AIR Amazon Prime Review: A Movie That Cares
A film about a famous shoe is a concept that is easy to write off but don’t judge a book (or shoe) by its cover and you’ll find one hell of a gem with this Ben Affleck directed movie. Here’s…
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B-Side for Taylor | Film Threat
I’ll say it over and over again, families shouldn’t keep secrets from one another. But then again, that makes for bad drama. Christina YR Lim’s feature film, B-Side for Taylor, reveals the secrets of a family in this coming-of-age story about…
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The Way Out | Film Threat
NOW ON TUBI! Get ready to play rough with writer/director Barry Jay’s muscular suspense film The Way Out. Alex Romero (Jonny Beauchamp) is an alcoholic songwriter who tried to kill himself while drunk. A year of sobriety later, Alex is attending…
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Montreal Girls | Film Threat
COMING TO SELECT THEATERS! Montreal Girls is the story of a young, sheltered Middle-Eastern student named Ramy (Hakim Brahimi) who comes to Montreal to study medicine. He is haunted by the recent death of his mother from cancer and keeps his…
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A Promising Yet Perilous Final Chapter
The beginning of the end is upon us once again. Though it was not all that long ago that the final season of the original series of The Walking Dead shambled to a close while leaving open the door for…
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Overwrought & Undercooked Crime Thriller Is Unwatchable
Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde was a highly influential piece of cinema that ushered in a new era of violent and stylish storytelling that featured young people at the center. It was controversial and sexy, launched both title stars to…
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Dealing With Dad | Film Threat
NOW ON VOD! From the title alone, it is clear that Tom Huang’s Dealing with Dad is about a child’s strained relationship with their father. Fractured familial relations is not a novel narrative beat by any means, so the writer-director has…
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Friendship Unites a Fierce Foursome
Five years and one pandemic after Book Club introduced audiences to the heartfelt and hilarious story of four women reconnecting and reinventing their lives while drinking wine and reading Fifty Shades of Grey together, Book Club: The Next Chapter sends…
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Jimmy Zip: Reloaded | Film Threat
Yes, the title Jimmy Zip: Reloaded sounds like a poor mockbuster of the Johnny English or Max Havoc series. In reality, this is the director’s cut of the 1999 drama, which was itself based on writer-director Robert McGinley’s 1996 short, also titled Johnny ZIp. Why the “reloaded”…
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
NOW IN THEATERS! Has the idea of arranged marriages fallen by the wayside, or is there some wisdom to the process? Writer Jemima Khan and director Shekhar Kapur explore all the possibilities love offers in their feature rom-com, What’s Love Got…
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Caviar | Film Threat
Writer-director Jacob Michael King’s cinematic debut, Caviar, is a conspiracy-tinged thriller. Antigone (Betsey Brown) is mourning her brother’s death, well-known political pundit Jeremiah (Al Warren). This tragedy happens as their father, Eddie (James Healy Jr.), is slipping further into the…
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The Oldest Posse | Film Threat
Brett William Mauser’s The Oldest Posse was filmed in the historic Mescal Movie set in Benson, Arizona. The added production value is instantly seen on screen, as the old-school western is the filmmaker’s best-looking film. The sets sprawl well outside the frame,…
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