Faceless After Dark Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON VOD! If Robert Altman had made a horror movie, he would have prayed it would end up as flat-out brilliant as the blood-spilling meta-marvel Faceless After Dark, directed by Raymond Wood and written by Todd Jacobs and Jenna…
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The Dead Don’t Hurt Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! The Dead Don’t Hurt, Viggo Mortensen’s second film as a writer-director, is a curious beast. It defies and subverts traditional tropes of the western, almost deconstructing it in the same way Unforgiven did. Yet it manages to fit solidly into…
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Kum-Kum Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In Kum-Kum, filmmaker Dur Jamjoom explores how traumatic events can subtly change our behavior in ways that are unseen. Four teens are taking a lazy day along the Saudi Arabian seashore. Aliyah is a newcomer to the group, and her…
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Penelope! Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Dreams are just that…dreams. One woman discovers the harsh reality of a dream unfulfilled in Colin Henning and Chad Hylton’s short film Penelope! We open on a plantation home, where Penelope awaits her husband’s return from the war so the…
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‘Tuesday’ Review – Julia Louis-Dreyfus Tries to Beat Death in Surreal A24 Film
The Big Picture Julia Louis-Dreyfus excels in the film Tuesday , exploring grief and love in a unique and whimsical way. Tuesday is a fantasy dramedy in which Death comes in the form of a giant parrot. Daina Oniunas-Pusic's debut…
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She’s Clean Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON VOD! Your eyeballs are about to get soaped up real good for a brisk rinse in the stunning dramedy short She’s Clean, written and directed by Jenn Harris. It focuses on a dating ritual of a woman (Jenn…
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‘The Damned’ Review – Haunting Historical Horror Cuts to the Bone
The Big Picture A historical horror with great performances across the board, Thordur Palsson's The Damned offers a chilling exploration of survival and madness. The film delves into folklore and trauma, grappling with the dark forces that lurk in the…
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The Watchers Review | Flickreel
At the pinnacle of his career, M. Night Shyamalan was synonymous with suspense. Between The Village and After Earth, though, you could summarize his filmography with a facepalm. Nowadays, Shyamalan movies are like a box of chocolates. The Visit and…
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‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Review
The Big Picture Season 2 of House of the Dragon exceeds expectations with relentless pacing and complex character development. The dragon war in Season 2 is visually stunning, emphasizing the deep fractures within House Targaryen. Adaptations can work wonders, with…
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The Shyamalan Family’s Love Of A Twist Ending Ruins A Fascinating Horror
Summary The Watchers ' twist ending ruins the entire film's flow and logic. The story, despite its intriguing elements, is inconsistent and disappointing. The solid performances of the ensemble cast cannot save the film from its flaws. Following in her…
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A Standard Issue CNN-Like Flattering Portrait [Tribeca]
“I was having a man’s life in a woman’s body,” Diane von Furstenberg, famous Belgian fashion designer and businesswoman, says more than once in the new Hulu documentary. It’s a weird sentiment to say in a doc about female trailblazing…
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‘The Watchers’ Review – Shyamalan’s Horror Movie Is a Nepo Nightmare
The Big Picture Ishana Night Shyamalan's The Watchers fails as an adaptation, stripping away vital elements from the book while adding nothing new. The film lacks depth in its writing, making characters shallow caricatures of what were complicated people in…
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