Category: Reviews
Dianna Agron Leads Insightful, Uneven Psychological Horror
Dianna Agron Leads Insightful, Uneven Psychological Horror

There is no better time for Clock to come out. With government officials threatening and, in some cases, successfully repressing women's bodily anatomy, a horror about a woman pressured into being a mother could not be more relevant. Directed and…

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Jalmari Helander’s WWII Action Film Makes History Fun… And Incredibly Gory
Jalmari Helander’s WWII Action Film Makes History Fun… And Incredibly Gory

For wearisome reasons, the World War II cinema canon focuses mostly on the same handful of European nations — Germany, France, Italy, and England — and spares little room for others. This is a mildly annoying habit that the movies…

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‘Nora From Queens’ Season 3 Review: Awkwafina’s Sitcom Remains Hilarious
‘Nora From Queens’ Season 3 Review: Awkwafina’s Sitcom Remains Hilarious

While network sitcoms can often fall into the formulaic realm of comedy, that isn’t the case for a number of cable shows deserving of more attention and critical acclaim, like Comedy Central’s Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. With the MTV…

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It’s Like He Never Left
It’s Like He Never Left

Kevin Hart is back in the UK for his first appearance in 4 years and it’s like he never left. Here’s our Kevin Hart Reality Check tour review. The question that was on the UK audience’s lips was, could Kevin…

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Loner | Film Threat
Loner | Film Threat

An IT professional misses an opportunity of a lifetime in Ron Placone’s comedy short, Loner. Deep into the pandemic, Jordan (Ron Placone) is stuck working at home in his apartment and attending inane Vroom meetings. On this occasion, one of the…

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Alcarràs | Film Threat
Alcarràs | Film Threat

In the heating agricultural outskirts of Lleida, Catalonia, resides the Solé family, making a livelihood off sowing and harvesting a peach farm. The happy joint family, however, comes at a standoff with the landowner, the young Pinyol. Pinyol wishes to…

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Starship | Film Threat
Starship | Film Threat

In the 1960s, the dream was to take that first step on the moon one day. Sixty years later, the new dream is to one day take that first step on Mars. Director/writer Christian Debney’s short film, Starship, envisions what that…

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Necessity: A Two-Part Documentary Series
Necessity: A Two-Part Documentary Series

When I consider the issues surrounding Climate Change, I’m constantly reminded that this very broad topic of the environmental crisis we face is made up of a myriad of smaller battles to fight. One such battle takes place in Samantha…

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Ritch’s Sci-Fi Drama Is Intense, Nuanced & Thoughtful
Ritch’s Sci-Fi Drama Is Intense, Nuanced & Thoughtful

There are plenty of movies about artificial intelligence, though it’s Alex Garland’s Ex Machina that comes to mind first when watching The Artifice Girl. Written and directed by Franklin Ritch, the film is a nuanced look at AI over the…

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The Moviegoer | Film Threat
The Moviegoer | Film Threat

Indie filmmaker Ross Munro reflects on his love of movies and how it shaped the person he is today in his short film, The Moviegoer. Munro takes us on a fictionalized yet deeply personal journey of his youth. In 1972, the…

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Joshua Jackson & Lizzy Caplan Star In A Lifeless Reimagining Of An Erotic Thriller Classic
Joshua Jackson & Lizzy Caplan Star In A Lifeless Reimagining Of An Erotic Thriller Classic

Paramount has ransacked its back catalog to bring a new adaptation of its 1987 erotic thriller “Fatal Attraction“ to streaming. Since “Fatal Attraction” was released, it has become a signature movie in the erotic thriller genre and has faced detractors…

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Rebecca Ferguson Leads an Intriguing Dystopian Series
Rebecca Ferguson Leads an Intriguing Dystopian Series

For the characters of the Apple TV+ series Silo, life is defined by immense uncertainty. Adapted from the book series of the same name by Hugh Howey, it places us in a dystopian future deep underground where thousands of residents…

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