Pugh & Freeman Are Excellent In Braff’s Poignant Drama

Category: Reviews

Pugh & Freeman Are Excellent In Braff’s Poignant Drama

Redemption, guilt, and grief are themes often explored in films. But they aren’t always handled effectively. A Good Person, written and directed by Zach Braff, leans into its themes and sits in them long enough so that its characters’ journeys…

Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes Rise Above a Middling Musical Rom-Com

There is nothing quite like a good musical. Seeing characters break out in song and dance, casting off whatever it is they were doing to express their deepest emotions, can be joyous. There is some of that in Hulu's Up…

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Episode 4 Review: Grogu’s Past Is Revealed

The fourth episode of The Mandalorian’s third season feels like a slight departure from the forward momentum delivered in the previous episodes, as it reverts to a tidy 30-minute misadventure that trades action for character work. Penned by Jon Favreau…

Dick Tracy | Film Threat

As a child, I’ve always known of the iconic Dick Tracy as this colorful cop with two-way wrist radios taking down over-the-top criminals like Flattop, Mumbles, and Breathless Mahoney. The character would reach his zenith with the 1990 Touchstone film Dick…

Outstanding Performances and Satisfying Story

Succession returns this weekend with the Season 4 premiere, kicking off what will be the hit HBO show's final run of episodes. The end of the series came as a shock last month, with many of the cast and crew…

Blood Daughter | Film Threat

Blood Daughter is the latest entry in writer-director Bryan Enk’s decades-long cinematic odyssey bringing Bram Stoker’s Dracula to life. The almost two-hour film goes back and forth through time, has a huge cast, deep lore, and switches from drama to…

John Wick: Chapter 4 Review

For the past three movies, it’s been John Wick against the world. The world is still very much against him in Chapter 4. However, the world is more divided this time around. Most of the assassination community is out to…

Scrambled | Film Threat

SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! It’s so hard to pull off comedy, yet Leah McKendrick comes off as a shining star writing, directing, and starring in her feature film, Scrambled. At the risk of sounding out of touch, Scrambled is…

Karen Gillan Is Relatable In Heartwarming Comedy [SXSW]

Feeling as though one has screwed most everything up in their life — with a hope of no return or redemption — permeates throughout Late Bloomers. The film’s protagonist has hit rock bottom, and she’s floundering, but director Lisa Steen…

I Got a Monster | Film Threat

As the Justice Department’s findings into the Louisiana Police Department’s discriminatory practices have recently demonstrated, there are more than a few bad apples in this country’s local law enforcement agencies. Kevin Abrams’ I Got A Monster, based on the book of…

Doctor Who Am I | Film Threat

Matthew Jacobs was a writer of Young Indiana Jones and wrote the original script for The Emperor’s New Groove, but he is known most for writing the 1996 film Doctor Who: The Movie. The film faced heavy criticism from fans and critics alike and did…

Infinite Sea (Mar Infinito) | Film Threat

Written and directed by Carlos Amaral, Infinite Sea (Mar Infinito) is a Portuguese sci-fi drama set in a dusty city no longer bustling with life. It’s eerily quiet, mostly vacant, and serves as home to a select few occupants who were left…

Prev 1 … 597 598 599 600 601 … 693 Next