One of the biggest theatrical hits of 2022 so far, THE BATMAN did get mixed reviews on its release. Seeing it again, I can kind of see some of the comments about the picture and its differences between other variations of all of the BATMAN movies. Matt Reeves’ take on the material is more dark […]
LUCK Review – Apple+ Animation at its Best
Ever wonder where luck comes from? That’s the tagline of LUCK (Peggy Holmes), a computer animated film, and the latest Apple TV+ original with Skydance animation. LUCK was released to the streaming platform on August 5th, and for a “lucky” few, select theatres around the US. LUCK is a world where coincidental fortune, both the […]
BULLET TRAIN Mini Review – This Train Won’t Stop
Bullet Train is the type of movie I like, a film that takes place on a single night. I love that feeling that you can feel the character’s desperation of getting out of their situation before dawn breaks. A good film with a plethora of characters with different stories that all have led them to […]
PREY Review – Predator Redux
PREY (Dan Trachtenberg) is the newest addition to the PREDATOR franchise. PREY is a prequel set around 300 years prior to the first entry, PREDATOR (John McTiernan), notably featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger in a role now played by Amber Midthunder. The films are also set in the same fictional universe as the ALIEN (Ridley Scott, James […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of THE ROYAL from Vortex Media
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway. Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of THE ROYAL from our partners at Vortex Media and Route 504 PR. ABOUT: The promising career of former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens quickly turned disastrous because of drug addiction. Directed by: Marcel SarmientoWritten by: Gregory W. JordanStarring: […]
THE MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU Review – Expanding Horizons
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU is the perfect prequel to the DESPICABLE ME movies. Here, the Minions are the star again, and it picks up from where the last film left off, where they say sayonara to one supervillain for another. They’re trying to prove to their new mini boss, Felonius Gru (Steve Carell) they […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of ALL MY PUNY SORROWS from Mongrel Media
It’s yet another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of TIFF 2021 selection ALL MY PUNY SORROWS starring Sarah Gadon and Alison Pill. Directed by Michael McGowan (ONE WEEK, STILL MINE). ABOUT: Based on the international best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, ALL MY PUNY SORROWS unexpectedly infuses wry humour […]
THOR LOVE & THUNDER Review – This MCU is the Ultimate Trip
I can’t really think of any other way to see it but as I was watching the new Marvel Cinematic Universe joint, THOR LOVE & THUNDER, I kept thinking to myself that this is the stoner movie of 2022. I don’t partake in mind-altering substances, but Taika Waititi’s latest foray into the franchise has a […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of SLASH/BACK from Mongrel Media
it’s a Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win a Digital Copy of SLASH/BACK from our partners at Mongrel Media. ABOUT: The debut feature from Iqaluit-raised director Nyla Innuksuk, SLASH/BACK packs a vivid and thrilling punch, as a girl gang in Pangnirtung, Nunavut is left to fight off a supernatural apocalypse. Employing strategies from their […]
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Review – Big Things Come In VERY Small Packages
The pandemic revealed that many of us have a strong need for companionship and close relationships and that we suffer when those things are removed. The feature film MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON is ostensibly about a mollusk named Marcel, but it’s mostly about the importance of family and community. MARCEL started life as a YouTube […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of THE BAD GUYS from Universal Pictures Canada
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win a Google Play digital copy of THE BAD GUYS from our partners at Universal Pictures and Taro PR! This contest is to also promote the upcoming 4k Blu Ray disc which will be reviewing for our site in a few weeks! ABOUT: In the new action […]
AMBULANCE on 4k Blu Ray – Michael Bay in his Highest Resolution
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 […]