2024’s Musical Remake Doesn’t Justify Its Existence
Summary The 2024 Mean Girls musical lacks the bite and incisiveness of the original film, resulting in a sanded-down version. The cast, including Renee Rapp as Regina George, does their best to justify the movie's existence, but ultimately, the film…
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‘Mean Girls’ Review — Just Hit Me With a Bus Instead
The Big Picture This new version of Mean Girls fails to be remotely special, relying on rigid emulations of past performances. The songs in Mean Girls are generic and lack humor, with disappointing lyrics and no visual panache. Tina Fey's…
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Maxie Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Written and directed by Jarrett Bryant, Maxie follows the titular character (Miles Dixon) and his girlfriend Sid (Liv Tavernier). The young adults are unhoused, begging on the street for money. They’re in this predicament due to their drug addiction issues. However, they’ve…
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Henchmen Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Jackson Mirmina’s Henchmen drops us right into a life-and-death moment. We start with the aftermath of a losing battle between the world’s greatest assassin (Kennedy Jennings) and a crew of henchmen. Only Jimmy (Erik Walker Neill) and James (Leonard J. Moore…
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Polite Society Is A Fun Action Comedy That Overindulges Itself
I’ve wanted to watch Polite Society ever since I saw the trailer. A Pakistani female action comedy with Kung Fu and a sisterly love anchoring it all is a genre mashup I never knew I wanted. And I’m glad to…
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‘Echo’ Review — The MCU’s Boldest and Bloodiest Series Is One of Its Best
The Big Picture Echo has a rocky start, but improves with each episode, showcasing bold and bloody elements. The series is best when it focuses more on Maya's connections and community, rather than the overarching superhero narrative. Echo represents a…
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Murder And Cocktails Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Sometimes, in cinema, it is not always evident why two people are in a relationship. Excluding stories where that is the point, this serves as a distraction to the main thrust. Instead of focusing on the narrative, viewers are just…
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There’s No Such Thing as Zombies Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Have you ever thought that a component of a genre had been done to death or, in this case, undeath? The zombie, i.e., Walking Dead, of which I have not seen a single episode or read the comic, did that…
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Twisted Fiction Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON TUBI! Prepare to go eyeballs deep into the strangest trim imaginable in the anthology adult horror film Twisted Fiction. The movie was directed and edited by Marc Fratto and written by Fratto and Joseph Menghi. It contains three unconnected…
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Dysthymia Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Eva-Marie Kung’s Dysthymia opens with a simple definition. Dysthymia is a mild yet long-lasting form of depression that affects women twice as much as men. Co-directed by Tim Willrich, Dysthymia is a spoken-word short film featuring a Speaker (Eva-Marie Kung)…
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Refuge Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Miguel Almendarez wrote, directed, edited, and produced Refuge. The short film clocks in at 29 minutes and 40 seconds and is set in the future, during the height of the new Aztec Empire on Mars. The “illustrated epic poem” is not…
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Spain’s Oscar Contender Is Devastating & Gripping
Summary Society of the Snow is a gripping and technically impressive survival film that tells the true story of the passengers of a crashed airplane in the Andes mountains. The movie honors each character and delves into their struggles and…
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