It’s a new Sam Raimi film! Always an exciting time around the office. No pun intended. About: Send Help (2026) is a dark, psychological survival thriller directed by Sam Raimi, featuring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien as co-workers stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. Forced to overcome past workplace grievances and power struggles, the […]
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RETURN TO SILENT HILL reaction – I Returned So You Don’t Have To
I will admit that when I think of movies from twenty years ago that needed a sequel or a revisit, SILENT HILL was definitely not anywhere on my list. I mean, I don’t really have a list at all so I am making a bad joke here, but sitting down to watch RETURN TO SILENT […]
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE Reaction – Zombies Go To 11
A dramatically superior follow-up to the VERY entry in the series, 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE arrives in a time of year that feels like a dumping ground for wide release movies, but I was legit shocked to see a “sequel” of sorts beautifully build a world with two major connecting character points and […]
PRIMATE Review – CHIMPOCALYPSE NOW!
Back at last fall’s Fantastic Fest, I had the opportunity to see Primate at the 2025 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. It was the opening festival film. During the Q&A, director Johannes Roberts apologized for making RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY. It raises my suspicions that studio shenanigans must have happened in the making of […]
Get Reel Movies Podcast #29 – Train Dreams
In this episode, Daniel and Mason dive into the recently released TRAIN DREAMS, a film that offers a deep character study of Robert Granger, portrayed by Joel Edgerton. They discuss the film’s artistic nuances, its setting during a time of immense change in America, and its potential Oscar buzz. Films discussed during this episode: Train […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – BLKNEWS: Terms & Conditions
As part of the Wavelengths section of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the doc BLKNEWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS is one of the should-be-talked-about-more part of the festival. ABOUT: Celebrated artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph revisits and expands upon his eponymous two-channel “fugitive newscast” installation that was showcased at the 2019 Venice Biennale among other […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2025 – It’s Time To Celebrate “TIFFTY”!
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 […]
Victoria Film Festival Reaction – NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE – Go Canadian Animation!
I am doing a few quick writeups of titles that are playing in my local Victoria Film Festival and the 2025 edition has bean absolutely wonderful and even quite a bit of a surprise for this film fan! While I tend to attend more major film festivals like TIFF and SxSW, VFF snuck up on […]
I’M STILL HERE Reaction – Eunice Paiva’s Unforgettable Journey
I feel like my movie coverage as of late has been for movies championing work that SHOULD win the Oscar this year. From the wonder of FLOW possibly winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar and the documentary SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT (a review of this is coming shortly to the site) hoping to take […]
DOG MAN Review – Animal Behavioural Delights
For the last few months all I have been talking about is FLOW, the little cat movie from Latvia that could. While I will still promote that movie to anyone who will listen, the big reason is that the animated feature is one of the most powerful art forms we have in cinema right now […]
ONE OF THEM DAYS Reaction – Let’s Go Back
I feel like movies like ONE OF THEM DAYS were made far more in the 1990s and 2000s, when it was a more simple time for comedies aimed at adults and would play in more screens in cinemas. It feels almost refreshing in a way to see a movie like this in which two best […]
BETTER MAN Review – Second Chances
If you have been following the movie BETTER MAN, chances are you know by now that the movie is a music biography on the life of Robbie Williams where his entire performance is a computer generated monkey. Or chimpanzee. Or ape. Or whatever you want to call it. This factoid did tend to slip past […]