The 2025 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is turning 50 this year, and as per usual I wish time travel existed so I could go back and experience many years of this event that seems to completely take over the psyche of its enormous city. I have heard so many stories about not […]
BALLERINA Review – Wick That Flamethrower
BALLERINA is somewhere in the middle of JOHN WICK Parts 3 & 4 which itself is an odd way to shoehorn a side-movie in and I went in with major trepidation (especially knowing how the terrific JOHN WICK 4 ended), and yet deep down this new action picture is a flat out B-movie that works […]
THE ACCOUNTANT 2 Reaction – Brax & Taxes
The new sequel THE ACCOUNTANT 2 was released this weekend to strong box office numbers and audience reaction. The movie premiered at March’s South By Southwest Film Festival where we saw it, though this writer did not see it under the best of circumstances! About: Christian Wolff (Affleck) is an accountant but can always fight […]
SxSW 2025 – What To Expect In A Changing Cinematic World
With all of the world affairs going on right now, part of me just wants an escape….to a major international festival where everyone is looking for that next big thing. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. South By Southwest is upon us once again this year, and I am travelling all the way […]
The Best Movies of 2024 – Go With The FLOW
2024 has been a real great year, in my eyes, for movies being made in a more classical style along with evolution in animated movies by independent filmmakers along with a better focus on indie filmmaking at film festivals. Along with finding me in downtown cinemas in my home city seeing all the new releases […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – MODERN WHORE
About: An impassioned and insightful rebuttal to the assumptions, misconceptions, and faulty representations that surround sex work and sex workers, Modern Whore may also be the most audacious and engaging movie ever made about the oldest profession. Successfully expanding on their 2020 short film and book of the same name, director Nicole Bazuin and subject and co-writer […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT
This is part of the Discovery section of TIFF, with THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT already coming soon to Hulu in the US and Disney+ in Canada. About: When a mysterious man (Willem Dafoe) approaches Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) to rent his basement for a generous sum, Blakey is drawn into a chilling reality involving […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT from FilmsWeLike!
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway, and we are thrilled to partner with FilmsWeLike for you to win a Digital Copy of the terrific documentary SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT! This movie was an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature this year and has played many film festivals over the last two years to universal […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of BOB TREVINO LIKES IT from Photon Films
Contest Time! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of BOB TREVINO LIKES IT from our partners at Photon Films! You can read my rave reaction of the movie when I saw it at last fall’s Seattle International Film Festival where I met the filmmaker, Tracie Laymon and immediately hit it off! I […]
Contest – Win a Digital Copy of CAN I GET A WITNESS? from Mongrel Media
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV digital copy of CAN I GET A WITNESS from our partners at Mongrel Media! CAN I GET A WITNESS? was a selection at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and comes from long-time Canadian auteur Ann-Marie Fleming. ABOUT: It’s the future and […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – REDUX REDUX
The Midnighters section has always been addictive to this film fan, and seeing something like REDUX REDUX always reminds me of the power of the programming at this year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival. About: In an attempt to avenge her daughter’s death, Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, killing her daughter’s murderer […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – SURVIVING EARTH
Part of the Narrative Spotlight section at this year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival — though this could also be an extension of the Global section — is the UK import SURVIVING EARTH. About: Based on a true story, SURVIVING EARTH follows Vlad, a talented harmonica player who arrived in the UK after […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – NIGHT FIGHT
A documentary that I felt was slightly overlooked was NIGHT FIGHT at this year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival and I am was very happy to seek this one out! About: It’s been seven years since I was followed by a vigilante down back roads in rural Canada. During that time, I have […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – NEW JACK FURY
In what feels like a movie that could also play at Fantastic Fest or Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, the SxSW Midnighters entry NEW JACK FURY landed on my desk with a thud! And an exclamation point! This looks like a total throwback to the worn VHS tapes that I used to grow up with! […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – CORINA
Part of the Global series at this year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival, the Mexico-import CORINA by filmmaker Urzula Barba Hopfner jumped into my spirits almost immediately with the music beat that that opens the movie! About: Corina is a young woman who, for the past 20 years, has rarely left her home […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – 40 ACRES
I sadly missed 40 ACRES both at the Toronto International Film Festival AND my local Victoria International Film Festival, so what better way to fix it by venturing all the way down to Austin and seeing it at this year’s South By Southwest Film Festival? About: After a series of plagues and wars leaves society […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – YOUR HIGHER SELF
Go Canada! As part of the Visions section of South By Southwest Film & TV, the Canadian doc YOUR HIGHER SELF was one of the few “relaxing” movies of this year’s festival, and as always I am eager to see Canadian content all the way down in Austin every year! About: By observing the sessions […]