Blumhouse Is Finally Back To Greatness

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Blumhouse Is Finally Back To Greatness

James Watkins’ Speak No Evil, a remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name, offers a chilling exploration of human behavior under extreme psychological duress. With a stellar cast led by James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, and Aisling Franciosi,…

Zoe Saldana’s Spectacular Netflix Crime Musical Melodrama Defies All Genres

Emilia Pérez is a film that defies classification. It is, all at once, a narco crime saga, a melodrama, and a pop opera tackling themes of identity, redemption, and evolution. It's wrapped in over-the-top musical theatrics, too, with the movie…

A Remarkable Story Gets The Familiar Sports Biopic Treatment With Jharrel Jerome & Jennifer Lopez [TIFF]

Sports biopics are only as good as their subjects, and “Unstoppable” has a doozy—Anthony Robles, who, despite being born with one leg, went on to win the 2011 NCAA national wrestling championship as a senior at Arizona State University in…

My Old Ass Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Megan Park’s feature film, My Old A*s, is one of those films that starts off truly annoying but slowly evolves. By the end, it evolved so much it is now one of my favorite movies of the year. Elliott (Maisy…

A Brutal Ride Through Corruption

Jeremy Saulnier’s latest offering, Rebel Ridge, is a tense and visceral crime action thriller that cements his reputation as a director unafraid to delve into the darker aspects of human nature and systemic corruption. The film, starring Aaron Pierre as…

Christopher Abbott & Barry Keoghan Are Exceptional In Ruthless Thriller

Every so often, there comes a film that sticks with you long after your first viewing. For me, that film is Christopher Andrews’ directorial debut, Bring Them Down, which premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. The story chronicles…

Christopher Abbott & Barry Keoghan Power Irish Sheep-Farming Thriller [TIFF]

Chris Andrews’ “Bring Them Down” would’ve been a Western 50 years ago, but today, it has been fashioned into a rural Irish thriller. A sheep-farming dispute between two families suddenly escalates into a blood feud. But the characters are too…

Subservience Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Artificial intelligence (A.I.) is something that looms large in the zeitgeist in this day and age. Director S.K. Dale’s science fiction thriller Subservience, written by Will Honley and April Maguire, takes advantage of the A.I. discussion by centering on a…

‘Queer’ Review – Daniel Craig Might as Well Face It, He’s Addicted to Love

Luca Guadagnino’s best films are about the addictive nature of love, whether in the spark of something new in I Am Love, the overwhelming, surprising nature of first love in Call Me by Your Name, or the unrelenting type of…

Willa Fitzgerald Shines In Guttural, Suspenseful Horror With Confusing Themes

Willa Fitzgerald is at least impressive in JT Mollner’s Strange Darling, a horror-thriller about a one-night stand gone wrong, leading to a serial killer going on a murder spree through a Northwest mountain setting. The movie has the wrong priorities…

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review: A Darkly Hilarious Return

Tim Burton’s long-anticipated sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, is a masterful blend of dark fantasy, horror, and comedy that captures the anarchic spirit of the original while offering a fresh narrative that thrills from start to finish. The return to the bizarre…

‘Hold Your Breath’ Review – Sarah Paulson Stands Her Ground Against… Dust?

Coming up with an original horror antagonist is no easy feat. We’ve seen stars battle killer clowns, malicious breezes, and cocaine-fueled bears, but with Hold Your Breath, Sarah Paulson journeys once again into the world of psychological horror to face…

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