The Sleep Experiment | Film Threat
According to an urban legend, in 1947, in Soviet Russia, an experiment was conducted in which five prisoners were promised freedom if they could stay awake for 30 consecutive days in a chamber. This would be administered using a gas…
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Honestly? A Little Bit Meh
Scream is back on the big screen and whilst I entered the cinema eagerly excited at a franchise that has never bored me to this date, I lasted 15 minutes before I experienced my first yawn. The hype for this…
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Woody Harrelson Leads A Predictable But Feel-Good Sports Movie
Based on the 2018 Spanish film of the same name, the American version of Champions is less powerful because it doesn’t take its cues from the real-life team that inspired the original film. Still, Champions manages to have just enough…
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Scott Z. Burns Makes His ‘Contagion’ for Climate Change
There is nothing quite as demoralizing as waking up day after day knowing that the world is sliding further and further toward climate catastrophe. This is not something that any one person alone is having to deal with; a warming…
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Adam Driver Can’t Save You From This Disaster
There is something remarkable about how completely 65 wastes all it had going for it. Taking Adam Driver, one of the best actors working today, and throwing him onto a prehistoric Earth where he has to fight dinosaurs seems like…
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Scream VI – NYC or bust
Scream VI follows the survivors of the latest Ghostface killings from the 2022 film. Sisters Samantha and Tara Carpenter and twins Chad and Mindy Meeks, leave Woodsboro behind and start a new chapter of their lives in the big apple,…
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The Lion and The Deer
The Lion and The Deer is a short film written and directed by Hasa Samudrala. Reviewing movies is tough because art is subjective, and the review is just one person’s opinion: the critic. It is even more difficult when the critic…
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Magnetic Indie Will Have You On The Edge Of Your Seat
Palm Trees and Power Lines is as well-made as it is terrifying. Jamie Dack (Horizon Diner) is in full control of her 2018 short and adapts it with an unassuming velocity that will keep one on the edge of their…
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A Successful Hat-Trick for Apple TV+
These days, it feels difficult to even conceive of a television landscape where Ted Lasso didn't exist. The little-streaming-show-that-could, hailing from Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly, and Brendan Hunt, eventually earned a W in the hearts of countless viewers…
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Ash And Bone | Film Threat
Harley Wallen has been steadily directing independent films for about a decade. Bret Miller has been writing short films for roughly that same amount of time. Now, these two have joined forces, with Wallen helming Miler’s feature-length screenwriting debut, Ash…
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Luther: The Fallen Sun Review
Luther: The Fallen Sun, directed by Jamie Payne (The Hour), is a great example of what television movies can be. Idris Elba’s (The Harder They Fall) seminal performance gets another chance to stretch its legs in this two-hour film. The…
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A Decent But Formulaic Sci-Fi Action Thriller That Delivers A Third Act Worth Waiting For
A satisfying stew of genre tropes and classic sci-fi and monster movie influences, “65” is a popcorn movie that isn’t quite the intense thrill ride it gives the impression it wants to be, although it definitely has its moments. READ…
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