A video shared on X claims to show ex-Mossad director Efraim Halevy admitting Israel armed Al-Qaeda. Former Director of Israel’s Mossad admits that Israel armed Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in the Middle East pic.twitter.com/gSwQln8bxv — Areel Fox (@AreelF58075) June 5, 2024 Verdict: False Halevy was talking about Israel providing medical aid, not weapons. The interview […]

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News Starve Acre Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark Star in the Creepy Folk Horror Film Starve Acre Haunting, horrible music awaits. By Molly Templeton | Published on June 7, 2024 Screenshot: BFI Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: BFI Between this film and All You Need Is Death, it’s apparently the year of haunting, horrible music people make with their mouths. In Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre (based on the novel by Andrew Michael Hurley), a small child hears a mysterious whistling. And that’s hardly the creepiest thing to happen in this trailer: candles flare into flame, bloody things grow and pulse, and Matt Smith stands with a hammer. That’s all he’s doing, but the vibes could not be more off. Smith (House of the Dragon) and Morfydd Clark (The Rings of Power) star as the parents of the aforementioned small boy. The summary of the film says little about their predicament: “In 1970s rural Yorkshire, Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their young son Owen starts acting out of character.” The trailer seems to want to be vague about a plot point that the book’s summary spells out immediately, so I will respect that vagueness—except to say that the Irish Times called the novel “a haunting portrait of what happens in the liminal space between grief and sanity.” Kokotajlo’s previous film was Apostasy, about a Jehovah’s Witness coming to question her religious beliefs. Starve Acre looks to veer in a more supernatural direction, unless all that weird growth and pulsing is just in someone’s head. Starve Acre is in theaters July 26th.[end-mark] The post Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark Star in the Creepy Folk Horror Film <i>Starve Acre</i> appeared first on Reactor.

News Three Bags Full A Flock of Very Clever Sheep Are Going to Solve Hugh Jackman’s Murder in Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool-verine? By Molly Templeton | Published on June 7, 2024 Screenshot: 20th Century Fox Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: 20th Century Fox There are murder mysteries, and then there are sheep murder mysteries, apparently. Perhaps you’re already aware of this phenomenon; perhaps you were a fan of Leonie Swann’s Three Bags Full when the novel was published almost 20 years ago, in 2005. For the rest of us, the description of the in-production Hugh Jackman (Logan, pictured above) film of the same name is a bit baffling. In a most delightful way, that is. Here’s what Variety says: The film follows George Hardy (Jackman), a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every night he reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand, never suspecting that not only can they understand, but they argue for hours afterwards about whodunnit. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it. The local cop Tim Derry (Nicholas Braun), on the other hand, has never solved a serious crime in his life, so the sheep conclude they will have to solve it themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn’t as simple as it appears in books. Yes, you read that right: The sheep are going to solve the mystery, because that guy from Succession is no good at his job. Three Bags Full also stars Emma Thompson, which makes perfect sense; could you really have a sheep murder mystery without her? I feel like the answer is no. The rest of the cast includes new He-Man Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You), Molly Gordon (The Bear), Hong Chau (Watchmen), Tosin Cole (Doctor Who), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Wonka), Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), and Mandeep Dhillon (After Life). Making this whole thing even more intriguing is the fact that the screenplay was written by Craig Mazin—yes, the Chernobyl and The Last of Us guy (and also the two Scary Movies and two Hangovers guy, somehow). Director Kyle Balda is making his live-action debut here after directing such animated films as The Lorax, Minions, and Despicable Me 3. Unfortunately, we have a long time to wait for this truly incredible-sounding film to hit screens. While principle photography has wrapped, the film doesn’t come out for almost two years (presumably the sheep require some elaborate level of CGI shenanigans, though personally I think they should look like Shaun the Sheep). Three Bags Full arrives in theaters on February 20th, 2026.[end-mark] The post A Flock of Very Clever Sheep Are Going to Solve Hugh Jackman’s Murder in <i>Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie</i> appeared first on Reactor.

News Kyōryū Kyōryū: Brave Director to Helm Animated Series About Samurai Dinosaurs Yes, we did say samurai dinosaurs. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on June 7, 2024 Screenshot: Floating Rock Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Floating Rock Mark Andrews—whose previous credits include writing and directing Pixar’s Brave as well as being a storyboard artist for Marvel’s What If…?—is on board to bring Kyōryū, an animated series about samurai dinosaurs, to life. According to Variety, the animation and VFX Studio Floating Rock brought Andrews on board after releasing a proof-of-concept trailer last year. (A trailer you can see below if you missed it the first time around.) Here’s the synopsis: Amidst the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Japan, genetically re-engineered dinosaurs have survived humans and become the dominant species. Ancient primal instincts ignite modern tribal wars, and the ultimate survivors must navigate a world where the balance of power has shifted in ways no one could have foreseen. “‘Dinosaurs in postapocalyptic Japan?’ I want to see that show without even knowing what the story’s about! We’re going to give the audience way more than they bargained for,” Andrews told Variety. He added: “Why Floating Rock? We totally synced up right from the start… this is a fantastic group. They’re a startup, but they’ve got a ton of experience, energy and great ideas. They’re rebels, and I love that. So yes, let’s take the hill… they established the field and I immediately wanted to do battle. Let’s do this!” The trailer looks cool, though I have questions. Did humans and dinosaurs co-exist, living together, before people died out? And how is there still power to light up all those neon signs? The project is currently in development, so no news yet on when it will make its way to screen near you. And here’s the trailer for Kyōryū that Floating Rock put out last year. [end-mark] The post <i>Kyōryū</i>: Brave Director to Helm Animated Series About Samurai Dinosaurs appeared first on Reactor.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In a first legal decision of its kind, a court in Belgium has ordered Meta to pay damages to a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from that country for unfairly shadowbanning him. Meta will have to pay an equivalent of just over $30,000 to Tom Vandendriessche, from the conservative Vlaams Belang party (which is treated by opponents as “populist and nationalist”). It isn’t hard to understand why Facebook (Meta) would target this politician, and Vandendriessche certainly wasn’t the first or last to be subjected to this particular form of censorship; however, the ruling is noteworthy for several reasons. One is that a court (a court of appeals in this case) has officially exposed Meta as resorting to shadowbanning, a measure the tech giant does not mention in its terms of service and denies doing. Reports about the ruling also note that both liberal social platforms and media in the past denied that the practice exists, branding claims to the contrary as “conspiracy theories.” But the Twitter Files put an end to that – these accusations turned out to be close to a conspiracy theory themselves, aimed at discrediting political and ideological opponents. The Twitter Files showed that shadowbanning is very much so real, rather than imagined by “right-wingers.” Facebook’s own “ruling” against Vandendriessche goes back to early 2021, when the MEP was, unbeknownst to him (such is the nature of shadowbanning) “found guilty” of posting “hateful” content. This resulted in his Facebook posts getting downranked, i.e., their visibility and reach dramatically reduced. However, Vandendriessche only found out a while later that his content was considered to be “hate speech” – when Facebook had to disclose that in order to block his advertising account. The Belgian court, however, found no proof that the accusation was true, and handed down the decision that allowed Vandendriessche to declare, in a post on X, “first victory against Big Tech.” “I hope this ruling makes it clear to Facebook that they can no longer censor me, together with many citizens, without consequences,” Vandendriessche is quoted as saying in his party’s press release following the ruling. The statement also noted that it was nigh on impossible to sue one of the tech giants, because those who do “don’t enter the fight on a level playing field.” If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Belgian Court Strikes Back: Meta Ordered to Pay for Shadowbanning Politician appeared first on Reclaim The Net.