Karan Johar’s “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”: A Jumbled Up Love Story!
I am back with my Bollywood reviews, and this time it’s about a unique love story! Opposites attract! A Punjabi young man falls for a Bengali young woman. So, now what do the two love birds do? They have to…
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Introspectum Motel Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Introspectum Motel is a low-budget film that invokes themes of an erotic thriller, directed, co-written, and starring Marcel Dorian. The acting, dialogue, and setup are absorbing and maintained my attention for the duration of the runtime. It is about a toxic…
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God & Salsa Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Tragedy and loss have a way of rocking one’s faith not just in God but in life as well. Jess and Anayancy Thomas’ faith-based feature film, God & Salsa, addresses the difficult question of where is God in the midst…
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The Living Record of Our Memory Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Way back in the day, when Jacques Derrida was alive and pioneering postmodernism, he developed a pet theory concerning archival maintenance, mal d’archive: the fever of the archive. In English, we list this as the theory of Archival doubt. Essentially, while…
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Blue Beetle Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! We now have the first installment of the James Gunn DC-Universe in Angel Manuel Soto and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer’s Blue Beetle. Full Disclosure: I’ve never heard of the Blue Beetle until the movie was announced. I don’t know,…
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Mother, May I Review: Unique and Beautifully Delivered
Not your usual possession story as Mother, May I delivers a unique slant on the genre and is beautifully delivered with some stellar performances. Here’s our Mother May I review. When Anya starts behaving like her fiancée’s recently-deceased mother, Emmett…
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Tomorrow Featured, Reviews Film Threat
CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! The short film is an unmixed pleasure. You can watch 15-20 visions of cinema, all in the space of 2 hours. With director Jessica Liu and writer Anat Eshel’s Tomorrow, we witness a screwball comedy version…
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Mercy Falls Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Ryan Hendrick switches from the tenderness of Lost At Christmas to high tension and brutality with Mercy Falls, co-written by Meliá Grasska. The horror-thriller starts with Rhona (Lauren Lyle), Scott (James Watterson), Heather (Layla Kirk), Donnie (Joe Rising), and Andy (Eoin Sweeney)…
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Breakwater Featured, Reviews Film Threat
CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! The lines separating loyalty and rectitude from deception and culpability are blurred in writer-director James Rowe’s engaging rural thriller, Breakwater. A young and amiable ex-con named Dovey (Darren Mann) makes the mistake of dredging up the…
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Landscape with Invisible Hand Review: A Glimpse into Alien Domination and Teenage Turmoil
In the realm of speculative cinema, where the mundane blends with the extraordinary, Landscape with Invisible Hand emerges as a thought-provoking exploration of societal shifts and the complexity of young love under alien dominion. Directed by Cory Finley, this film…
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Birth / Rebirth Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! “Dignity and motherhood don’t always line up,” says the protagonist of director Laura Moss’ deeply disturbing horror-drama Birth / Rebirth, enunciating the central theme of the astonishing debut. Co-writers Moss and Brendan J. O’Brien both fiercely and delicately…
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T.I.M. Review: A Promising Premise Hindered by Shallow Execution
T.I.M., directed by Spencer Brown, presents an intriguing concept that revolves around the integration of artificial intelligence into daily life. The film delves into the implications of human-AI relationships, exploring the intricacies of dependence, emotional connection, and ethical boundaries. However,…
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