A huge wave of euphoria hit me about halfway through Martin Scorsese’s latest picture (he gets to call his movies “pictures”, therefore so do I) in that this is a filmmaker still at the top of his game after decades and still creates his movies on his own terms. Seeing something like KILLERS OF THE […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of THE MIRACLE CLUB from LevelFilm
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of THE MIRACLE CLUB from our partners at LevelFilm! ABOUT: There’s just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes. With a little benevolent interference from their local […]
TIFF Reaction – Hey, Viktor!
In recent years, Chris Eyre’s 1998 film Smoke Signals has been the source of a thousand memes shared by Indigenous people. Among the most popular have been images of Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams) calling out “Hey, Victor!” to Victor Joseph (Adam Beach) in a distinctive rez accent. In Hey, Viktor!, actor Cody Lightning, who played the child version […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of STELLAR from LevelFilm
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of festival favourite STELLAR from LevelFilm! Canada represent! ABOUT: As a meteorite catastrophically changes the planet outside, an indigenous man and woman meet in a small bar and initiate a romantic relationship, setting off a cosmic chain of events that may […]
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER on Blu Ray – Aka Dracula On A Boat
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER is a bit of a surprise; just one section of Dracula’s “uprising” based off of a single chapter of the Bram Stoker classic. The very basic but effective premise has the crew of the Demeter ship dealing with Dracula as a stay. The movie has a solid cast but […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of IN THE FIRE from Mongrel Media
We have another amazing Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of IN THE FIRE from our always wonderful partners at Mongrel Media. ABOUT: A doctor (Amber Heard) from New York travels to a remote plantation in the 1890s to care for a disturbed boy who seems to have inexplicable […]
TIFF Reaction – QUEEN OF MY DREAMS
Continuing my TIFF reaction series, I am now taking a look at one of my favourite Canadian titles from TIFF 2023’s lineup. QUEEN OF MY DREAMS had a really strong reaction from critics and audiences at the festival this year and should be coming out in early 2024. ABOUT: In 1999, the sudden death of […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of BARBER from Vortex Media
We have yet another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of BEASTS from our partners at Vortex Media starring one of our favourites, Aiden Gillen! ABOUT: Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Starring Aiden Gillen, Aisling Kearns, Gary Lydon […]
NO HARD FEELINGS on Blu Ray – Stay For The J-Law
NO HARD FEELINGS feels somewhat rare in 2023; the romantic fish-out-of-water comedy that doesn’t have any visual effects or superheroes. It came and went quickly in cinemas and did pretty decent business, and when I saw it. Lawrence plays Maddie, a down on her luck, early 30s woman trying to make ends meet, and gets […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART ONE from Paramount
Happy Monday! We are starting off the week with a BIG new contest with our favourite, Mr. Tom Cruise! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE from our partners at Paramount Pictures Canada! ABOUT: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their […]
Contest – Win a Digital Copy of THE BEASTS from LevelFilm
Who likes Get Reel Giveaways? We do! We are keeping our contests rolling along with a new one for THE BEASTS. Enter below to win this movie courtesy of our partners at LevelFilm. ABOUT: In this edge-of-your-seat thriller, an expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers. Directed […]
TIFF Reaction – Tautuktavuk/What We See
Continuing my TIFF reactions, I came across a really strong Canadian documentary called TAUTUKTAVUK (WHAT WE SEE) which screened in the TIFF Docs section. It was a busy festival with a lot of movies seen big and small and I was really happy I got to check this one out. About: After experiencing a traumatic […]
TIFF and Fantastic Fest Reaction – SLEEP
Both myself (Jason) and my lovely writer Anna Hanks both saw SLEEP at the respective Toronto International Film Festival and Austin’s Fantastic Fest and we both had some very positive reactions! ABOUT: A marriage is tested after expectant mother Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) awakens one night to the eerie sight of her husband Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) […]
TIFF Reaction – Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
ABOUT: Quebec filmmaker Ariane Louis-Seize — whose sultry, stylish coming-of-age study Les petites vagues was named one of Canada’s Top Ten shorts in 2018 — graduates to features with this deadpan horror comedy about a young Montreal bloodsucker who can only feed on people for whom she feels sympathy. Sasha (Sara Montpetit) is a teenage vampire — […]
Fantastic Fest Reaction – THE TOXIC AVENGER
What do a big bad chemical company, an old school mop and sense of vengeance give us when they are combined? THE TOXIC AVENGER! The brisk and sprightly new film had its World Premiere as the Opening Night Film at Fantastic Fest 2023 in Austin, Texas. When making a movie based on an earlier property, […]