It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway! Our wonderful and always supportive friends at FilmsWeLike have sent over some Digital Copy codes for Silent Friend starring the incomparable Tony Leung & more! ABOUT: At the heart of an old German university grows a majestic ginkgo tree, its lifespan measured in centuries. As the years pass, the […]
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Hadestown: The Musical Reaction – Broadcasting Joy into Cinemas
Both Paul & myself react to the new HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL which is now making its cinematic debut! About: The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, featuring the five original principals of the […]
Contest – Win a Digital Copy of Best Boy from Vortex Media
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway and we are so happy to re-launch our contests to give back to our readers! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of Best Boy from our friends at Vortex Media! ABOUT: The Canadian psychological thriller Best Boy follows three embattled adult siblings who reunite at a […]
Dastaar Reaction – Murder Those Turban Thieves!
Both Paul & myself are regular attendees of many of the Indian titles that get very small releases in Canadian cinemas. Yet this one comes with quite a bit of controversy even from its own country. Both of us had very wild reactions from our respective screenings! Read below. ABOUT: Dastaar is a 2026 Punjabi […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of OBSESSION from Universal Pictures
What, you thought we forgot about contests? Of course not! One of the big parts of our site is helping give back to our film fans, and our friends at Universal and Taro obviously agree as they sent us some digital copies of OBSESSION to give away! This is our favourite horror film of 2026 […]
Get Reel Movies Welcomes Paul Gratton!
If you have been reading our site for the last two weeks, you may have noticed that I’m not the only one writing for our little movie blog that could. As your humble editor, please join me in welcoming Paul Gratton to our site. Paul is a Toronto-based writer who has had decades of work […]
THE ODYSSEY Review – Where IS Everyone?
It’s a BIG movie day, movie buffs! The latest from Christopher Nolan, THE ODYSSEY, has hit theatres in many different viewing options. Both Paul & myself got to see the movie in our respective cities and we have our respective (and somewhat different) reactions below! Read on. About: Twenty years have passed since Odysseus left […]
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man Reaction – He Truly Was EVERYWHERE!
A hit at film festivals, I was lucky to attend a public screening of the new Peter Asher: Everywhere Man in Victoria this weekend and am happy to have a solid reaction to the movie! Read more below. About: Everywhere Man is a feature-length documentary inspired by musician, producer, and manager Peter Asher’s celebrated cabaret show A […]
PRIMAVERA Review – From Here We Go Bellisima
PRIMAVERA was a title that completely passed by me at last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival and I wish SOMEBODY would have raved about it as this passed by me for almost an entire year. The movie then played my local Victoria Film Festival where I missed it, then I was unable to attend the […]
The Invite Review – Something Wilde
It’s an…orgy? After winning raves at Sundance earlier this year and the closing night movie of the recent Seattle International Film Festival, Olivia Wilde’s THE INVITE is finally in cinemas. Both myself and our new writer Paul Gratton react to this new movie that is sure to stir up conversation. About: Directed by Olivia Wilde, […]
MOANA Review – Disney’s Gonna Disney
It’s Disney remake time! Aren’t you excited to see the same movie over again? Both Paul and myself react to the live-action remake of Disney’s MOANA, now playing in cinemas. About: In Disney’s live-action Moana (2026), teenage Moana (Catherine Lagaʻaia) voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson). […]
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Reaction – Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh, I Dare You
Both Paul & myself react to the latest comedy from director David Wain (WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER) and friends! About: In Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026), a small-town Kansas hairdresser travels to Hollywood to “even the scales” and pursue her celebrity crush, Jon Hamm, after her fiancé uses their agreed-upon hall pass […]
Minions & Monsters Review – Silent Love & Talking Pictures by James!
Have you not seen the new MINIONS & MONSTERS in cinemas? Myself and are newly added writer Paul Gratton weigh in on the new Minions title from Illumination & Universal! ABOUT: MINIONS & MONSTERS is an animated comedy set in 1920s Hollywood, where a group of Minions briefly become silent-film stars. When “talkies” ruin their […]
The Sheep Detectives Reaction – Trust The Sheep
About: The Sheep Detectives (2026) is a mystery-comedy based on the novel Three Bags Full, following a flock of sheep who investigate the murder of their beloved shepherd, George Hardy (Hugh Jackman), in a small English village. The sheep, led by the clever Lily (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), use clues gathered from the mystery novels George read […]
CAROLINA CAROLINE Review – Romancing The Con
Who doesn’t love a good movie about the Con? Both myself and our new writer Paul Gratton both loved the new release CAROLINA CAROLINE, which I was lucky to see at last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival and Paul was able to screen recently. Read below for both of our reactions, and DO find this […]