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 […]
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 […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – MAKE IT LOOK REAL
Another entry into the strong collection of documentaries at this year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival is MAKE IT LOOK REAL from filmmaker Kate Blackmore, which had a lot of buzz at the festival for the somewhat “touchy” (no pun intended) topic of intimacy co-ordinators on film and TV sets. About: Claire Warden […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – MOLA: A TIBETAN TALE OF LOVE & LOSS
It’s another look at one of the many amazing documentaries playing at this year’s South By Southwest TV & Film Festival! MOLA: A TIBETAN TALE OF LOVE & LOSS landed on Team GetReelMovies.com desk with a lot of interest! About: Kunsang Wangmo – known as “Mola” to her family – is a Tibetan nun exiled […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – NOW! MORE! YES!
Another one of the many docs that made a splash at this year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival was the true bonafide indie NOW! MORE! YES! that feels like it comes out of completely nowhere but landed on my “desk” as one of these great little ideas with a big dream behind it. […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – BOXCUTTER
Canada represent at South By Southwest TV & Film! One of the most thrilling things about covering SxSW is finding movies from my own country all the way down in Austin, Texas in the hopes I find something great to talk about back home. The Toronto-based Indie BOXCUTTER is no exception! About: Aspiring rapper Rome […]
SxSW 2025 Reaction – REELING
As part of the Narrative Feature Competition at this year’s South By Southwest Film & TV Festival, REELING has such a great premise with the movie’s opening shot also featured right here in the visual display! I was so eager to see what this one was all about. About: After a life altering accident, Ryan […]