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Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel DON’T LET GO review

About the film (courtesy of Blumhouse Productions): Detective Jack Radcliff (David Oyelowo) gets a shocking phone call from his recently murdered niece Ashley (Storm Reid). Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen. A classic thriller with a supernatural twist, Don’t Let Go is the newest release from Blumhouse, …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel ANGEL HAS FALLEN review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat. Gerard Butler isn’t getting any younger, but thanks to a good workout regimen, a bevy of …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel READY OR NOT review

About the film (courtesy of Fox Searchlight): Ready or Not follows a young bride (Samara Weaving) as she joins her new husband’s (Mark O’Brien) rich, eccentric family (Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell) in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. By the time the end of …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel GOOD BOYS review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): After being invited to his first kissing party, 12-year-old Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is panicking because he doesn’t know how to kiss. Eager for some pointers, Max and his best friends Thor (Brady Noon, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire) and Lucas (Keith L. Williams, Fox’s The Last Man On Earth) …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE KITCHEN review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the film stars Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss as three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the …

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Time for a Reel SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK review

About the film (courtesy of CBS Films): It’s l968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora (Isabela Moner) for her most dangerous adventure ever – High School. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego (Jeffrey Wahlberg), a mysterious jungle inhabitant …

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Time for a Reel FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs (Johnson), a loyal agent of America’s Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw (Statham), a former British military elite operative, first faced off in 2015’s Furious 7, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they’ve tried to take each other …

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Time for a Reel ONCE UPON A TIME IN… HOLLYWOOD review

About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE LION KING review

About the film (courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures): Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. Not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy, and …