Maestro Reviews Film Threat
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! I could easily see people not liking Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic, Maestro. It pays homage to cinema of the 50s, 60s, and 70s and boasts a sweeping orchestral score of Bernstein’s best…
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‘The Brothers Sun’ Review — Michelle Yeoh Kicks Netflix Series up a Notch
The Big Picture Michelle Yeoh elevates Netflix's The Brothers Sun with her compelling on-screen presence, even in a series that struggles to find its tone. The series starts as a lighthearted action-comedy but takes shaky dramatic steps as it progresses.…
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Lost Phoenix Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Taking a page from the mid-budget indie action movies of the ’90s, James Couche’s thriller Lost Phoenix transports the genre of the drug-fueled era of the ’90s to the political and racial tumult of 2020. Our tale opens in the…
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Je’vida Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In the current age of big-budget Marvel films, Avatars, and Disney CGI-fest remakes, we are conditioned to think the bigger, the better, the more CGI, the better, but if you use both sides of your brain, you’ll know this couldn’t…
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Last Option Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In Last Option, directed by Don-Dimitri Joseph and written by A.J. Fitzgerald, tells the story of an otherwise average psychic named Daniel (Don-Dimitri Joseph), who uses his powers to help his career as a burglar. In the opening scene, Daniel…
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Occupied City Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Occupied City sees its release on Christmas day. A festive four and a half hours of Nazi terror in occupied Holland. Cheers, Steve McQueen. Pass the Jonge Genever! While the film is like an advent calendar (except the doors hide…
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Now in the Public Domain Mickey Mouse Inspires New Horror Comedy Thriller “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In a bold and inevitable move, director Jamie Bailey unveils the trailer for his latest film, Mickey’s Mouse Trap, on the same day Disney’s beloved character Mickey Mouse enters the public domain. This horror comedy thriller promises to bring a…
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Dark Obsession Featured, Reviews Film Threat
An aspiring artist struggles to piece her life back together after a tragic event in George Henry Horton’s thriller Dark Obsession. Anne (Blaine Morris) is at the tipping point in her life. After suffering a tragic miscarriage, the question is,…
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Zero Hour Featured, Reviews Film Threat
That anonymous SMS message of someone saying ‘Hi, let’s meet or ‘Your package owes import fees. Click on the link below to pay.’ We have all received these plus the automated phone calls, yet what would happen if they came…
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J.A. Bayona’s Disaster-In-The-Mountains Drama Is A Harrowing & Soulful Story Of Survival
The story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, the plane that crashed over the Andes mountains in 1972, mainly carrying a young team of Uruguayan rugby players expecting to play a match in Chile, has been told several times. Perhaps…
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The Gravity (La gravite) Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Calling all Boppers. We got some futuristic gangland fun going on right outside of Paris in The Gravity (La gravite). Cedric Ido directs the sci-fi ghetto drama from a script co-written with Melisa Godet and Jeanne Aptekman. It opens with horrifying images…
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‘True Detective Night Country’ Review — A Perfectly Chilling Return to Form
The Big Picture On True Detective: Night Country, Jodie Foster shines in her first starring role in a television series in over 40 years. The cinematography of True Detective: Night Country effectively captures the darkness and moody atmosphere of the…
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