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The Pieces Of Taron Egerton’s Thriller Fail To Fit Together [SXSW]
One of the more fun challenges for any writer must be figuring out the narrowest possible scope to capture the broadest possible moment in history. Take Erik Larson’s “The Devil in the White City,” for example. The recently un-greenlit series…
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Keira Knightley & Carrie Coon Carry Effective Crime Drama
Boston Strangler is not a film that bemoans the state of society that breeds serial killers. The film won’t attempt to dissect the mind of the killer who terrorized women and murdered 13 or more. No, Boston Strangler, much like…
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More a Hollow Imitation Than a Feature Film
True crime, in all its forms, has held a firm grip on viewers, listeners, and readers alike for decades. But with the rise of streamers and podcasts, it’s been taken to a whole new level. Movies about serial killers in…
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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: Fighting Chances Delivered
With Vadic (Amanda Plummer) and the Shrike far behind them, one might assume that Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan are finally on the path to safety in the fifth episode of Star Trek: Picard’s…
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A Fascinating, Formulaic Investigative Journalism Thriller Starring Keira Knightley & Carrie Coon
From the opening moments of “Boston Strangler,” writer and director Matt Ruskin makes it clear he’s thought through exactly how he wants to depict the true crime at the heart of the film. The camera refracts a killing off the…
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John Wick: Chapter 4 | Film Threat
John Wick is back in Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 4, and it’s a spectacular, unforgettable, bloody work of art. I saw this film in a room full of critics, and I’ve never heard this normally quiet group scream and groan…
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A Brilliant Start Squanders Its Potential
After a stellar first season of Shadow and Bone, it's safe to say that expectations were high once the series was renewed, and I fully expected to love Season 2. Unfortunately, a promising first few episodes quickly yield to a…
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Some Pieces Are Missing In Well-Made But Standard Dramedy
Video game adaptations have a troubled history, from the downright bad (Assassin's Creed or Alone in the Dark) to the mostly tolerable (the wildly off-book but still somehow enjoyable Resident Evil franchise). This year, though, the format was taken to…
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SXSW 2023: Robert Rodriguez Brings Hypnotic to The Festival
Hypnotic Synopsis: A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.The GoodThrow away everything you think you know about Hypnotic. Seriously, put it in the trash…
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The Woods, and the Show, Get Even Wilder
The second season of any TV series might have even more heavy lifting to do than the first. In the case of Showtime's Yellowjackets, which hails from co-creators and EPs Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the buzz around the show…
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Lee Cronin’s Take On Sam Raimi’s Classic Horror Franchise Is A Witless Slog, Tangentially Related At Best [SXSW]
Lee Cronin’s “Evil Dead Rise” calls to mind those items we used to read before every “Die Hard” sequel, about how each had begun its life as a completely different story having nothing to do with “Die Hard” that was…
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The Other Widow | Film Threat
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Writer/director Maayan Rypp’s Israeli film The Other Widow, co-written by Anat Gafni, opens with a scene that perfectly encapsulates the feelings of unexpected joy followed quickly by disappointment. In fact, it could be seen as…
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