The Session Man Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Michael Treen’s The Session Man dives deep, and maybe a little too fast, into the life and career of Nicky Hopkins. The classical-trained pianist, who fancies himself the reincarnation of Frederic Chopin, played on some of the greatest hits…
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‘An Almost Christmas Story’ Review
Christmas specials. You really don't see that many new ones these days, especially those that are completely original and don't have a connection to a specific IP. Now, when I say "Christmas special," I'm not talking about the dozens of…
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Danny DeVito Delivers Comedy Gold In Quirky Family Christmas Movie
A Sudden Case of Christmas is a wonderful modern Christmas story that is surprisingly set against the backdrop of summer. Starring Danny DeVito as a doting grandfather who owns and operates a hotel in the Italian countryside, the film explores…
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Paul Mescal Gives A Mostly Worthy Fight In Sequel That’s Timelier Than It Seems
Not long ago, scores of women on social media discovered that, apparently, a large swath of heterosexual men recurrently think about the Roman Empire. An endless source of shared fascination. For many of those adult men such interest probably emerged from…
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‘Dune Prophecy’ Review – HBO Prequel Feels Plucked Straight From the Movies
It's hard for a spin-off television show to match the same quality and prestige as the movie it is spinning off from. But, after the spectacle of The Penguin, which matched the tone of The Batman so well, I was…
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‘Gladiator 2′ Review – Ridley Scott’s Sequel Is a Grand Epic That Can’t Escape Maximus’ Shadow
In 2000, Ridley Scott made Gladiator, a film that, with its release at the turn of the century, felt like an expansion on the sword-and-sandals films like Spartacus and Ben-Hur of the past, done with a flair and grandiosity that…
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Silent Notes Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Disabilities are something that we do not see very often on the silver screen. For all of the talk of representation in Hollywood, the deaf are a group that is still not represented much aside from indie movies such as…
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Hugh Grant Anchors Effective Psychological Horror
Distributor A24, founded in 2012, has carved out an enviable niche as one of the leading American independent entertainment companies, on par with the sustained prosperity of Searchlight Pictures — but without any of the protections and benefits of that…
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The Crime Thriller Genre Owes This Terrifying Classic Everything
The Silence of the Lambs is one of the most influential films of the last 40 years. Jonathan Demme wasted no time adapting Ted Tally’s 1998 novel into a vehicle that earned Jodie Foster her second Oscar in three years…
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‘The Penguin’ Finale Recap – It All Comes Down To This
Editor's Note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Penguin finale.For the past seven episodes, we've seen Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell) lie, cheat, kill, and charm his way through his quest to reach the top of Gotham's criminal food chain.…
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The Refugee Featured, Reviews Film Threat
A young immigrant pursues her American Dream in Johnny Greenlaw’s feature film, The Refugee. As a child, Eva (Dina Najjar) immigrated to the United States to live with her Uncle Ezekiel (Demián Castro) after her family was killed in an…
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This Mystery Thriller’s Poor Execution Overshadows What Could’ve Worked
The film, directed by David Guglielmo from a screenplay by Kathy Charles, really wants us to get in the mood for what’s to come. But I don’t think there’s anything that fully prepared me. Love Bomb goes beyond expectation, centering…
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