Daniel Radcliffe Parodies the Biopic
This review was originally part of our coverage for the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Fifteen years after Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, musical biopics still haven’t learned their lesson, and if films like Bohemian Rhapsody and this year’s…
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Doc Looks at Michael Giacchino’s MCU Debut
Just before Halloween, Michael Giacchino took the Marvel Cinematic Universe by storm with his hair-raisingly fun and refreshingly new approach to the superhero franchise. Werewolf by Night was met with high praise from audiences and critics alike who welcomed his…
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Scare City Experience Review: Atmospheric and Immersive
Thanks to Park N Party for inviting us down to bring you this Scare City Experience review. Located at Camelot Theme Park this Halloween is Scare City, a 2km trail as guests make their way through numerous themed zones, a…
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Bones and All | Film Threat
Kathryn Bigelow’s 1987 Near Dark is a little gem of a vampire flick that I’d venture to say not nearly enough people have seen. Director Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, with a screenplay by David Kajganich, based on a novel of the same…
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Causeway Review – Healing With Trauma
Causeway is a movie about trauma and healing. Jennifer Lawrence‘s Lynsee has suffered a brain injury and Bryan Tyree Henry‘s James suffers from the loss of family. The film centers on these two sharing moments and their performances flow through…
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Empire of Light Review | Flickreel
From its opening scene, Empire of Light is a movie that any cinephile will want to like. We follow Olivia Colman’s Hilary into a gloriously nostalgic cineplex. The sequence is beautifully shot by Roger Deakins with another Oscar-worthy musical score…
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A Promising, But Ultimately Messy Paean To Sisterhood & Sustainable Living [TIFF]
“Until Branches Bend,” which plays in this year’s TIFF Spotlight section, is a promising but poorly executed debut from Canadian filmmaker Sophie Jarvis. While it tries to be a paean to peaches and sisterhood and sustainable living, and at times…
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Ana De Armas Shines In Exploitative, Hollow Marilyn Monroe Drama
Marilyn Monroe is a household name and her image often brings to mind a confident sex symbol whose life story has been the subject of many a biopic and books. Much has also been made of writer-director Andrew Dominik’s Blonde,…
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Justin Theroux Can’t Salvage This Scattered Adaptation
Of all the many works of film and television to attempt to adapt a novel, The Mosquito Coast remains one of the most strange. Supposedly based on the far more nuanced 1981 novel of the same name by Paul Theroux,…
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Nostalgia Trip Struggles With Issues of Race
“Remember your past,” Aaron Rabinowitz (Anthony Hopkins) tells his grandson Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) throughout Armageddon Time, the latest film from writer-director James Gray. Based on Gray’s childhood growing up in 1980s Queens, Armageddon Time does exactly that, as we…
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Meet Da Bomb Sauce Killer
Want a hot sauce that blows Da Bomb Sauce out of the water? Look no further as Dean of the Dead has brought the fire in this brand new range of hot sauces. Yes, I’m well aware that my name…
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Bullet Proof | Film Threat
It’s simple. Action movies are all about action. Everything else is secondary. Director/star James Clayton’s Bullet Proof has action in spades. Yes, it’s helpful that the story and acting are good, but let’s face it, we’re looking for fist fights, car chases,…
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