Thrills in a Candy-Coated Psychotic Shell
In the camp of Misery and Hard Candy comes Emma Higgins' not-so-sugary thriller Sweetness. The music video director introduces audiences to a Gen Z Annie Wilkes, swapping out an injured actor for a drug-addict popstar. It's a suburban tale of…
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A Conceptually Compelling Sci-Fi That Takes Too Long To Make Its Point
This review was originally published on September 12, 2024, as a part of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage. In the near future, if a couple wants to have children, they can only do so after being given the green…
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How Do You Take America’s Worst Home-Grown Terrorist and Make a Movie Like This?
Of all the questions that Mike Ott’s McVeigh leaves hanging, of all the threads of conspiracy and unspoken ties to the current political and administrative actions of the USA that are awkwardly hinted at yet never truly engaged with, there’s…
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Did I Just Watch The Last Good Trauma Horror Movie?
Peter Cilella steps behind the camera for his feature directorial debut Descendent, an affecting look at hereditary illness and alien abductions. The Resolution and The Endless actor reteams with Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, and David Lawson Jr. through their production…
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Did We Get the ‘9-1-1’ Crossover We Deserve?
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Doctor Odyssey Episode 11. Doctor Odyssey picked one heck of an episode of 9-1-1 to lead into their long-awaited crossover episode. Unlike the 9-1-1: Lone Star crossover when the series were both…
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Devils Stay Review
The exorcism horror movie Devils Stay , which released in South Korea in November 2024 and is now getting a wide release in the United States, perhaps could have been a fresh new thriller but needed a few more rewrites.…
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'Yellowjackets' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: Welcome to the Yellowjackets… Hannah?
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Yellowjackets Season 3 Episode 7. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by filmibee.Publisher: Source link
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See You at the Equator
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for the Severance Season 2 finale. The end of the remarkable Season 2 of Severance is here, and the last-ditch efforts of outie Mark (Adam Scott) to save his wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman)…
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Rising Star Emma Laird Is the Fire Under This Slow-Burn Psychological Drama
Alex Buronova's narrative debut, Satisfaction, is a pretty bold swing, tackling thorny subject matter head-on, but in a voice that feels much more subdued. It's a vulnerable and tight film with a lot on its mind, but delivers its message…
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Alain Guiraudie’s Latest Exploration of Sex and Death Is an Unmissable Thriller
Foundational psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud argued that human psychology was driven by two instincts. The life instinct, Eros, fuels sex, reproduction, and pro-social behavior, while the death instinct, Thanatos, produces aggression, self-harm, and other destructive tendencies. While their foundational status is…
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An Audacious Feat of Art Just Feet From the Food Court
Artists have done some crazy things over the years. From Tracey Emin's disheveled bedroom setup to Shia LaBeouf's 'I Am Not Famous Anymore' routine, it is really fascinating to see what stimulates the artistic mind, and how the ideas they…
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Hood Witch Review
Hood Witch desperately wants to be original, and I can’t say that it always fails in that effort. Through ample dramatic zoom-ins and the occasional artsy shot (often undermined by the melodramatic, parody-esque lighting), the Saïd Belktibia-directed film is trying…
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