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Entwined in the lives and strange practices of the cultists and their firebrand leader, Malcolm Howe (Michael Sheen), Thomas soon realizes the god being worshipped isn't the one from his own lost scripture.
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 6 July 2024
Still, this particular yarn belongs to Stone, who tears into the part of the devoted cultist with fearless determination.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
His campaign sent out emails asking his cultists to help fight all the corruption in our justice system.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024
His arrival coincided with the 30th anniversary of the deadly confrontation that took place nearby between heavily armed Branch Davidian cultists and federal law enforcement.
—Jon D. Michaels, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
But whether or not blood is the ultimate catalyst here also remains unclear; the cultists soon begin heaving and breathing out loud as if to summon something from the deep.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
Skepticism endured: at a 2007 conference on A.I., some computer scientists made a spoof video suggesting that the deep-learning crowd was made up of cultists akin to Scientologists.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
The story of a young woman who goes in search of her father only to discover his small town has been overrun by cultists, the film features a particularly unsettling scene set in a Ralphs, which may be all too familiar to some Angelenos.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
But Pelosi, who grew up listening to opera waft through the streets of Baltimore’s Little Italy, is a genuine tie-dyed in the wool Deadhead, as cultists and aficionados of the group are known.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
Matt Kamen, WIRED, 6 July 2024
Still, this particular yarn belongs to Stone, who tears into the part of the devoted cultist with fearless determination.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
His campaign sent out emails asking his cultists to help fight all the corruption in our justice system.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024
His arrival coincided with the 30th anniversary of the deadly confrontation that took place nearby between heavily armed Branch Davidian cultists and federal law enforcement.
—Jon D. Michaels, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
But whether or not blood is the ultimate catalyst here also remains unclear; the cultists soon begin heaving and breathing out loud as if to summon something from the deep.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
Skepticism endured: at a 2007 conference on A.I., some computer scientists made a spoof video suggesting that the deep-learning crowd was made up of cultists akin to Scientologists.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
The story of a young woman who goes in search of her father only to discover his small town has been overrun by cultists, the film features a particularly unsettling scene set in a Ralphs, which may be all too familiar to some Angelenos.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
But Pelosi, who grew up listening to opera waft through the streets of Baltimore’s Little Italy, is a genuine tie-dyed in the wool Deadhead, as cultists and aficionados of the group are known.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
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