Secret Invasion Premiere Initially Stumbles Before Feeling Like A Winter Soldier Successor
Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion is the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s next event series on Disney+. The new series adapts a Marvel Comics storyline of the same name onto the existing MCU. With trailers that looked like a spy-thriller with comic book…
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Jennifer Lawrence Is a Comedy Powerhouse
Jennifer Lawrence is funny. I don't think that's too hard to argue. After her breakout roles in Winter's Bone and The Hunger Games, she became the talk of the town with her Oscar-winning role in Silver Linings Playbook. Lawrence won…
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Jennifer Lawrence’s Raunchy, Cringey Comedy Wastes A Talented Cast
After her return to the world of character-driven indie cinema last year with the drama “Causeway,” which she also produced, it seemed Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence had found her way back to the kind of grounded cinema on which she cut…
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Still Human Featured, Reviews Film Threat
How do you solve the problem of poverty in the world? The problem with many documentaries on this subject is that they offer a simple solution or a generalized criticism of some -ism, like capitalism. Writer-director David Albert Habif’s documentary, Still…
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Microaggressions (Season 2) Featured, Reviews Film Threat
As we head out of the aftermath of the pandemic, the way we relate to one another on the job has changed drastically. Writer-director Brian Padian explores these changes in the second season of Microaggressions. The series spotlights various managers and…
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Blood For Dust Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Directed by Rod Blackhurst and written by David Ebeltoft (from a story by both of them), Blood For Dust follows down-on-his-luck salesman Cliff (Scoot McNairy). He wants to provide for his wife, Amy (Nora Zehetner), and family, but sales have…
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R Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Director-writer Holden Pollak’s R is an ultra-low-budget independent about making a B film in the late 1960s. The drama follows the efforts of a director named Gordon Flemyng (Brad Pollak) and his screenwriter friend Robert Sabaroff (Mark Baker) to make a heist…
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Called To Duty Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Screenwriter Bobby Hammel and director Ashley L. Gibson’s military drama, Called To Duty, is intended to be a tribute to the brave men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces. It’s also a searing look at the sexism that exists…
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Jess Plus None Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The opening scene to writer-director Mandy Fabian’s debut, Jess Plus None, will undoubtedly capture your attention. It provides valuable insight into the titular Jess (Abby Miller), a heartbroken 30-something desperate to love and be loved, yet she’s confused between sex and…
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A Moving, Gentle Drama About Healing In The Wake Of Tragedy
School shootings continue to happen. It’s tragic, heartbreaking, and it often feels rather hopeless watching as things unfold, and the cycle of violence repeats. Far from being a film that capitalizes on the shock value of such a devastating event,…
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Letitia Wright & Michael K. Williams Carry Western Thriller
From the moment the cinematic titan that was Michael K. Williams comes onto the screen in the perpetually grim yet frequently gorgeous revisionist Western that is Surrounded, it is as if the whole world fades away for us to get…
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Elemental Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Pixar is back with its first original story to hit theaters in a long time. Director Peter Sohn and writers John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, and Brenda Hsueh’s Elemental wonders if the flames of love’s passion can exist between water…
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