Tag: Horror

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Time for a Reel US review

Jordan Peele surprised just about everyone with his breakout hit, Get Out (2017), which also served as his directorial debut. Talk about making a grand entrance! Amassing more than 250 million dollars on only a 5 million dollar budgets had execs at Universal Pictures salivating in their eagerness to see what else was packed away …

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Time for a Reel GRETA review

Director/writer Neil Jordan is probably best known for his work on the Oscar-winning drama The Crying Game (1992). The offbeat romantic suspense thriller kept everyone on their toes up until the very end while providing solid entertainment throughout. Since that time a few decades ago, Jordan has struggled to find matching success or anything close …

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Time for a Reel HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U review

I don’t always say this about sequels but, watching Happy Death Day (2017) is a requirement if you’re wanting to understand where Happy Death Day 2U came from as well as the likelihood of where it’ll end up. Blumhouse Productions has become a major player in the production of horror movies. Their niche seems to …

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Time for a Reel THE 6TH FRIEND review

The 6th Friend was made on a very modest budget, with actors that wouldn’t be considered “A-listers”. Horror seems to be the one genre that gives these types of films the most chance for success. The built-in beauty with the genre is that the less you show, the more intriguing, and possibly frightful it can …

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Time for a Reel OVERLORD review

Whenever J.J. Abrams’ name is attached to a product, you just really never know what you’re going to be in for. One thing is for certain though, his works usually end up be a fun time for all in the theater. Ever since his early days on television as the mind behind ABC’s Lost hit …

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Time for a Reel SUSPIRIA review

This modern version of Suspiria is nothing like the original 1977 version directed and written by Dario Argento. The original takes a more direct approach into the horror genre whereas as 2018 will be giving hopeful fans a more artistic version. One of the main stars of the film, Tilda Swinton, refers to it as …

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Time for a Reel HALLOWEEN review

I don’t know about you but the name Michael Myers has become synonymous with the season of Halloween. It all started back in 1978 when a virtually unknown young director from New York brought to the big screen a terrifying story of a derailed individual hellbent on killing. From there, director/writer John Carpenter, as one …

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Time for a Reel THE PREDATOR review

Technically speaking, The Predator is now the sixth movie in the franchise featuring the technologically advanced hunters from another planet. It all started with the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led Predator (1987) which is now more than 30 years old. Yikes! The sequel, Predator 2 (1990), followed before going dormant for more than a decade, presumably because fans …

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Time for a Reel THE NUN review

What started off as a story about real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, The Conjuring (2013) became a smash-hit at the box office and a franchise was born. The Amityville Horror was their most famous case, yet it turned out that there was way more to their works than most of us knew. Warner …

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Time for a Reel THE MEG review

August is in full swing which means, in the movie world, this is the time to burn through some titles that weren’t quite hot enough to withstand the summer blockbuster heat. It’s not necessarily that these are bad movies, although some of them definitely will be, it’s more of a case where the smart business …