Alan Ng

Pardon Our Pixie Dust

By Alan Ng | June 2018

I’m one of the Film Threat’s resident Disney fans. I went to Disney films starting as a very small child. My annual…

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I’m one of the Film Threat’s resident Disney fans. I went to Disney films starting as a very small child. My annual trip of my youth to Disneyland...

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So, I guess food docs are a bona fide genre now. I’ve seen a lot of food docs this year and it makes it that much harder for a single film to stand out...

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Geek Lounge is a web series by Chicago comedian/filmmaker Larry Ziegelman about a group of geeky friends, who meet after hours at a local Chicago bar....

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I want to save you time. If two of the following three terms appeal to you, then you need to keep reading this review: science fiction, weird, and Neil...

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Points always go to unique, original ideas and new approaches to specific genres. Bart Layton’s American Animals takes the docudrama and heavily blurs...

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I’m going to admit upfront that I’m a lot biased about the film in this review. I didn’t walk in with the bias. Films generally succeed if it...

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The work of a critic is essentially advising you, our loyal readers, whether a film is worth watching or not. You depend on us with your hard-earned cash...

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The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival has arrived! Film Threat's Alan Ng spoke with the filmmakers behind Searching, Call Her Ganda, For Izzy,...

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Class president Veronica helps her fellow student Bernie run for a seat on the school’s board of education. At the same time, they push one another out...

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At times I wonder if there are no new plots under the sun. In the case of Dan Gregor's Most Likely to Murder, the thought is more of an admission than a...

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