Category: Theatrical

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel BLINK TWICE review

About the film (courtesy of MGM): Frida (Naomi Ackie) is a young waitress in Los Angeles who has her eye on tech entrepreneur Slater King (Channing Tatum). On a dream vacation to his private island, strange things start to happen. Frida will have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out alive. …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel ALIEN: ROMULUS review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. In the vast and ever-expanding universe of the Alien franchise, where xenomorphs have stalked our nightmares for decades, …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE review

About the film (courtesy of Marvel Studios): A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life. His days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. When his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctantlier… reluctanter? Reluctantest? He must convince a reluctant Wolverine to—F*ck. Synopses are so …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel TWISTERS review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a former storm chases haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Anthony Ramos) to test …

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Time for a Reel MaXXXine review

About the film (courtesy of A24): In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past. Ti West and Mia Goth deliver a bloody, brilliant conclusion to their “X” …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel DESPICABLE ME 4 review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Gru (Steve Carell), Lucy (Kristen Wiig) and their girls – Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison Polan) – welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal (Will …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel KINDS OF KINDNESS review

About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): A triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Experience the day the world went quiet. In a world inundated with sequels and prequels, A Quiet Place: Day One manages to carve out its own niche, delivering a fresh perspective on the terrifying universe introduced in the original films. While it doesn’t quite reach the same heights …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE BIKERIDERS review

About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): A rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy (Jodie Comer) is inextricably drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals led by the enigmatic Johnny (Tom Hardy). Much …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel INSIDE OUT 2 review

About the film (courtesy of Disney and Pixar): This film returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how …