Spectacular Splash Page Sequel Delivers With Deeper Emotion & Next-Level Comic Book Visuals
All right, let’s do this one more time: (cue propulsive, impossibly cool hip-hop beat): in 2018, despite an oversaturation of ‘Spider-Man’ movies, and just two years after Marvel introduced yet another actor as the character in live-action (just two years…
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Black Notebooks: Ronit (Cahiers Noirs)
Black Notebooks: Ronit (Cahiers Noirs) is an intimate documentary, from filmmaker Shlomi Elkabetz, that serves as a love letter to family and filmmaking. The movie follows the experience of the director’s sister, acclaimed actor Ronit, as she navigates life during the…
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Lethalogica | Film Threat
In Luke Tanner and Haley Leary’s horror short, Lethalogica, the writers-directors play a happy couple, Guy and Marjorie, cleaning up the table after dinner. The typical evening comes to an immediate halt when Majorie declares that her breath still smells like…
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Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Review: A Spectacular Sequel
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with…
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Summer With The Guys | Film Threat
As a kid, The Little Rascals was my go-to shorts on television. In almost every episode, the titular group needed to accomplish something. Be it putting on a show, getting the girl, or earning some cash, they used their child-like resources to…
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Gringa | Film Threat
NOW ON VOD! Soak up the sun, crack open a cold one, and sidle up to the engaging dysfunctional family drama Gringa, directed by Marny Eng and E.J. Foerster. Written by Patrick Hasburgh, the film is about Marge (Jess Gabor), an…
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The Light Keeps Me | Film Threat
The Light Keeps Me, directed by David Orantes and written by Nora Alameddin, has a three-minute runtime, and yet, there is so much emotion and craft on display. The film begins with six-year-old Yosselin (Allyson Juliette) sitting on the living…
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The Boogeyman Review: Don’t Forget Your Night-light
From the mind of best-selling author Stephen King comes “The Boogeyman.” High school student Sadie Harper and her younger sister Sawyer are reeling from the recent death of their mother and aren’t getting much support from their father, Will, a…
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review
Every once in a while, an animated film comes along that propels the medium to a new frontier. Snow White, Toy Story, and Spirited Away are a few titles that come to mind. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is another example…
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Song Kang-ho Stars in Inconsistent Satire
The concept of a movie within a movie is hardly new. From Tropic Thunder to the Scream franchise, and even miniseries like Irma Vep, we're operating on well-trodden ground. Films of this sort are more about the act of filmmaking,…
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review
When Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse released in 2018, it was clear Sony Pictures Animation had something special and with the sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sony solidifies the series as one of the best film franchises of all time. Joaquim…
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White Men Can’t Jump Review: A Painfully Dull Remake Devoid Of Soul
White Men Can’t Jump, directed by Calmatic, attempts to revive the cult classic from the ’90s but falls drastically short of capturing the essence that made the original film so memorable. With disappointing performances, flat cinematography, and a distinct lack…
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