‘Overlord’ is the revolting, breakneck Nazi zombie movie you just gotta see

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This is a spoiler-free review of Overlord.

Assuming The Grinch doesn’t go very differently than I thought, Overlord is the only movie in theaters this weekend that will have you crying over the death of a character and then rooting for that character to die a second time in 60 seconds flat.

The J.J. Abrams produced WWII horror/action flick, originally rumored to be an addition to the Cloverfield series, doesn’t exactly bring a new concept to the table. Nazi zombies (or zombie Nazis, depending on your regional dialect) have been around for a while.

Overlord takes that tried-and-true concept and turns it up to eleven—raising the undead Third Reich to once again terrorize victims, but this time with a unique flair all its own.  Read more…

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Why Twitter banned the bot that unmasked neo-Nazis. (Hint: Neo-Nazis)

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Twitter’s number one goal in 2017 was curbing abuse and cracking down on hate speech. But when one intrepid Twitter user tried to help with the problem, the company shut down his efforts.

Yair Rosenberg, a senior writer at Tablet Magazine and reporter, with the help of developer Neal Chandra, had created a Twitter account named “Imposter Buster,” Rosenberg wrote in a New York Times op-ed this week.

Rosenberg, who’s a Jewish writer, had covered the 2016 presidential election and was a victim of harassment in part due to his stories, he explained in the New York Times op-ed.  Read more…

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Papa John’s would like you to know they think Nazis are bad

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“Better ingredients, better pizza, and also Nazis – we do not like them.” 

Sure, that’s a paraphrase, but Papa John’s wants the world to know that the company doesn’t approve of Adolf Hitler and his ilk. This notice comes to you after Father John’s founder, John Schnatter, recently told investors that NFL protests have hurt his company’s sales.

Papa John’s is a sponsor of the NFL, and Schnatter believes that players kneeling during the national anthem to protest racism and police brutality have led to fewer people buying his pizzas. Read more…

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