Murder Mystery 2 | Film Threat
NOW ON NETFLIX! The road of excess leads to the palace of popcorn butter in director Jeremy Garelick’s sumptuous sequel Murder Mystery 2. The screenplay by series originator James Vanderbilt eschews the obvious mystery on a train angle (the first ends…
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Goin’ Up | Film Threat
A young man resorts to questionable (illegal) methods to be with his love in writer-director Alec Douglas’ short thriller, Goin’ Up. In the not-so-distant future, the Earth is overpopulated and downright dangerous. The wealthy in the world are now living in…
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The Quest For Tom Sawyer’s Gold
The Quest For Tom Sawyer’s Gold is directed by Kirk Harris. The screenplay was written by Nick Pollack, with revisions/additional material by Jerome Reygner-Kalfon and Sebastien Semon. The family-friendly adventure has also assembled quite the cast with the likes of…
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Moon Students | Film Threat
Film is a form of art, and through art, the artist conveys a message. Sometimes the message hits home; other times, it may be lost in translation. Writer-director Daniel Holland’s Moon Students has its share of messages, but are they well-received? The…
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Forest of Death | Film Threat
NOW ON VOD! Director Brendan Rudnicki has unleashed a lean, mean, frightening machine with his lethal horror movie Forest of Death. The film, written by Brendan and Kellan Rudnicki, opens on a spiffy vacation cabin in the woods, where something terrible…
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Gateway | Film Threat
Written and directed by Niall Owens, Gateway starts as a crime-based drama. Mike (Tim Creed) is a haunted man who blames himself for his sister’s death. Sadly, his woes don’t end there, as Mike owes money to some unsavory people. But he…
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Women in the Front Seat
NOW ON TUBI! Get ready to outrun the wind with director Indy Saini’s definitive female biker documentary Women in the Front Seat. Saini embarks on a cross-country trip of the U.S. on a motorcycle for her feature-length debut. The filmmaker’s father…
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East of Eden | Film Threat
100 YEARS OF WARNER BROTHERS FILM REVIEW! “In a hundred years, when you and I are both long gone, any time someone threads a frame of yours through a sprocket, you will be alive again.” So says Jean Smart’s character…
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Exemplum | Film Threat
“If only there were evil people somewhere committing evil deeds, and we could destroy them. But who is willing to destroy a piece of their own heart?” This Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote is recited twice in Paul Roland’s Exemplum. The phrase stands…
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Hungry | Film Threat
An elementary teacher discovers the importance of the civics lessons she teaches in Jillie and Thomas Simon’s short film, Hungry. Allison (Jillie Simon) ends her class with Abraham Lincoln’s famous “Government of the People, by the People, and for the People”…
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What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace
Director Ran Tal’s eye-opening documentary, What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace, is a thorough look back at the Arab/Israeli situation during Yassar Araft’s governance of the state of Palestine. The key element in this retrospective is that it is…
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Owen Wilson-Led Dramedy Is Awkward & Cringeworthy
Paint may have its heart in the right place, but it’s difficult to discern exactly what writer-director Brit McAdams intended with the film. It has something to say about the media’s treatment of someone based on their age and profitability,…
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