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Tom's Guide
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
This wild Pedro Pascal movie just got an HBO Max release date
HBO Max is adding new movies all the time, and next month, it's adding "Freaky Tales." Now, if you're like me, you've quite possibly not even heard of this movie. Which was surprising — it was a Sundance film, distributed by Lionsgate and stars a pair of actors I love in Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendelsohn. It even has a bunch of punks fighting Nazis! In short, I should have been all over this movie. But somehow it escaped my notice and most everyone else's, because it reportedly only brought in $400K at the box office. But those who have seen this wild comedy have loved it. It currently has an 89% "hot" rating from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, even though critics were a bit more muted in their praise. You'll get to judge for yourself on Friday, Aug. 8, when the movie hits HBO Max. Or, if you're someone who prefers linear HBO to the streaming service, it'll air at 8 p.m. ET the next day (Saturday, Aug. 9) on the premium cable channel. In the meantime, here's what "Freaky Tales" is all about and why this wild comedy needs to be added to your watchlist. The most important thing to know about "Freaky Tales" is that it doesn't follow a typical plot structure. Instead, there are four vignettes that are loosely interconnected, only really all coming together at the end. It's based on real events and real locations in 1987 Oakland, California. The first chapter, "Strength in Numbers: The Gilman Strikes Back," focuses on a pair of young punks, Tina (Ji-young Yoo) and Lucid (Jack Champion), who are at an Operation Ivy concert that comes under attack from Nazi punks. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. HBO Max gives you tons of hit shows and movies, from HBO Originals to A24 movies and more. "Don't Fight the Feeling" is the next story, picking up at the same point as the start of the first chapter, but instead focuses on Barbie (Dominique Thorne) and Entice (Normani), who perform as the hip hop duo Danger Zone. They don't go to the Operation Ivy show, but instead are roped into performing with the rapper Too Short. "Born to Mack" is where Pedro finally arrives. He plays Clint, a career criminal who is looking to get out of the game. When he's asked to pull a job during a Warriors basketball game, that desire to leave crime behind is put to the test. Finally, there's "The Legend of Sleepy Floyd." This is where the story finally starts to come together. Sleepy Floyd (Jay Ellis) is a star for the Warriors, and it's his house that Clint is supposed to rob. But instead, "The Guy" (Mendelsohn), sends the Nazi punks to rob it and things go horribly wrong. As I mentioned earlier, audiences are loving this movie for the most part. Critics are a bit harsher on it, and after combing through the reviews from both parties, this seems to come down to critics judging its (admittedly) loosely connected chapters failing to come together properly in the end. Ultimately, if you want a wild comedy that doubles as an impressive period piece, then "Freaky Tales" seems like it's worth watching. It doesn't necessarily stick the landing narratively, but the acting of its loaded cast is sublime, and its recreation of 1987 Oakland has been masterfully done by all accounts. Even Deadline praised the period elements of the movie in its review, saying, "What does work for 'Freaky Tales' is the film's gritty visuals immediately immerse the audience in the look and feel of late-'80s Oakland." Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button. Malcolm has been with Tom's Guide since 2022, and has been covering the latest in streaming shows and movies since 2023. He's not one to shy away from a hot take, including that "John Wick" is one of the four greatest films ever made. Here's what he's been watching lately:
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Maryland needs to make its voice heard with other states warning against nuclear war
The mushroom cloud of a hydrogen bomb test as part of Operation Ivy in 1952. (Photo from U.S. Department of Energy) The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is now at 89 seconds to midnight, inching closer to apocalyptic midnight than ever before, due in part, to the growing risk of nuclear war. Treaties between Russia and the U.S. have been abrogated. Experts warn that, if nuclear war occurs, it will likely be unintended, the result of dangerous policies compounded by misdeeds, miscommunication, and mistakes. In the '80s, The Nuclear Freeze movement created public pressure that helped lead to a reduction in weapons and risks. Now, there seems to be a growing public concern again that policies need to change. Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) and House Speaker Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) have written, 'The Maryland Legislature is the representative body of the people and the strongest laws are those that have public input from the start.' In that spirit, the Assembly has an opportunity to pass Senate Joint Resolution 4 and House Joint Resolution 6 on the Use of Nuclear Weapons, responding to an effort by Marylanders, and people across the country, calling for simple changes to dangerous old cold war nuclear policies and take us Back from the Brink. Maryland Matters welcomes guest commentary submissions at editor@ We suggest a 750-word limit and reserve the right to edit or reject submissions. We do not accept columns that are endorsements of candidates, and no longer accept submissions from elected officials or political candidates. Opinion pieces must be signed by at least one individual using their real name. We do not accept columns signed by an organization. Commentary writers must include a short bio and a photo for their bylines. Views of writers are their own. In addition to the Doomsday Clock, the U.N. secretary general, editors of over 100 medical journals across the world, former members of Congress and others have been urging the public to understand how close we are to using these weapons. The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was just awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an aging group of Japanese atomic bomb survivors who have been telling their terrifying stories, and pleading for nuclear abolition. Emerging technologies including artificial intelligence increase the risk of unintended escalation and of 'deterrence' failing. Russian President Vladimir Putin talks of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the U.S. is spending enormous amounts of money on upgrading the entire nuclear weapons complex, fueling a new nuclear arms race among all of the nuclear nations and costing Marylanders over $2 billion in taxes in 2024 and the nation nearly $2 trillion over 30 years. The Air Force is planning to put weapons in space that would damage an enemy's early warning system. The Los Alamos weapons lab is ramping up production of plutonium pits for new nuclear weapons. President Donald Trump has expressed a desire to resume testing of nuclear weapons though the last test was in 1992. Nuclear war does not have to be our fate and people in Maryland are joining others across the U.S. to demand change. Sen. Clarence Lam (D-Howard and Anne Arundel), Del. Nicole Williams (D-Prince George's) and many cosponsors, responding to input from the public, have introduced the joint resolutions on the use of nuclear weapons. They are similar to ones passed in Baltimore, Frederick, Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, all modeled on the five points of the Back from the Brink campaign. They convey the wishes of many Marylanders that our government initiate multilateral talks for a verifiable agreement for nuclear disarmament among the nuclear-armed states. This could pave the way some day for all nuclear nations to join the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, now ratified by 73 nations. In addition, it calls on the U.S. to take four simple steps to reduce the risk of unintended nuclear war: renounce the option of using nuclear weapons first; end the president's sole, unchecked authority to launch a nuclear attack; take nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert because if launched in error, they cannot be recalled; and cancel plans to replace our entire arsenal with enhanced weapons. Our resolution, if passed, will help to protect all Marylanders by turning public pressure into political pressure, joining eight other state legislative bodies, and over 75 municipalities and counties who have already passed similar legislation. Our resolution has no fiscal price tag, but in taking a step toward preventing nuclear war, it is priceless. A New York Times series coincidentally called Back from the Brink, concluded that the public must not wait to address this growing risk of catastrophe: 'Citizens, therefore, need to exert their influence well before the country finds itself in such a situation. We should not allow the next generation to inherit a world more dangerous than the one we were given. ' Delegates and senators, we need your help now while we have time. For our children's sake. Pass this resolution, joining other states across the nation to take us back from the brink of nuclear war.
