Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes
Young love! For some of us, it’s hard not to miss those high school parties and the romance that comes along with them. For others, memories of crippling social anxiety and awkward adolescence make it a time they would like…
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Karen Gillan Shoulders the Burden of Grief
A few weeks ago, I was quick to rebuff a tweet about millennial literature and the inherent nihilism that is built into our creative works, but maybe I was wrong. Maybe nihilism is just intrinsically part of who we are…
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A Great Idea & Strong Performances Can’t Overcome Weak Script
Unwelcome, directed by Jon Wright from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Stay, follows a young couple who flee from their dangerous London neighborhood to the Irish countryside to seek a safe and healthy environment for their unborn child. Their…
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Karen Gillan Is Hilarious And Heartbreaking In A Predictable But Enjoyable Dramedy [SXSW]
There’s a big emotional beat, late in Lisa Steen’s “Late Bloomers,” that culminates with Karen Gillan’s protagonist Louise pleading, with tears in her eyes, “I’m trying!” That moment captures the most endearing but peculiar thing about this wildly talented actor: she…
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Alam | Film Threat
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! The Palestinian perspective is admittedly a new point of view for me. The little that I do hear in the media is usually skewed towards a negative representation of their culture. The cinematic…
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Le Pupille | Film Threat
Written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher, Le Pupille is set in an Italian orphanage at the heart of World War II. The film boasts that its narrative circles around the possibly true, though exaggerated, story of a young orphan and her temptation…
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Ghostface Isn’t Playing In Brutal, Bloody & Funny Sequel
"Who gives a fuck about movies?" asks Ghostface early in Scream VI, the sixth entry in the beloved, referential slasher franchise that was rebooted with 2022's unfortunately named but mostly well-done Scream. Like the legacy sequels (or "requels" as the…
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The Sleep Experiment | Film Threat
According to an urban legend, in 1947, in Soviet Russia, an experiment was conducted in which five prisoners were promised freedom if they could stay awake for 30 consecutive days in a chamber. This would be administered using a gas…
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Honestly? A Little Bit Meh
Scream is back on the big screen and whilst I entered the cinema eagerly excited at a franchise that has never bored me to this date, I lasted 15 minutes before I experienced my first yawn. The hype for this…
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Woody Harrelson Leads A Predictable But Feel-Good Sports Movie
Based on the 2018 Spanish film of the same name, the American version of Champions is less powerful because it doesn’t take its cues from the real-life team that inspired the original film. Still, Champions manages to have just enough…
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Scott Z. Burns Makes His ‘Contagion’ for Climate Change
There is nothing quite as demoralizing as waking up day after day knowing that the world is sliding further and further toward climate catastrophe. This is not something that any one person alone is having to deal with; a warming…
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Adam Driver Can’t Save You From This Disaster
There is something remarkable about how completely 65 wastes all it had going for it. Taking Adam Driver, one of the best actors working today, and throwing him onto a prehistoric Earth where he has to fight dinosaurs seems like…
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