Punk Samurai | Film Threat
Unleashed from bondage after five long years, the rest of the planet finally has access to director Gakuryu Ishii’s Japanese cult flick Punk Samurai. Kankuro Kudo adapted the screenplay from Kou Machida’s reportedly unfilmable novel Punk Samurai Slash Back. Rogue…
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All 3 episodes of unflinching new Netflix Epic WWII Series “WAR SAILOR” reviewed!
The Netflix three-episode miniseries “War Sailor” (including subtitles) is a gut-wrenching saga of mostly Norwegian civilians thrust full force into the fire of savage battle during World War II. Though not soldiers, these remarkably courageous men and women fought with…
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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