The Devil’s Left Hand Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Produced by indie film stalwart Joseph Williamson, writer-director Harley Wallen’s The Devil’s Left Hand is a horror film treading the well-worn trail of demonic possession. But just because something’s been done before doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be mined for new…
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Prisoner’s Daughter Review: A Muddled Attempt at Emotional Connection
In Prisoner’s Daughter, director Catherine Hardwicke brings together an outstanding cast led by Brian Cox, Kate Beckinsale, and Ernie Hudson. The film revolves around a terminally ill prisoner who is granted house arrest for his final weeks to reunite with…
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Oppenheimer Review | Flickreel
We go into every Christopher Nolan movie expecting a major set piece that defines “cinema.” The truck flip in The Dark Knight and the rotating hallway in Inception come to mind. In Oppenheimer, the defining set piece is an explosion.…
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An Unintentional Cautionary Tale About The “Freedom” In Chasing Perilous Obsessions & Dreams
**Spoiler alert: There’s no way to really discuss this documentary without spoilers, at least for me, so be forewarned, and if you don’t want to be spoiled, please watch “The Deepest Breath” doc first.** Thanks in part to filmmakers Elizabeth…
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‘Sweet Magnolias’ Season 3 Review: Netflix’s Surprisingly Good Outing
Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias follows the citizens of small-town Serenity, South Carolina, as they face hardships and earn the blessings that come with living in a tight-knit community. After two seasons, the Sweet Magnolias' lives are greatly changed by their exploits…
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Mystery Series Comes to a Trippy Close
This piece 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.When Hulu's The Hardy Boys premiered back in 2020, the serialized young-adult…
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Scars Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON VOD AND DVD! The hills will never run out of eyes in the ferocious Argentine horror flick What The Waters Left Behind: Scars. The 2017 first entry, What Left Behind, was co-written and directed by Nicolás Onettia, Luciano Onetti, and…
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Unwelcome Review | The Movie Blog
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQCAgCKQ5WY[/embed]Unwelcome tells the chilling story after newly pregnant Maya and Jamie endure a terrifying home invasion in their city apartment, they move to a quaint house in Ireland which was left to Jamie by his late great aunt Maeve. While…
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Christopher Nolan’s Biopic Is A Devastating Spectacle
Editor's Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the [series/movie/etc] being covered here wouldn't exist. Christopher Nolan's films often feel like puzzles he has…
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Christopher Nolan Majestically Turns the Manhattan Project into American Myth
A film adapted from a book entitled “American Prometheus” was not going to be subtle about its inspirations. Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” offers nothing short of a mythological retelling of American history as modernism’s end. At its core is Cillian Murphy’s…
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Christopher Nolan Delivers His Most Mature Film Yet
This piece 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.Few filmmakers have had the rapid, impressive rise to success that Christopher…
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Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr Are Terrifying
This piece 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.The buzz surrounding Cobweb began in 2018 when Chris Thomas Devlin’s (2022’s…
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