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Is AI a panacea or a Pandora’s box? It’s a question that divides the British government. Ask the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, and he’ll fill your ears with promises about a glorious future. AI is a “game-changer” that can “revolutionise public services,” Dowden gushed yesterday. Healthcare, education, and crime prevention are all prime targets for the technological transformation — and that’s just the start. “I could go on nearly forever to cover all areas of public administration,”…

via Universal It’s hard to get mad at any movie that features Arnold Schwarzenegger getting the ever-loving sh*t kicked out of him by Miriam Margoyles, but one standout – and unintentionally hilarious – scene isn’t enough to earn End of Days a rose-tinted reappraisal. It was a decent-sized hit at the box office after earning a robust $212 million on a budget of $100 million, but a trio of Razzie nominations for Worst Actor, Worst Director, and Worst Supporting Actor were fully deserved. Perhaps the biggest…

Horror might be the only genre where the best movies often tend to fly so far under the radar barely nobody even notices they exist until it’s too late, with the $1.4 million box office haul brought in by Rose Glass’ striking Saint Maud making it the latest in a never-ending line of spooky sensations that find a huge audience long after their initial theatrical release. Mike Flanagan, who knows a thing or two about atmospheric chills having become one of horror’s most famed modern auteurs, couldn’t speak highly enough of…

via Universal Sam Raimi made his name as a horror director, becoming an instant legend by crafting the beloved Evil Dead trilogy, and while he leaned into many element of the genre as he developed his signature visual and thematic style, his sabbatical from things that go bump in the night lasted way too long until Drag Me to Hell arrived in 2009. Proving that he hadn’t lost his touch, the icon’s long-awaited comeback ended up nabbing a 92 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, recouped its $30 million budget three…

In Fraternity by Jon Ellis, Hugo Petrus, and Lee Loughridge, a childhood friendship is put to the test due to a shadowy college fraternity. And that’s “shadowy” in the demonic sense! The graphic novel will be published by Humanoids next Tuesday, August 9th, 2022, but you can get your first look at the book right here today at The Beat. Fraternity Here’s the description of the book from Humanoids: Wyatt’s roommate has been acting pretty strange ever since he joined that frat… This is FRATERNITY, the latest horror graphic…