Tag: Drama

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE IRON CLAW review

About the film (courtesy of A24): The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980’s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports. Sean …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel AMERICAN FICTION review

About the film (courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios): Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel MAESTRO review

About the film (courtesy of Netflix): Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love. Bradley Cooper delivers a tour-de-force performance as Bernstein, capturing …

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 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 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 …

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 A HAUNTING IN VENICE review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): Set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, A Haunting in Venice is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at …