It’s another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of festival favourite MEMORY starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard from our partners at Mongrel Media! ABOUT: Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) follows her […]
ARGYLLE Reaction – Keep The Cat In The Bag
With the recent Apple+/theatrical release ARGYLLE, I am somewhat baffled by Matthew Vaughan’s recent actioner. This new movie does not look or have the feeling of The Official Pitch: Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World franchise) is Elly Conway, the reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night […]
Contest: Win a MEAN GIRLS (2024) Prize Pack including Digital Copy from Paramount Home Entertainment
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway and a big one for your Tuesday! Enter to win a Prize Pack including an Apple TV Digital Copy code of the 2024 edition of MEAN GIRLS from our partners at Paramount Home Entertainment! ABOUT: From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of FLOAT from Elevation Pictures
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter to win a Digital Copy code for the latest release FLOAT from our supportive partners at Elevation Pictures. ABOUT: A city girl rejected by her parents makes an impulsive decision to fly to Tofino to spend the summer with her estranged aunt. A true fish out of water, she […]
Introducing The Get Reel Movies Podcast! Episode 1: Robert Billott discusses DARK WATERS
Get Reel Movies has a new podcast! Because what the world needs is another podcast, right? Welcome to the newest film podcast, Get Reel Movies, hosted by Daniel Chadwick-Shubat. Each episode we’ll be interviewing someone who’s story has been featured in a film based on a true story. Episodes will come out every fortnight as […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of Oscar Nominated ANATOMY OF A FALL from Elevation Pictures
Happy February, Get Reel Movies readers! We have a fresh contest up for the Oscar nominated ANATOMY OF A FALL from our partners at Elevation Pictures. We will select one winner to receive an Apple TV Digital Copy of the movie. ABOUT: For the past year, Sandra (Sandra Hüller), her husband Samuel (Samuel Theis), and […]
Mean Girls (2024) Review: Is It Still Fetch?
I always felt like I was not the target audience for the Lindsay Lohan starring MEAN GIRLS, but I went on opening day in 2004 and remember laughing out loud constantly and was especially impressed in just how the Mark Waters-directed and Tina Fey written comedy really showcased teenager issues well at the time. Far […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of HELLHOUND from Mongrel Media
Happy New Year from Team GRM! Enter below to win a Digital Copy of HELLHOUND from our partners at Mongrel Media! ABOUT: In the heart of Bangkok, a seasoned hitman on the cusp of retirement finds himself pulled back into the deadly world he’s yearning to leave behind. Reluctantly accepting a final assignment, he believes […]
My Five Animated Films of 2023
Presented here are my top five favourite animated films of 2023, and they’re listed from best to least. These mini-reviews encapsulate why I think they work. Not only do they represent the best in narrative design but also they are worth seeing time and time again. SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER VERSE This sequel ups the […]
TITANIC on 4k Blu Ray – A Visually Spectacular Disaster
It was the ship that many claimed could never sink. But it did. You all know the story. One of the most legendary stories in history happened in 1912 when a passenger ship sent out from England to New York City. 2200 people were on board and there were many aspects to the boat, from […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of IMMEDIATE FAMILY from Mongrel Media
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway and we have a truly awesome movie for music lovers! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of IMMEDIATE FAMILY from our always amazing partners at Mongrel Media. ABOUT: IMMEDIATE FAMILY tracks the rise and collaborations of a group of legendary session musicians Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ […]
STAR TREK: THE PICARD LEGACY – Now That’s A Gift!
As a life-long fan of STAR TREK, one of the many powerful aspects of the series is how it has grown and evolved over the years and remained such a solid form of entertainment dating all the way back to the 1960s with the Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) era and especially the movie […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of THE PORTRAIT from Mongrel Media
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy code for THE PORTRAIT from our always supportive partners at Mongrel Media! ABOUT: After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was; but when it starts […]
Between CANDY CANE LANE and DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, My Money is on the Latter.
Eddie Murphy’s family friendly films should be a sub-genre in itself. Not only are they thematically similar, but also sometimes offer some payoff that viewers can part with. However, his best movies are those when he’s allowed to be raunchy and off the wall, like DOLEMITE IS MY NAME (2019). But when he has to […]
Whistler Film Festival 2023 – Back To The Cool
It feels good to be back at the world’s coolest film festival. 2023 has been a real return to form for this long time film-festival lover. Attending both SxSW and TIFF this year has fully restored the faith that movies are still amazing not only on the big screen but in a like-minded culture of […]