Skincare Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Executive-produced and starring Elizabeth Banks, Skincare is ripped straight from the headlines. Writers Sam Freilich, Austin Peters, and Deering Regan don’t do a straight telling of the 2014 “The Facialist Killer” case. Instead, they use it as a springboard to…
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Bastards of Soul Featured, Reviews Film Threat
CATALINA ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! There’s a reason that music has genres, and when it comes to soul, there’s no better category that offers an insight into life on a level that everyone can understand than soul. For his…
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‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 Review – A Darker Yet More Rewarding Chapter
Television's sweetest and most heartwarming show is back, and it's sweeter and more heartwarming than ever. Netflix's Heartstopper returns after over a year, bringing the delightfully saccharine relationship of Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) back to…
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Insights from 2024 Catalina Film Festival’s Actor Panel Featured, Reviews Film Threat
At the 2024 Catalina Film Festival, an engaging panel brought together casting director Donna Morong and actors Amy Tsang, Dot-Marie Jones, and Necar Zadegan, each from notable projects like 10 Things I Hate About You, The Acolyte, Glee, and Mayor…
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‘Slasher’ Review – Spanish Horror Film Falls On Its Own Knife
Slasher films were all the rage in the 1980s. Thanks to the likes of Michael Myers in Halloween and Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th franchise, along with their many clones, it seemed like a new slasher was coming…
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Harmony Korine Misses The Target With First-Person Shooter Film
Harmony Korine’s second EDGLRD production, Baby Invasion, is a step forward from Aggro Dr1ft — in that at least you can decipher the visuals. The “film” is described as a first-person shooter that blends virtual universes and our reality, but…
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‘Joan’ Review – Sophie Turner Is a Scene Stealer in Stylish but Uneven Heist Drama
The '80s might be depicted as the era of scrunchies, neon outfits, and synth-infused music, but underneath that upbeat aesthetic lays some dark undertones. Within this decade in London, a notorious crime boss named Joan Hannington roamed the streets with…
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Faith Liu’s Sundowning Wins Big at Catalina’s Wes Craven Horror/Thriller Block Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The Wes Craven Horror/Thriller Block at the Catalina Film Festival is a special kind of magic that’s not afraid to get a little sinister. This year, the Catalina Film Festival (CFF) upheld its reputation as the sole venue hosting the…
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‘Devara Part 1’ Review – Jr. NTR Shines In Tollywood’s Latest Bold Action Epic
The modern era is well past the mythical age of heroes, those days of yore where powerful, exemplary people supposedly achieved great accomplishments against all odds. Heroes like Gilgamesh, Arjuna, Odysseus, and Beowulf are among the oldest protagonists in literature,…
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‘The Radleys’ Review – Your New Favorite Vampire Family Has Come to Play
Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you that I’m a certified vampire obsessive. I’ve seen just about every vampire movie out there, from Nosferatu to What We Do in the Shadows and back, and even have a tattoo…
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‘From’ Season 3 Episode 2 Recap
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for From Season 3 Episode 2. The premiere of From kicked our legs out from underneath us with a final scene that was excruciating to watch, as one of the show's fan-favorite characters…
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Porch Pirates Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Here’s something new. Jeff Hamm’s feature, Porch Pirates, is a gritty crime drama suitable for the whole family and a Christmas movie to boot. Porch Pirates follows three detectives—Jack Tyler (Jay Dee Walters), Marcos Fernandez (Phil Mendoza), and Sally Jones…
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