MK Ultra Violence Featured, Reviews Film Threat

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MK Ultra Violence Featured, Reviews Film Threat

A killer is born in writer-director Jay Curtis Miller’s short film, MK Ultra Violence. Discarded by America after returning from Vietnam, Hopper (Clint Roberts) is living on the streets of an urban ghetto. He’s approached by the mysterious Reece (Taylor Novak)…

TIFF 2023: DEAR JASSI Is A Terrifying True Story Directed With Restraint By Tarsem Singh

Of all the movies at the Toronto International Film Festival 2023, one of the most awaited is Dear Jassi. The true story about a Canadian honor killing is the subject matter of this somber and held-back retelling by director Tarsem…

‘Loki’ Season 2 Review — New Faces and More Time-Bending Drama

Most MCU TV shows exist in their own little bubble, connected to the larger universe but isolated on their own. Secret Invasion sees a world-altering secret come to life, while She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel introduce two new super-powered superheroes, but…

All-Inclusive (Todo Incluido) Featured, Reviews Film Threat

All-Inclusive (Todo Incluido), the second short film from writer-director Duván Duque Vargas, is a snapshot of a family in flux. Fernando (Leopoldo Serrano) is taking his wife/stepmom Natalia (Alejandra Herrera) and son Fer (Maximiliano Rojas) to an all-inclusive resort. Unfortunately,…

Two For The Road Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Writer-director Lochlainn McKenna’s Two For The Road is essentially a two-hander. Father Hugh (Steve Wall) has his son, Oscar (Ewan Morris), every weekend. This particular visit sees the two plan for a little hiking and camping trip. But along the…

The Preciousness Of Wes Anderson-Isms Are Pushed To Their Artisanally-Crafted Limits [Netflix]

The artisanally-hand crafted worlds of Wes Anderson are obviously whimsically delicate, precious, often delightful, frequently ornate, and are globally renowned for their visual distinctiveness: precise, symmetrical, soft-hued pastel color-inflected, and rigorous to the point of being lovingly caricatured on social…

The Tony Pearson Story Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Directed by Andrew Menjivar, Driven: The Tony Pearson Story is a documentary about Tony Pearson. He is a resilient professional bodybuilder who won countless competitions, such as Mr. America. The movie showcases the inner and outer strengths of one of the most…

A True Life Mystery Wrapped In Unnecessary Confusion

Time and again, no amount of effort by a cast, director, or, say, the person assigned to operate the cameras can save a movie from any number of failings, be they the overall quality or the film’s ability to make…

The Asylum Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Writer/director John K. Webster’s Night Explorers: The Asylum is a better horror film than its generic title might suggest. It begins with a traditional ghost-hunting plot reminiscent of the ones found in Grave Encounters or Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. Still, it sidesteps the expected found footage…

‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ Review — Friedkin’s Final Film

It’s not often that we so definitively know an artist’s last project will, in fact, be their last. The world isn’t as clean and tidy as that, and oftentimes, it’s tragic to find that a piece of art is the…

Limbo (Zhi Chi) Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Hong Kong director Soi Cheang enters the gruesome world of serial killers in his noir thriller, Limbo (Zhi Chi). There’s a serial killer on the prowl who targets young female drug addicts and slowly tortures them. First, he cuts off their hands…

Lousy Carter Featured, Reviews Film Threat

LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Writer-director Bob Byington’s Lousy Carter tells the story of an irrational, hopeless, and borderline narcissist who, in creative irony, is named Lousy. Literature professor Lousy Carter (David Krumholtz) is rude, unsparing, unreasonably sardonic, and evidently self-centered. But…

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