Florence Pugh & Morgan Freeman Deal With Addition
In the opening of A Good Person, the third film written and directed by Zach Braff, we hear Morgan Freeman’s Daniel reading a quote as he looks out over his model train set and the town he’s built. The quote…
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Queendom | Film Threat
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Directed by Agniia Galdanova, Queendom gets to the point quickly. Gena Marvin is a performance artist whose provocative works put her under constant scrutiny by the Russian government. In addition, her outlandish way of dressing…
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A Terrific Florence Pugh & Morgan Freeman Aren’t Enough To Salvage Zach Braff’s Hollow Family Drama
While Zach Braff might be best known for his comedic acting roles, his filmmaking ventures, specifically the three he’s written and directed, have primarily dealt with serious family dramas and that specific genre. Of course, everyone knows his 2007 breakout…
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Pugh & Freeman Are Excellent In Braff’s Poignant Drama
Redemption, guilt, and grief are themes often explored in films. But they aren’t always handled effectively. A Good Person, written and directed by Zach Braff, leans into its themes and sits in them long enough so that its characters’ journeys…
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Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes Rise Above a Middling Musical Rom-Com
There is nothing quite like a good musical. Seeing characters break out in song and dance, casting off whatever it is they were doing to express their deepest emotions, can be joyous. There is some of that in Hulu's Up…
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‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Episode 4 Review: Grogu’s Past Is Revealed
The fourth episode of The Mandalorian’s third season feels like a slight departure from the forward momentum delivered in the previous episodes, as it reverts to a tidy 30-minute misadventure that trades action for character work. Penned by Jon Favreau…
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Dick Tracy | Film Threat
As a child, I’ve always known of the iconic Dick Tracy as this colorful cop with two-way wrist radios taking down over-the-top criminals like Flattop, Mumbles, and Breathless Mahoney. The character would reach his zenith with the 1990 Touchstone film Dick…
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Outstanding Performances and Satisfying Story
Succession returns this weekend with the Season 4 premiere, kicking off what will be the hit HBO show's final run of episodes. The end of the series came as a shock last month, with many of the cast and crew…
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Blood Daughter | Film Threat
Blood Daughter is the latest entry in writer-director Bryan Enk’s decades-long cinematic odyssey bringing Bram Stoker’s Dracula to life. The almost two-hour film goes back and forth through time, has a huge cast, deep lore, and switches from drama to…
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John Wick: Chapter 4 Review
For the past three movies, it’s been John Wick against the world. The world is still very much against him in Chapter 4. However, the world is more divided this time around. Most of the assassination community is out to…
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Scrambled | Film Threat
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! It’s so hard to pull off comedy, yet Leah McKendrick comes off as a shining star writing, directing, and starring in her feature film, Scrambled. At the risk of sounding out of touch, Scrambled is…
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Karen Gillan Is Relatable In Heartwarming Comedy [SXSW]
Feeling as though one has screwed most everything up in their life — with a hope of no return or redemption — permeates throughout Late Bloomers. The film’s protagonist has hit rock bottom, and she’s floundering, but director Lisa Steen…
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