About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t – his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal). A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: …
Tag: Rated R
Time for a Reel MORBIUS review
About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius (Jared Leto) attempts a desperate gamble. While at first it seems to be a radical success, a darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius …
Time for a Reel THE OUTFIT review
About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): A gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor (Academy Award winner Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night. The Outfit serves as the feature film directorial debut for Graham Moore, who also co-wrote this crime drama along …
Time for a Reel PARALLEL MOTHERS review
About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics): Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to …
Time for a Reel SCREAM review
About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past. Let’s get this out of the way since I’ve been stewing …
Time for a Reel THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS review
About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow): From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski comes The Matrix Resurrections, the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genre. The new film reunites original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in the iconic roles they made famous, Neo and Trinity. It’s been a …
Time for a Reel THE KING’S MAN review
About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency in The King’s Man. Matthew Vaughn has taken a …
Time for a Reel NIGHTMARE ALLEY review
About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): An ambitious carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is. Bradley Cooper first game onto my radar when he played a meek reporter in J.J. Abrams’ …
Time for a Reel NATIONAL CHAMPIONS review
About the film (courtesy of STX Entertainment): Three days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James (Stephan James) and teammate Emmett Sunday (Alexander Ludwig) ignite a player’s strike declaring they won’t compete until all student-athletes are fairly compensated. With billions of dollars at risk and legacies on the line, the stakes …
Time for a Reel DON’T LOOK UP review
About the film (courtesy of Netflix): Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem — it’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns …