Does the Game Show Stand Up to the Original?
The Big Picture Squid Game: The Challenge turns the concept of the original series into a reality competition, with no actual death involved. The tension remains high in the show, thanks to the large cash prize at stake, and emotions…
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On The Psychedelic Experience Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON VOD! You would have to be on drugs to envision transforming a documentary into a hitchhiker’s guide to the outer dimensions. Looks like that was exactly the case with the sky-kissing visionary study Contemplations: On The Psychedelic Experience…
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Higher Beings Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Miguel Almendarez’s Higher Beings takes a daring leap in bringing back the silent film era into a modern tale of love and intrigue. Dean (Matt Kirschner) and Lucy (Natalie Nankervis) are two lovers going down two separate paths. Lucy describes herself…
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In the Shadow of Beirut Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The Lebanese capital of Beirut has seen turmoil and strife for almost all of its modern history, and because of this, it’s never really recovered from any of it. This seemed to reach a fever pitch in 2020 with the…
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The Nikki Giovanni Project Featured, Reviews Film Threat
After taking it to the streets, we take it to the stars in Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson’s stellar documentary Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. It explores the life and work of revolutionary poet Nikki Giovanni, who emerged…
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That They May Face the Rising Sun Featured, Reviews, Uncategorized Film Threat
John McGahern was one of the most celebrated Irish authors of his time, and this film adapts his last great masterpiece. That They May Face the Rising Sun (released in America as On the Lake) is a thinly fictionalized novel…
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Yaniv Featured, Reviews Film Threat
We’ve all been in that situation when we need to get our hands on a lot of money…and fast. Filmmakers Ben Ducoff and Ammon Carmi take us into the seedy world of the underground card room in their comedy/thriller, Yaniv.…
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Death Of A Rockstar Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS! 2023 NOMINEE! Death Of A Rockstar is an animated rock opera written, directed, produced, edited, and starring Röcket Stähr. The filmmaker wears his inspiration on his sleeve, with Tommy, The Wall, Yellow Submarine, and The Rocky Horror Picture…
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Winter Wonderland Stoke 2023 Review: Christmas Is BACK!
After a shocking 2022 in Stoke on Trent where Christmas spirit had moved on to pastures new this year sees that much needed Christmas spirit injected back into the city with the grand return of Winter Wonderland. Here’s our Winter…
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Saltburn Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman took a sensitive subject and gave it a very dark turn. Saltburn seems to bypass everything and just goes dark. Barry Keoghan plays Oliver, a new Oxford student and a bit of…
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Thanksgiving Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving marks the second time a “faux trailer” from 2007’s double-feature Grindhouse has been adapted by its creator into a feature-length film. While Robert Rodriguez’s Machete stayed truer to the Z-movie exploitation flicks to which…
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A Cold Grave Featured, Reviews Film Threat
A Cold Grave is a spin-off of Forest Of Death, firmly focusing on a side character from that movie. Brendan Rudnicki returns as director and co-writer. Kellan Rudnicki is once again a co-writer, and the two have teamed up with…
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