Hulu’s Entertaining Murder Mystery Has A Flair For The Dramatic
Summary Death and Other Details is an entertaining murder mystery series with quirky characters and quality production design. The show struggles with its lead character, Imogene, who lacks depth and fails to elicit empathy. The series embraces color and creativity,…
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Mean Girls (2024) Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Bigger, Brassier, and Gayer than its predecessor, Mean Girls (2024) is a saccharine overload of cinematic bombast. Whereas in the original 2004 Mean Girls, Damian was the only openly gay character, here both our narrators, Damian Hubbard (the profoundly campy Jaquel…
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‘True Detective Night Country’ Episode 1 Recap — “She’s Awake”
The Big Picture The new season of True Detective takes place in the Arctic during the Polar night, adding a creepy and atmospheric backdrop to the show. The first episode introduces a chilling mystery involving missing researchers, severed tongues, and…
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Main Character Energy Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Sohale Dezfoli and Nicholas Begnaud’s short film knows what it takes for anonymous actors to nail that open casting call. It’s that Main Character Energy. Brian (Mark Prendergast) is an actor with an emphasis on “struggling” who is on yet…
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Jack Attack Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer/Director William Butler keeps the Demonic Toys series alive with this fifth installment, Demonic Toys: Jack Attack. After her foster mother is murdered by a killer clown and an evil jack in the box, Lily (Sofia Castellanos) is taken in…
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Where You Attwood? Truth Across America Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Weird that I have to say this, but we’re not a political site. But we do try to review political films…as films. Ciaran Casey’s documentary, Where You Attwood? Truth Across America, is not necessarily a political film. It’s only political…
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Man On The Run Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON NETFLIX! Stripping the glory from gangsterism like chrome from a tailpipe is the pulse-pounding documentary Man On The Run, written and directed by Cassius Michael Kim. It recounts the scandal surrounding 1MDB, a company that was set up…
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Netflix’s Scrappy Heist Action Comedy Is An Unexpected Blast
Summary Kevin Hart and Gugu Mbatha-Raw have great chemistry, adding tension and drama to the film. F. Gary Gray's directorial choices make Lift visually appealing and entertaining. Despite some flaws in the script and side characters, Lift is a quality…
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The Dead Awaken Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Deon (Jeff Smith) is a high school delinquent struggling with school. Despite his anger issues and violent tendencies at school, Deon cares for his Mother, Isma (Mini Theo), whose Alzheimer’s requires the need of constant care. The mother and son…
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‘Monsieur Spade’ Review — Clive Owen Steps Into Humphrey Bogart’s Big Shoes
The Big Picture Clive Owen successfully steps into Humphrey Bogart's iconic role in Monsieur Spade with his own spin on the character. The show's script doctor turned showrunner, Scott Frank, is just as much a driving force behind the project.…
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Night Country Returns To Form With A Chilly, Ghost-Filled Mystery
Summary True Detective season 4 takes the show back to its roots with a fresh new cast and a chilling Alaskan setting. The season embraces the supernatural, with ghosts and curses playing a central role in the mystery. Night Country…
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Hotshot Featured, Reviews Film Threat
You don’t see many firefighters in films. It is, of course, much easier to film someone in blue running after a mugger. So if you like watching fire fought, you’re out of luck. However, Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann’s documentary, Hotshot, holsters lightweight…
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