The Story of the Wiggles Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO! Yes, I’ve been highly anticipating Sally Aitken’s documentary, Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles. As one who has a child who grew up with the Wiggles, the OG gents Anthony, Greg, Murray, and Jeff…
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‘Beacon 23’ Review — Lena Headey and Stephan James Are Stuck in So-So Sci-Fi
The Big Picture Beacon 23, starring Lena Headey and Stephan James, falls short of its potential with an awkwardly forced narrative and an overall lack of depth. The series introduces intriguing mysteries but fails to explore them fully, leaving little…
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‘BlackBerry The Limited Series’ Review — Not Much Added to a Rock-Solid Movie
The Big Picture BlackBerry: The Limited Series is a continuation of the original film and follows the rise and fall of the BlackBerry cellular device, with a focus on businessman Jim Balsillie. While the limited series format maintains the charm…
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The Killer Review: Exquisitely Delivered –
Nick Clement dives into the latest David Fincher project as he brings us his thoughts on the brand new 2023 movie with his The Killer review. Solitary, cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, a killer waits in the…
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Heaven Rain Flows Sweetly Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The most interesting theme of Shasha Li’s feature documentary, Heaven Rain Flows Sweetly, is how it presents an issue familiar to the entire world but from a specific perspective that we’ve never seen before. Narrated by filmmaker Shasha, Heaven Rain…
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Club Zero Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Club Zero is a stylish, dystopian film that offers an interesting perspective on food and social alignments in contemporary bourgeois society at an elite boarding and day school. When the head of school, Ms. Dorset (Sidse Babett Knudsen), welcomes new…
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Lead and Copper Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Politicians want two things: power and your vote. Soon, they won’t need your vote. In William Hart’s documentary, Lead and Copper, Hart examines the political corruption surrounding Flint, Michigan’s contaminated water supply. From the outside, we’ve known about the water…
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The Job of Songs Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Doolin, Ireland, has long been a gathering place for musicians. It is a literal tidal pool of Traditional Irish Music. Lila Schmitz’s documentary The Job of Songs explores the modern-day purveyors of the verbal histories handed down through music over…
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Gaspari Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Bodybuilding is a sport that I was never personally interested in, but I could see the appeal to others. These muscle-bound, hyper-focused people look like they could be real-life superheroes. Arnold Schwarzenegger is obviously the biggest success story from that…
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The Nudels of Nudeland Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS! 2023 NOMINEE! Growing up as a kid, there were rumors that our town had a nude beach. My friends and I searched and searched to no avail in hopes of getting just a glimpse of naked sunbathers. The beach…
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A Hollywood High Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON PARAMOUNT PLUS! Los Angeles is regarded as the cultural equivalent of cleavage, a city that revels in surface-level sensationalism. Tucked in that cleavage like a rare gem is Duran Duran, one of my favorite bands of all time.…
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Me + Lee Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Giorgio Miraflor captures a brief intersection of humanity in his short film, Me + Lee. Theodore (Giorgio Miraflor) is a bit of a recluse in life. While packing up the record hanging on his wall, his mother (Daphne Monte) hopes…
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