By Robert Scucci
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The most dangerous thing in the world is a desperate man who feels like he has nothing left to lose. It makes for inherently compelling cinema, especially when the desperation is played with nuance, like in 2025’s Dead Man’s Wire. Based on the real-life 1977 Tony Kiritsis hostage standoff, Dead Man’s Wire is a fictional retelling of the events depicted in the 2018 documentary Dead Man’s Line, written and directed by Alan Berry and Mark Enochs, who consulted screenwriter Austin Kolodney and director Gus Van Sant on the historical context of the nationally broadcast incident.

While I’m not here to nitpick historical inaccuracies, nor do I want to because I’m talking about the film adaptation as a piece of cinematic art, I can confidently say that Dead Man’s Wire is a shockingly immersive period piece. I didn’t stop to verify every car make and model or anything like that, but the movie takes place in 1977, and it convincingly looks like something that came out of that era. While mostly shot through conventional means, we’re also given on-the-street footage that looks like it was pulled directly from police cameras, and there’s even some real archival footage peppered throughout the film in a similar fashion to how Weezer pulled off looking like they were performing in an episode of Happy Days.

And I haven’t even gotten to the best part about Dead Man’s Wire: Bill Skarsgård as the desperate man operating in this lane, and he’s mad as hell!

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There’s a kind of wish-fulfillment arc that plays out in Dead Man’s Wire that makes it all feel so universal. Tony Kiritsis has a bone to pick with one specific person, M.L. Hall (Al Pacino), who, in a botched real-estate deal, undermined the profitability of Tony’s most recent and valuable investment. Knowing he’s ruined financially if he doesn’t straighten things out, he heads over to Meridian Mortgage Company, where M.L. Hall said he’d be to exchange words, only to find out that he ducked out for vacation early and delegated the meetup to his son, Richard (Dacre Montgomery).

Furious and unable to contain himself, Tony assaults Richard and straps a loaded shotgun to his neck with a wire rig connected to a dead man’s switch. Here’s how it works: if you move enough to trigger the switch, your head will get blown clean off. With Richard and the device in tow, Tony holes up in his apartment and begins making his demands to the authorities. He also places crazed calls to his favorite radio DJ, Fred Temple (Colman Domingo), hoping his story will be broadcast so the public will side with him.

As Dead Man’s Wire slow-burns through its second and third acts, we get a clear glimpse into Tony’s psychology, which, to Bill Skarsgård’s credit, is portrayed with care, nuance, and just the right amount of unpredictable explosiveness lingering beneath the surface. He knows that he’s dead to rights. Everybody saw what he did. But he refuses to buckle under pressure until he’s made whole financially and receives a sincere apology from M.L. Hall, who doesn’t want to kowtow to terrorists and is more than willing to treat his son as collateral if it means he doesn’t have to show any signs of weakness.

Something, Something, Capitalism

While it’s obvious that Dead Man’s Wire is an indictment of capitalism, it’s carefully constructed in a way that allows you to appreciate all of the gray areas. M.L. Hall is your perfect corrupt capitalist, to the point where he’s willing to gamble with his son’s life during a hostage negotiation while sipping mai tais on the beach. But it’s also reasonable to assume that he’s a smart guy who knows he’s crossed every t and dotted every i, legally speaking, and believes people like Tony are all bark and no bite.

Tony, on the other hand, is a loner facing financial ruin who initially only wanted an apology. His whole stunt was orchestrated with the intent of exposing the kind of financial impropriety that happens behind closed doors at Meridian Mortgage. Even if Hall was well within his legal rights to screw Tony over, Tony recognizes that the house always wins and questions the ethics of what happened to him. In his mind, he’s the little guy taking one for the team by hurting the company’s bottom line with bad publicity.

Everybody in Dead Man’s Wire is in the wrong, but it shows just how far a man is willing to go when he’s convinced, without a sliver of doubt, that he was swindled out of his nest egg and the institutions that are supposed to protect him have failed him. It doesn’t condone or condemn the violence, but rather examines the untethered rage that’s unfortunately, and all too frequently, the byproduct of living in a capitalist society where the working man is forever getting screwed by the institutions that run his life.

What’s most telling about this fictional retelling of Tony Kiritsis’ most unhinged moments is how the entire ordeal ultimately resolves. Mental health is brought into question, but it’s a hotly debated topic when discussing the real-life incident. It does make me wonder how unhinged Tony Kiritsis truly was before he decided to take this route. If Bill Skarsgård’s performance is any indication, it certainly feels like an otherwise reasonable man pushed to the brink by a series of personal and financial crises. It’s written all over his face when he has to mean-mug for the camera, but his true personality occasionally slips through the facade when he’s trying to lighten the mood or add some levity to an impossibly high-strung situation.

Dead Man’s Wire offers no easy answers to its unfolding story, but I don’t think it’s supposed to. Its delivery is very much, “this is what happened, as authentically as we could replicate,” forcing the viewer to arrive at their own conclusions after watching the whole thing play out. Like most Gus Van Sant films, this one lingers because it’s supposed to make you uncomfortable, as if you’ve got a dead man’s switch tied to your neck and any sudden movement could end it all.

As of this writing, Dead Man’s Wire is streaming on Netflix.

Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for the Pluribus Season 1 finale.As an alum of The X-Files, Vince Gilligan understands the eternal power of the unknown. By leaving viewers in the dark, you’ll keep them wanting more. The creator of Breaking Bad and theacclaimed Apple TV series Pluribus, Gilligan forces his audience to sit through episodes of methodical plot-building and character development, but he rewards their patience with some of the most intense, probing, and dynamic episodes of television in history. When recommending Breaking Bad to friends, everyone was obligated to preface it by saying, “It starts out slow.” With its spin-off series, Better Call Saul, Gilligan and co-creator Peter Gould upped the ante by crafting multiple deliberately paced seasons without an explosive resolution.

Pluribus, which reunites Gilligan with Better Call Saul breakout star Rhea Seehorn, is the showrunner’s apex as a patient storyteller, so much so that many audiences have turned against it after its first season due to its pacing. However, to suggest that the show is boring, repetitive, or anticlimactic is a grave misreading of Gilligan’s artistic touch that has defined his legendary career in television.

‘Pluribus’ Leaves Most of Its Questions Unanswered

The first episode of Pluribus introduces viewers to Carol Sturka (Seehorn), a cynical author residing in Gilligan’s favorite city, Albuquerque, who finds herself in the middle of a traumatic global takeover by an unknown entity. Like Carol, who witnesses the death of her wife, Helen (Miriam Shor), amid the chaos of the world, viewers are perplexed, if not horrified, at what is occurring. Why are all these people dying? How do all the survivors know Carol’s name, including a White House staff member? Most importantly, why is everyone so peculiarly nice? It’s a dazzling episode that drops viewers into this ostentatious scenario and trusts them to make their own judgments.

As the nine-episode season progresses, the audience is given little crumbs that explain the origin and existence of this hivemind, known as “The Others,” who dutifully serve Carol with the intent of making her happy, something she’s certainly not interested in. She first tries to commission assistance from the remaining people in the world unaffected by the virus. Then she turns to performing her own sleuthing and undermining the hive, which embodies what Artificial Intelligence would look like as a cult. After tiresome resistance, Carol begins exhibiting signs of Stockholm syndrome, learning to accept the comfortable but inhuman lifestyle propagated by the Others.

‘Pluribus’ Carol Sturka Is a More Passive Protagonist Than Walter White or Saul Goodman

After its enticing setup, Pluribus does not indulge the audience with a thrilling second act and conclusion. In Gilligan’s previous shows, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) shaves his head and transforms into the first phase of Heisenberg in Breaking Bad, and in Better Call Saul, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) can’t help but lay the groundwork for his titular alter ego by performing numerous cons. Pluribus, which ends with Carol and fellow immune Manousos Oviedo (Carlos-Manuel Vesga) receiving a package containing an atom bomb (an item that Carol previously asked if she could request from the Others), indicates that the story is only starting. The show more or less remains in the same place from the end of Episode 1 through its finale, drawing the ire of some viewers who felt cheated out of dramatic stakes.

Despite Gilligan’s fascination with change and character evolution, Pluribus deals with a protagonist stubborn to change her pessimistic ways in the face of her perpetually happy neighbors. As a reluctant hero, a woman already stuck in a malaise as a frustrated novelist writing low-brow fantasy books, it would be disingenuous to Carol’s characterization if she solved the world’s problems within a season. While it slows the development of the story, her exasperation at the Others’ robotic friendliness is an essential component to the show’s dark humor and grounded quality. The series may be science fiction, but living with advanced technology with the potential to take over humanity is eerily reflective of our present day.

‘Pluribus’ Proves that Slow-Burn Filmmaking Is Vince Gilligan’s Secret Weapon

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Having attained the highest levels of critical adoration during the peak of the prestige television boom, Gilligan has nothing to prove, and Pluribus represents an artist in complete control of his uncompromising vision. Even when Breaking Bad was at its most heart-pounding, Gilligan and his creative team always returned to slow-burn filmmaking, visualized by unbroken wide shots of a sweeping vista. Characters who concoct elaborate schemes, investigate documents, and build machinery complement his love for process and procedure, leaving no stone unturned in the world and story-building department. Preternatural private eye/hitman Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) in the Heisenberg-verse is perhaps the North Star of Gilligan’s style, as both shows depict him laboriously dismantling devices and tailing his enemies.

Gilligan’s love for process comes alive in Pluribus, resulting in low-energy scenes without a direct resolution. However, the series is more suited to slow-burning sequences than Breaking Bad or Saul, as the plot machinations are limited to merely watching Carol try to make sense of her surroundings. The series wisely keeps its scope measured — forcing us to focus on one tiny aspect of this global takeover rather than diving into the life-or-death consequences in its first season.

Although time has passed since the nadir of 2020, the listless nature of Carol’s life recalls how we all hunkered down and dealt with grave uncertainty during the pandemic, and this feeling should resonate with all audiences. Interstitials track the progression of time since the Others’ takeover, yet nothing has changed. Slow-burn pacing is not just an artistic flex on the showrunner or director’s part, but also an actor’s showcase. Off the momentum as Kim Wexler in Better Call Saul, Seehorn uses the narrative flexibility of Pluribus to express a wide range of emotions, starting with disdain towards Carol’s audience to a strange affection for her chaperone, Zosia (Karolina Wydra).

Pluribus is never boring, but it refuses to hold the audience’s hand — a challenge for those engaging in passive or second-screen viewing. The series taps into your feelings of being stuck in a dead end. First, you try to fight against it, then you begrudgingly accept these circumstances after futile efforts, and then you find yourself longing to stay in a place of eternal comfort. Rather than conveying these ideas out loud, Gilligan uses methodical pacing to track Carol’s psychological status, which has devolved from a noble rebel to being romantically involved with her captor. For some, Pluribus perhaps just hits too close to home as a reflection of recent history and our attachment to technological assistance that enables loneliness.

A celebration following the New York Knicks’ championship victory ended in tragedy when a family’s beloved dog, Jameson, was fatally shot by a Los Angeles Police Department officer.

Topanga Patrol Division police officers responded to reports of a “screaming woman” at an apartment unit in Canoga Park, California, on Saturday, June 13, at 8:55 p.m., according to a Los Angeles Police Department press release.

Upon their arrival, officers found New York native Marie Marseille watching the Knicks win the championship with Jameson. The pet was wearing the basketball team’s jersey, according to FOX 11.

Police said that while they spoke to Marseille, a “large dog was by her side” and was “barking at the officers.”

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“The officers asked her to secure the dog, and the resident closed the door momentarily. She re-opened the door, and the dog exited the apartment,” the release stated. “Once outside of the apartment, the dog charged at one of the officers, resulting in an Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS).”

Jameson, a 2-year-old golden retriever, Saint Bernard and poodle mix, died in the shooting. The LAPD said in the release that the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services then took custody of his body.

Following the shooting, Marseille told FOX 11 that she didn’t “understand what happened.”

“I don’t understand why he had to get shot, I don’t get it, he didn’t do anything,” she said. “He’s my baby, he’s my baby. It doesn’t make any sense to me, I can’t make sense of anything.”

Marseille also told the outlet that Jameson wasn’t baring his teeth, barking, growling or being aggressive when the officers were at her home. “He was just moving towards the officer,” she said.

Force Investigation Division investigators responded to the scene after the shooting and are now looking into the incident, according to the LAPD.

The LAPD also said that the dog owner was there at the time of the incident and cooperated with the investigation. No community members or officers were injured in the shooting.

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Following the dog’s death, a GoFundMe page was set up with the goal to “get justice for Jameson” and to raise money for his cremation fees.

“On June 13th, 2026, 10 minutes after celebrating the Knicks championship win, our dog was fatally shot right outside our home. Jameson was 2 years old, and he was taken from us too soon,” fundraiser organizer Jeremiah Garcia wrote. “Anyone who’s met Jameson would tell you he is the sweetest boy in the world. Please help us raise money to get Justice for Jameson and any cremation fees.”

The LAPD did not immediately respond to Us Weekly’s request for comment when asked about an update in the case.

Marvel Studios isn’t playing it safe with the long-awaited X-Men reboot.

Recent comments from writer Lee Sung Jin suggest that Marvel is aiming for a fresh start, one that won’t be tied down by the previous X-Men films and will instead embrace bold ideas and a new creative direction.

While discussing the project, Lee revealed that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is encouraging the team to think bigger than what has come before.

“Truthfully, it’s same parameters on this project, which is so exciting. I’d say there were actually more parameters on Thunderbolts because it was plugging into an existing arc and existing characters, whereas with X-Men, Kevin [Feige]just wants to take a big swing and start anew, not be beholden to any of the movies that have come before.”

That approach appears to fit perfectly with director Jake Schreier’s vision for the film. According to Lee, Schreier wants to focus on what made the classic X-Men comics resonate with fans in the first place.

“And Jake Schreier has such a clear vision in terms of wanting to get back to character first, and to what is exciting about those early Chris Claremont-run comics, which was all about team dynamics. There were a lot of soapy elements to those comics.”

The upcoming reboot is expected to serve as a true fresh start for Marvel’s mutants. Rather than recreating the Fox era, the studio appears focused on introducing a new generation of heroes while placing a stronger emphasis on character relationships and team chemistry.

Lee also spoke about how exciting it has been to help shape this new version of the franchise.

“I’m such a big fan of that IP of the comics. My dad and I, every Saturday morning, used to watch the show on television, so to be able to look around this Marvel conference room and have every X-Men character on the board and be able to spitball and freestyle on, ‘What about this person?’ it’s so emboldening, because you’re like, ‘Oh, wow, this isn’t going to be a safe movie. This is actually going to be a really exciting new take.’”

Before the reboot arrives, fans are expected to see familiar mutant faces return in Avengers: Doomsday, helping bridge Marvel’s past with its future. But when the MCU’s X-Men finally assemble, it sounds like audiences should expect something completely different.

If Lee Sung Jin’s comments are any indication, Marvel isn’t interested in playing it safe. The studio is taking a major creative swing, and that could make the MCU’s X-Men one of the franchise’s most exciting new chapters yet.

On 90 Day Fiance, Shea McGuire tries to stay ahead of his reputation by admitting he may have misbehaved at a party or two. Debby Rolando kicks Mohamed “Mido” Fayed to the curb after a night at a haunted house. Catie Norboe continues to test Josh Atkins during a shopping trip. And Rasit tells Brandon to lose Mallorie‘s digits. Let’s break it all down in this recap of Season 12, Episode 6 When Two Worlds Collide.

90 Day Fiance: Shea McGuire Does Damage Control

Shea McGuire is trying to outrun his party shenanigans now that his 90 Day Fiance Annabelle Chua is in town. Annabelle gives him the silent treatment. After Shea admits his ex Nicole may have some dirt on him. And he may have engaged in some drunken flirting around town. Shea suggests she go for a spa day with his daughter Allison and friend Angie. But Annabelle has her suspicions that Shea and Angie could be fooling around.

Shea McGuire confesses to some bad behavior at a party. He asked to see someone’s new implants and the woman obliged. Annabelle wants to know if he did more than just look. He says no, but throws in that sometimes he doesn’t remember all the things he does when he’s drinking. Annabelle is very annoyed and doesn’t want to go to the spa day. But Shea encourages her and she agrees.

Shea McGuire drops Annabelle Chua off at the spa on 90 Day Fiance. She gets upset when he says he’s not going to hang around. This gives Annabelle the chance to question Angie. Who reassures her there is absolutely nothing going on between her and Shea. Shea’s daughter Allison is amused and a little surprised that Shea has been telling on himself. She always thought it would be her who had to be the bearer of bad news. As she’s seen him being less than truthful on his phone.

90 Day Fiance: Mido Can’t Act his Way out Of Being a Jerk

Debby Rolando writes out a chore list on 90 Day Fiance. But her man child fiancé just laughs it off. Suggesting he’d rather sleep and pointing out that in Egypt, dishes and housework are a woman’s responsibility. Debby disagrees. However she did sign him up for an acting class. And acts like a proud mom who signed her son up for summer activities. Mido walks into class with confidence and announces he’s on his way to being a Hollywood star.

The teacher sees right through his delusion. Unlike Debby Rolando. Mido asks for permission to modify an acting assignment. And flat out gets told no. Later the instructor and him chat. And he gets a C+ in his teacher’s eyes. Later Debby and Mido dress up for Halloween as Pharaohs and head out to a haunted house to meet Debby’s friends. Mido shuts down on the way there. While Debby frets about him meeting her friends.

Mido comes alive at the haunted house while Debby clutches her pearls. He taunts back at the ghouls, goblins and mental patients. But once back in the car with Debby and her friend, he shuts down again as they head to a bar. It’s super awkward and he stays in the car for a minute and picks his nose once they arrive. Debby confronts him and he calls her a name and tells her to shut up. Debby’s friend intervenes and it just becomes a pissing match. Debby kicks him out of the car and peels away. For now.

90 Day Fiance: Catie and Josh Don’t See Eye to Eye

Josh Atkins wakes up in pain after sleeping on a twin bed with Catie Norboe. He cooks eggs trying hard to have somewhat of a normal life. He’s a little too bothered that Catie prefers cold pizza and chips for breakfast. Because that’s the least of his problems actually. He sits on the floor with Catie and suggests he’d at least like a dining set to eat. Catie tells him that’s stupid. And tries to act like it’s because of finances.

Catie Norboe continues to be passive aggressive mocking Josh Atkins over his desire for furniture and a proper breakfast on 90 Day Fiance. She chides him for being careless with cash. Josh stands his ground and they make it to a furniture store. Catie wants to hold off buying anything until she sees if a friend follows up with an offer of free furniture. Josh sees he isn’t going to win this battle and agrees to go back to the barren apartment and suffer.

90 Day Fiance: Rasit Talks Tough

It’s the middle of the white trash bash and Rasit takes his beef straight to the tailgate on 90 Day Fiance. Unaware that a southern man considers this a diss, he lays out his problem with Mallorie’s friend Brandon. He doesn’t want him around. He doesn’t want him to call her, text her or engage with her. In fact he wants him to lose her number and leave them alone. This doesn’t go over well with Brandon of course.

Rasit tells producers Brandon looks like a caveman. And has a grumbly voice. Brandon tells Rasit he will not abandon his friendship with Mallorie. So neither guy is willing to budge on the situation. Rasit says Mallorie has to listen to him. Brandon says Rasit is disrespectful and full of it. Somewhere in their midst Mallorie is just enjoying some drinking with a beer can curler on her head. Rasit walks off slamming the tailgate and Brandon isn’t happy.

90 Day Fiance: Marissa Didn’t Sign up for Another Kid

Marissa Rubinetti is making dinner for her sons and 90 Day Fiance Edward Miguel Gomez. She tasks Edward to cut potatoes. He cuts up instead and plays a prank with ketchup, pretending to cut his hand. The boys walk in and he holds up two closed fists asking them to pick one. The younger one taps a hand and receives a fifty-dollar bill. The older son plays too and also receives 50 bucks. However he refuses it. Handing it back to Edward saying he can’t take money from people.

Dinner is awkward and the boys are in a hurry to leave the table. In the morning Marissa’s management skills are on full display. She multi-tasks getting the boys breakfast, packing their things and filling water bottles so they can go to their dads. Edward scrolls and sips coffee, drawing Marissa’s ire. He lags behind getting in the car. And her son takes shotgun. Edward finds it amusing. But on the way back Marissa Rubinetti is critical of Edward Miguel Gomez. Suggesting she didn’t sign up for another kid.

90 Day Fiance: Thomas Makes a Stink over Paula’s Perfume

Quirky 90 Day Fiance couple Thomas and Paula wake up happy. They took their intimacy to a new level and Paula can’t get enough of Thomas’s masculinity. Thomas makes breakfast for Paula first concocting a tofu mushroom toast to satisfy her vegan lifestyle. Paula wants to reciprocate and cook breakfast for Thomas, but reels at the thought of cooking his eggs in beef tallow. Thomas cracks up when she cooks in a construction mask to avoid the smell.

But the bliss is short lived. Paula doesn’t enjoy eating her tofu toast at the tiny table. But she agrees to get ready for her first full day in LA. Paula enjoys putting on makeup and dabbing on a couple drops of perfume. But this causes Thomas to lose his mind since he claims he’s highly allergic. He panics and runs outside threatening to leave. Paula mocks him suggesting he has a super power nose. Thomas revolts by putting super glue in the perfume cap. So, another setback for these two. Till next time!

By Robert Scucci
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Whenever I plan a romantic getaway with the Missus, I have a very short list of win conditions. If the bar has an arcade, I’m playing Time Crisis II for an hour. If the hotel doesn’t have a continental breakfast schedule that allows me to sleep in, I’m eating the free soap. And if we’re going to renew our vows or do anything super cute like that, we can’t do it in the remote wilderness where feral teenagers with the home-field advantage think killing is a game. I’ve watched too many movies like Willow Creek (2013), Significant Other (2022), and 2008’s Eden Lake. At least in Backcountry (2014), all they had to run from was a bear, because in Eden Lake, the kids are far more terrifying.

A bear will eat your face because it thinks you’re invading its territory, calm down, and move on with its life. To the best of its knowledge, the bear was just defending itself and had no other choice. The teenagers in Eden Lake will set you on fire after they’ve already killed you so they can film it and show everybody what they’ve done for bragging rights.

Both are horrible outcomes, but at least with the bear you die with dignity.

I Mean, They Were Asking For It

As much as I want to yell at Jenny Greengrass (Kelly Reilly) and Steve Taylor (Michael Fassbender) for taking the stupidest vacation they could possibly take, I have to remind myself that they’re characters living in this movie, which hopefully means they aren’t aware that their situation is a big old trope. I’m willing to forgive them and say they don’t deserve anything that happens to them in Eden Lake, and I’m willing to suspend disbelief because it’s a tried-and-true setup. We have to get them into the woods, or there’s no movie.

So they go to the woods, even though they both seem like inexperienced campers who probably should have rented an RV and parked it at a national park, and do the usual stuff: swimming, smoochies, fumbling with the tent when the sun’s already setting. The usual stuff happens here, and I’m still not really impressed because we’ve seen it all before.

Then we’re introduced to Brett (Jack O’Connell) and the gang of teenagers who are about to make the couple’s life a living hell. These kids are so awful that they make the events of Lord of the Flies look like Gilligan’s Island by comparison. It starts with loud music and a rowdy dog, but before you know it, Jenny and Steve’s car is stolen, their food is trashed, and their camp is destroyed. Not wanting to take matters into their own hands beyond retrieving their belongings and getting the hell out of dodge, they try to leave, but Brett and his goons continue terrorizing them while Paige (Finn Atkins), the only female in the group, films whatever happens on her cell phone.

Kids Will Be Kids

My kids aren’t quite teenagers yet, and hopefully I’m raising them well, because the teenagers in Eden Lake are the stuff of nightmares. Brett is clearly the alpha of the pack, and his menace is strong enough to make everybody bend to his will. It doesn’t matter if he wants them to vandalize property or slit somebody’s throat, they’ll do it if he pushes hard enough. Even more terrifying, anybody who disobeys him faces fatal consequences. When the group is at its most united, Jenny and Steve are no match for them because their only moral code is simple: there will be no consequences for their actions.

Rational adults, even the ones who want to camp in the remote wilderness despite their inexperience, are simply no match for unchecked teenagers who clearly don’t have any meaningful authority figures in their lives. They’re fully formed little humans, but they’ve grown up in conditions that nurtured their more animalistic impulses far more than their human ones. There’s no reasoning with that kind of terror, and Eden Lake leans into this social hierarchy without shame as Jenny and Steve fight for their lives, Steve wondering when he’s supposed to get down on one knee and pull out the engagement ring he’s been hiding.

Eden Lake is far from an easy watch, but it’s a shockingly effective thriller once things start heating up. It’s worth its weight in unease alone thanks to Jenny Greengrass handling herself like a boss and Jack O’Connell channeling some truly psychopathic energy to bring his character to life. If you think you can handle the suspense, which culminates in one of the most upsetting endings this kind of movie could have, Eden Lake is currently streaming free on Tubi.

Timothy Hudson, who was accused of killing stepsister Anna Kepner during a family vacation, was taken into custody and will remain behind bars until his murder trial begins due to a “level of psychopathy” and his alleged “lack of remorse.”

Hudson, 16, surrendered to U.S. Marshals on Monday, June 15, after Judge Edwin Torres ordered him to turn himself in a week after prosecutors moved to revoke his pretrial release.

Torres wrote in an order that the prosecution’s “case for a forcible rape is beyond clear and convincing,” according to court documents viewed by People. He added that the findings suggest “a level of psychopathy and lack of remorse that by itself raises a serious concern that [Hudson] can snap at any time, despite the well-meaning and serious efforts of his caretakers to make sure that does not happen.”

Torres concluded that Hudson is a “danger” to both himself and others.

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The judge made the decision after he previously granted Hudson a pretrial release. He is now being tried as an adult following an April ruling.

Hudson was previously released into the custody of a family member after he appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on February 6. At that time, he was charged as a minor and was released without having to post bail.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida argued that Hudson should be kept in custody when he was initially charged in February. However, the office failed to meet the burden of proof that was required by the Juvenile Detention Act (JDA).

That federal statute states that juvenile defendants should receive rehabilitation instead of punishment, and pretrial detention for minors or conditioning their release on the posting of bail is often discouraged.

Hudson was charged in February after he was accused of sexually assaulting and killing Kepner, 18, while their blended family was on a cruise vacation in November 2025.

Kepner and Hudson shared a room during the trip, and she was last seen entering the room on the night of November 6, 2025.

She was found dead hours later under her bed the following day. An investigation was then launched into the matter, and the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office determined her cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation and her manner of death was homicide.

Hudson has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse in connection to Kepner’s death.

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Following Hudson’s court appearance in February, his mother, Shauntel Hudson, and Kepner’s father, Christopher Kepner, issued a statement saying that they believed Timothy should be behind bars.

“At this time, it is deeply painful and disturbing to our family that the person responsible is able to walk freely. This reality adds to our grief and outrage,” they said, per People. “It is devastating to know that while we live every day with the loss of our child, the individual responsible has not yet been fully held accountable.”

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Sir Rod Stewart is facing criticism from disgruntled fans after he was spotted celebrating enthusiastically at a FIFA World Cup match just hours after abruptly canceling a sold-out concert.

The day before he attended the game, Stewart’s team shared an update stating he would not be able to take the stage for health reasons.

The rock legend previously shared that he has “no desire to retire,” but noted that he plans to scale down on “large-scale world tours.”

Just a day before cheering for Scotland at its World Cup game against Haiti on Saturday, June 13, Rod Stewart canceled his California concert.

The “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” singer was scheduled to take the stage on June 12 at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, California. However, hours before the show was set to begin, his team shared a statement on his Instagram Story explaining why they had to pull the plug.

“On the advice of his doctors and following a diagnosis of an acute upper respiratory infection that has resulted in laryngitis, he is unable to take the stage this evening,” they explained in the statement, per NME.

The rock star later released a statement of his own, explaining that after receiving treatment, his condition had improved, but his voice had not.

“I’m very disappointed and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience to my fans,” he added.

Stewart Seen Flying To Boston For Scotland Match

The sympathy from his fanbase quickly faded that Saturday morning. Taking to Instagram, the “Maggie May” singer posted a video from inside his private jet alongside his sons, Liam and Alastair.

“Here we are flying off to Boston to see Scotland in the World Cup,” Stewart said in the video. “It’s been 28 years, so these kids, I’ve told them about it, but they’ve never been. I’ve been to seven World Cups.”

The lively Stewart and his sons joined in chants of “No Scotland, no party,” leaving some fans confused. He also raised eyebrows with the caption, which read, “Me and the boys off to Boston to see our Scotland in the World Cup! No Scotland, no party.”

He was later photographed in the stands at Boston Stadium, throwing his arms in the air and energetically celebrating Scotland’s historic 1-0 group-stage victory over Haiti.

Stewart was also scheduled to perform at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Colorado on Monday, June 15, but canceled that show at the last minute.

Rod Stewart’s World Cup Video Divides His Fans

The sudden shift from an unwell singer to a vibrant Scottish supporter left many fans furious, and they took to social media to criticize him and question whether he had really been too sick to perform.

“Hey Rod, lost a little respect for you canceling your concert the night before, disappointing a stadium full of people,” a disappointed Instagram user wrote. “Hard to believe you really had laryngitis! I used to really like you, but when I say I lost a little respect, I mean a LOT of respect.”

Another user said, “My childhood girlfriends and I flew from Arizona and Houston to see the show at Red Rocks. You should have done this earlier. Screw you.”

Someone else added, “For someone who was sick enough to cancel his show last minute in San Diego yesterday, you sure seem hyped up enough to party with the boys in Boston today.”

However, others defended the singer, saying he had lost his voice, not his ability to travel.

“There’s a difference between watching a game and performing for two hours. Just saying,” one fan wrote.

Stewart’s Rep Says Treatment Came Too Late

A representative for Stewart stood by the reasons given for the show’s cancellation, telling the San Diego Union-Tribune that they had spoken with the singer’s doctor that Friday night and did everything possible to keep the show on schedule, including getting him on steroids.

However, the spokesperson said the situation was ultimately out of their control, leaving them with no choice but to cancel.

They told the news outlet that the rock icon underwent “a few rounds of steroids and treatment in the hopes of being able to perform.”

“He was there [at the venue], but we had to text because he had no voice,” they added. “Evidently, [the steroids] kicked in but too late for the show.”

Rod Stewart Has Discussed Scaling Back His Touring

Stewart remains one of the longest-touring singers in the industry, having been on the road for more than 60 years. He has been on his “One Last Time” farewell tour since 2024 and still has more than a dozen U.S. dates scheduled this year.

In an interview with TalkSport, he shared his hopes of toning things down after headlining a string of performances in the U.K. next year.

“I’ve got 40 odd shows this year, and that’s not really…enough,” he said. “And I’m touring the U.K. next year, doing the O2 [arena] and that’ll probably be it, I think. I’ll have to do something new.”

Asked if he still gets a “massive buzz” from being onstage, Stewart agreed, saying, “There’s nothing like it. There’s no drink, alcohol or drug will give you that buzz… to see all those smiling faces out there and send them all home happy is just God’s gift. It’s wonderful.”