Tag: Rated R

Review, Theatrical

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 …

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Time for a Reel PLANE review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can …

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Time for a Reel BABYLON review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Maybe not quite the best, but Babylon certainly qualifies as “saving my wildest write-up for last in 2022.” As we …

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Time for a Reel VIOLENT NIGHT review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): When a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, Santa Claus must step in to save the day (and Christmas). If you want to get into a nontraditional, fun holiday frame of mind, Violent Night will have you feeling all kinds of jolly upon leaving …

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Time for a Reel HALLOWEEN ENDS review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): This is Laurie Strode’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) last stand. After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history reaches its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers, in a final confrontation unlike any …

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Time for a Reel AMSTERDAM review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): An original crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the center of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history. David O. Russell assembles a stellar cast in this 1930s-set comedy drama that uncovers and sheds light upon one of America’s more …

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Time for a Reel SMILE review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter ( Sosie Bacon ) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new …

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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 …

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Time for a Reel PEARL review

About the film (courtesy of A24): rapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story …

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Time for a Reel THE WOMAN KING review

About the film (courtesy of TriStar Pictures): The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca …