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The Dance of a Thousand Steps Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Tami Stronach of The NeverEnding Story returns to the big screen in another epic fantasy, Man & Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps. The film, a love letter to high fantasy films of the 80s, draws inspiration from adventures…

Brady Corbet Delivers A Masterful Period Epic For The Ages [Venice]

Matter and antimatter in contact will annihilate each other, leaving in its place pure energy. Still, millions of years ago, a particle of a billion managed to survive this frantic exchange of uncontained energy—an inconceivably small fraction of matter that…

Argentinian Sports Drama Delivers A Confounding Journey Worth Taking

It feels almost unfair to review Kill the Jockey (El Jockey) after having only seen it once. It's stylistically deceptive – the opening section plays its absurdity for laughs, but at some point, without telling the audience, the movie decides…

A Haunting Tale of Grief and the Supernatural

Oddity is a supernatural thriller written and directed by Damian McCarthy, set against the atmospheric backdrop of rural Ireland. This film weaves a tale of grief, betrayal, and vengeance, centered on Darcy Odello, a blind medium with psychometric abilities. McCarthy’s…

Romeo And Benvolio Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Romeo And Benvolio, writer-director Anna Ma’s debut, is not a retelling of the William Shakespeare play. The romance uses the beloved star-crossed story to tell a comedy of errors akin to other works of the Bard. Does the film succeed…

Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult And A White Nationalism History Lesson

Having now screened Justin Kurzel’s “The Order,” a world premiere at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, we are still perplexed how its subject matter has become an almost forgotten footnote in American history. Chances are you were unaware of…

Casey Affleck Delivers An Uninspired Performance In Promising Space Thriller

Slingshot is a twisty psychological thriller with a star-studded cast that manages to pull off a lot for an independent picture. The film is an ambitious space story with a minimal cast making maximum use of their environment. While there…

A Disjointed and Derivative Crime Thriller

Crescent City, directed by RJ Collins and written by Rich Ronat, is a crime thriller that promises to weave a tale of suspense, intrigue, and psychological torment. Unfortunately, what it delivers instead is a muddled narrative, underdeveloped characters, and a…

Black Outside Featured, Reviews Film Threat

NEW TO VOD! In his feature film Black Outside, filmmaker Gary Wilkerson, Jr. takes a hike—literally—on a journey of self-discovery. Gary Wilkerson, a writer stuck in a rut, felt trapped in a mundane cycle, scraping by day-to-day and dealing with…

Climate Change Governmental Response Receives An Effective Doc Treatment [Telluride]

Regardless of where one falls on the issue of climate change, there remains no denying the global environment’s shift in terms of meteorological intensity and rampant temperature spikes, whether clinging to the belief that this phenomenon exists as part of…

Edgar Wright Kills It Literally In Bloody Delightful Breakout Comedy

Well before The Walking Dead sought to revive the horror subgenre, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg brought their own unique style of writing to the world of zombies with Shaun of the Dead. The duo were coming off of the…

‘Afraid’ Review – A Frankenstein’ed Monstrosity of Different Horror Movies

From the co-director of The Golden Compass and About a Boy comes a noncommittal horror downgrade allergic to plotted follow-throughs. Chris Weitz's Afraid — er, AfrAId (stop) — can't decide which generic "AI is evil!" route to follow. Kernels of…

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