Found Footage Horror Has Never Looked Like This

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Found Footage Horror Has Never Looked Like This

So you want to make a horror film. Specifically, you want to create one that makes use of the found footage framing to tell your story. How do you go about it? Well, there is no one way to do…

The Drop Review: Fowler & Konkle Deliver Good Performances In Indie Dramedy

Writer-director Sarah Adina Smith’s (Birds of Paradise) dramedy, The Drop, is a fascinating look into the genre and what audiences want. Co-written and co-starring Joshua Leonard (Fully Realized Humans), the script is wanting at times, but it has a few…

David Strathairn and Jane Levy Shine In Angus MacLachlan’s Throwback Family Dramedy

Roger Ebert once wrote, “just because something is not done anymore doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing,” when describing Norman Jewison’s irrepressible romantic comedy “Only You.” This same sentiment can be applied to Angus MacLachlan’s latest family dramedy, “A Little…

A Charming and Worthy Addition to the Rom-Com Canon

As a self-professed romantic comedy fiend, I’m wary and judgmental of most films that attempt to appeal to lovers of the genre. Some manage to strike a chord and offer something worth rewatching again and again (and again), appealing to…

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Review: The End is Near, But Future is Bright

The final season of Star Trek: Picard is truly the epitome of the old adage about saving the best for last. It’s actually quite hard to believe that this is the beginning of the end when the first six episodes…

Daughter | Film Threat

COMING TO THEATERS/VOD! Writer/director Corey Deshon’s Daughter starts on a lonely road in the wilderness as a woman (Megan Le) runs away from a man and a boy in a truck dressed in full hazmat suits. The vehicle stops, and they pursue…

Christopher Murray Casts A Grim But Beautiful Revenge Spell With A Lot On Its Mind [Sundance]

Not quite a traditional horror film, not quite a coming-of-age drama, and not quite a true supernatural fable, Christopher Murray’s “Sorcery” is a difficult film to categorize. It’s dark, grim, and angry, like a revenge horror film. There are moments…

Vicky Krieps Gives The Middle Finger To Biopic Conventions

Home Movie Reviews Corsage Review: Vicky Krieps Gives The Middle Finger To Biopic Conventions Corsage is carried by Vicky Krieps' brilliant performance and its willingness to buck genre conventions in favor of a dark and dreamy fairy tale. Vicky Krieps as…

Ashton Kutcher, Reese Witherspoon Don’t Connect

If Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers movies are the standards for our romantic comedy joys, the last few years have proven that genre writers need to desperately step up their game. As studios try their hardest to revive the rom-com…

Alison Brie Gets Vulnerable in Romance

If there is one thing that is certain in life, it’s that life is filled with uncertainty. And because of this uncertainty, it’s almost impossible not to ask yourself, “what if?” occasionally. What if I followed my heart? What if…

A Stylish, Young Black Love Story Loses The Plot [Sundance]

Brendon (Algee Smith) isn’t a bad kid. An aspiring artist living in Los Angeles, in his last month of high school, the pressures of his daily life, however, are beginning to overwhelm him. His mother, Janice (Sanaa Lathan), is not…

Twice Colonized | Film Threat

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Danish director Lin Alluna’s first documentary, Twice Colonized, presents the compelling life of Aaju Peter, an Inuk attorney for the Greenland Inuit people. She was born in 1960 in Greenland, then was whisked away to Denmark…

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