Tag: Rated PG-13

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel DUNE: PART TWO review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel MADAME WEB review

About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing): In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future… and realizes she can …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel ARGYLLE review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): The greater the spy, the bigger the lie. From the twisted mind of Matthew Vaughn comes Argylle, a razor-witted, reality-bending, globe-encircling spy thriller. Bryce Dallas Howard is Elly Conway, the reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night at home …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel NIGHT SWIM review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): A former major league baseball player is forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness. He moves into a new home with his concerned wife, teenage daughter and young son. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, He persuades his wife that the new home’s …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE BOYS IN THE BOAT review

About the film (courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios): A sports drama about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all. This time Black Manta is more formidable than ever before, wielding the power of the mythic …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel REBEL MOON review

About the film (courtesy of Netflix): When a peaceful settlement on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival. Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel NEXT GOAL WINS review

About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): Next Goal Wins follows the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): The story follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a postwar Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE MARVELS review

About the film (courtesy of Marvel Studios): Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers …