Helen Mirren Is Stuck in Stuffy Historical Drama
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.Whenever a screen performer held in high esteem with a long career…
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Winter Kills Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The sordid backstory of Winter Kills, written and directed by William Richert, and based on a novel by Richard Condon, makes for a truly fascinating story in and of itself. Two of the producers were drug dealers, one of whom was apparently…
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Rebels’ Series Is A Promising New Direction For The Force
There’s arguably been a disturbance in the Force that has disrupted its balance for years now. Some may argue the trouble goes back to 2012 when Disney bought Lucasfilm. Many may point to “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (the first “Star Wars” movie…
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More for Star Wars Diehards Than Casual Fans
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.The Mandalorian became a gateway for a lot of new and casual…
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Munch Featured, Reviews Film Threat
I scream, you scream, we all scream, but only Edvard Munch painted it in director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s fascinating biopic Munch. Based on a story by Dahlsbakken with a screenplay by Fredrik Hoyer, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Gine Cornelia Petersen, and Eivind…
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Silent as the Grave Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Dan Gremley and Brad Podowski pay homage to film noir with their neo-noir feature, Silent as the Grave…I mean, the title alone… Michael Kunicki stars as Chris Nowak, an aspiring documentarian who just debuted his first feature film to a…
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Apocalypse Clown Featured, Reviews Film Threat
With a title like Apocalypse Clown, cinephiles would be forgiven for thinking the George Kane-directed feature was about clowns being the harbingers of the end times. But no, the film, written by Kane, Shane O’Brien, Demian Fox, and James Walmsley,…
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Karan Johar’s “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”: A Jumbled Up Love Story!
I am back with my Bollywood reviews, and this time it’s about a unique love story! Opposites attract! A Punjabi young man falls for a Bengali young woman. So, now what do the two love birds do? They have to…
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Introspectum Motel Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Introspectum Motel is a low-budget film that invokes themes of an erotic thriller, directed, co-written, and starring Marcel Dorian. The acting, dialogue, and setup are absorbing and maintained my attention for the duration of the runtime. It is about a toxic…
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God & Salsa Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Tragedy and loss have a way of rocking one’s faith not just in God but in life as well. Jess and Anayancy Thomas’ faith-based feature film, God & Salsa, addresses the difficult question of where is God in the midst…
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The Living Record of Our Memory Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Way back in the day, when Jacques Derrida was alive and pioneering postmodernism, he developed a pet theory concerning archival maintenance, mal d’archive: the fever of the archive. In English, we list this as the theory of Archival doubt. Essentially, while…
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Blue Beetle Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! We now have the first installment of the James Gunn DC-Universe in Angel Manuel Soto and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer’s Blue Beetle. Full Disclosure: I’ve never heard of the Blue Beetle until the movie was announced. I don’t know,…
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