Tag: Rated R

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Time for a Reel RED JOAN review

Red Joan is the story of a British woman by the name of Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) who, in her latter years of life, is accused of being a spy for Russia. Did she or did she not share nuclear secrets with the superpower to the West? In order to understand the entire big picture, …

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Time for a Reel LONG SHOT review

There may not be too many actors who seem to enjoy themselves while working in the way that Seth Rogen does. One thing you can always bank on is that he is going to throw himself completely into whatever role he plays. Unfortunately he can be more of an acquired taste at times. Charlize Theron …

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Time for a Reel HELLBOY review

Hellboy (David Harbour) was not naturally born of this world but he was raised to fight for it as if it was his own. Professor Broom (Ian McShane) raised him as his own as well as assist in unlocking his all-powerful potential. When an ancient evil (Milla Jovovich) returns to bring the world to its …

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Time for a Reel PET SEMATARY review

Fans of Stephen King novels will be the first ones to tell you that his brilliant written words, for one reason or another, rarely translate well into movie form. Of course, there are exceptions such as The Shining (1980) and Christine (1983). Those rarities aside, the film adaptations have left hopeful fans feeling letdown attempt …

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Time for a Reel THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT review

The Hummingbird Project follows cousins Vincent (Jesse Eisenberg) and Anton (Alexander Skarsgård) who work in the world of high frequency trading under the thumb of a cutthroat boss named Eva. Unfulfilled and underappreciated, the cousins part ways and start a company of their own. They intend to build a straight fiber-optic cable and run it …

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Time for a Reel THE MUSTANG review

Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) is serving time in a Nevada prison for a violent crime he committed. While in prison, Roman has become a person that embraces solitude. Through no wishes of his own, he ends up on a work detail cleaning up after a stable of wild mustangs currently housed at the prison. Mild …

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Time for a Reel US review

Jordan Peele surprised just about everyone with his breakout hit, Get Out (2017), which also served as his directorial debut. Talk about making a grand entrance! Amassing more than 250 million dollars on only a 5 million dollar budgets had execs at Universal Pictures salivating in their eagerness to see what else was packed away …

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Time for a Reel GLORIA BELL review

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, …

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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 …

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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 …