Tag: Action

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 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 THE CREATOR review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): From writer/director Gareth Edwards comes an epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Joshua (John David Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan), is recruited to hunt down …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel GRAN TURISMO review

About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): The ultimate wish fulfilment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver. Based on a true story. Gran Turismo is a 2023 biographical sports drama film directed by Neill Blomkamp and written …

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Time for a Reel MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY review

About the film (courtesy of Lucasfilm): Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is being billed …

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Time for a Reel THE FLASH review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Worlds collide when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduce a whole new faction of Transformers – the Maximals – to join them as allies in the …

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Time for a Reel SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE review

About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing): Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel FAST X review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): The end of the road begins. The tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it …