Tag: Samara Weaving

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel SCREAM VI review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group): Four survivors of the original Ghostface killings attempt leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start. The Scream franchise has proven to be an interesting one, and definitely not atypical, especially when it comes to expected degradation of quality throughout the years. Somehow, someway it …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel BABYLON review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Maybe not quite the best, but Babylon certainly qualifies as “saving my wildest write-up for last in 2022.” As we …

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Time for a Reel SNAKE EYES review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): A tenacious loner (Henry Golding) is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent. Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teach him the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he’s been longing for: a home. But, …

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Time for a Reel READY OR NOT review

About the film (courtesy of Fox Searchlight): Ready or Not follows a young bride (Samara Weaving) as she joins her new husband’s (Mark O’Brien) rich, eccentric family (Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell) in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. By the time the end of …

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Time for a Reel MAYHEM review

Mayhem review

Joe Lynch is still in his adolescent formative years in terms of experience. Knights of Badassdom (2013) and Everly (2015) were the only feature length credits he has to his name thus far. And working from a position of inexperience, he has found a way to entertain audiences without making a huge splash in the …