Eva Longoria Delivers A Charming, Heartwarming Biopic [SXSW]

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Eva Longoria Delivers A Charming, Heartwarming Biopic [SXSW]

Flamin’ Hot is based on the life of Richard Montañez, who claims he came up with the idea for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos — the film asserts he did this by infusing the very spices and ingredients he grew up eating…

Great Performances Elevate This Haunting WWII-Era Ghost Story [SXSW]

It’s almost a cliche for a supernatural ghost film to include characters with a “haunted” past. How many times have you heard about a horror film where ghosts aren’t always literal and could be someone’s dark secrets? Thankfully, filmmaker Ted…

William Shatner Documentary Gets Deep

William Shatner has lived quite the life, and that isn’t just because he is 91-years-old. It’s because of what he’s done with his time on this Earth and how he approaches everything, big and small, with a sense of wonder.…

A Poignant, Experimental Series From Zoe Lister-Jones

At some point in our lives, everyone has succumbed to thinking about how their life would be different if they’d made some small change — married a different person, taken a different job, maybe questioned your sexuality a little bit.…

American Masters: Elsa Sjunneson | Film Threat

PBS has come out with some of the finest documentaries out there. Many of them stem from their American Masters series. The latest is American Masters: Elsa Sjunneson, directed by Cameron S. Mitchell and written by Julia Muniz. It’s a good one. Elsa…

The Pieces Of Taron Egerton’s Thriller Fail To Fit Together [SXSW]

One of the more fun challenges for any writer must be figuring out the narrowest possible scope to capture the broadest possible moment in history. Take Erik Larson’s “The Devil in the White City,” for example. The recently un-greenlit series…

Keira Knightley & Carrie Coon Carry Effective Crime Drama

Boston Strangler is not a film that bemoans the state of society that breeds serial killers. The film won’t attempt to dissect the mind of the killer who terrorized women and murdered 13 or more. No, Boston Strangler, much like…

More a Hollow Imitation Than a Feature Film

True crime, in all its forms, has held a firm grip on viewers, listeners, and readers alike for decades. But with the rise of streamers and podcasts, it’s been taken to a whole new level. Movies about serial killers in…

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: Fighting Chances Delivered

With Vadic (Amanda Plummer) and the Shrike far behind them, one might assume that Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan are finally on the path to safety in the fifth episode of Star Trek: Picard’s…

A Fascinating, Formulaic Investigative Journalism Thriller Starring Keira Knightley & Carrie Coon

From the opening moments of “Boston Strangler,” writer and director Matt Ruskin makes it clear he’s thought through exactly how he wants to depict the true crime at the heart of the film. The camera refracts a killing off the…

John Wick: Chapter 4 | Film Threat

John Wick is back in Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 4, and it’s a spectacular, unforgettable, bloody work of art. I saw this film in a room full of critics, and I’ve never heard this normally quiet group scream and groan…

A Brilliant Start Squanders Its Potential

After a stellar first season of Shadow and Bone, it's safe to say that expectations were high once the series was renewed, and I fully expected to love Season 2. Unfortunately, a promising first few episodes quickly yield to a…

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