Netflix Horror Lives in the Shadow of ‘Scream’
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.While the late Wes Craven’s original horror masterwork Scream has always cast…
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One Hell of a Last Punch
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn't exist.It's nearly time for The Agency to take one last trip into…
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Blue Fire Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Old-school indie meets cutting-edge AI to make the damnedest paper dolls you have ever seen in auteur Antero Alli’s latest out-there feature Blue Fire. Psychology professor Timolean Paige (Douglas Allen) has disturbing dreams of a car going off a cliff.…
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A Total Bummer Save for John Cena
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.The first Vacation Friends movie was a pleasant surprise when it premiered…
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The Hill Review | Flickreel
It’s been just over two decades since Dennis Quaid played Jim Morris in The Rookie. In The Hill, the tables have been turned. Now Quaid is the disapproving father who doesn’t understand his son’s fascination with baseball, wishing he’d focus…
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Pinto the Mean Bean Featured, Reviews Film Threat
R.J. Sullivan’s animated short, Pinto the Mean Bean, teaches us a valuable lesson in getting along with others. As the title suggests, Pinto is a mean bean. Mean in that he has a nasty attitude toward others. He lives in…
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‘You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah’ Review: Sandler Family Takes Netflix
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.While it is always fun to see him on screen, the movies…
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Ayo Edebiri & Rachel Sennott Are Hilarious in Teen Comedy
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.Emma Seligman’s feature debut, 2020’s Shiva Baby, was a claustrophobic, uneasy comedy…
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Before, Now & Then Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Author Ahad Imran adapts her novel Before, Now & Then with writer-director Kamila Andini. Taking place roughly ten years after the Inodsenian Civil War left millions dead, the drama is an elegant look at grief, moving on, and the ways…
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Ann Oren’s Narrative Debut Is An Odd And Memorable Tail Of Sexual Awakening
Taking its title from a type of slow trot that is used in dressage, Ann Oren’s narrative debut “Piaffe” both formally mimics this slow progression, while also quite literally being about horses. Or, well, the film is about shy Eva’s…
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Bibi Featured, Reviews Film Threat
CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Countless paths exist or are used to find one’s way out of grief, which is a personal feeling. Bibi is such a journey on the screen that turns into a treatise on madness, coping, and…
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Mob Land Featured, Reviews Film Threat
COMING TO THEATERS AND VOD! I recently got into a debate about whether Nicholas Maggio’s Mob Land was a Southern mob movie. Well, The Godfather was a character study of Michael Corleone, and Mob Land becomes a character study as…
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