Steve McQueen’s Documentary Makes an Impact
What do a crowd protesting COVID lockdown, climate change, ice skating on a canal, and Nazi-occupied Amsterdam have in common? Not much, but to Steve McQueen they string together a story with Occupied City. The documentary was directed and produced…
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This Remake Barely Gets off the Ground
Remakes are nothing new in our current movie landscape though few have felt as bafflingly unnecessary and painfully unfunny as White Men Can’t Jump. Though the 1992 original starring the spectacular duo of Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes is not…
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Killing Boris Johnson | Film Threat
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! The pitfalls of self-expression through political assassination are on display in writer/director Musa Alderson-Clarke’s provocative and gritty short Killing Boris Johnson. Chas (Shadrach Agozino) is falling apart over the suicide of his mother. Suffering from seasonal…
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DC HRO Trading Cards Review: A New Way to Collect?
A huge thanks to Zavvi.com for sending us a set to review as we bring you this DC HRO Trading cards review. DC HRO cards are a brand new way to collect as physical and digital collections meet for a…
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Paul Schrader’s Loose Trilogy Ends With A Whimper
Paul Schrader's loose trilogy, comprising First Reformed, The Card Counter, and now Master Gardener, has centered lonely men coping with the sins of their past while searching for a way forward in a world that feels alien. In Master Gardener,…
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A Refreshingly Unfussy Procedural That Could Still Go Deeper [Cannes]
At its best moments, the extremely straightforward construction of Cédric Kahn’s “The Goldman Case” allows for fascinating dynamics and images to occur apparently unforced, as if by themselves, for the viewer to seize on their own. The film, which has…
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A Cringey, Disappointing Sequel Series
When fans of the To All the Boys I've Loved Before trilogy heard that there would be a spin-off series starring Lara Jean Song Covey's (Lana Condor) little sister, Kitty (Anna Cathcart), we were excited to see this scene stealer…
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An Adorable Expansion of the Film
Like most horror monsters, the Gremlins have long been a part of pop culture since their on-screen debut forty years ago. The rules of what not to do with the furry little creatures are baked into most movie buffs’ minds…
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In Passing | Film Threat
In Passing is a short drama written and directed by Hillia Aho. In it, Fedra Ramírez Olivares stars as a chef whose job is getting the best of her. But even worse is the unnamed woman’s home life. The chef…
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Zesty Malaysian Coming-Of-Age Tale Of Emancipation Intelligently Remixes Metaphors [Cannes]
The use of body horror allegories in cinema to address the physical, physiological, and mental changes brought on by puberty could hardly be called original. However, by delightfully and intelligently remixing symbols and metaphors Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu refreshes…
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Fast X Review | Flickreel
In 1998, a journalist named Ken Li wrote a Vibe article entitled Racer X, inspiring a little film called The Fast and the Furious. 25 years later, Vibe no longer exists in print form, but the franchise that Racer X…
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Jason Momoa Steals the Show in Overstuffed Installment
“No one outruns their past,” a wise man once said. But Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) also said it in F9, a movie where the guy who sang “Pimpin’ All Over the World” went to space and John Cena ziplined over…
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