Alan Ng

Original Gangster

By Alan Ng | December 2020

What is our fascination with gangster movies? As a kid, my first introduction to the genre was Bugsy Malone, where the guilty and…

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What is our fascination with gangster movies? As a kid, my first introduction to the genre was Bugsy Malone, where the guilty and innocent were murdered...

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Before there was Kelly Clarkson, there was Sam Harris, the singer, not the famed atheist. Who is Sam Harris? In 1983, he was the grand prize winner of the...

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NEW ON HULU! In high school, I remember watching Moon Unit Zappa's performance of "Valley Girl" on Solid Gold. The song was my first exposure to this...

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NEW TO HULU! Do we need yet another reboot of the classic story The Secret Garden? If it's's done right and done better than its predecessors, then YES!...

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It's not difficult to imagine how hard it is to maintain a long-distance relationship. What happens when the distance has nothing to do with physical...

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NEW TO HULU! Agnieszka Holland's wartime thriller, Mr. Jones, opens ominously with author George Orwell (Joseph Mawle) behind his typewriter, banging out...

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As someone who loves independent film, John Marco Lopez's Paradise City is a standout. It not only attempts to put an indie spin on the New York crime...

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Overcoming the odds and coming out on top is the common theme in most sports documentaries. Mary Mazzio's A Most Beautiful Thing is one such story, but...

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The loss of a child has a way of slamming the brakes on life. When is the right time to "move on" from tragedy? That's the question posed in David J....

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How did we get here? You're reading Film Threat and, for that matter, this review because you love movies. While there have been countless documentaries...

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