Category: Reviews
A Prequel With a Powerful Message
A Prequel With a Powerful Message

When TV-watching veterans say that small-screen series have become virtually indistinguishable from cinema, they’re often referring to blockbuster-level productions like House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. However, there are other, more discreet movie…

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Ben Affleck’s Story of Michael Jordan and Nike Is a Slam Dunk
Ben Affleck’s Story of Michael Jordan and Nike Is a Slam Dunk

Ben Affleck deserves more credit. The actor/writer/director has gotten an unfair amount of crap over the decades, from the ebbs and flows of his acting career to becoming a favorite of the paparazzi, but the work Affleck has done over…

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Bholaa (2023): When Action Speaks Louder Than Words!
Bholaa (2023): When Action Speaks Louder Than Words!

It’s time for some raw action! Ajay Devgn has come out with a power-packed action-thriller which he has produced and directed himself. Titled “Bholaa”, this action-thriller features Ajay Devgn himself in the titular role. Bholaa made its theatrical release on…

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Capsules | Film Threat
Capsules | Film Threat

In no time at all, the drugs will start taking you in director Luke Momo’s science fiction horror movie Capsules. Back in 2018, chemistry majors Dev (Caroline Potter Shriver), Maya (Kate Pittard), and Ryan (Davis Browne) were up for days…

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The Mire | Film Threat
The Mire | Film Threat

Director Adam Nelson The Mire has great aspirations. Described as a “contained thriller” and financed predominantly through two years of crowdfunding, the film attempts a mature, nuanced story without a mainstream budget. And while much is accomplished within its intimate framework, the…

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Erotic Insect | Film Threat
Erotic Insect | Film Threat

Get ready for ants in your pants with filmmaker Stefan Fernandez’s strange short Erotic Insect. An exterminator with green hair (Eric Portillo) is busy at the office, thumbing through an issue of High Society while watching boobies on TV. The corded landline phone…

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Good Egg | Film Threat
Good Egg | Film Threat

Nicole Gomez Fisher brings together two great tastes that taste great together with infertility and the mafia underworld in her comedy feature, Good Egg. Jessica (Yara Martinez) is just about to turn forty, and the prospects for her and her…

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The Eastfield Exorcism’ Is a Chilling Look at Extremism
The Eastfield Exorcism’ Is a Chilling Look at Extremism

Exorcism films are something of a contradiction. While many of the characters who populate these films are nonbelievers, the nature of an exorcism reinforces the infallibility of the church. If demons are real, then God must also be real, and…

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Share? | Film Threat
Share? | Film Threat

Share?, written by Benjamin Sutor and directed by Ira Rosensweig (from a story idea by both of them), begins with a nameless man (Melvin Gregg) waking up in a windowless room. The thing is, he has no memory of how…

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Hulu’s Parenthood Horror Feels A Bit Premature [Overlook] The Playlist
Hulu’s Parenthood Horror Feels A Bit Premature [Overlook] The Playlist

I was in my mid-30s when my wife and I decided not to have children. Until then, starting a family had always seemed like the natural culmination of a series of personal and professional journeys. But when faced with the…

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Robosen Optimus Prime Review: An INSANE Showpiece
Robosen Optimus Prime Review: An INSANE Showpiece

Ever wanted to own your very own Optimus Prime but have no room in your driveway for him? Fear not, this smaller-scale Robosen Optimus Prime toy is the perfect substitution, you absolutely have to check this out! Here’s our Robosen…

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Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Growing up in the ’80s, Gary Gygax’s modest role-playing game was a thing of wonder. Four to six guys would crowd around a table with sheets of paper and roll dice, whilst the Dungeon Master (the referee/storyteller who walks adventurers…

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