GREYHOUND, which was originally supposed to have a release to theaters this summer until a certain pandemic hit our planet, will instead make its way to Apple TV+ as an Apple Originals release. In a way this is a bit on the sad side as this WWII actioner is a big screen experience with incredible […]
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THE HIGH NOTE – Join the Twitter Party!
We at Get Reel Movies are big fans of the recently released THE HIGH NOTE starring Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kelvin Harrison Jr. Even MORE excited that on Friday night the filmmakers are hosting a Twitter Party screening of the movie. ABOUT: We’ll have participants from all over watching together at 6:30pm PST […]
4k/Blu Ray Review – TROLLS WORLD TOUR
Arriving on 4k/Blu Ray from Universal this week is TROLLS WORLD TOUR, the sequel to the hit 2016 movie TROLLS which I thought was a colorful, lively and just slightly “weird” animated feature that had a positive message about being happy and true to yourself, set to the tune of fun riffs on popular music. […]
Blu Ray Review – THE HUNT
“One of the most talked about movies that no one has seen yet”, read the advertising tagline of THE HUNT when released earlier this year. Originally scheduled for a fall 2019 release, the movie hit up some controversy due to its subject of explicit violence against political parties What was originally thought of as a […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – MAKE UP director Claire Oakley
“MAKE UP is a psychosexual coming-of-age movie infused with suspense, mystery and elements of horror. It follows Ruth, 19, who moves in with her boyfriend, Tom, on the remote caravan park where he works. It is a strange and almost deserted place on the edge of the sand dunes where the locals speak in dialect […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – TOPSIDE filmmakers Logan George and Celine Held
“Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home. After a sudden police-mandated eviction, the pair are forced to flee aboveground into a brutal winter night. Determined to return home, they fight to find shelter […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – HOLLER director Nicole Riegel
“HOLLER is a drama about a young woman named Ruth who joins a dangerous scrap metal crew one brutal winter to pay for her education and the chance of a better life. She works the scrap yards during the day and steals valuable metal from closed down factories by night and sells it to overseas […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – COOPER’S BAR director Nick Morton
“COOPER’S BAR is about a failing Hollywood actor, Cooper Marino (played by Lou Mustillo), who has built an elaborate tiki bar in his backyard where he hides out from Hollywood and harbors a fantasy of giving it all up and becoming a bar man for real. Then one night a TV executive (played by Rhea […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – A PERIOD PIECE director Shuchi Talati
“A woman has her period. She has sex. Corporeal and emotional messiness ensues and a fight erupts mid-coitus.” Director Shuchi Talati on A PERIOD PIECE which screens in the Shorts section of SxSW 2020 Film. Editor’s Note: While SxSW was officially cancelled on March 6th, 2020, the below interview was one of many that already […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – CODA director Oliver Lewin
“CODA is an interactive afterlife played with your eyes. In it, your entire life’s story flashes before your eyes, literally, as each actual blink unfolds the narrative in a tale of repressed memories self acceptance. Filmmaker Oliver Lewin on CODA which is part of the VR experience at SxSW 2020. Editor’s Note: While SxSW was […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – COUP D’ETAT MATH director Sai Selvarajan
“This film will throw you into the deep end of the pool and watch as you try and survive. The film will be a first hand experience as to what it is like to be an immigrant and the trials and tribulations you have to endure just to make it to the U.S. only to […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – UNDER THE INFLUENCE director Nicco Quiñones
“It’s a fact: the smartphone and its social media applications are addictive. As habit-forming effects surface at an alarming rate, we seem to shift our gaze. Bite-sized warning flares lift into the public sphere, but this vital discussion rarely goes beyond clickbait headlines and trendy explorations. UNDER THE INFLUENCE is a documentary series that raises […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – BLOCKS director Bridget Moloney
“BLOCKS is an existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit plastic toy blocks.” Director Bridget Moloney on BLOCKS which screens in the Shorts section of SxSW 2020! Editor’s Note: While SxSW was officially cancelled on March 6th, 2020, the below interview was one of many that already took […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – HEART TO HEART producer Chiara Ventura
“HEART TO HEART is a short comedy pilot about Liddy, played by Fern Deacon, a young girl who is in hospital being treated for heart failure. While there, she develops a crush on her nurse Kim (Siena Kelly), but is scared to make the first move…except her sick heart (voiced by David Tennant!) has something […]
SxSW 2020 Interview – Meet the team from EVERYONE TOGETHER!
“EVERYONE TOGETHER is a comedy series that brings together two dysfunctional families from different cultural backgrounds as they clash and bond over a new major family milestone each season. In the pilot, resentments and old wounds come to the forefront when siblings Lulu and Martin are forced to attend the week-long, campsite wedding of their […]
