The Excellent Series Keeps the Party Going
In its first season, The Afterparty, created by Christopher Miller, immediately became one of the best comedies on Apple TV+. A hilarious whodunit with a tremendous ensemble cast and a genuinely engaging mystery, it blended genres and styles to create…
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Bibi Featured, Reviews Film Threat
DANCES WITH FILMS 2023 REVIEW! Director-writer Christopher Beatty delivers a haunting tale brewing from a lifetime of grief due to a tragic loss in his dramatic psychological thriller Bibi. A type of film noir in a “Grey Gardens” life, Beatty has…
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Review
2023 has essentially given us two Little Mermaid remakes. Weirdly enough, DreamWorks has produced the superior one. Okay, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken might not be an official remake of the Disney classic, but Jeffrey Katzenberg’s old stomping ground must’ve been…
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Kiersey Clemons Is Game in Scattered Mystery-Comedy
This review was originally part of our coverage for the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. video of the day Renfield: 21 Things You Missed Susie Searches, from director Sophie Kargman, begins with the title character Susie (Kiersey Clemons) stating that…
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Five and a Half Featured, Reviews Film Threat
DANCES WITH FILM 2023 REVIEW! Writer-director Heidi Nyburg ‘s Five and a Half begins with a mother and a grandmother preparing 5-year-old Abbie (Lauren Jude Rosa) to spend time with her father. The dad in question, Chuck (James Hal Hardy), was…
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The Horror/Thriller ‘The Gates’ Reviewed
Serial killer William Colcott has been sentenced to death by an electric chair in 1890s London for the murder of dozens of women. Before his execution, he places a curse on the prison and everyone in it. Two post-mortem photographers/paranormal…
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Ford Is Brilliant In Final Indy Adventure
Perhaps one of the biggest question marks during this summer's movie season is James Mangold's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. It's the latest installment in a beloved franchise, though its predecessor, 2008's Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, is…
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John Krasinski Series Finishes Strong
When it comes to real-life politics, the nature of the game is anything but thrilling. Add into the mix a dose of fictional political patterns, however, and things get a lot more interesting. Much like the allure of true-crime dramas,…
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Soredia Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Soredia, written by Amanda Lucido and director Julia Ponce Diaz, gets its title from a lichen that groups on algae and breaks across it, feeding directly off the underwater plant. Paralleling that is French exchange student Lucie (Cassandra Due) and…
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Breaking Bounds Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Director Mark Harris’ courtroom drama, Breaking Bounds, is interspersed with a romance teetering on the edge of failure. But more than anything, screenwriters Marvin Nelson and Lotten Yeaney have scripted a heady tale of immigrants in America. With the cold open,…
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Mermaid’s Lament Featured, Reviews Film Threat
DANCES WITH FILM 2023 REVIEW! Writer-director G.B. Hajim’s sophomore feature film is the fantasy-drama Mermaid’s Lament. Dayva Summer Escobar stars as Oee, a mermaid who gets trapped on land. She trembles as she traverses the city near her ocean, not…
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Angels Of The Sky Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Co-writers/co-directors Josh Berman, Trent McGee, and screenwriter Natalia Pleshivtseva present untold stories from World War II with their documentary Angels Of The Sky. Specifically, the filmmakers chronicle the 8th Air Force pilots who were shot down and became prisoners of war.…
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