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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Time for a Reel PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS review

About the film (courtesy of 20th Century Studios): The anthology story follows three of the fiercest warriors in human history: a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge, a ninja in feudal Japan who turns against his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession, and a WWII pilot who …

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Time for a Reel BALLERINA review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the film follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma. The intricate and action-packed universe of John Wick continues its compelling expansion with From the World …

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Time for a Reel MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING review

About the film (courtesy of Paramount Pictures): Our lives are the sum of our choices. Three decades and eight films later, the exhilarating journey of Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) appears to be drawing to a close, if the persistent chatter and marketing are to be believed. This action-spy thriller franchise, which began with a more …