Only in Theaters Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON DVD! Director Raphael Sbarge’s documentary Only in Theaters gives us the history of Laemmle theaters while following Greg Laemmle and his family as they try to keep their historic movie palaces afloat in modern times. The rise of streaming,…
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Eliška Křenková Shatters in Period Drama
Period movies are often restrained by factuality, with directors and scriptwriters bending under the weight of history. There's also the case of movies that drastically revise history, imagining the worlds that could have been. Director Matěj Chlupáček's We Have Never…
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Kiddo Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Written and directed by Paul Taylor, Kiddo is a clever piece of filmmaking. While it appears to be a typical drama, the short quickly and craftily rubs elbows with suspense, horror, and absurd comedy. The film wields these disparate genres with competence…
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Netflix Spin-off Surpasses the Original in Every Sense
In 2018, Netflix’s Bird Box adapted the novel of the same name by Josh Malerman about a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by strange creatures who drive mad anyone who looks at them. Despite an exciting concept, the movie failed to impress…
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A Compelling, Thrilling, Frightening Horror Spinoff
Screenwriting and directing duo Álex Pastor and David Pastor face the enormous task of crafting a story that is as engaging, thrilling, and unique as Bird Box without relying on the same themes and plotting. Bird Box Barcelona suffers from…
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A Profile of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
A common refrain you’ll hear when discussing documentary filmmaking, especially those about celebrities, is where people will say that this or that film is “for the fans” with not that much appeal to a more general audience outside of that.…
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Impossible – Dead Reckoning (Part One) Featured, Reviews Film Threat
I still can’t believe Tom Cruise is 61. Impossible! And how the hell is he doing another Mission Impossible movie? How does this series seem to get more complex and dangerous over time? Strap in. It’s Mission: Impossible – Dead…
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Curiosity Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In James Sunshine’s short film, Curiosity, deep down, we all want to make a name for ourselves, impact the world in some positive way, or at minimum, be seen. Bob Clendenin plays Bob, a mailman, on a mission. Bored with…
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Midday Black Midnight Blue Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Midday Black Midnight Blue is a dramatic and visually emotional film co-directed and co-written by Samantha Soule and Daniel Talbott. It explores how a person handles grief and the shame felt from losing a loved one. Ian (Chris Stack) lives alone…
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Robert Hloz Helms a Stunning Sci-Fi Thriller
In the past few decades, humanity's understanding of medicine and computational technologies has advanced so quickly that we now wonder what might happen when we'll be able to heal any wounds and store our consciousness in machines. These questions are…
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Curse of the Reefer Beast Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON SWEARNET! Out in the woods, people seem to be dying in Curse of the Reefer Beast, directed by Dave Mullins and written by Kyle Ellsworth and Tieren Hawkins. The main character is college student Angie (Bonnie Russell), who is…
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“Outpost” (2023): A Mountain of Mayhem
Outpost: In the wake of a violent attack, a woman searches for strength in the solitude of a forest fire lookout tower job. Soon she is systematically and diabolically overwhelmed by something darker.[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzgKAy8G2vs[/embed]Close to Home for this GuyMy dad and…
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