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The Wendigo Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Sasquatch, the Manitou, and the Wendigo have all been subjects of film, comics, and the Tourist trade. The North American answer to Europe and the UK, which mine their rich tradition with a plethora of Folk Horror such as The…

Weredeer Review: A Howling Disappointment

Weredeer promised an intriguing mix of family drama and supernatural horror with a unique twist on the werewolf mythos. However, what could have been a compelling narrative is marred by uninspired execution, lackluster performances, and a plot that seems more like…

Pivot Featured, Reviews Film Threat

A young girl struggles to find her identity in Ana Gusson and Robyn Campbell’s animated short, Pivot. On this particular morning, it’s a struggle of wills between a loving mother and her 12-year-old daughter, Ashley. At conflict is the dress…

Glen Powell Stars In Richard Linklater’s Sexy, Delightful Comedy Tailored To His Talents [Venice]

That Glen Powell is a gem of an actor is nothing new, but twenty years into his career, and after stealing the show in a bunch of films and series, we can all finally stop praying for him to get…

I Am Rage Featured, Reviews Film Threat

NOW ON VOD! Thirsty for the finest cheap thrills? Chug down an ice-cold six-pack of “Who’s the bitch now?” with the rapid-fire revenger I Am Rage, directed by David Ryan Keith. It opens in a cellar with Margret (Marta Svetek)…

King of Killers Featured, Reviews Film Threat

NOW IN THEATERS! In the action/thriller King of Killers, Kevin Grevioux brings his graphic novel to life following a family-man assassin in the fight for his and his daughter’s lives. Marcus Garan (Alain Moussi) is a former member of an…

‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Season 2 Review

When news first broke about actors Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds buying a Welsh soccer team, it was so random that it felt like a prank. Then, when FX came out with Welcome to Wrexham after the roaring success of…

What’s My Name Again? Featured, Reviews Film Threat

In Spencer Zender’s film, What’s My Name Again? We are brought back to the mid-1980s to Southern California’s beach bum hippie culture, where Bo (Ryan Winn) finds out he needs to make a life-defining choice as he turns 18. This…

Woody Allen’s Clumsy But Passable Dramedy Is More Mediocrity From His Waning Late-Stage Period [Venice]

I remember reading years ago that whenever the time comes for Woody Allen to make a new film, he opens a drawer in his desk and picks at random from the piles of scripts he has written over the years.…

An Egypt Affair Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Marlin Darrah’s An Egypt Affair has all the sense and aesthetic of a bygone adventure novel. And despite an expected overindulgence in melodrama and contrived plotting, the film is still quite amusing. However, what tilts the story from so-bad-it’s-good to…

Tülin Özen‘s Striking Performance Drives Selman Nacar’s Gripping 24-Hour Moral/Legal Drama [Venice]

You don’t need to know much about the criminal justice system to understand its broken, biased, and grim nightmare— unfair, unjust, unforgiving, a bureaucratic Kafka-esque hellscape you never want to be trapped within. Turkish filmmaker Selman Nacar (“Between Two Dawns”)…

Ghost Town Featured, Reviews Film Threat

The Western film has long been a Hollywood staple genre since the days when real cowboys would congregate at the corner of Sunset and Gower (Known as Gower Gulch) in Los Angeles to get a day’s work as an extra.…

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