I have always had a soft spot for movies set in the Los Angeles area and about the city itself, a subject where filmmaker Michael Mann made very notable like in his famous shootout sequence in HEAT or in later years when his striking digital cinematography took him around the LA area by way of […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of NINJABABY from Mongrel Media
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway and this is a foreign favourite that both myself and writer Antonio Quintero both loved from SxSW Online 2021! NINJABABY is a strong movie with a strong subject, and we are happy to partner as usual with Mongrel Media who have sent along a few Apple TV codes for a […]
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB on Blu Ray – The You Go Girls of the 1990s
Starting in 1969, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB is a pact of four women out of college to all stay in touch with one another. Decades later and the pact not being followed, one of the women is a divorcee who jumps off of her penthouse to her death. Yes, that’s a very dark way to […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of ATTACK ON FINLAND from Vortex Media
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of ATTACK ON FINLAND from our partners at Vortex Media. ABOUT: After Finland’s Independence Day celebration is interrupted by a terrorist attack on the Presidential Palace and distinguished guests are taken hostage, security service officer Max Tanner tries to uncover who […]
BOOMERANG Blu Ray Review – Eddie’s Still Ahead Of His Time
The career of Eddie Murphy has been a strange one, with his immediate rise to fame in the early 80s exploding onto the scene with SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE to 48 HRS, TRADING PLACES and BEVERLY HILLS COP. The 1992 movie BOOMERANG was released after a string of critical and commercial duds and was also going […]
Baz Lhurman’s ELVIS Review – He’s All Shook Up
We’re not supposed to know everything that helped ELVIS (played by Austin Butler) become the talent that he is in Baz Luhrmann’s film. This filmmaker’s biopic examines his relationship with Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) foremost. This manager guided the young adult to become the king. In regards to his claim of killing Elvis, my […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of RUN WOMAN RUN from LevelFilm
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway and this time a great Canadian movie to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of RUN WOMAN RUN from LevelFilm. ABOUT: Beck (Dakota Ray Hebert), a single mom, lives in Six Nations, Canada where her dream of becoming a Mohawk language teacher […]
LICORICE PIZZA on Blu Ray Review – Big Dreams In The Valley
LICORICE PIZZA was one of the very best movies I saw in 2021, and it’s wonderful to see the movie find a solid and devoted audience. It’s loose, free-wheeling and one of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson’s (BOOGIE NIGHTS, MAGNOLIA, PHANTOM THREAD) finest modern movies. Watching this coming-of-age story once again, I am reminded of the […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of LEARN TO SWIM from Mongrel Media
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway to end the week! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of TIFF 2021 selection LEARN TO SWIM from our partners at Mongrel Media. ABOUT: After a tragic event, Dezi (Thomas Antony Olajide), a Toronto jazz musician, flees in an attempt to rebuild his life, only to find […]
LIGHTYEAR Review – So Much Interstellar Buzz
While part of me thinks that a Buzz Lightyear movie is somewhat unnecessary due to all of the TOY STORY movies and the spinoff straight to video, this long-awaited spinoff LIGHTYEAR is finally here, warts and all. The movie opens on an amusing title card that tells us that the movie we are about to see […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of SMALL TOWN WISCONSIN from Quiver Distribution
We have a brand new contest on Get Reel Movies and this time it’s for a movie very special to our hearts. SMALL TOWN WISCONSIN is a simple, beautiful human story that I saw back around the summer of 2020 and helped get into the Whistler Film Festival that year. I gave the movie a […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of PEACE BY CHOCOLATE from Vortex Media
A hit on its festival and theatrical release, the Canadian story PEACE BY CHOCOLATE is coming to Digital on June 14th, and our partners at Vortex Media have sent along some Apple TV codes to add into your library! Enter below! ABOUT: After the bombing of his father’s chocolate factory, a charming young Syrian refugee struggles to […]
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 4k Blu Ray Steelbook Review – Indiana Jones, As Strong As Steel
I still can’t believe it has been over 40 years since Steven Spielberg’s landmark RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK hit theatres, and with it a box office and critical sensation. It has stood the test of time as well, winning new fans every generation for its big action and adventure sequences and a commanding lead […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of THE SANCTITY OF SPACE from LevelFilm!
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway! We never stop! Enter below to win an Apple TV digital copy of THE SANCTITY OF SPACE from our partners at LevelFilm and Route 504 PR. ABOUT: Inspired by the photography of legendary explorer Brad Washburn, three friends traverse some of Alaska’s most challenging peaks. Directed by: Renan Ozturk, Freddie […]
SPIDERMAN NO WAY HOME on 4k Blu Ray – The Real Multiverse of Madness
I reviewed the much-anticipated NO WAY HOME when it came out last December, and watching it again I was still immensely entertained, even though I am one of the first to admit that I am pretty tired of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. The recent DR. STRANGE picture, which is connected to this one, was […]