The incredible pack I won has found its home. It is now the show piece of my office collection. I have been asked about it all day. Addams Mcord from the Orlando Ghostbusters (and of course the rest of the Orlando Ghostbusters) and Johnathan Cowart from Atomic Props a big thank you to you both. Well Done.
The US Space Force released a list Friday of a dozen companies working on Space-Based Interceptors for the Pentagon's Golden Dome initiative, a multilayer defense system to shield US territory from drones and ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attacks.
The roster of Golden Dome Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) contractors, some of which were previously reported, includes Anduril Industries, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics Mission Systems, GITAI USA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar, Raytheon, Sci-Tec, SpaceX, True Anomaly, and Turion Space.
The Space Force made 20 individual awards the 12 companies in late 2025 and early 2026 using an acquisition mechanism known as Other Transaction Authority, or OTA, agreements. OTAs allow the Pentagon to bypass federal acquisition regulations and cast a wide net to attract a larger number of potential contractors, and are especially useful for rapid prototyping. That is exactly what the Space Force wants to see with the first phase of the SBI program.
Built over a year before the first LaFerrari models were delivered to owners, the raw and stunning prototype was known internally as the F150 Mulotipo MP1.
What movie was absolutely amazing but only the 1st time you watched it? The next time you watched it, it was not as good. It needed that 1st time view effect or surprise.
I will go first.
A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.
I did not watch an earlier versions and did not know how the story progressed or ended. It was a beautiful tragic love story.
Watching it again (years later) after the 1st time was not the same experience. I knew how it ended, so it lost the emotion and power of the ending.
TLDR: What are some movies that you think are only amazing or masterpieces the 1st time you view them?
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Here's my rendition / portrait of the king of woe... Edgar Allan Poe.
This was painted in 2016 digitally, using Photoshop and is human-made, with ZERO use of any A.I. whatsoever. I used various references of old photos of Poe and re-created him in color using real human textures and photo-references of various people, all woven together and repainted to create a more realistic, in focus, Edgar.
I wanted to include aspects of his tales as living creatures to accompany him... weaving the Raven upon his shoulders and the one-eyed black cat at his chest, as almost guardians or haunting familiars...
For those lovers of the gothic horrific from yester-year, I do have prints and a store linked in my profile. I appreciate all reposts and credits. It all helps!
Who should I portray next....!?
I've written a short blog about dark art collectors - would love to know if there's anything that could be added?
I just watched Dust Bunny on HBO Max and am still kind of smiling about it. I guess it’s more that it has horror elements than it’s a straight-up horror film but I think it’s in the genre.
It was like Pan’s Labyrinth, crossed a bit with John Wick and funneled through Wes Anderson.
Mads Mikkelsen is a hitman, hired (sort of) by a young girl who lives across the hall. His mission: to kill the monster that lives under her bed.
I can’t exactly say hilarity ensues, but at least a lot of amusement does. David Dastalmachian and Sigourney Weaver gnaw on, if not chew, the scenery in supporting roles that did in fact make me laugh out loud.
The young girl, Aurora, is played by Sophie Sloane. She does a fantastic job, holding her own with both Mikkelsen and Weaver.
There is are deaths but no gore, and it’s not needed.
If you want a bit of a scare, a little fantasy and a few chuckles, Dust Bunny might be for you.
Just watched it on Prime. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME. Some of the worst acting and plot holes I’ve seen in some years now. The story makes zero sense and was absolutely thrown together. Horrendous film.
Tea: my favorite black tea with rose, cardamom, and borage, which I bought a large quantity of after running out a few months ago and I am so happy about it!
Perfume: Love’s Philosophy (vanilla, saffron, and cream)
I like a good bad ending as well as anybody but at the moment I need the kind that have a more hopeful end (going thru some surgeries). Just recently saw Dark Song , had always avoided that due to title but i freakin loved that ending (and whole movie). Even the bad CGI somehow made it even more otherworldly and the plot was directly tied into the protagonists motives. Loved it.
28 Days later was masterpiece and really had it all -and the ending had hope with the flyover. Just as long as its not some cheesy kinda "Gods literal hand intervening" like The Stand miniseries. That was over the top corny.
I saw "The Dark and The Wicked" recently because it's been recommended a lot here. It is well worth watching, A- film at the least, and it both takes you for a ride and sticks with you.
For those who have seen it, I wanted to talk about it a little. First, it has flaws: Mainly, the story doesn't help you learn to like or relate to or cheer for the characters. You're just kind of thrown in to this desolate farm with sad uncomfortable people who often mumble and don't enunciate well. I think this could have been changed by cutting out scares time to add more introduction time, but this would have cut into the overall "inescapability" thing described below.
Second, it has some tropes, the chopping carrots trope, the naked mom trope, etc. Horror fans who have seen a lot of films will have seen those many times before.
Then there's things that it does well:
The film works well taken literally or taken as a metaphor. Palliative Care absolutely sucks for both families and nurses and is exhausting and can feel unrewarding, the story absolutely gets that message across.
The tension never lets up, the monster can make weird, bad shit happen anywhere and anytime it wants to, and does. No characters and no viewers are safe from potential scares in any scene. It's not just the haunted house, it's not just the cursed person or item, it's omnipresent. This is fairly rare in horror films but a really effective technique, exemplified by the "Ju-On" franchise which also does it really well.
The lighting and camera work is great, and the acting is really good too.
Finally, what I think this film does way better than almost all others:
The monster doesn't make sense, but it makes sense that it doesn't make sense. Is it "the" devil or "a" devil? Maybe. Its definitely harming people. Is it an alien from another dimension? Maybe. Does it really need to make sure someone dies alone in order to survive? Maybe, or maybe it just does this as a personal game. Does praying to God/Jesus weaken it? Maybe, seems like no. Does staying by the dying person weaken it? Maybe. The monster does not follow rules, and cannot be understood by the characters or the viewer.
I find this so effective. If something is supernatural, emphasize that it is supernal, as in above nature. Its origin, techniques and goals cannot be understood. This is pretty rare in films, but another example that I really liked was "Ju-On: Origins", "Smile / Smile 2", "The Mothman Prophecies". In each, the protagonists struggle to understand the monster and ultimately cannot.
I organized an AMA/Q&A with Renny Harlin, director of films like DIE HARD 2, CLIFFHANGER, DEEP BLUE SEA, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4, CUTTHROAT ISLAND, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, THE STRANGERS trilogy, and lots more.
It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:
He will be back at 4 PM ET on Monday today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!
Thank you :)
His new movie, DEEP WATER, stars Aaron Eckhart & Ben Kingsley and is out in theaters everywhere next week.
A group of international passengers en route from Los Angeles to Shanghai are forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. Now they must work together in hopes to overcome the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.
Not really. I’m 56 years old (American) and I’ve seen “the classics” (Exorcist, The Freddy’s, The Jason’s, The Shining, etc.) and not a big deal. However, the trailer for The Human Centipede messed me up. So I know body horror is WAY OUT (I suddenly remembered that I had to nope my way out the Jeff Goldblum version of The Fly). I watched Midnight Mass and Haunting of Hill House and loved them. Watched all of the IT movies plus the It prequel (it was ok). Based on the limited knowledge I’ve given you, would you say yes or no to me being freaked out by Weapons?
I don’t want to be a teacher but I do like the idea of having a big book of Short Stories to Fuck You Up on a high shelf, secured with a chain, which I get down and dust off and unlock and read from on special request, and then a group of young people go away from it forever shaken.
Some of the stories would be…
Give Me Your Heart by Joyce Carol Oates
The Chaser by John Collier
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
The Teacher by Paul Tremblay
Feed by Richard Matheson
Hand in Glove by Elizabeth Bowen
From A to Z, The Chocolate Alphabet by Harlan Ellison
I am at last playing the first ever Fallout game, now that I have a computer janky enough to run it, and there is a serious adjustment curve here. I wasn’t playing video games in this era, and they are not terribly inviting- I have to be really dedicated just to walk back and forth across one cave. That said, it is interesting- for instance, you can really see how this started as a ttrpg, with the “action point” mechanics rationed between moving and other actions. Say what you will about Bethesda, I think these games had to take some kind of step forward, whether or not the FPS direction was the way to go. (What if it had gone more fully into a turn based system, like a jrpg? I guess we’ll never know.)
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