Dennis Quaid & Jay Hernandez Miss the Mark

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Dennis Quaid & Jay Hernandez Miss the Mark

When it comes to inspiring stories, nothing really tops an underdog sports narrative. The plucky team with aspirations for greatness. The odds are always stacked against them, but with one determined coach and a pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps mentality, the team is able…

A Look at When Star Wars Was Weird

Star Wars has made some wild choices in its nearly 50 years of its existence: Jar-Jar Binks, having a brother and sister kiss, the entirety of The Rise of Skywalker. But there might not be any weirder period of Star…

Pavement’s Former Drummer, Gary Young, Gets His Filthy and Delightfully Quirky Day in the Sun [SXSW]

“I took LSD 375 times.” These are the first words said in “Louder than You Think” by subject Gary Young — drummer, producer, drunkard, and all-around enigma, likely best known as being the original drummer for the lo-fi 90’s alternative…

The Arc of Oblivion | Film Threat

SXSW 2023 FILM REVIEW! For Mother’s Day one year, I secretly took all the photos and videos my wife had stored of our children on her iPhone and created a video called “A Mother’s Phone.” Director Ian Cheney goes to…

A Funny and Heartfelt Sci-Fi Rom-Com

If You Were the Last opens with its two main characters, Zoe Chao's Jane and Anthony Mackie's Adam, playing chess in a retro-stylized living room while they debate the plausibility of Matt Damon's 2015 smash-hit The Martian. Would the U.S.…

Brittany Snow’s Directorial Debut is Honest

For years, Hollywood has had issues with addressing eating disorders. Countless movies and shows have either sugarcoated it such as the controversial Netflix film To The Bone starring Lily Collins, or even worse, made a joke out of it, acting…

Robert Rodriguez & Ben Affleck Team For An ‘Inception’-Ish Nolan-Like Thriller [SXSW]

It’s funny to look back and remember that when they first broke out in the early 1990s, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were seen as not just contemporaries but equals, redefining genre cinema for the indie set and rewriting the…

Scream VI | Film Threat

NOW IN THEATERS! “What’s your favorite scary movie?” The original Scream has it all. Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson included elements of horror, humor, mystery, and romance. The film also featured inventive kills, memorable characters, twists/turns, and, my favorite, meta pop culture…

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served With Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin

As far as we know, Grace and Frankie never planned to kill any boarish, horrid men in Grace and Frankie, but if four decades ago you found that 9 to 5 whet your appetite to witness Jane Fonda and Lily…

Seeking Asylum | Film Threat

Rae Ceretto’s documentary, Seeking Asylum, is not concerned with questions of a clear path for immigration or naturalization. Rather, it seeks to shine a light on the refugee crises that have been incited all across the globe and the obstacles faced…

Apache Leap | Film Threat

Writer/director Christian Rozier and co-writer John Tandy make the leap to features with the coming-of-age drama Apache Leap. The film follows Keane (Ignacio Kenton), who lives on the San Carlos Apache Reservation near Globe, Arizona. The aspiring artist is shocked…

Emma Seligman’s Sophomore Feature Is No ‘Shiva Baby,’ & But Still Delightfully Subversive [SXSW]

It’s important to manage expectations, so let’s get this right out of the way: Emma Seligman’s “Bottoms” has little in common with their previous indie hit, “Shiva Baby,” beyond its queer-friendly attitude and the return of star Rachel Sennott. This…

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