About the film (courtesy of MGM Studios): Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley’s life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he …
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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 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME review
About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever. Jon Watt’s Spider-Man: Far from Home is an entertaining summer adventure for teenager Peter Parker as he deals with the fallout from Avengers: Endgame. This was …
Time for a Reel WILDLIFE review
Actor Paul Dano, who starred in movies such as 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Swiss Army Man (2016), has stepped behind the camera in his directorial debut, Wildlife. Not only does he direct the hard-hitting drama, he also co-wrote the screenplay with Zoe Kazan, an accomplished actress in her own right. Based on the …
Time for a Reel THE SISTERS BROTHERS review
The Sisters Brothers is an American crime comedy adventure directed by Jacques Audiard and starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed and Rutger Hauer. Eli (Reilly) and Charlie (Phoenix) Sisters are tasked by The Commodore (Hauer) to track down a gold prospector (Ahmed). The brothers are outwitted by John Morris (Gyllenhaal) who …
Time for a Reel STRONGER review
For the second time this year, we’re seeing a biopic that is based a terrorist bombing during the Boston Marathon in 2013. CBS Films was first out of the gate with Patriots Day. Even though it earned better than average reviews from audiences and fans alike, the drama struggled in the box office to pull …