FAN EXPO CANADA, Canada’s largest comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming event, will feature some of the hottest names across genres for a four day, all-ages extravaganza. This year’s event will be held from August 31 – September 3, 2017 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Tickets are now available at fanexpocanada/tickets. Among this year’s […]
‘Chasing Coral’ is a Devastatingly Beautiful Documentary
Jacques Cousteau, filmmaker, explorer, scientist and much much more, once said that people protect what they love. Whether or not this quote was in the minds of the team behind Chasing Coral, its message is pervasive in this hour and a half long documentary that is equal parts heartbreaking and beautiful. Coming from a background […]
2017 Emmys: Full List of Nominations
HBO’s “Westworld” and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” top this year’s nominations with 22 nominations each. Leading the nominations in totals by platform are HBO (110), Netflix (91) and NBC (60). First time nominees include Claire Foy (“The Crown”), Milo Ventimilgia (“This Is Us”) and Donald Glover (“Atlanta”). Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen […]
‘To the Bone’ Review: Raw and Honest Storytelling
To the Bone is based on writer/director Marti Noxon’s personal struggle with eating disorders, specifically anorexia and bulimia. Her feature debut follows a 20-something year old, Ellen (Lily Collins), and her battle with anorexia. Obsessed with calorie counting (she can accurately tell you how many calories each item on her plate of food has), Ellen’s […]
‘From the Land of the Moon’ is a Meandering Melodrama
Official Synopsis: In post-World War II France, Gabrielle’s idealistic dreams of true love make her a rebel, and are even considered a sign of insanity. Forced by her parents to marry José, a devoted Spanish farm worker, Gabrielle vows never to love him, and is soon sent away to the Alps to receive a cure […]
Joseph Clement on ‘Integral Man’, Stanley Kubrick, and … Tomato Sauce?
Joseph Clement’s Integral Man was a hit at this year’s Hot Docs Festival. The documentary, filmed over several years, was a passion project for Clement who ended up spending a lot of time with James “Jim” Stewart, the owner of Integral House in Toronto, up until his death in 2014. Not so much a biography of […]
CONTEST: Win ‘Once Upon a Time in Venice’ on Blu-Ray!
Thanks to our friends at VVS Films, we’re giving our fans in Canada a chance to win a copy of Once Upon a Time in Venice on Blu-Ray! How to Win: Like the contest post on Facebook. In the Facebook comments, tell us what flavour of muffin Spyder eats in the film. Hint: You’ll have to watch […]
‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Review: A Refreshing Take on a Classic Character
Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is back and he’s having the time of his life. And so are all his friends. Even the villain. Tom Holland is the newest (age appropriate) Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming and he’s definitely the best one yet, in case that wasn’t clear enough for you from Civil War. We finally get to see a […]
‘The Journey’ Review: Too Focused on the Final Destination
After 40 years of violence in Northern Ireland, the ability to bring peace lies in the hands of the leaders of the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin (the political party of the Irish Republican Army). The Journey is the dramatization of how Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) and Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) eventually managed to put […]
#Canada150: Our Favourite Canadian Actors
Canada’s Day festivities are sadly over but that doesn’t mean that the party has to stop. In our last feature we looked at some of our team’s favourite Canadian actresses. So it was inevitable that we looked at our favourite Canadian actors. Canadian actors not only make movies great to watch but some of the most […]
#Canada150: Our Favourite Canadian Actresses
Happy Canada Day! July 1st is the day we celebrate when this great country of ours became one. It’s a country of great beer, poutine, and fantastic movies. At Get Reel Movies we specifically celebrate the great movies that come out of Canada (but we definitely enjoy the beer and poutine). Over the next few […]
‘Nowhere to Hide’ is Visceral in Storytelling
Nowhere to Hide is a story of a man struggling for survival in Iraq, where war has become the norm. The enemy is invisible, and neither women nor children have a safe hideout. Our protagonist, 36-year-old Nori Sharif, is husband, father of four children, and a male nurse. He becomes a videographer, documenting life over […]
‘The House’ Review: The trend of sub-par comedies continues
Let’s face it, 2017 has been and still is a pretty bad year for comedies so far. Chips, Snatched, and Fist Fight all underwhelmed and under-performed. The House might be a tad better because of a few laugh-out moments and the charms of the likes of Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler, but it doesn’t do […]
Remembering Jonathan Demme at Hot Docs with ‘The Documentaries of Demme (+1): A Tribute’
From June 30 to July 19, 2017, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema will be paying tribute to the great filmmaker Jonathan Demme, who passed away on April 16, 2017. While Demme may be most well-known for directing the Academy Award winning, The Silence of the Lambs, The Documentaries of Demme (+1): A Tribute aims to highlight […]
‘Despicable Me 3’ Review: Double, Double Toil and Bubbles
The latest in the Despicable Me franchise seems more like a film created out of necessity rather than to enhance. Despicable Me 3 was no doubt produced because it’s going to be a huge box office hit, but it doesn’t have enough substance to stand on its own, acting more as a film that sets up any eventual […]