Red, White & Royal Blue Review: A Roller Coaster of Love and Politics
Matthew Lopez’s Red, White & Royal Blue is a film that ambitiously intertwines a blossoming romance with the complexities of politics, royal decorum, and the ever-evolving landscape of personal identity. With a stellar cast and a premise that mingles the…
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A Box Marked Freedom Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Box Brown: A Box Marked Freedom, directed by Rob Underhill and written by Underhill, Allen Gies, and Mike Wiley, is based on Wiley’s one-man show, One Noble Journey. In turn, Wiley’s play is based on the true life of Henry “Box”…
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Gal Gadot’s Dull, Disposable Netflix Actioner Has No Heart, Soul Or Identity
The easy-to-apply criticism of Netflix is that they make big-budget films with massive global stars— “Red Notice” with Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Dwayne Johnson, “The Gray Man” with Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling—the streaming service touts the first weekend…
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The Watcher Featured, Reviews Film Threat
In Nathan Sellers’ short film, The Watcher, Danielle (Sandrine Morin) is the last member of The Children of Enoch. The last member because she was the one to oversee all of the cult’s members in ushering their way to heaven…
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In Too Deep Featured, Reviews Film Threat
HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! With the advancements in technology…particularly AI. We’re just starting to explore the possibilities. In Chris Overton and James Spillman’s short film, In Too Deep, they wonder whether or not we should use technology just because…
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Everything Will Be Fine in the End Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Director-writer Joe Bartone drags the audience forcibly through his unique vision of L.A. as hell in Everything Will Be Fine in the End. A young woman named George (Elsa Kennedy) and her aimless hang-out buddies Kai (Steven Michael Martin) and…
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George Featured, Reviews Film Threat
HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Writer-director Gregg Chilingirian’s short film, George, tells a sweet love story and then promptly hits you over the head like a brick. Chilingirian plays the titular George, who narrates his life story accompanied by what looks…
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Psychosis Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Psychosis is the feature-length debut of writer-director Pirie Martin. The horror thriller begins with Cliff Van Aarle (Derryn Amoroso) on his latest assignment. This fixer listens as two would-be drug dealers confusingly detail how and why dead bodies wound up…
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Littledean Jail Review: Grotesque Yet Fascinating
Known as one of the sickest and most controversial museums in the United Kingdom this dark tourist attraction in Gloucestershire is grotesque yet eerily fascinating. Here’s our Littledean Jail review. Littledean, A beautiful village in Gloucestershire which I’m sure complains…
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Underdog Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Tommy Hyde’s heartwarming documentary Underdog traces the life of an aging Vermont dairy farmer. If that brief logline doesn’t scream “invigorating experience,” Hyde’s subtlety as a filmmaker, along with the fabulous, eccentric central figure — Doug Butler —…
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The Woman Under The Stage Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Directed by Ezekiel Decker, who co-wrote the script with Logan Rinaldi, The Woman Under the Stage is a psychological horror film that takes us to the theater, where worlds are imagined and acted out on stage in front of a live audience.…
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Every Day After Featured, Reviews Film Threat
HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Elisa Gambino and Neal Broffman’s inspiring short film, Every Day After, reminds us that love has feet and must take action. This often comes at a great personal sacrifice. Every Day After takes us to a tiny…
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