Alexandra Bracken is an author who specializes in Young Adult (or YA) novels. Being basically a young adult herself at the age of 31, she has just been there and just did that. Even though she’s young in age, she’s pretty seasoned in terms of experience. She already has more than ten novels to her …
Tag: Thriller
Time for a Reel MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT review
It’s no coincidence that the Mission: Impossible franchise really took off, in terms of widely agreed upon quality from both the critics and the fans, when Christopher McQuarrie was hired on to direct the Tom Cruise-led espionage action adventure. The McQuarrie/Cruise symbiotic cinematic cohesiveness began ten years ago with Valkyrie (2008) which starred Cruise and …
Time for a Reel SUPERFLY review
In 1972 the original Super Fly was released and did well in theaters. Two sequels were made but it also had its detractors with some seeing the blaxploitation film as a step backwards for the African-American Culture. Even though the character was beloved by many, it just kind of fell silently to the wayside. Several …
Time for a Reel BREAKING IN review
If you look at director James McTeigue’s body of work throughout his career, you’d see that he’s all over the place. He made his directorial debut with a surprise action sci-fi drama called V for Vendetta (2005). He followed that up with some lesser-known, and widely panned releases such as Ninja Assassin (2009), The Raven …
Time for a Reel Blumhouse’s TRUTH OR DARE review
April happens to be a month that contains a Friday the 13th. That means that someone will be looking to make a quick buck based on this ominous date in the world of horror. With another recently released horror movie, A Quiet Place, foregoing the easy target option of releasing on this cursed day (and …
Time for a Reel A QUIET PLACE review
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 …
Time for a Reel 7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE review
7 Days in Entebbe is director’s JosĂ© 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 BrĂ¼hl) 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 …