Tag: Thriller

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Time for a Reel JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM review

If all-out action is your poison of choice, it’s impossible to think that you haven’t seen the first two movies in the surprisingly AWESOME John Wick franchise. Keanu Reeves brought the famed ex-hit-man to life in 2014. And from its first showing, it never looked back. In 2017, fans were given the gift of a …

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Time for a Reel FAST COLOR review

Ruth (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is constantly on the run because she has a secret. She’s different that most people. And that difference has her running to stay free and stay alive. She’s been running for a while now and abandoned her family in the process. Now, with nowhere else to turn, Ruth finds herself on the …

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Time for a Reel PET SEMATARY review

Fans of Stephen King novels will be the first ones to tell you that his brilliant written words, for one reason or another, rarely translate well into movie form. Of course, there are exceptions such as The Shining (1980) and Christine (1983). Those rarities aside, the film adaptations have left hopeful fans feeling letdown attempt …

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Time for a Reel THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT review

The Hummingbird Project follows cousins Vincent (Jesse Eisenberg) and Anton (Alexander Skarsgård) who work in the world of high frequency trading under the thumb of a cutthroat boss named Eva. Unfulfilled and underappreciated, the cousins part ways and start a company of their own. They intend to build a straight fiber-optic cable and run it …

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Time for a Reel US review

Jordan Peele surprised just about everyone with his breakout hit, Get Out (2017), which also served as his directorial debut. Talk about making a grand entrance! Amassing more than 250 million dollars on only a 5 million dollar budgets had execs at Universal Pictures salivating in their eagerness to see what else was packed away …

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Time for a Reel HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U review

I don’t always say this about sequels but, watching Happy Death Day (2017) is a requirement if you’re wanting to understand where Happy Death Day 2U came from as well as the likelihood of where it’ll end up. Blumhouse Productions has become a major player in the production of horror movies. Their niche seems to …

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Time for a Reel COLD PURSUIT review

Liam Neeson finds himself in familiar trouble in the new action thriller, Cold Pursuit. Nels (Liam Neeson) is an unassuming snowplow driver with a wife (Laura Dern) and a son, Kyle (Micheál Richardson). When the son turns up dead via an overdose, Nels is devastated and on the brink of suicide. It is in that …

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Time for a Reel SERENITY review

Steven Knight has an impressive list of works credited to his name. On the television side of things, he was one of the creators of the very popular game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Another show that he created, Peaky Blinders, has been a hit on both sides of the pond. As far …

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Time for a Reel THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB review

I’m only going to reference the full title to this movie one time for accuracy purposes and the pacification of some studio exec somewhere that thought an eleven word movie title would be somehow beneficial in a social media world of limited characters. The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story explores …

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Time for a Reel HUNTER KILLER review

What kind of a name is Hunter Killer for a movie that doesn’t involve serial killers in some fashion? I’m sure that most of you are wondering the same thing. Well, as it turns out, “hunter-killer” in the naval world of things is a designation that is assigned to an attack vessel. In this case …