About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): Believing he is a wolf trapped in a human body, Jacob (George MacKay) eats, sleeps, and lives like a wolf – much to the shock of his family. When he’s sent to a clinic, Jacob and his animal-bound peers are forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of ‘curative’ …
Tag: Rated R
Time for a Reel ENCOUNTER review
About the film (courtesy of Amazon Studios): A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from a mysterious threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind. Encounter is a slow-burn sci-fi thriller that feels more like a psychological …
Time for a Reel HOUSE OF GUCCI review
About the film (courtesy of United Artists Releasing): Inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house Gucci – Spanning three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go for control. What …
Time for a Reel ANTLERS review
About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): A small-town Oregon teacher (Keri Russell) and her brother (Jesse Plemons), the local sheriff, discover that a young student (Jeremy T. Thomas) is harboring a dangerous secret with frightening consequences. Scott Cooper hasn’t been in the director’s chair since helming the brutally violent western drama Hostiles (2017) starring …
Time for a Reel LAST NIGHT IN SOHO review
About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): In acclaimed director Edgar Wright’s psychological thriller, Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter …
Time for a Reel THE LAST DUEL review
About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): Based on actual events, the film unravels long-held assumptions about France’s last sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), two friends turned bitter rivals. When Carrouges’ wife, Marguerite (Jodie Comer), is viciously assaulted by Le Gris, a charge he denies, …
Time for a Reel THE CARD COUNTER review
About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter. Told with Schrader’s trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past decisions, and features riveting performances from stars Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye …
Time for a Reel CANDYMAN review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present …
Time for a Reel THE PROTÉGÉ review
About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and trained in the family business, Anna (Maggie Q) is the world’s most skilled contract killer. But when Moody – the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know …
Time for a Reel THE SUICIDE SQUAD review
About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Welcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out—even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X. Today’s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including …