It should come as no surprise that due to the overall current state of our nation, the divide between one another has never been greater. We all like to fool ourselves, and I’m guilty of this too, that race relations have gotten measurably better and that we’ve taken great strides towards furthering solidarity between our …
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Time for a Reel A SIMPLE FAVOR review
Coming off of huge box office successes such as Bridesmaids (2011), The Heat (2013), Spy (2015) and I’ll even throw in Ghostbusters (2016), director Paul Feig can seem to do no wrong. He has been a champion for female actors, allowing them to get the recognition they deserve by putting them in positions to thrive. …
Time for a Reel BLACKkKLANSMAN review
Over a directorial career which has lasted over 30 years, Spike Lee has adhered to his own way of doing things. Often it works out well, but on some occasions his projects leads to divisiveness among those that have seen the movies. Through his creativity, controversy often follows. Not being one to beat around the …
Time for a Reel SKYSCRAPER review
As far as Alpha Males go, Dwayne Johnson would be right up there at the front of line if you did a lineup of all of Hollywood’s leading men over the last decade. Anyone that can still be seen as intimidating dressed as a Tooth Fairy is full regalia has my vote. Regardless of the …
Time for a Reel SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO review
The battles on both sides the U.S.-Mexico border have been brutal and unforgiving. The amount of casualties, mostly due to drug trafficking, have captured the imagination of filmmakers and showrunners everywhere. Acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve captured the essence of what goes on in this brutal landscape with 2015’s Sicario with both fans and critics coming …
Time for a Reel SUPERFLY review
In 1972 the original Super Fly was released and did well in theaters. Two sequels were made but it also had its detractors with some seeing the blaxploitation film as a step backwards for the African-American Culture. Even though the character was beloved by many, it just kind of fell silently to the wayside. Several …
Time for a Reel OCEAN’S 8 review
The run was good for George Clooney, Brad Pitt and the rest of the gang over a six-year span as Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen held all of the cards under the direction of Steven Soderbergh. With the franchise running its full course over a decade ago, the creative con seemed to have been forgotten …
Time for a Reel HOTEL ARTEMIS review
After writing for blockbuster hits such as Iron Man 3 (2013) and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Drew Pearce is finally getting his turn at directing a feature film. If you’ve seen any of the promos or trailers for Hotel Artemis, you already know that he’s taking the action to another level with is …
Time for a Reel SUPER TROOPERS 2 review
When it comes to humours collaborations that involve the United States and their overly friendly neighbors to the north (that would be Canada), there are some other comedies that you might probably already have in the back of your mind. Strange Brew (1983) was a classic and Goon (2011) is another solid, more recent comedy …
Time for a Reel 7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE review
7 Days in Entebbe is director’s José Padilha’s version of the true events that occurred just over 40 years ago in Uganda. In July of 1976, a small group of separatists set out to hijack an Air France flight headed from Tel-Aviv to Paris. Two of the terrorists (Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl) are a …