Lionsgate went hard with all of their video promoting of Uncle Drew over the past few months. There’s no doubt that the onslaught of comical clips raised a few eyebrows. I even fell into the trap of being intrigued and curious as to how a movie based on a seemingly silly premise would stand up …
Tag: Rated PG-13
Time for a Reel WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? review
For more than three decades, Fred Rogers captured the minds and hearts of Americans from the age of 3 to 93. The most charming man in a Cardigan captivated his audiences in a simple childlike manner at first glance, but once you listened, I mean really listened, people began to realize that this was a …
Time for a Reel OCEAN’S 8 review
The run was good for George Clooney, Brad Pitt and the rest of the gang over a six-year span as Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen held all of the cards under the direction of Steven Soderbergh. With the franchise running its full course over a decade ago, the creative con seemed to have been forgotten …
Time for a Reel SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY review
Going away from the traditional sequels/prequels still feels pretty weird in the world of Star Wars. Granted, the first time Disney took a chance by going off-book and released Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), audiences were both amazed and pleasantly surprised at this bold new direction. Solo: A Star Wars Story is the …
Time for a Reel BREAKING IN review
If you look at director James McTeigue’s body of work throughout his career, you’d see that he’s all over the place. He made his directorial debut with a surprise action sci-fi drama called V for Vendetta (2005). He followed that up with some lesser-known, and widely panned releases such as Ninja Assassin (2009), The Raven …
Time for a Reel LIFE OF THE PARTY review
Melissa McCarthy has been providing comedic entertainment in some big time hits in theaters over the past several years. She really started to make herself known in the Paul Feig directed comedy, Bridesmaids (2011). The trend of success continued with The Heat (2013), Spy (2015) and even in the Ghostbusters (2016) remake. The constant that …
Time for a Reel AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR review
Disney is second to none when it comes to the revenue realized from their ingenious intellectual properties. It’s no coincidence that two highest grossing movie franchises belong to Disney. Star Wars currently sits at #2 with another chapter unfolding in less than a month. Above that franchise, and with quite a comfortable margin, is none …
Time for a Reel I FEEL PRETTY review
Amy Schumer has found a nice little niche for herself as female comedic lead with an edgy side. Much in the way that Melissa McCarthy has done in recent years, Schumer has given herself a leg up with R-rated humor that tickles fans in the right way. She’s now taming things down a bit with …
Time for a Reel Blumhouse’s TRUTH OR DARE review
April happens to be a month that contains a Friday the 13th. That means that someone will be looking to make a quick buck based on this ominous date in the world of horror. With another recently released horror movie, A Quiet Place, foregoing the easy target option of releasing on this cursed day (and …
Time for a Reel RAMPAGE review
We’ve gotten used to video games becoming the inspiration for movies. The 1986 arcade game, Rampage, pitted three larger than life creatures against military forces while laying waste to the surrounding landscapes. Many quarters were spent feeding players’ appetites for destruction. The game found its way to home consoles with its most popular version being …