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‘The Kingdom’ Fuses Coming-Of-Age & Gangster Tropes into An Exciting Debut [Cannes Review]
An incisive look into the mafia’s presence in Corsica, Julien Colonna’s “The Kingdom” is an even-handed debut, filtering a war between rival gangs through the prism of a coming-of-age narrative. While well aware of the tropes associated with mafia films,…
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‘Bionic’ Review – Netflix’s Sci-Fi Is ‘RoboCop’ Meets ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
The Big Picture Netflix's Bionic falls short of blending sports drama with sci-fi thriller. The film's shaky visual effects and sluggish action hinder its potential. Bionic 's attempt at exploring human fragility through bionics lacks depth and falls flat. There…
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A Pickleball Story Featured, Reviews Film Threat
I must have been locked up in my home for several years, but when did pickleball become a thing? Everyone I know seems to be in on the fad that passed me by. Just how big is pickleball? Ashley Underwood,…
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The Stranger Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Sanjay Prasasd’s debut film is the ambitious The Stranger. The dramatic mystery follows Rahul (Trishaan Maini), a handsome journalist at a crossroads. His boss, Veer (Digvijay Singh), wants Rahul to morally compromise a bit in order to make for a…
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Never Too Old Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Never Too Old is a short film written by and starring Roland Zee and directed by Morgan Martini. Florio (Gregory Niebel) and Jesse (Roland Zee) have lived together as lovers for over 45 years. Florio has expressed a desire to…
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Newcomer Nykiya Adams Delivers a Stunning Performance in Arnold’s Disappointing Harrowing Drama
Summary Nykiya Adams shines in debut role, bringing raw emotion to Bailey's troubled life in Bird. Arnold's film fails to explore Bailey and Bird's friendship effectively, hindered by problematic directional choices. The use of magical realism in Bird feels like…
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‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’ Review – Hulu Drama Is a Cut Above the Rest
The Big Picture Daniel Brühl delivers one of his best performances in Becoming Karl Lagerfeld . The series is based on Raphaëlle Bacqué’s biography Kaiser Karl , detailing the life of the fashion icon. While the series focuses more on…
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God Of Violence – BHAIYYA JI: The Revenge Of A Big Brother!
Bhaiyya Ji (2024): Starring Manoj Bajpayee (Left) and Suvinder Vicky (Right)This is the story of an elder brother’s love for his younger brother and his vengeance for his younger brother’s murder. Feared gangster Ram Charan Tripathi a.k.a Bhaiyya Ji (Manoj…
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Backspot Featured, Reviews Film Threat
COMING TO THEATERS! You’re gonna flip over the queer cutthroat cheerleading throwdown Backspot, the awesome feature debut by director D.W. Waterson and written by Joanne Sarazen. Riley (Devery Jacobs) and her girlfriend Amanda (Kudakwashe Rutendo) are cheerleaders, but not the giggling…
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‘We Are Lady Parts’ Season 2 Review
The Big Picture Season 2 of We Are Lady Parts amps up the stakes, showing the band facing challenges in their journey to stardom. The show maintains its DIY punk energy and creates a unique musical atmosphere with new tracks…
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‘Eric’ Review – Benedict Cumberbatch Is Brilliant in Jumbled Netflix Mystery
The Big Picture Eric takes on a range of heavy topics, from race to addiction, with a quirky twist involving a giant talking puppet. The series showcases Benedict Cumberbatch's captivating performance as a troubled puppeteer in 1980s New York. Despite…
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The Last Stop In Yuma County Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The Last Stop In Yuma County is the feature-length debut of writer-director Francis Galluppi. The noir thriller is set in the 1970s at an outlier of a gas station in the middle of the desert. The kicker is that on this…
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