About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): From writer/director Jon Stewart comes the comedy of a Democrat political consultant (Steve Carell) who helps a retired Marine colonel (Chris Cooper) run for mayor in a small Wisconsin town. Here we are in another week of the increasingly familiar feel of viewing being able to view a …
Tag: Drama
Time for a Reel 7500 review
About the film (courtesy of Amazon Studios): It looks like a routine day at work for Tobias (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a soft-spoken young American co-pilot on a flight from Berlin to Paris as he runs through the preflight checklist the pilot (Carlo Kitzlinger). But shortly after takeoff, terrorists armed with makeshift knives suddenly storm the cockpit. …
Time for a Reel THE HIGH NOTE review
About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis Ross), a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights, and Maggie (Dakota Johnson), her overworked personal assistant. While stuck running errands, Maggie still aspires to her childhood dream …
Time for a Reel BLOODSHOT review
About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): Based on the bestselling comic book, Vin Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by the RST corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he’s an unstoppable force –stronger than ever and able …
Time for a Reel THE RHYTHM SECTION review
About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark, complex world to seek revenge on those responsible and find …
Time for a Reel UNDERWATER review
About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Fox): A crew of underwater researchers must scramble to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. Before I even get into this short review for Underwater starring Kristen Stewart, let’s all remember that we are still in the beginning of January. And by that I mean we …
Time for a Reel BOMBSHELL review
About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow and Margot Robbie. …
Time for a Reel CATS review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Oscar®-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event. Cats stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introduces Royal Ballet principal dancer …
Time for a Reel RICHARD JEWELL review
About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Directed by Clint Eastwood and based on true events, Richard Jewell is a story of what happens when what is reported as fact obscures the truth. “There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security …
Time for a Reel QUEEN & SLIM review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills …