For the last few months all I have been talking about is FLOW, the little cat movie from Latvia that could. While I will still promote that movie to anyone who will listen, the big reason is that the animated feature is one of the most powerful art forms we have in cinema right now […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of ABERDEEN from Mongrel Media
It’s another Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of ABERDEEN from our partners at Mongrel Media! ABERDEEN played at last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival and also played at last December’s Whistler Film Festival, and also upcoming to the Victoria Film Festival in February! ABOUT: ABERDEEN is a raw, […]
ONE OF THEM DAYS Reaction – Let’s Go Back
I feel like movies like ONE OF THEM DAYS were made far more in the 1990s and 2000s, when it was a more simple time for comedies aimed at adults and would play in more screens in cinemas. It feels almost refreshing in a way to see a movie like this in which two best […]
BETTER MAN Review – Second Chances
If you have been following the movie BETTER MAN, chances are you know by now that the movie is a music biography on the life of Robbie Williams where his entire performance is a computer generated monkey. Or chimpanzee. Or ape. Or whatever you want to call it. This factoid did tend to slip past […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of STORY AND PICTURES BY from FilmsWeLike
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway and this time with our returning partners at FilmsWeLike! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of STORY & PICTURES BY! STORIES & PICTURES BY recently screened at the Whistler Film Festival and is a completely overlooked gem that is a complete love letter to children’s picture […]
The Best Movies of 2024 – Go With The FLOW
2024 has been a real great year, in my eyes, for movies being made in a more classical style along with evolution in animated movies by independent filmmakers along with a better focus on indie filmmaking at film festivals. Along with finding me in downtown cinemas in my home city seeing all the new releases […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of WICKED from Universal Home Entertainment!
We are sending out 2024 with a bang! Enter below to win a Digital Copy of the recent hit WICKED from our friends at Universal Home Entertainment and Taro PR! ABOUT: Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as […]
CHASING CHASING AMY Reaction – Go Kevin Or Go Home
As a long time fan of filmmaker Kevin Smith, I was eager to see yet another documentary about his work and this time about my personal favourite of his, CHASING AMY, which was somewhat of a reaction to the failure of his sophomore feature MALLRATS and a bounce-back to his indie rooms at that time. […]
GOODRICH Reaction – Come On, Get Happy
A movie like GOODRICH is what I like to call a “nice” movie. There is very little in the way of characters having TOO much hardship with so much positivity around them, but sometimes we need a movie like this to come along to make us feel a little bit better. The real star here is […]
Contest: Win an Apple TV Digital Copy of THE APPRENTICE from Mongrel Media
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of THE APPRENTICE, courtesy of our friends at Mongrel Media! ABOUT: The Apprentice is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of Kevin Smith’s THE 4:30 MOVIE from Mongrel Media
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway to start off your October! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of THE 4:30 MOVIE, now available on VOD from Mongrel Media. This is the latest movie from filmmaker Kevin Smith, who filmed the movie at his own cinema in New Jersey! ABOUT: Writer-director Kevin Smith […]
Fantastic Fest 2024 Reaction – THE LIFE & DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE
Though I was not IN Austin for Fantastic Fest, I was able to sit down and watch the official selection THE LIFE & DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE from the comfort of my own home, so in a way I was attending this year’s Fantastic Fest in spirit. The Fantastic Fest Lowdown: Well educated and raised […]
Fantastic Fest 2024 Reaction – SATURDAY NIGHT
It’s easy to forget how revolutionary the American television show “Saturday Night Live” was when it came on the air in 1975. A live sketch show, made by a flock of twenty –somethings who had never made anything before was a highly risky proposition. It was a huge gamble for flagship network NBC, back when […]
Fantastic Fest 2024 Reaction – DON’T MESS WITH GRANDMA
DON’T MESS WITH GRANDMA is a vivid and fluid black comedy written and directed by Jason Krawczyk. JT (Michael Jai White) works delivering meals to seniors, which is sometimes easier said than done. But a bunch of his time is taken up with elder care: being a dutiful grandson taking care of his Granna (Jackie […]
Fantastic Fest 2024 Reaction – NEVER LET GO
Editor’s Note: It was a busy opening night at Fantastic Fest with many filmmakers, actors and movie buffs all in attendance for the start of eight days of genre mayhem. My gifted writer Anna Hanks was at the premiere of NEVER LET GO, which was also simulatenously released in theatres everywhere at the same time. […]