Category: Review

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel WISH review

About the film (courtesy of Walt Disney Animation Studios): Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel NAPOLEON review

About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing): Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar®-winner Joaquin Phoenix. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte’s relentless journey to power through …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THANKSGIVING review

About the film (courtesy of TriStar Pictures): After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan. Will the town …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel NEXT GOAL WINS review

About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): Next Goal Wins follows the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): The story follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a postwar Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE MARVELS review

About the film (courtesy of Marvel Studios): Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel PRISCILLA review

About the film (courtesy of A24): When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE HOLDOVERS review

About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE KILLER review

About the film (courtesy of Netflix): After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. Oscar-nominated director David Fincher is back behind the camera with his latest work, The Killer starring Michael Fassbender. The R-rated action crime film sees an assassin turning the tables on …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON review

About the film (courtesy of Apple TV+): An epic wester crime saga, where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. Based on a true story and told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), Killers of the Flower Moon tracks the suspicious murders of member of the Osage …