Frustrating Horror Mystery Feels Like a Messy Rough Draft
Home Movie Reviews The Friendship Game Review: Frustrating Horror Mystery Feels Like a Messy Rough Draft The film tends to bite off more than it can chew, and the end result is a colossal disappointment. The idea of “friends forever”…
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Storm Reid Tries to Find Her Mom in Exciting Techno-Mystery
With 2018’s Searching and now, its pseudo-sequel Missing, the idea of “screen life” storytelling isn't a gimmick, it’s a way of showing a side of a character’s life that could easily get lost in the margins with any other story.…
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Rushed and Undermines Its Own Message
If you go into On Sacred Ground not knowing anything, in the beginning, you might think you’re watching a documentary. The purpose of directors Josh and Rebecca Tickell is quite clear: Establish that the story you’re about to watch is…
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A Hollow Proclamation From Will Smith And Director Antoine Fuqua
“I didn’t want to make a slavery film about vengeance,” Will Smith told GQ in 2021 to explain his much-lamented decision to turn down the title role in “Django Unchained.” “This was one that was about love,” he continued to…
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Triggered | Film Threat
Teachers deserve a great deal of credit, but their work is always left unappreciated. Their job goes far beyond the hour-long class period each day. Film Threat Award This! Winner Hisonni Mustafa tells the story of one such teacher on the front line…
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This Party Is a Bust
I feel like it's the universal language of a party movie to have the audience want to be at the party or at least feel like they're at the party. We've had those nights with friends where we have a…
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Review
Home Movie Reviews Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Review - A Fitting, Ambitious Tribute To An Icon Though messy at times, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is an impactful examination of grief aided by excellent character work and exhilarating action. Few blockbusters have…
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Lee Jung-Jae’s Directorial Debut Gets Lost In Its Own Maze
A propulsive, albeit complicated, narrative plays out across Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut “Hunt.” Cashing in on the capital that “Squid Game” and a recent Emmy win got him, Jung-jae marries the spy and action genres in a film that he…
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Gillian Jacobs Stars in Flawed Experiment
The Seven Faces of Jane is the kind of film that has to start out with an explanation. Before the film begins, we are told that this film is a blind collaboration between multiple filmmakers, an exquisite corpse structure where…
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Anna Konkle Drops a Baby in Clever Cringe Comedy
Have you ever done something at a party or a wedding and then had a “did that just happen” moment? Then everyone does their best to carry on like nothing happened, but it’s actually impossible to move on in normal…
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On Sacred Ground | Film Threat
On Sacred Ground dramatizes the corruption and protests surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL, occasionally referred to as the Bakken Pipeline). Directors Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell, who co-wrote the film with star William Mapother, wish to convey the struggles…
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‘Return To Seoul’ Review: A Delicate, Penetrating Character Study
Davy Chou’s “Return to Seoul” is a fast one for the books, a film that (contrary to so much of contemporary cinema) delivers exponentially more than it promises. It begins as a modest, observational slice-of-life drama and slowly transforms into…
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