viewers see what the world looks like in this near-postapocalyptic city. It is pure chaos. Kids are seen shrieking and running all over the place. As one Twitter user put it, &#8220;Philly is screwed.&#8221; It indeed looks like a nightmare scenario.
Wawa Tyson and the Boulevard <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Philly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Philly</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Philadelphia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Philadelphia</a> is screwed <a href="https://t.co/4hRTpxvzix">pic.twitter.com/4hRTpxvzix</a>
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Yet, just when you think there cannot possibly be any more surprises, if you rewind the first clip to five seconds, you will see an object knock off a sign to reveal a woman twerking.
Why does that matter?
Well, readers might remember the state Senator Tiara Mack out of Rhode Island. She posted a video of herself upside down in a bikini, gyrating her hips to gain attention. It was odd but also revealing — literally and figuratively.
In reaction, Fox News host Tucker Carlson <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=384569">opined</a>, &#8220;You ever have those moments where you see something and you&#8217;re like, &#8216;Oh, that’s the future, that’s what it looks like!&#8217; We saw Tiara Mack, head in the sand, twerking, and we thought, &#8216;Man, that’s the Democratic Party 2020.&#8217;”
It looks like Carlson was right.
That means that the future of leftist cities, like Krasner&#8217;s Philadelphia, can be summed up in that clip: Massive crime, hunger, and degenerate Democrats — oblivious to the wreckage their leftist policies are creating.
Maybe that&#8217;s not such a twist after all.
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The Hundred Acre Wood from the classic children’s book “Winnie the Pooh” is about to become a nightmare.
Fans of the fictional teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne were shocked to see the trailer released for the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/horror-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">horror movie</a>, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.” This new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">project</a> will twist the innocent childhood tale into a grotesque story that’s not suitable for children.
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The trailer shows a grown-up Christopher Robin returning to his childhood home only to discover Pooh and Piglet have become deranged, bloodthirsty killers after Robin abandoned them and went to college. They murdered Eeyore and Tigger at some point and, per the trailer, are seeking to continue their killing spree. They target their former friend and college girls staying in a nearby cabin. One scene shows the murderous pair mixing blood and honey together in a giant vat.
Development for the film began when the original book became a public domain work in the United States in January 2022, meaning <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> no longer held exclusive film rights to the characters from the 1926 novel as it originally did.
The movie is being directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, produced by Jagged Edge Productions, and distributed by ITN Studios and MovieCompany.
Frake-Waterfield told <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-director-1235278405/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> in May, “Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he&#8217;s not [given] them food, it&#8217;s made Pooh and Piglet&#8217;s life quite difficult. &#8230; Because they&#8217;ve had to fend for themselves so much, they&#8217;ve essentially become feral. So they&#8217;ve gone back to their animal roots. They&#8217;re no longer tame: they&#8217;re like a vicious bear and pig who want to go around and try and find prey.”
The film has been met with mixed reactions since it was announced, with many fans predicting it will be a giant fail.
Producer Scott Jeffrey and director Frake-Waterfield had a chat with <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/31/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-trailer-scary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a>, saying their inbox was “absolutely flooded” with hate mail from Winnie the Pooh fans, who accused them of ruining the original story. He said there was no in-between and that people either loved the new project and were excited about its release, or claimed the horror film&#8217;s existence was “destroying their lives.”
The duo mentioned that other projects are in the works as well, including a potential new spin on Thor, since Marvel does not own the name of the Norse god, and a new version of Peter Pan where Neverland is a “circus.”
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