Sebastián Lelio is a Chilean writer/director that has had little exposure in North America outside of last year’s Disobedience starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams. The racy romantic drama captured the attention of critics and audiences with its scandalous subject matter and great acting. Riding that wave of notoriety, Lelio has adapted his Spanish-speaking hit, …
Tag: Rated R
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 …
Time for a Reel COLD PURSUIT review
Liam Neeson finds himself in familiar trouble in the new action thriller, Cold Pursuit. Nels (Liam Neeson) is an unassuming snowplow driver with a wife (Laura Dern) and a son, Kyle (Micheál Richardson). When the son turns up dead via an overdose, Nels is devastated and on the brink of suicide. It is in that …
Time for a Reel WHAT MEN WANT review
Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is trying to reach for what she feels she deserves in the cutthroat world of being a sports agent. For Ali, she’s got an additional hurdle to deal with. The fact that she’s a woman forces her to work twice as hard to seemingly get half of what she deserves. …
Time for a Reel COLD WAR review
During the 1950s, what would become known as the Cold War was in its early stages and it affected many people from various countries that were once just neighbors. This is a story that, despite being from two entirely different walks of life, brings them together in only a way that true love could. Wiktor …
Time for a Reel SERENITY review
Steven Knight has an impressive list of works credited to his name. On the television side of things, he was one of the creators of the very popular game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Another show that he created, Peaky Blinders, has been a hit on both sides of the pond. As far …
Time for a Reel THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK review
What happens when there’s been a terrible crime committed and somehow you or one of your associates are the prime suspects? It begs the question, just how well do you know the person next to you? For a small group of militia men, these questions and others will be posed as they try to get …
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 …
Time for a Reel BEN IS BACK review
Peter Hedges has been slowly building is portfolio of works while trying to bring focus to the everyday struggles of the average American family. Guiding Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life (2007), Hedges brought a lighthearted, yet touching story about a widowed father trying to raise three girls. In The Odd Life of Timothy …
Time for a Reel VICE review
While doing some mindless channel surfing this extended holiday weekend, I stumbled upon Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) and The Other Guys (2010). My first thought went to how funny and entertaining Will Farrell was in each of these movies. Then I started to think about how funny of an actor he …