James Cameron’s Sequel Is Blockbuster Filmmaking At Its Biggest & Best
Over the course of 2022, a Nicole Kidman-narrated ad for AMC Theatres has evolved from a campy meme into something of a communal prayer offered at the secular chapel of the movie theater. The fragments she incants evocatively describe the…
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Lonesome | Film Threat
Writer/director Tony K. Hall’s Lonesome is a stylized rumination on dating in the time of technology. Guy (Zach McLain) is looking for love in a city that looks like Milwaukee (where the filming took place). He’s scouring online dating sites but is…
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Stuck Between Dull Hell and Demented Heaven
Home Movie Reviews 'The Devil Conspiracy' Review: Stuck Between Dull Hell and Demented Heaven Tonally uneven and dragged down by its 111-minute runtime, 'The Devil Conspiracy' wastes its potential when it takes itself too seriously. Image via Samuel Goldwyn Films While…
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Army Green Beret Nate Boyer Pens, Produces, and Stars in Underbaked Directorial Debut
Home Movie Reviews MVP Review: Army Green Beret Nate Boyer Pens & Stars In Underbaked Directorial Debut MVP lacks the adequate storytelling it needs to compel viewers to care beyond its 112-minute runtime. Nate Boyer in MVP Merging Vets and…
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Emma Thompson Steals The Show As The Wicked Miss Trunchbull
Don’t be tempted to sleep on “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.” While it’s being given a limited theatrical release in the U.S. ahead of a Netflix streaming release on Christmas Day, that in no way reflects on the quality of…
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Forest Whitaker Gives a Captivating Performance
If there is one thing you need to know about the historical drama that is Godfather of Harlem as it returns for its third season, it is that it has Forest Whitaker as famed gangster Bumpy Johnson and Giancarlo Esposito…
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Winter Cabin Fever Doesn’t Run Hot Enough
Home Movie Reviews 'Snow Falls' Review: Winter Cabin Fever Horror Flick Doesn’t Run Hot Enough Colton Tran’s feature directorial debut Snow Falls doesn’t have effective scares or complex characters, failing both as a thriller and a horror movie. Colton Tran’s…
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Detective Knight: Independence | Film Threat
Detective Knight: Independence is the final film of writer/director Edward Drake’s Detective Knight trilogy, co-written by Corey Large. It is also one of the last movies of Bruce Willis’ illustrious career. All three films have featured some common threads besides the…
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Travis Stevens’ Latest Is A Wild, If Somewhat Incoherent, Horror-Show
Marrying two of the most exciting voices in contemporary horror — writer/director Travis Stevens and star Josh Ruben (himself an accomplished director) — Shudder’s “A Wounded Fawn” is a grainy, phantasmagoric trek into the woods and into the recesses of…
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Frustrating Horror Mystery Feels Like a Messy Rough Draft
Home Movie Reviews The Friendship Game Review: Frustrating Horror Mystery Feels Like a Messy Rough Draft The film tends to bite off more than it can chew, and the end result is a colossal disappointment. The idea of “friends forever”…
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Storm Reid Tries to Find Her Mom in Exciting Techno-Mystery
With 2018’s Searching and now, its pseudo-sequel Missing, the idea of “screen life” storytelling isn't a gimmick, it’s a way of showing a side of a character’s life that could easily get lost in the margins with any other story.…
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Rushed and Undermines Its Own Message
If you go into On Sacred Ground not knowing anything, in the beginning, you might think you’re watching a documentary. The purpose of directors Josh and Rebecca Tickell is quite clear: Establish that the story you’re about to watch is…
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