About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it …
Tag: Mystery
Time for a Reel BLINK TWICE review
About the film (courtesy of MGM): Frida (Naomi Ackie) is a young waitress in Los Angeles who has her eye on tech entrepreneur Slater King (Channing Tatum). On a dream vacation to his private island, strange things start to happen. Frida will have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out alive. …
Time for a Reel THANKSGIVING review
About the film (courtesy of TriStar Pictures): After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan. Will the town …
Time for a Reel SCREAM VI review
About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group): Four survivors of the original Ghostface killings attempt leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start. The Scream franchise has proven to be an interesting one, and definitely not atypical, especially when it comes to expected degradation of quality throughout the years. Somehow, someway it …
Time for a Reel LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN review
About the film (courtesy of Netflix): A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary. It’s hard …
Time for a Reel KNOCK AT THE CABIN review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all …
Time for a Reel DON’T WORRY DARLING review
About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company. All they ask in return is unquestioning commitment …
Time for a Reel SEE HOW THEY RUN review
About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after the film’s Hollywood director is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case, the two find …
Time for a Reel VENGEANCE review
About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): This is a darkly comic thriller about Ben Manalowitz (B.J. Novak), a journalist and podcaster who travels from New York City to West Texas to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with. I enjoy the big flashy film productions as much as the next …
Time for a Reel NOPE review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): The film reunites Jordan Peele with Daniel Kaluuya, who is joined by Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. Mysteries of the unknown will soon reveal themselves as Jordan Peele’s next unconventional …