The 2008 Crash Hasn’t Been Forgotten By This Searing, Anxiety-Inducing Drama
Summary Personal connections add depth to Grassland , making it a powerful portrayal of the 2008 financial crisis. Characters in the film are nuanced and multi-dimensional, giving a delicate view of marijuana incarceration. Grassland may not be groundbreaking, but it…
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The Keepers Of The 5 Kingdoms Featured, Reviews Film Threat
James Hong catapulted back into the spotlight after the runaway success, commercially and critically, of Everything Everywhere All At Once. Now, he returns to the silver screen with the fantasy The Keepers Of The 5 Kingdoms. Zack Ward and Ace…
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Constance Wu Elevates Daniel Yoon’s Quietly Triumphant Millennial Crisis Dramedy
Summary Older Millennials will connect with East Bay 's themes of aging, existential dread, and the desire for success. The film explores the struggle of being a filmmaker while dealing with personal failures and life disappointments. East Bay offers a…
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Inked Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In Kelsey Bollig’s short film Inked, a young woman, Dylan (Kaikane), pays homage to her father, who passed away in prison, by infusing his ashes into the ink of her next tattoo. This loving act of honor goes awry quickly…
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Haikyu!! Dumpster Battle Review – More Than Worth The Four-Year Wait
Summary Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle continues the rivalry between Karasuno and Nekoma in the national tournament. The animation in The Dumpster Battle is stunning, and the direction elevates the intensity of every scene. With incredible writing and visuals, The Dumpster…
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Alone Time Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Alone Time is the first feature-length screenplay by Paul Coates. The thriller is directed by Gene Blalock, who has helmed a number of films, shorts included, in just a few years. The central theme of the piece is about how…
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Invaders from Proxima B Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The ‘B’ movie science fiction of the fifties has always been a huge favorite. The combination of cheaper…no, classic creatures from the stars or within the earth battle with naive effects, even sometimes more naive lantern-jawed heroes and heroines who…
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Padawan Outpost Qui-Gon Jinn Lightsaber Review
Summary The Qui-Gon Jinn Combat Saber from UK seller Padawan Outpost is a must-have for Star Wars fans. The saber's Proffie soundboard version with its Neopixel blade offers customizable sound options and incredibly vibrant colors. Unmatched realism in design and…
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Aisha Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Frank Berry’s Aisha demands not only attention but patience. The drama was not created to instruct the masses on the global humanitarian crisis or to reproduce the struggle of the marginalized for catharsis. It will not satisfy the expectation…
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The Girl in the Trunk Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Reading Murray Leeder’s outstanding book The Horror Film: A Critical Introduction, the author speculates on the dividing line between horror and crime films. The two are more similar than not: both feature a “final girl,” and several plot points are…
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Welcome Space Brothers Featured, Reviews Film Threat
If I didn’t know Jodi Wille’s film, Welcome Space Brothers, was a documentary, I’d swear it was a WTF, insane, sci-fi tale of weirdness. Let’s get into it. Welcome Space Brothers takes me not too far down the highway to…
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Liz Featured, Reviews Film Threat
We fall down, and we get up again. In Alec Brown’s short film Liz, we see that getting up again is easier said than done. Alexandra Renzo plays the titular Liz. She is a woman trying to get back on…
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