By: Ali Habous I have always found it challenging to review crude comedies like Fist Fight because it hard to judge a bunch of filmmakers who are not concerned about the film-making aspect of the movie while all they care about is making the audience laugh. We can talk about the acting and the jokes […]
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Sully – Competent Filmmaking
By: Ali Habous Legendary director and actor Client Eastwood keeps defying all odds and coming back for more. At the age of 86, his storytelling mastery is still at full display even if he is not as enthusiastic to take on something more original or fictional. The director of American classics like Unforgiven, Million Dollar […]
War Dogs – Satirical Comedy Never Reaches its Full Potential
By: Ali Habous Todd Phillips is no stranger to popular buddy comedies; he directed The Hangover trilogy, Old School, and Due Date. Here we have Phillips taking a shot at satirical comedies while bringing his own touch to the table. War Dogs is to him what The Wolf of Wall Street was to Martin Scorsese and American Hustle […]
Contest: Enter to Win Passes to the Advance Screening of “Bridget Jones’s Baby”
Universal Pictures Canada and Get Reel Movies want to take readers and listeners to see Bridget Jones’s Baby. Screenings take place Wednesday, September 14, 2016 in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal (English only), Calgary, Winnipeg and Edmonton. Synopsis: She’s back. She’s pregnant. And she’s still single. This fall, Bridget Jones has two choices, one decision and endless possibilities. Universal Pictures presents Renee Zellweger, […]
Anthropoid – Gripping WW2 Thriller Falls Short of Greatness
By: Ali Habous I couldn’t help wondering while watching Anthropoid how the producers and filmmakers managed to land this one in the theaters at this point in time. In a season full of big budget action movies and romantic comedies filling up the theaters everywhere, here we have a movie based on the true story of […]
Cafe Society – Poorly Structured Drama
By: Matt Neglia Woody Allen is back with another romantic comedy, this time, set in the Golden Age of Hollywood filled with all of his usual tropes, character types, situations and witty dialogue we have come to expect from the now 80-year-old director. In his latest, he explores a young man’s search for love within […]
Suicide Squad – A Jump in the Right Direction
By: Daniel Chadwick-Shubat After seeing Suicide Squad I had mixed emotions. The critics were without a doubt wrong in my mind. Suicide Squad was much better made and more enjoyable than Batman vs Superman. DC took note from Marvel and added a bit more comedy, whilst keeping the signature dark vibe intact. Obviously, it had its problems too, but those […]
Jason Bourne – Return of the Real Spy
By: Daniel Chadwick-Shubat Jason Bourne AKA David Webb is in my opinion cinema’s greatest spy. His skills in badassery have graced our screen for 14 years and his tortured soul has proven the ultimate thing to dissect on the screen. There’s such a thing as the “Bourne formula” which all the movies have followed since The […]
Contest: Enter to Win Passes to the Advance Screening of “The Legend of Tarzan”
Warner Brothers Pictures Canada and Get Reel Movies want to take readers and listeners to an advance screening of The Legend of Tarzan! Screenings will be taking place in Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Halifax on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Synopsis: It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind […]
Contest: Enter to Win “The Legend of Barney Thompson” on DVD
Courtesy of Pacific Northwest Pictures there are 2 DVD copies of The Legend of Barney Thompson up for grabs across Canada. The contest will run from June 14th until June 19th when the winners will be announced across Get Reel Movies‘ social media platforms. Synopsis: Barney Thomson is an awkward barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder, with both absurd and macabre consequences. […]
Contest: Enter to Win Advanced Passes to See “Free State of Jones”
Elevation Pictures and Get Reel Movies want to take readers and listeners to an advanced screening of Free State of Jones! Screenings will take place in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Victoria and Halifax on Thursday, June 23, 2016. Synopsis: The true story of Newton Knight, a soldier for the Confederacy during the Civil War who became disillusioned with […]
Contest: Enter to Win Advanced Passes to See “Central Intelligence”
Warner Brothers Pictures Canada and Get Reel Movies want to take readers and listeners to an advanced screening of Central Intelligence! Screenings will be taking place in Ottawa, Montreal (French), Winnipeg, Edmonton and Halifax on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Synopsis: The story follows a one-time bullied geek who grew up to be a lethal CIA agent (Johnson), coming home […]
Now You See Me 2 – A Little too Smart for its Own Good
By: Daniel Chadwick-Shubat Movies are magical in more ways than one. They create fantastical worlds that only exist in the minds of people and have brought to life some of the most beloved fictional characters in the world. Now You See Me 2 is a movie about magic but sadly it creates little movie magic. Like a […]
Contest: Enter to Win Advanced Passes to See “Genius”
Elevation Pictures and Get Reel Movies want to take readers and listeners to an advanced screening of Genius! Screenings will take place in Toronto and Vancouver on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Synopsis: Genius centers on the real-life relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe and renowned editor Max Perkins. Finding fame and critical success at a young age, Wolfe is a […]
Contest: Enter to Win Advanced Passes to See “The Conjuring 2”
Get Reel Movies want to take readers and listeners to the advance screening of The Conjuring 2! We have 5 double passes available and screenings will be taking place in Ottawa, Montreal (English and French), Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax and Calgary. Synopsis: New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “The Conjuring 2,” with James Wan once again at the helm […]