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ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.

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"The Trump White House, for it's part, is cackling—sometimes literally—about the turn of events. Two White House officials, and two other Trump advisers, could barely contain their giddiness when asked by Zeteo about the latest instance of the Democratic elite capitulating to Trump. Multiple Trump aides and allies kept gratuitously using terms such as "losers" and "pussies" as they revelled in the relief from a shutdown that even President Trump acknowledged was getting Republicans "killed" politically.

scenes from a victory lap

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Predator: Badlands (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL ****/****starring Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Reuben de Jongscreenplay by Patrick Alson and Brian Duffielddirected by Dan Trachtenberg by Walter Chaw There are two moments back-to-b...

FFC review: PREDATOR: BADLANDS, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/11/pred...

There is no opposition party in the United States. Any official resistance is performative.

By-the-numbers and tame outside of that, but damn is it enough to make me want to gather a group of friends at nighttime and show this to them for the first (and maybe only) time just to see how they come away feeling. What a good dog

Good Boy (2025): A rarity where you shouldn't pay attention to the rating. Like, my thinking this is perfectly average as a story has no bearing on how impressive it feels to actually have a unique perspective on a ghost story or to be this compelling and emotional from a non-human POV for 70mins.

“Possibly the greatest #ThiccSix of all time”
@mikegolicjr.bsky.social

HE WOULD NOT BE DENIED

The blacklist is back, HUAC will probably be next to return

Mutilator 2: 4-decades-later meta comedy sequel (to an average slasher) with only one kill in the first 53mins and an utter slog to even get that far. The most I liked/closest I came to tolerating this was the extended credits where every cast member did a bow or wave to the audience, that was cute.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with a pitcher of water and an ashtray . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with a pitcher of water and an ashtray .

"Hey, @schumer.senate.gov, a quick question that's weighing on me: did you vote for the guy your base adores and who is unafraid to confront the existential concerns of your constituents? or the guy who also gets checks from the guy you get checks from?"

As someone who does not live in New York, my desire is simple and, perhaps, a little self-serving: I would like to never see Cuomo's stupid fuckin' face or hear his stupid fuckin' voice ever again. It'd be great if that creep just lost this election and went away forever.

What Happened to Dorothy Bell? - A slight improvement over my last watch is still an improvement over my last watch, and if this is how my Shocktober is to end, so be it. Mid found footage possession watch with not much in the way of gore, much in the way of jumpscares, and that's it.

Hell House LLC: Lineage - Takes a lot to follow up your best installment with your worst, promote it as your last, and still end on a cliffhanger. As done with this franchise as with *that* franchise, is the one lesson of yesterday

Gave *that film* half a star on Letterboxd because of the notoriety of it being in the news today, then realized it wasn't even worth that amount of time. Couldn't pay me to see it even for free, don't want people thinking I did or would. Free Palestine

Harvest Brood: Dropping a lo-fi SOV mutant-slasher mockumentary the week of Halloween for free, yeah okay this is just so cool I can't imagine hating it ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCNO...

man it’s funny as hell that Brian Kelly fucked up the “look we don’t want to fire you” meeting

FRANKENSTEIN by @realgdt.bsky.social…pure Guillermo. A beautiful, passionate fever dream of Shelley’s novel. Anchored by a revelatory performance by Jacob Elordi, who will break your heart.

When the credits rolled I went from speechless to giddy; almost an hour later and I'm still giddy. If you've read the book you'll be amazed, if you're going in blind you'll be amazed. Add Jacob Elordi to your Best Actor noms lists whenever you're ready. Worth the theater visit, not just Netflix sub.

Last time I felt this way about an adaptation was Doctor Sleep (Flanagan just completely using the format and setting as an excuse for making a marriage between what King was going for and what Kubrick was going for with the original Shining, and making it work).

Frankenstein (2025): ...This of course isn't just any other weekend though. Guillermo del Toro doesn't just knock it out of the park yet again, he provides The definitive Frankenstein adaptation. So similar to the book and then pivoting in ways that seem downright essential, I'm floored.

Shelby Oaks: Chris Stuckmann's feature debut, on any other weekend, would be impressive enough to stand out on its own and carry the end of a quality month to its finish line. The first half is enough to know horror's future continues to be unique and limitless in the hands of talent

Bone Lake: Hot people ruining other hot people's lives for fun is an underappreciated subgenre to mine. This doesn't get really nutty with it until the last half hour, or delightfully bloody with it until the last ten minutes, two of a few shames (Florence Pugh in this would be film of the year).

Black Phone 2: Feels weird giving this the same score as the first one when I liked this more, but ultimately has the same problem even with a better premise and much better story/character progression: still pulls its punches and doesn't go far enough. Good problem to have if you have to have one!

Didn't hate (how could I with these two? Maika's especially a legend), but can't say I'm not underwhelmed still

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (2025): Confession: I haven't seen the original. Judging this purely by its own merits: it's gay but not enough, tense throughout but with what feels like the briefest release, saving its bloodiest-best for one scene.

Too bad our industry collapsed and you’ll not get anything like the first two images for a really long while unless someone is coming to our rescue. I know because I literally just talked to Pen, Ian, Rebecca, and Pat yesterday.

Just bought tickets for Black Phone 2 tomorrow and Shelby Oaks + Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein Saturday night

@realgdt.bsky.social’s FRANKENSTEIN is the movie I’ve wanted to see of one of my favorite books. An emotional biography of Mary Shelley conversing with Del Toro & his collaborators, about how we all have a choice to pass on pain or mercy. The most tragic, bloody & compassionate Frankenstein film.

The Jester 2: Not beating the Art the Clown allegations with the "second feature film has character finally meeting match with introduction of strong final girl". Tamer kills but stronger story, by default better than the first one even if it's still among the softer 3 stars I've given all year.