Tag: Sci-Fi

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel VENOM: THE LAST DANCE review

About the film (courtesy of Columbia Pictures): Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that …

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Time for a Reel MEGALOPOLIS review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is …

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Time for a Reel TRANSFORMERS ONE review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. Origin stories seem to be a dime a dozen in an era where the film industry lacks originality and creativity …

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Time for a Reel ALIEN: ROMULUS review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. In the vast and ever-expanding universe of the Alien franchise, where xenomorphs have stalked our nightmares for decades, …

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Time for a Reel DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE review

About the film (courtesy of Marvel Studios): A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life. His days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. When his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctantlier… reluctanter? Reluctantest? He must convince a reluctant Wolverine to—F*ck. Synopses are so …

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Time for a Reel A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Experience the day the world went quiet. In a world inundated with sequels and prequels, A Quiet Place: Day One manages to carve out its own niche, delivering a fresh perspective on the terrifying universe introduced in the original films. While it doesn’t quite reach the same heights …

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Time for a Reel KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his …

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Time for a Reel MADAME WEB review

About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing): In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future… and realizes she can …

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Time for a Reel POOR THINGS review

About the film (courtesy of Searchlight Pictures): From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the …

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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 …