Here we have both our Managing Editor Jason Whyte along with Austin-based Antonio Quintero review I LOVE MY DAD which was an award winner at SxSW last week. Anyone who has questioned someone that they meet online is a very normal feeling and attitude. You likely know the term “catfish” when someone dupes another into […]
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SxSW 2022 Review – The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile
Country singer Tanya Tucker has been part of the sonic landscape of America since the release of the iconic song, “Delta Dawn” in 1972, when she was just 13 years old. Since then, she’s been a fixture of radio, television and the tabloids (thanks to her very public relationship with a much older musician Glen […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – GLITTER AIN’T GOLD director Christian Nolan Jones
“GLITTER AIN’T GOLD is about a sixth grader named Jibril, who takes a trip to the local flea market with his best friend Tawanda. Their goal is to buy a fake chain in order to impress Jibril’s crush.” Director Christian Nolan Jones on GLITTER AIN’T GOLD which screens at SxSW 2022. Welcome to SxSW and […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – SOMETHING IN THE GARDEN director Marcos Sánchez
“It is the blackest night in the suburbs and everything is quiet, except for a strange presence that lurks in the dark. Something in the Garden is an animated short film about curiosity and danger, in which a bored teenager trespasses into his neighbor’s backyard to confront a strange shape shifting creature.” Director Marcos Sánchez […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION director Juliana Maité Irizarry
“If you want to make history and be part of the world premiere of the first Puerto Rican feature fiction film to be selected in SXSW, go watch our film. Olivia, who suffers from OCD, finds in David, the dealer selling her illegal pills during Christmas Eve, an unexpected connection and the beginning of a […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – PEANUT director Mayra Estrada
“PEANUT is a stop-motion, comedic-horror short film. The film follows an accountant, Tim, who becomes overwhelmed with his workload and responsibility as the accountant firm’s only employee. As Tim works quickly to get all his work done, Tim’s desk begins to move by itself. Despite having lots of work, Tim seeks distraction, so he searches […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of NIGHTRIDE from Vortex Media!
Our Get Reel Giveaways for March never stop! Our partners at Vortex Media and Route 504 PR have sent us some Digital Copy codes for NIGHTRIDE and we want to get one into your Apple Library! Enter below! ABOUT: A small-time dealer tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE director Tim Mackenzie-Smith
“Cymande are unsung heroes of music, all of whom moved to the UK from the Caribbean as kids and were confronted with a society that didn’t want them. Music was their salvation but still they were denied the platform their talents warranted. Despite success in the US, the UK, their home, ignored them. The band […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of NATIONAL CHAMPIONS from Elevation Pictures!
March Madness contests continue at Get Reel Movies! Enter below to win a Digital Copy of NATIONAL CHAMPIONS from our friends at Elevation Pictures! ABOUT: To change the game, you have to risk everything. Stephan James, J.K. Simmons, and Uzo Aduba star. Three days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James […]
THE BATMAN Review – A Return To Darkness
Even with so many varying BATMAN adaptations over the last 50+ years, from Adam West and Burt Ward in tights with hit sounds being displayed on screen in text to a loud, garish adaptation from Zack Snyder in more modern times…and so many in-between, Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN is something of a miracle. It not […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of TIN CAN from LevelFilm!
Our contests keep rolling right along for March, and we have a few Digital Copy links for TIN CAN from LevelFilm! As always, read our contest instructions and enter via the form below! ABOUT: As the world faces a deadly plague, a front-lines parasitologist is imprisoned in a life-suspension chamber. To escape she must destroy […]
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES on Blu Ray – Katie Mitchell’s Cry for Physical Media
By far the best animated movie to come out in 2021, THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES is delightfully bonkers, high energy and the type of animated feature that adults will enjoy on every level that kids will also love. Our writer Dustin Buursma wrote about THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES last year, and it took […]
Studio 666 Review – It’s All In The Gore & Grohl
I don’t really know if there was a big demand for a movie featuring The Foo Fighters that is part music and part a gory slasher fest, but here we are with STUDIO 666, a horror comedy that somewhat confused me at the start as it starts with a SCREAM-like horror stinger to get the […]
Contest: Win Run of Engagement Passes to see THE CURSED from Elevation Pictures!
We have another contest for you this weekend and it’s to help you get back to movie theatres again! Enter at the email below to win (and please read instructions)! ABOUT: In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a much […]
Contest: Win Digital Copies of INDEMNITY & CATCH THE FAIR ONE!
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway and we have two new releases from our partners at Mongrel Media up for grabs! Enter below to win copies of new releases INDEMITY and CATCH THE FAIR ONE, which are coming out on Friday. Note that for this contest we are doing these individually rather than as a package, […]