William Shatner Documentary Gets Deep
William Shatner has lived quite the life, and that isn’t just because he is 91-years-old. It’s because of what he’s done with his time on this Earth and how he approaches everything, big and small, with a sense of wonder.…
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A Poignant, Experimental Series From Zoe Lister-Jones
At some point in our lives, everyone has succumbed to thinking about how their life would be different if they’d made some small change — married a different person, taken a different job, maybe questioned your sexuality a little bit.…
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The Penguin’ Series Adds Theo Rossi, Michael Zegen & More
Filming on “The Penguin,” HBO Max‘s first series spinoff of Matt Reeves‘ “The Batman” got underway in New York City last month, with set footage of star Colin Farrell back in full Oz makeup on the street making the rounds…
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I Got a Monster Is a True-Life Dirty Cop Story
I Got a Monster is a documentary that feels like a bad-cops thriller. The new documentary by first-time director Kevin Abrams tells a cracking story of the Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force, which twisted its mission of seizing illegal guns…
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The Fallen Sun,’ Idris Elba & ‘The Batman’ Sequel
[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Luther: The Fallen Sun.]The Netflix original movie Luther: The Fallen Sun continues the television saga of DCI John Luther (Idris Elba), now a disgraced detective who’s sitting behind bars. In order to track…
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American Masters: Elsa Sjunneson | Film Threat
PBS has come out with some of the finest documentaries out there. Many of them stem from their American Masters series. The latest is American Masters: Elsa Sjunneson, directed by Cameron S. Mitchell and written by Julia Muniz. It’s a good one. Elsa…
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The Pieces Of Taron Egerton’s Thriller Fail To Fit Together [SXSW]
One of the more fun challenges for any writer must be figuring out the narrowest possible scope to capture the broadest possible moment in history. Take Erik Larson’s “The Devil in the White City,” for example. The recently un-greenlit series…
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Director Matt Ruskin on Taking Inspiration From ‘Zodiac’
In the early 1960s, a killer terrorized the city of Boston, taking the lives of 13 women. Nearly a decade before the term “serial killer” was coined, two investigative reporters, Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole, wrote a piece on the…
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Oscars Denounced by Animation Filmmakers For Years of Mistreatment
Animation filmmakers call out years of mistreatment by the Oscars. While animated films have always been eligible for Best Picture nominations and other main awards, the Oscar for Best Animated feature was first awarded in 2002, recognizing the 2001 DreamWorks…
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Keira Knightley & Carrie Coon Carry Effective Crime Drama
Boston Strangler is not a film that bemoans the state of society that breeds serial killers. The film won’t attempt to dissect the mind of the killer who terrorized women and murdered 13 or more. No, Boston Strangler, much like…
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More a Hollow Imitation Than a Feature Film
True crime, in all its forms, has held a firm grip on viewers, listeners, and readers alike for decades. But with the rise of streamers and podcasts, it’s been taken to a whole new level. Movies about serial killers in…
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Film Review: ‘Scream VI’- Ghostface In The Big Apple
Last year’s “Scream” (the fifth film in the popular series) brought a jolt of excitement to the near-flatlined slasher genre and made the series fun again. “Scream VI” kicks the brutality into high gear and places its characters into a…
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