About the film (courtesy of TriStar Pictures): The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca …
Tag: Drama
Time for a Reel BEAST review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Idris Elba stars in a pulse-pounding new thriller about a father and his two teenage daughters who find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has but one apex predator. Wait, what is the name of this film, Beast, or was it …
Time for a Reel WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING review
About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment): This is the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, …
Time for a Reel TOP GUN: MAVERICK review
About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment …
Time for a Reel MEN review
About the film (courtesy of A24): In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by …
Time for a Reel THE NORTHMAN review
About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince (Alexander Skarsgård) on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. Robert Eggers is an under-40 American-born writer-director that turned the heads of many with his debut work, The Witch (2015), starring …
Time for a Reel FATHER STU review
About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment): When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) moves to L.A. dreaming of stardom. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen (Teresa Ruiz), a Catholic Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, …
Time for a Reel AMBULANCE review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t – his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal). A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: …
Time for a Reel MORBIUS review
About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius (Jared Leto) attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius …
Time for a Reel THE OUTFIT review
About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): A gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor (Academy Award winner Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night. The Outfit serves as the feature film directorial debut for Graham Moore, who also co-wrote this crime drama along …