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Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel LIKE A BOSS review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Best friends Mia and Mel (Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne) are living their best lives running their own cosmetics company they’ve built from the ground up. Unfortunately, they’re in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious titan of the cosmetics …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel BOMBSHELL review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow and Margot Robbie. …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel CATS review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Oscar®-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event. Cats stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introduces Royal Ballet principal dancer …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER review

About the film (courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures): Lucasfilm and director J.J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel RICHARD JEWELL review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Directed by Clint Eastwood and based on true events, Richard Jewell is a story of what happens when what is reported as fact obscures the truth. “There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL review

About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): The gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel QUEEN & SLIM review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) and a black woman (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role), are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel 21 BRIDGES review

About the film (courtesy of STX Entertainment): 21 Bridges follows an embattled NYPD detective (Chadwick Boseman), who is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected pursuit of him. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel FROZEN 2 review

About the film (courtesy of Disney): Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, she’ll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In “Frozen,” Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. In Frozen 2, she must …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD review

About the film (courtesy of TriStar Pictures): Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a …