Category: Reviews
Place Of Bones Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Place Of Bones Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Directed by Audrey Cummings and written by Richard Taylor, Place Of Bones takes place in 1876 on a ranch in the middle of the desert. Pandora (Heather Graham) barely ekes out a living in this remote place with her daughter,…

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‘Wynonna Earp Vengeance’ Review – Scrappy Movie Sequel Leaves the Door Open for More
‘Wynonna Earp Vengeance’ Review – Scrappy Movie Sequel Leaves the Door Open for More

When Wynonna Earp first premiered on SYFY in 2016, the supernatural-tinged Western wasn't necessarily fated for success. The series, originally based on the comic books by Beau Smith, had a lot to prove at the time of its release —…

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Speak No Evil Review | Flickreel
Speak No Evil Review | Flickreel

Fans of the 2022 Danish film might question why Speak No Evil needs an American remake. James McAvoy is one reason. Mackenzie Davis is an equally great reason. Beyond the excellent casting, is there a reason to see the remake…

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A Bumpy Take Off Lands With A Tearjerker [TIFF]
A Bumpy Take Off Lands With A Tearjerker [TIFF]

TORONTO – As 2024 rounds the corner into the halfway mark for this decade, Hollywood studio-produced animated films have entered what can only be described as a period of corporate malaise. Sequels are pretty much the one and only priority…

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Gripping Drama Is Necessary Viewing For Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse
Gripping Drama Is Necessary Viewing For Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse

Zambian Welsh writer-director Rungano Nyoni returned to the Toronto International Film Festival with her second feature, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. The gripping drama examines past trauma and abuse through a culturally rich and empathetic lens. Does trauma ever truly…

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‘The Wild Robot’ Review – Lupita Nyong’o Brings Maternal, Mechanical Warmth to One of Chris Sanders’ Best Yet
‘The Wild Robot’ Review – Lupita Nyong’o Brings Maternal, Mechanical Warmth to One of Chris Sanders’ Best Yet

Writer-director Chris Sanders is nothing if not an expert at pairing a loveable outcast with a weird, lonely animal. One of the minds behind classics like Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, Sanders has an unparalleled knack…

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'How to Die Alone' Review – The Most Hilarious, Heartwarming Show of the Year
'How to Die Alone' Review – The Most Hilarious, Heartwarming Show of the Year

Its so delightful when Hollywood actually gives the people what they want, and its even more delightful when that coincides with giving Natasha Rothwell a standout of Insecure, The White Lotus, and, lets face it, every project shes in her…

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Jacob Elordi & Daisy Edgar-Jones Can’t Spark This Queer Drama [TIFF]
Jacob Elordi & Daisy Edgar-Jones Can’t Spark This Queer Drama [TIFF]

TORONTO – Queer characters hiding their true selves in the 1950s and early 1960s America is becoming something of its own subgenre. There is already Todd Haynes’ acclaimed melodrama “Carol,” Tom Ford’s “A Single Man,” Bill Condon’s “Gods and Monsters,”…

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Aging Evolution Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Aging Evolution Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Looking for a film that will help you abstain from that heaping bowl of buttery popcorn you’ve grown accustomed to diving into when crashing on your sofa? Look no further. The fitness documentary Aging Evolution, directed by Jason Ellis, enlists…

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‘Friendship’ Review – Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd Have Made the Next Great Cult Comedy
‘Friendship’ Review – Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd Have Made the Next Great Cult Comedy

When was the last time you truly laughed throughout an entire comedy? Not just a few chuckles, but tears streaming down your face, side hurting, just absolutely losing your shit? As part of this year’s Midnight Madness program at the…

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Florence Pugh & Andrew Garfield’s Romance Will Happily Break Your Heart
Florence Pugh & Andrew Garfield’s Romance Will Happily Break Your Heart

One of the loveliest things about watching a film like We Live in Time is watching life being lived. Director John Crowley and writer Nick Payne paint a heartwarming, often humorous, and moving picture of a couple whose love for…

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‘Eden’ Review – Ron Howard Goes Dark With an Impressive Cast in This Uneven Thriller
‘Eden’ Review – Ron Howard Goes Dark With an Impressive Cast in This Uneven Thriller

For the last few years especially, Ron Howard seems to be fascinated by bringing true stories to the screen. Whether that comes in the form of fictionalized retelling of actual events, like Rush, In the Heart of the Sea, Thirteen…

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