‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Season 6 Review
On paper, very little about What We Do in the Shadows should have worked when it first premiered in 2019. The FX comedy-horror mockumentary had a lot to prove when trying to carve out an identity separate from Jemaine Clement…
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Sunflower Girl Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In Holly M. Kaplan’s short film Sunflower Girl, little sisters can be a real pain in the a**. Rosie is a 13-year-old Chinese American girl who visits her mother after school at her dry-cleaning job. Rosie wants to goof off…
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‘Shrinking’ Season 2 Review – Therapy and Harrison Ford Have Never Been This Much Fun
Bill Lawrence’s feel-good therapy sitcom Shrinking comes roaring back for Season 2 and, luckily, doesn’t miss a beat. While Season 1 ended on a surprisingly dark cliffhanger regarding the criminal actions of one of Jimmy’s (Jason Segel) patients, Grace (Heidi…
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The End Reviews Film Threat
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! Two-time Oscar nominee Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence) has turned his talents to a fictional feature film, The End, which is one of the most batshit insane movies…
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When It Hits Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In Veronica Mitsuk’s short film, When It Hits, Jess and Matt, two step-siblings, are struggling with grief after the loss of their mother. Jess, the younger of the two, takes on the burden of handling their mother’s debts and other…
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A Dour but Soulful Story of Connection and Belonging
In certain movies, the setting is just as critical to the overall experience as the performances, script, or direction. I don’t think Call Me By Your Name would’ve enamored audiences so deeply if it weren’t set in the hazy hum…
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The Shade Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Tyler Chipman’s feature debut, The Shade, is either a sequel/companion piece to the short of the same name or an expanded version of it. Having not seen the brief, I don’t know for sure. Either way, the full-length version…
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‘Elsbeth’ Season 2 Review – Same Upbeat Energy, New Stakes
One of the biggest surprises of the last TV season had to be CBS's procedural crime drama Elsbeth. The subject matter, mixed with its initial billing as a spin-off of The Good Wife, initially suggested a series very similar in…
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‘From’ Season 3 Episode 4 Recap
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for From Season 3 Episode 4. The achingly familiar scene of a fallen tree and a murder of crows hails the screen in the opening sequence of From Season 3 Episode 4, "There and…
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‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ Review
The Coopers are back! Well, sort of. In Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, created by Chuck Lorre, George Cooper Jr., aka Georgie (Montana Jordan), and Mandy McAllister (Emily Osment), have moved in with Mandy's parents, Audrey (Rachel Bay Jones) and…
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Duino Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NEWFEST FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! Often, movies are made for the masses, i.e., us. But sometimes, a movie is made for the artist as a catharsis. Juan Pablo Di Pace and Andrés Pepe Estrada’s Duino is the story of one…
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Maid Droid Origins Featured, Reviews Film Threat
One year after Maid Droid, writer-director Rich Mallery returns to that world with Maid Droid Origins. A quick check with IMDb makes it appear that no character from the first film appears here, but I having not seen it, I…
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