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Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduce a whole new faction of Transformers – the Maximals – to join them as allies in the …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE review

About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing): Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel ABOUT MY FATHER review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): The film centers around Sebastian (Maniscalco) who is encouraged by his fiancée (Leslie Bibb) to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo (Robert De Niro), to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family (Kim Cattrall, Anders Holm, Brett Dier, David Rasche). The weekend develops into what can …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel FAST X review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): The end of the road begins. The tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 review

About the film (courtesy of Marvel Studios): Our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent past. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel Guy Ritchie’s THE COVENANT review

About the film (courtesy of MGM Studios): Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley’s life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel RENFIELD review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, …

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Time for a Reel THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): From Nintendo and Illumination comes a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. Do any of you remember the live-action movie, Super Mario Bros. (1993) that starred Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo? If you’ve never seen it, consider yourself lucky. But if you did …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures Presents In Association with eOne): A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a fantasy adventure film based …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes. A fourth chapter of the same fighting and …