Gateway | Film Threat
Written and directed by Niall Owens, Gateway starts as a crime-based drama. Mike (Tim Creed) is a haunted man who blames himself for his sister’s death. Sadly, his woes don’t end there, as Mike owes money to some unsavory people. But he…
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Women in the Front Seat
NOW ON TUBI! Get ready to outrun the wind with director Indy Saini’s definitive female biker documentary Women in the Front Seat. Saini embarks on a cross-country trip of the U.S. on a motorcycle for her feature-length debut. The filmmaker’s father…
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East of Eden | Film Threat
100 YEARS OF WARNER BROTHERS FILM REVIEW! “In a hundred years, when you and I are both long gone, any time someone threads a frame of yours through a sprocket, you will be alive again.” So says Jean Smart’s character…
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Exemplum | Film Threat
“If only there were evil people somewhere committing evil deeds, and we could destroy them. But who is willing to destroy a piece of their own heart?” This Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote is recited twice in Paul Roland’s Exemplum. The phrase stands…
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Hungry | Film Threat
An elementary teacher discovers the importance of the civics lessons she teaches in Jillie and Thomas Simon’s short film, Hungry. Allison (Jillie Simon) ends her class with Abraham Lincoln’s famous “Government of the People, by the People, and for the People”…
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What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace
Director Ran Tal’s eye-opening documentary, What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace, is a thorough look back at the Arab/Israeli situation during Yassar Araft’s governance of the state of Palestine. The key element in this retrospective is that it is…
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Owen Wilson-Led Dramedy Is Awkward & Cringeworthy
Paint may have its heart in the right place, but it’s difficult to discern exactly what writer-director Brit McAdams intended with the film. It has something to say about the media’s treatment of someone based on their age and profitability,…
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Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway (2023): A Mother’s Quest To Regain Custody Of Her Separated Children
A hard-hitting legal drama hit the big screens as well as my emotions really hard on March 17, 2023. Titled Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway, this impactful legal drama has been co-written and directed by Ashima Chibber. It features Rani Mukerji…
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Hermie | Film Threat
In directors Jonathan Becker and Anthony Pitsilos’ short film, Hermie, an ocean scientist, Henry (Mike Schminke), is nervously rehearsing his speech in a hotel restroom. Then Henry’s pet hermit crab from childhood, Hermie (Ron E. Rains), appears mysteriously from the restroom…
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The Pro Bono Watchman | Film Threat
Directed and produced by Ray Spivey, The Pro Bono Watchman is a feature-length dramatic thriller about a criminal defense attorney caring for his dying wife. He divides his remaining time serving as a supervised monitor to a 6-year-old girl and her unpredictable…
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Michelle Williams Creates a Sublime Character Study
What is it to be an artist? The desire to create, no matter what form it takes, can be one of life’s true joys just as it is one of its most crushing. You are able to make something where…
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Grief and Growth Wrapped Up in a Sweet Rom-Com
Many of us would consider ourselves lucky if we found one great love in our lifetime. But what happens when lightning strikes more than once, and life forces you to choose between them? This is the question at the center…
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