‘The Boys’ Borrows a Surprising Twist From ‘The Last of Us’ in an Eerily Timely Episode
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Boys Season 5 Episode 4. Last week's episode of The Boys was a heavy one. Things come full circle for Hughie (Jack Quaid) when he meets Translucent's (Alex Hassell) son, Maverick…
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A Twisted Love Triangle Told in Fragments
HBO’s DTF St. Louis, created by Steven Conrad, is the kind of series that feels deliberately engineered to provoke discomfort. It’s a dark comedy wrapped in a murder mystery, structured like a puzzle box, and fueled by a trio…
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I Swear | Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Writer/director Kirk Jones’s I Swear tracks John Davidson’s life as his undiagnosed Tourette’s turns everyday moments — family, friendship, even basic public interactions — into high-stakes landmines. This is a real-life story of bravery about a guy…
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All Power-Ups, No Progression In Nintendo’s Empty Franchise Machine
If you needed another bleak reminder that we’re living in a dystopian post-story, social-media-clip-driven, instant-cut, TikTok-pilled era of filmmaking, where IP is mined and exploited at all costs, look no further than “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.” After the success…
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Reminders of Him Review | Flickreel
Reminders of Him is the latest adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel. In Regretting You, the previous film based on one of Hoover’s books, two people suddenly die in a freak car accident. This leads to an unlikely romance between…
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Richard Gadd’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ Follow-Up ‘Half Man’ Is Raw, Brutal, and Absolutely Devastating
Baby Reindeer undoubtedly took the world by storm when it first premiered on Netflix in 2024. Darkly funny, stressful, and addictive to watch, viewers experienced creator Richard Gadd's lived experience of being stalked. Now, with HBO's Half Man, Gadd's sophomore…
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Defanged Creature Feature Offers Very Little Tension Or Fun
When it comes to creature features, there are a variety of ways a filmmaker could go about unleashing a deadly monster upon their victims. Some choose to lean into a bit of tongue-in-cheek camp and let audiences laugh with their…
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A Storm of Noise, Fury, and Missed Opportunities
There’s a pulpy, irresistible premise at the heart of Thrash: a Category 5 hurricane slams into a coastal town, only to unleash a feeding frenzy of sharks drawn inland by blood-soaked floodwaters. It’s the kind of high-concept setup that practically…
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MGM+’s Mind-Bending Horror Series ‘From’ Takes a Necessary Step Back in Season 4
MGM+'s From is back with a fourth season of mind-bending horror that constantly turns in on itself, making viewers forget that they're not trapped alongside the characters. For three seasons, the minds behind the show, including creator John Griffin, showrunner…
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Maddie Ziegler & Lana Condor Can’t Save Forgettable Straight-to-Streaming Action Thriller
SXSW: “Pretty Lethal,” an occasionally fun though mostly forgettable action thriller about ballet and bloody violence, is a film that’s almost entirely defined by missed opportunities. It’s got a promising enough premise, a compelling cast who commit to the bit,…
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Amityvillenado | Film Threat
NOW ON PLEX! An ill wind is breaking over the infamous Amityville house in the punk fart movie Amityvillenado, written and directed by Paul Tucker and Jeff Van Gerwen. Two goth chicks sneak into the old Amityville house for a…
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Elle Fanning’s Dysfunctional Apple TV Miniseries Is a Must-Watch
After becoming obsessed with Big Little Lies like the rest of the world and being one of the few critics to enjoy Nine Perfect Strangers (yes, even Season 2), I've learned I should pay attention when a collaboration between Nicole…
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