Category: Reviews
Charming Cast Elevates Enjoyable Comedy [Sundance]
Charming Cast Elevates Enjoyable Comedy [Sundance]

Home Movie Reviews You Hurt My Feelings Review: Charming Cast Elevates Enjoyable Comedy [Sundance] While the film isn’t overly ambitious or deep, it’s an energetic, occasionally thoughtful & honest film about the lack of honesty & its effects. Julia Louis-Dreyfus…

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Idris Elba Leads A Serviceable Entertaining Thriller That Won’t Reinvent A Thing
Idris Elba Leads A Serviceable Entertaining Thriller That Won’t Reinvent A Thing

“Luther: The Fallen Sun” comes out as the chatter about Idris Elba as James Bond has finally dissipated. A film that makes enough passes to the 007 franchise that it could easily drum up more pointless columns about the endless…

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Cinema Sabaya | Film Threat
Cinema Sabaya | Film Threat

The greater film community often ignores Israeli cinema. So, before we review writer-director Orit Fouks Rotem’s drama, Cinema Sabaya, a basic primer is in order. Israeli cinema is principally concerned with hyperrealism and possesses a new-wave aesthetic. Just about all the…

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Drastic Departure from Stephen King’s Story
Drastic Departure from Stephen King’s Story

While Children of the Corn is not the most critically-acclaimed work by master of horror Stephen King, the short story is arguably his most successful Hollywood property, at least regarding the sheer number of film adaptations. The story was first…

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Sachs’ Relationship Drama Is Grounded & Effective [Sundance]
Sachs’ Relationship Drama Is Grounded & Effective [Sundance]

Home Movie Reviews Passages Review: Sachs' Relationship Drama Is Grounded & Effective [Sundance] Bolstered by fabulous performances, Passages delicately and intimately explores a love affair that goes awry because of one person’s decisions. Adèle Exarchopoulos and Franz Rogowski in Passages…

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Matthew Rhys and Juliet Rylance Excel in a More Focused Story
Matthew Rhys and Juliet Rylance Excel in a More Focused Story

What is it that we can do to find justice in a world where corruption has consumed everything? There is a unique amalgamation of optimism and pessimism at the heart of the HBO series Perry Mason, which sets out to…

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God’s Time | Film Threat
God’s Time | Film Threat

Any debut feature can ignite a filmmaker’s career while simultaneously clueing them in on what worked, what didn’t, and how to tackle future projects. Daniel Antebi’s first feature-length comedy, God’s Time, is creatively unbound. The writer-director’s consistency in intertwining a plethora…

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Taylor Is A Powerhouse In Poignant Debut [Sundance]
Taylor Is A Powerhouse In Poignant Debut [Sundance]

Home Movie Reviews A Thousand And One Review: Taylor Is A Powerhouse In Poignant Debut [Sundance] It doesn’t nail everything it set out to accomplish, but A Thousand and One is a breathtaking character study of perseverance in Black motherhood.…

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Proof Sheet | Film Threat
Proof Sheet | Film Threat

I’ve been saying this for a long time, but if you’re going to make a genre picture, you need to be a fan of that genre. In Richard Kilroy’s neo-noir Proof Sheet, the director/co-writer shows he understands all the noir elements.…

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Heart & Humor Collide In Sunny Showbiz Parody [Sundance]
Heart & Humor Collide In Sunny Showbiz Parody [Sundance]

Home Movie Reviews Theater Camp Review: Heart & Humor Collide In Sunny Showbiz Parody [Sundance] Theater Camp won't be for everyone, but thespians and drama geeks will find themselves right at home, and even laymen may find more than a…

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Christian Petzold’s Sensible Story of Unfulfilled Love
Christian Petzold’s Sensible Story of Unfulfilled Love

Home Movie Reviews 'Afire' Review: Lives Collide in Christian Petzold’s Sensible Story of Unfulfilled Love | Berlinale 2023 ‘Afire’ brings levity and tragedy to a story of unexpected encounters and the ultimate dangers of being alive. Few things are more…

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Symptomatic | Film Threat
Symptomatic | Film Threat

Writer-director Sonia Gumuchian’s short film, Symptomatic, takes us into the ins and outs of workplace sexual harassment and how the system is set up against the victim. After Dr. Mark Peyton’s (Drummond Macdougall) assistant abruptly quit, the dedicated Angie (Kate Williamson)…

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