There’s just something about a good horror movie that is accompanied by an equally powerful audio arrangement. In a well done horror movie, audiences can be subconsciously trained to get worked up prior to impending doom actually coming to fruition on the screen. Anyone can throw gore and lazy jump scares at you. The real …
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Time for a Reel 7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE review
7 Days in Entebbe is director’s José Padilha’s version of the true events that occurred just over 40 years ago in Uganda. In July of 1976, a small group of separatists set out to hijack an Air France flight headed from Tel-Aviv to Paris. Two of the terrorists (Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl) are a …
Time for a Reel RED SPARROW review
Director Francis Lawrence is probably best known for his work on the blockbuster “Hunger Games” franchise. Helming the final three movies of the dystopian series gave him quality time with the film’s shining lead actor, Jennifer Lawrence. Realizing what an amazing talent she was, Francis Lawrence was determined to allow the spirited JLaw to spread …
Time for a Reel FIFTY SHADES FREED review
E.L. James has already captured the imaginations of countless fans who keep coming back for more alternative romance, as I like to call it. Steamy words transformed into sultry images in 2015 with the release of Fifty Shades of Grey. This was a budding franchise and Universal Pictures would not miss a golden opportunity cash …
Time for a Reel MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE review
Wes Ball’s Maze Runner trilogy will finally reach the finish line this weekend. As many may already know, the production of this last chapter was halted due to a major on-set injury by its lead star, Dylan O’Brien. While momentum may have been slowed due to the extended break between The Scorch Trials (2015) and …
Time for a Reel INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY review
We kick off the new year with a familiar story. The Insidious franchise has managed to stay relevant enough to garner continuous deeper plot explorations. Labeling the additional movies as sequels or even prequels would be incorrect. Blumhouse has taken a very interesting approach with the supernatural horror franchise. Rather than a linear continuation that …
Time for a Reel THE FOREIGNER review
Jackie Chan has been acting for 55 years and has been in well over 100 movies. I’ll let that sink in for a minute. On its own that’s pretty impressive, but when you factor in the physical exertion that Chan welcomes, things are raised to an entirely new level of appreciation. Time has found its …
Time for a Reel HAPPY DEATH DAY review
Live. Die. Repeat. Do you happen to remember Tom Cruise’s 2014 sci-fi action adventure, Edge of Tomorrow? It was a damn good movie that suffered from an unfortunate marketing identity crisis. The title did not fit with what the film was trying to portray, worse yet, the studio couldn’t quite settle on a title. As …
Time for a Reel BLADE RUNNER 2049 review
Before we even get started, let’s address the feature image just above. What you’re seeing is a VERY stunned and bewildered Ryan Gosling along with a royally remorseful Harrison Ford. Talk about a fighting faux pas, Warner Bros. has decided to embrace this oops moment and promote it. How can this not be considered both …
Time for a Reel AMERICAN ASSASSIN review
Terrorism is always in the news and we’re exposed to the stories, the threats, the propaganda 24/7 thanks to the industry of news. So even though its a mainstay in our lives, the question becomes whether or not the public wants to willingly spend two hours watching a fictional account of such events. It’s tricky …