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Jake Johnson’s Directorial Feature Debut Is Wildly Fun [SXSW]
Self Reliance, Jake Johnson’s directorial debut, is everything one might expect from the comedic actor. The film is genuinely funny, occasionally weird (in the best way), and just a tad unsettling. Johnson, who also wrote and starred in the film,…
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Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Chronicles of a Wandering Saint shares a perspective on life that resonates with everyone. Writer-director Tomas Gomez Bustillo tells his story in two parts. Within that framework, he captures a lightbulb moment about how our existence defines…
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Kiefer Sutherland Leads a Silly Espionage Thriller Series
More than any other show to come out this year, there is so much that is just plain ridiculous about Rabbit Hole. Starring Kiefer Sutherland, most known for his role in the series 24, the Paramount+ series tells an espionage…
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The Pieces Are Falling Into Place
With the sixth episode of Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season, some of the biggest questions are finally answered. However, those answers create even more questions, which seem to hint at where the back half of the series is…
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Refuge | Film Threat
This divisive discussion of race in America is alive and well. Yet, instead of fostering unity, the current discourse is hell-bent on broadening that gap. But there are still Americans who believe in healing, forgiveness, and redemption, as illustrated in…
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Netflix’s Latest Spy Series Is Simple Yet Engaging
A little over three months ago, Netflix released The Recruit, an action-thriller series starring Noah Centineo as a young employee at the CIA who gets in over his head when he's involuntarily thrust into an international conspiracy. Hitting the streamer…
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The World Is Not My Own
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Get set for a voyage through worlds unseen in directors Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell’s The World Is Not My Own. The vast documentary is about visionary folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe and features sequences where…
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SWARM Episode 1 Review | The Movie Blog
This show SWARM is a pretty raw and unfiltered kind of show. There’s a lot that happens in a little bit of time. As we’re introduced to Dre (Dominique Fishback)’’ we get to really dive into her personality. This young…
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Identity Is At Center Of Charming, Heartwarming Coming Of Age [SXSW]
Growing up is hard. Growing up with a mustache that started to grow out before hitting puberty is even harder. Add to the fact that Ilyas is a Pakistani American teen going to public school for the first time, and…
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Florence Pugh & Morgan Freeman Deal With Addition
In the opening of A Good Person, the third film written and directed by Zach Braff, we hear Morgan Freeman’s Daniel reading a quote as he looks out over his model train set and the town he’s built. The quote…
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Queendom | Film Threat
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Directed by Agniia Galdanova, Queendom gets to the point quickly. Gena Marvin is a performance artist whose provocative works put her under constant scrutiny by the Russian government. In addition, her outlandish way of dressing…
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A Terrific Florence Pugh & Morgan Freeman Aren’t Enough To Salvage Zach Braff’s Hollow Family Drama
While Zach Braff might be best known for his comedic acting roles, his filmmaking ventures, specifically the three he’s written and directed, have primarily dealt with serious family dramas and that specific genre. Of course, everyone knows his 2007 breakout…
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