You’re You | Film Threat
You’re You is a playful little thing, almost an experimental thought more than a short film. But even with a streamlined runtime of fewer than five minutes, co-writers/co-directors/stars Tara Erickson and Skyler Caleb have managed something cheeky and wholly engaging.…
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Hypnotica | Film Threat
Hypnotica is A.T. Sharma’s writing and directing debut. The opening of the film, also known as Unhinged, informs the audience that it is “based on real case studies.” That is, the plot is culled from supposedly true accounts that transpired…
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Michael Shannon Fights a Losing Battle in Unnecessary Sequel
There is something that is persistently strange about the very existence of Waco: The Aftermath. The sequel to 2018’s Waco, a dramatization that ended up being engaging enough as a harrowing thriller though abundantly superficial as a retelling of history,…
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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Episode 9 Recap: Oh Yes, She’ll Fly
It is hard to believe that Star Trek: Picard is drawing to a close, but the penultimate episode of Season 3 delivers so much more than Star Trek fans could have ever dreamed of for the final grand adventure of…
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Joaquin Phoenix Guides Ari Aster’s Hilarious, Horrific, Despairing Nightmare, Hellish Mom Comedy
Filmmaker Ari Aster has oedipal issues. The artist has deeply complicated and unresolved issues with his mother that go back to his earliest movies (to this day, Aster won’t really talk about his mother in the press and has hinted…
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Map Heist | Film Threat
A trio of friends is on the fishing trip of a lifetime in Teddy Pryor’s thriller short, Map Heist. Ava (Sofia Goorno), Bellamy (Forest Quaglia), and Oliver (Chris Whitcomb) are on a lazy fishing trip. When Oliver’s only fishing lure gets…
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Cage & Hoult Are Excellent In Aggressively Mediocre Comedy
Directed by Chris McKay from a screenplay by Ryan Ridley and Robert Kirkman, Renfield starts off strong before deteriorating in quality. Its premise, primarily having to do with leaving a codependent relationship, is great on the surface, but the decision…
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Netflix Series Delivers Its Fiery Side Way Too Late
While some states are best known for their sights and attractions, Florida is known for its “Florida man” meme about a seemingly single man breaking laws through an infinite bounty of the wildest, most outlandish events. But as these real-life,…
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Wildflower | Film Threat
It all starts with an intriguing idea for a story. And when it has heart, you have a winning indie film. Such is the case with director Matt Smukler and writer Jana Savage’s feature film, Wildflower. When we first meet teenager…
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Renfield Review | Flickreel
How do you compete with Nicolas Cage as Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent? Nicolas Cage as Count Dracula! It’s rather astonishing that it’s taken this long for Cage to play a vampire, especially since his uncle,…
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Toni Collette Is Perfect As An Unexpected Mob Boss
There are some movies that, just from the premise alone, sound like they'll be a blast. Catherine Hardwicke's new film Mafia Mamma is one such title, and it certainly leans into the silliness of its central conceit. In some ways,…
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Russell Crowe Can’t Save This Unholy Disaster
The horror genre has always got an unfairly bad rap. Audiences will make up their mind about a movie just by the poster or title alone. If it’s a straightforward scare fest, it will be deemed “stupid” or “predictable.” If…
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