Category: Reviews
Pamela Anderson Stuns In Gia Coppola’s Melancholic Vegas Drama
Pamela Anderson Stuns In Gia Coppola’s Melancholic Vegas Drama

Entertainers - true entertainers, the ones that command the stage with sheer force of will - have long been a dying breed, especially in Las Vegas. As the town has become a debauched Disneyland, there’s less emphasis on Show Business…

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David Gordon Green’s Rote Family Drama Drowns In Clichés & Schmaltz [TIFF]
David Gordon Green’s Rote Family Drama Drowns In Clichés & Schmaltz [TIFF]

At the world premiere of “Nutcrackers,” director David Gordon Green subtly acknowledged that he’s been ‘immersed’ in the horror genre for too long, though some might call it ‘slumming.’ After his recent stint with the “Holloween” and “The Exorcist” franchise,…

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‘I’ll Be Right There’ Review
‘I’ll Be Right There’ Review

Moms are some of the most underappreciated people on the planet — not to mention some of the most underrepresented protagonists in media. It’s disheartening how few shows and movies center them and allow them to be complex, multidimensional people…

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‘We Live in Time’ Review
‘We Live in Time’ Review

The beauty of John Crowley’s films is the grandiosity and scale that he’s able to bring to a love story. His 2015 Oscar-nominated masterpiece, Brooklyn, turned the decision to be with someone a choice that knowingly would define the future…

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Great White Summer Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Great White Summer Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Documentary director Nick Budabin pulls the curtain back on an unsettling standoff between nature conservation and human settlement in his brilliant film Great White Summer. Out on Cape Cod, seal populations had been hunted nearly to extinction until the 1972…

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A Georgia Gem of a Restaurant
A Georgia Gem of a Restaurant

During a recent trip to Florida, we decided to take a road trip up to Georgia to check out some attractions but in an area where the infamous The Walking Dead TV show was shot we vastly searched across social…

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A Timely Domestic Drama That Morphs Into Terrifying Political Horror
A Timely Domestic Drama That Morphs Into Terrifying Political Horror

The Seed of the Sacred Fig begins as a chamber drama, taking place primarily in the apartment of one family. Iman (Missagh Zareh) is a faithful lawyer working for the Revolutionary Court in Tehran and, when promoted to investigator, he…

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Director Sook-Yin Lee Explores Monogamy, Relationships & Sexual Freedoms [TIFF]
Director Sook-Yin Lee Explores Monogamy, Relationships & Sexual Freedoms [TIFF]

As far as breakups go, cartoonist Chester Brown (Dan Beirne) faces a relatively soft blow. In the early moments of Sook-Yin Lee’s “Paying For It,” he wakes up next to his then-girlfriend, Sonny (Emily Lê), who announces that she thinks…

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‘The Mother and the Bear’ Review
‘The Mother and the Bear’ Review

Ah, moms — you can’t live with them, and you quite literally cannot live without them. Mother-daughter relationships are some of the richest, most complicated dynamics out there — particularly ones between mothers and their adult children who have left…

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‘The Last Showgirl’ Review – Pamela Anderson Dazzles and Devastates in Stunning Drama
‘The Last Showgirl’ Review – Pamela Anderson Dazzles and Devastates in Stunning Drama

The Coppola name is one that undeniably stands out in the film world, and it’s a hard-earned pedigree that cannot be ignored when plastered on a poster or marquee. With The Last Showgirl, Gia Coppola proves, once again, that this…

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Deadline Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Deadline Featured, Reviews Film Threat

I tend to enjoy movies and television that can turn the seemingly mundane into something intense or captivating, much like the classic series The Twilight Zone did so often (such as it being a hot summer day, but not just…

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Therapy Takes The Form Of Mediumship In This Simple, Touching Documentary
Therapy Takes The Form Of Mediumship In This Simple, Touching Documentary

Were one to look back at the history of alleged psychics and those who sought to challenge such claimants, it won’t take long before stumbling across the plans of Harry Houdini, legendary escape artist, illusionist, and debunker of many a…

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