About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Anyone can survive five nights. This time, there will be no second chances. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 dives straight into the spotlight with more confidence and ambition than its predecessor. Director Emma Tammi returns to the helm with a stronger grip on the reins for the franchise’s …
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Time for a Reel WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY review
About the film (courtesy of Netflix): When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), tightly-wound lawyer Vera …
Time for a Reel THE RUNNING MAN review
About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and each day bringing a greater cash reward. Desperate …
Time for a Reel NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T review
About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): The Four Horsemen return along with a new generation of illusionists performing mind-melding twists, turns, surprises, and magic unlike anything ever captured on film. After almost a decade, the master illusionists known as The Four Horsemen have finally resurfaced, dispelling any notion that they had vanished forever. The third …
Time for a Reel NUREMBERG review
About the film (courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics): The Allies, led by the unyielding chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon), have the task of ensuring the Nazi regime answers for the unveiled horrors of the Holocaust while a US Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) is locked in a dramatic psychological duel with former Reichsmarschall Herman …
Time for a Reel PREDATOR: BADLANDS review
About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Set in the future on a remote planet where a young Predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Elle Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. Dan Trachtenberg continues to up his game in revitalizing a …
Time for a Reel A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE review
About the film (courtesy of Netflix): When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. Kathryn Bigelow returns to the cinematic landscape with a high-stakes, nerve-wracking thriller that grabs the viewer from the opening sequence. This is a feature engineered for …
Time for a Reel ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER review
About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Washed-up revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa (Chase Infiniti). When his evil nemesis (Sean Penn) resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling …
Time for a Reel JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Five years after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures across the land sea and air within …
Time for a Reel M3GAN 2.0 review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): The murderous doll who captivated pop culture back in 2023 is back. And this time she’s not alone. Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, went rogue and embarked on a murderous (and impeccably choreographed) rampage and was subsequently destroyed, M3GAN’s creator Gemma has become a …