Seize The Night Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS 2023 NOMINEE! The wild side gets a fresh coat of black fingernail polish in director Gene Blalock’s spectacular Seize The Night (formerly titled Carpe Noctem). GB (Pasha Gerard) drives through the Hollywood night with a pocketful of drugs to sell at…
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Director Paul King Delivers An Origin Story That Is A Delightfully Sweet Treat
You only have to think back two years to remember the cheers and jeers that greeted the news that not only was a new Willy Wonka movie on the way but that it was going to be a prequel and…
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No Shark Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS 2023 NOMINEE! What the film community calls experimental cinema, we at Film Threat affectionately call “WTF!” and Cody Clarke’s feature, No Shark, is a unique kind of “WTF.” But does its “F”-ness get in the way? Chase (Jules Roscoe) is…
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The Pez Outlaw Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS 2023 NOMINEE! Truth is stranger than fiction, as they say. That is certainly the case with The Pez Outlaw, directed by Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel. The narrative takes so many absurd, implausible twists and turns that one…
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Creatures of Necessity Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS 2023 NOMINEE! You’ve been kidnapped, tied to a chair, and held for ransom. What would you do? Sit there and wait or do you assess the situation and plan your escape? Of course, escape is the answer in director…
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Bristol Fashion Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS 2023 NOMINEE! Tugboat captain Pierre Guillet makes his feature-length directorial debut with Bristol Fashion. Guillet wrote the screenplay with Timothy John Foster, from a story by Foster and star Lea Nayeli. The drama follows Christina (Nayeli), who buys a…
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DC’s Latest Animation Is The Holiday Movie We Didn’t Know We Needed
Summary Mike Roth's Merry Little Batman brings a kid-friendly and nostalgic addition to the DC animated universe that the whole family can enjoy. The film's animation style pairs perfectly with the story about a boy and his father. The most…
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It’s a Wonderful Knife Review: Bah Humbug
It’s a Wonderful Knife, directed by Tyler MacIntyre and written by Michael Kennedy, attempts to capitalize on the nostalgic resonance of Frank Capra‘s heartwarming holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Yet this attempt proves only to be a seasonal massacre…
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The Quantum Terror Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS 2023 NOMINEE! The shiny new star of cosmic horror is writer/director Christopher Cooksey’s awesome The Quantum Terror. Samantha Carroll (Kristin Cochell) is searching for her missing twin sister, Sylvia (also Cochell). Sylvia shared a house close to her college campus…
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Riverdale Meets India In Refreshing, Fun Netflix Musical That Is Far Too Long
Summary "The Archies" is an uplifting musical with great dance numbers and a refreshing twist on the classic comic strip. It seamlessly transports the world of Riverdale to India without sacrificing substance. The film balances teenage drama and a larger…
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Total Trust Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Jialing Zhang’s feature film, Total Trust, is a dystopian sci-fi tale…oops, I’m sorry. Total Trust is an actual true-life documentary about the surveillance state that the country of China has become and outlines how the government has terrorized the lives…
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The Squad Featured, Reviews Film Threat
AWARD THIS 2023 NOMINEE! The sell of Rick Walker’s action-thriller, The Squad, is easy. Three sexy, bikini-clad killers take on an entire drug cartel that threatens their popular spring break operation. That should be enough, right? But, for those needing a convincer,…
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