The story of JUST MERCY, directed and co-written by Destin Daniel Cretton (SHORT TERM 12), begins in a forest. A logger looks up at a patch of sky, obscured moments ago by the tree he just fell. This becomes a significant memory. The way the branches are described as dancers in the wind. It’s the […]
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Facebook Contest: Win SUPERNOVA on Apple TV from Mongrel Media!
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway over on our Facebook page! Our media partners at Mongrel Media have sent over a few links for SUPERNOVA which will begin streaming on Apple TV on February 16th. ABOUT: Sam (Academy Award winner Colin Firth) and Tusker (Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci) are traveling across England in their old […]
JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH Review – Fred Turner is Revolutionary
A movie I have been waiting to see for quite a long time (I remember seeing a trailer for this last summer when TENET made its theatrical release), JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH finally arrives in release at a very important time in our bizarre, always-changing world. With so many people all over the world […]
BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR – It’s Time For A Holiday!
I can’t believe that it has been almost a decade since BRIDESMAIDS was released into theatres. A combination of both FREAKS & GEEKS creator Paul Feig’s comedic styling along with Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo’s wickedly funny screenplay, I still remember laughing loud and long throughout the picture and revisiting it several times over the […]
THE LITTLE THINGS Review – Denzel + Rami + Jared = Oh My!
Starring three big-time Oscar winners all with very different personalities, THE LITTLE THINGS is a rare serial killer drama/thriller that I feel like we rarely see from the studio system anymore, though these types of movies mostly starred Denzel Washington in some form; immediate thoughts of THE BONE COLLECTOR and FRAILTY come to mind. There […]
Review – Wolfwalkers – Taking Animation To The Next Level
WOLFWALKERS came as a very nice surprise, and a movie that I not only watched a second time, but would highly recommend. I was left so interested in the film, I learned that it’s the final entry of a trilogy grown from Celtic folklore (the previous two being the highly acclaimed SONG OF THE SEA […]
TENET 4k HDR Disc Review – Home Video to The Next Level
There is a LOT many people have said about Christopher Nolan’s time-bending action adventure TENET which, like seemingly every movie right now in online discourse, has come with much derision over its reaction. Which is getting so common now that I pretty much just tell anyone to see every movie you want to see and […]
Review – SOUL or…how Joel Gardner Got His Groove Back
It’s always a treat when a new Disney-Pixar movie gets released and I am a fan of these movies as much as the next person, but the wait to see the latest title SOUL was a VERY long one, after being repeatedly delayed thanks to the pandemic, Disney decided to release the movie on their […]
Wonder Woman 1984 – A Sequel You Can Finally See!
The first WONDER WOMAN came out in summer of 2017 and only took until a recent viewing to really appreciate the picture. I quickly noticed that you could either be a devout comic book fan and appreciate it one way, but the casual viewer could also just go and enjoy it with a big bag […]
Train To Busan Presents Peninsula – 4k Blu Ray Review
Any fans of the original TRAIN TO BUSAN, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime if you haven’t seen it yet, will immediately be sold on the sequel PENINSULA (also including a TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS title beforehand), which is in the world of the same zombie apocalypse taking place as the first movie but […]
Whistler Film Festival Day 4: It’s a BTS NYC Americana
The online edition of Whistler Film Festival keeps rolling on, and it’s right about this time that the fact I’m not walking through the village, moderating Q&A screenings, grabbing a poutine at Zog’s and running into filmmakers and movie buffs is really starting to hit me now. That said, I am still happy I am […]
Whistler Film Festival Day 3: Marinas and Maritimes
It’s Day 3 of #WFF20. What have you seen so far? What are you excited to see the most? These questions are almost at the heart of daily film festival life and something I am asked by other filmgoers on a daily basis, and as I’m sitting in my house writing this to you, sipping […]
Whistler Film Festival Day 2: Stray and Shorts In Danger
Day 2 of the virtual #WFF20 is upon us. Normally this is the day that I would wake up in my hotel room after the opening night party, fully exhausted after covering the opening night gala and party, fully ready to brew an entire pot of coffee and continue live-blogging. Alas, I am sitting at […]
Whistler Film Festival Day 1: Virtual Starter & Sugar Daddies
I love everything about film festivals. Having written about them for nearly 20 years now, it’s not only a personal passion but I also enjoy spreading the word of the movies I see to an audience. Getting to see movies throughout a select amount of days, meeting the filmmakers, talking movies and shop with fellow […]
Apple TV Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield
The latest movie by IN THE LOOP slash VEEP slash THE DEATH OF STALIN filmmaker Armando Iannucci, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD is a very light-hearted and modern take on the old Charles Dickens classic, this time focusing on the early years of the title character, here played by Dev Patel as we experience […]