Strays Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! If you’ve seen the trailer for Josh Greenbaum and Dan Perrault’s Strays, you’ll know right away that this is a very R-rated adult version of Homeward Bound. Will Ferrell voices the very cute doggie, Reggie. The little…
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Mickey Hardaway Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-Director Marcellus Cox’s Mickey Hardaway follows a young troubled graduate whose lasting trauma, personal issues, and their consequential effects cause him to face severe barriers in his efforts to make a decent living and career for himself. Yes, the story…
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Amerikatsi Featured, Reviews Film Threat
CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! At the turn of the 20th century, one of the most horrific and historically invisible acts of genocide occurred by the Turks against the Armenian people. Then, in 1947, the Soviet Union opened the occupied country…
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A Far More Exciting Path for the Series
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Episode 2 of Ahsoka. At the end of the premiere, Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) found herself on the receiving end of a pretty serious lightsaber wound. Fortunately, Ahsoka’s second episode wastes very…
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Fixer Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Fixer seems routine. In fact, writer-director Luke J. Salewski wants his drama to seem that way. From every angle, this is a short film that appears straightforward, right up until it isn’t. It has a simple premise, a simple scope, and…
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Helen Mirren Is Stuck in Stuffy Historical Drama
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.Whenever a screen performer held in high esteem with a long career…
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Winter Kills Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The sordid backstory of Winter Kills, written and directed by William Richert, and based on a novel by Richard Condon, makes for a truly fascinating story in and of itself. Two of the producers were drug dealers, one of whom was apparently…
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Rebels’ Series Is A Promising New Direction For The Force
There’s arguably been a disturbance in the Force that has disrupted its balance for years now. Some may argue the trouble goes back to 2012 when Disney bought Lucasfilm. Many may point to “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (the first “Star Wars” movie…
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More for Star Wars Diehards Than Casual Fans
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn't exist.The Mandalorian became a gateway for a lot of new and casual…
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Munch Featured, Reviews Film Threat
I scream, you scream, we all scream, but only Edvard Munch painted it in director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s fascinating biopic Munch. Based on a story by Dahlsbakken with a screenplay by Fredrik Hoyer, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Gine Cornelia Petersen, and Eivind…
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Silent as the Grave Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Dan Gremley and Brad Podowski pay homage to film noir with their neo-noir feature, Silent as the Grave…I mean, the title alone… Michael Kunicki stars as Chris Nowak, an aspiring documentarian who just debuted his first feature film to a…
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Apocalypse Clown Featured, Reviews Film Threat
With a title like Apocalypse Clown, cinephiles would be forgiven for thinking the George Kane-directed feature was about clowns being the harbingers of the end times. But no, the film, written by Kane, Shane O’Brien, Demian Fox, and James Walmsley,…
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