Gillian Jacobs Barely Redeems Muddled Experiment

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Gillian Jacobs Barely Redeems Muddled Experiment

Home Movie Reviews The Seven Faces Of Jane Review: Gillian Jacobs Barely Redeems Muddled Experiment There is something worthwhile in there somewhere, something that has Jacobs truly exploring her wide range, but the result is too incoherent to bear. Gillian…

Documentary Joyfully Celebrates Esteemed Author’s Life & Impact [Sundance]

Few writers have as much of a hold on adults’ childhood selves as Judy Blume. Even if you’ve never read her books, her impact, especially with her most influential novels decades ago, is felt in how YA fiction is laid…

Dress Code | Film Threat

A wildly different take on the gangster movie genre is presented in director Joseph Pupello’s crime thriller Dress Code. Young Bobby Russo (Nicholas Giordano) is raised in an organized crime family by an abusive father. He is being groomed to take…

In Netflix’s New Crime Doc, Accusers Become The Accused [Sundance]

After growing up on a steady diet of “Law & Order: SVU,” Dianey Bermeo wanted to be like Olivia Benson, helping victims of sex crimes by bringing their assailants to justice. She gave up on that dream after police investigators…

Butler & Colter Star In Mindless, Entertaining Action Thriller

Home Movie Reviews Plane Review: Butler & Colter Star In Mindless, Entertaining Action Thriller The film is funny at times and violent in others, but it lives up to the standard entertainment factor, yielding the first pleasant surprise of 2023.…

Christopher Smith’s Puts Mystery Ahead of Story

Christopher Smith has proved time and time again that he’s a great director, capable of masterfully creating gloomy environments where confused characters must solve mind-boggling mysteries. Unfortunately, Smith’s screenplays are often too clunky, as he puts twists ahead of storytelling.…

Doc Questions What Diamonds Are Really Worth

Home Movie Reviews 'Nothing Lasts Forever’ Review: Showtime Documentary Questions How Much Diamonds Are Really Worth Before you get down on one knee and propose with that expensive diamond ring, you better watch this documentary first. Image via Showtime The…

An Ambitious But Unfortunate Failure From Filmmaker Cory Finley [Sundance]

Cory Finley burst out of the cinematic gate, like many a playwright-turned-filmmaker before him, with a voice firmly in place. In his debut film “Thoroughbreds” and its follow-up “Bad Education,” he precisely, skillfully, and mercilessly created characters who were, for…

Knock at the Cabin | Film Threat

NOW IN THEATERS! Let’s face it. M. Night Shyamalan’s track record is spotty at best. He broke out early with The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. Those successes were followed up with a series of hits and misses, such as Lady in the Water and After Earth.…

Found Footage Horror Has Never Looked Like This

So you want to make a horror film. Specifically, you want to create one that makes use of the found footage framing to tell your story. How do you go about it? Well, there is no one way to do…

The Drop Review: Fowler & Konkle Deliver Good Performances In Indie Dramedy

Writer-director Sarah Adina Smith’s (Birds of Paradise) dramedy, The Drop, is a fascinating look into the genre and what audiences want. Co-written and co-starring Joshua Leonard (Fully Realized Humans), the script is wanting at times, but it has a few…

David Strathairn and Jane Levy Shine In Angus MacLachlan’s Throwback Family Dramedy

Roger Ebert once wrote, “just because something is not done anymore doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing,” when describing Norman Jewison’s irrepressible romantic comedy “Only You.” This same sentiment can be applied to Angus MacLachlan’s latest family dramedy, “A Little…

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