Tag: Thriller

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel TALK TO ME review

About the film (courtesy of A24): When a couple of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces. Talk to Me stars Sophie Wild, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Hayley Law, and Joss Sackville. Danny …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel THE BLACKENING review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): A group of Black friends reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no motherf****** game. The Blackening begins with a group of seven Black friends …

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 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 …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel SCREAM VI review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group): Four survivors of the original Ghostface killings attempt leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start. The Scream franchise has proven to be an interesting one, and definitely not atypical, especially when it comes to expected degradation of quality throughout the years. Somehow, someway it …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel COCAINE BEAR review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500 pound apex predator has ingested …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel KNOCK AT THE CABIN review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel MISSING review

About the film (courtesy of Screen Gems): When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s …

Review, Theatrical

Time for a Reel PLANE review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can …