About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Successful author Veronica Henley (Janelle Monáe) finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late. It all boils down to this. Antebellum fell short of the expectations I had going going into this. Part of the blame can be placed squarely …
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Time for a Reel 7500 review
About the film (courtesy of Amazon Studios): It looks like a routine day at work for Tobias (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a soft-spoken young American co-pilot on a flight from Berlin to Paris as he runs through the preflight checklist the pilot (Carlo Kitzlinger). But shortly after takeoff, terrorists armed with makeshift knives suddenly storm the cockpit. …
Time for a Reel THE HUNT review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose … The Hunt. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, a group of elites gathers for the …
Time for a Reel JOKER review
About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Director Todd Phillips Joker centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fractured …
Time for a Reel READY OR NOT review
About the film (courtesy of Fox Searchlight): Ready or Not follows a young bride (Samara Weaving) as she joins her new husband’s (Mark O’Brien) rich, eccentric family (Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell) in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. By the time the end of …
Time for a Reel SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK review
About the film (courtesy of CBS Films): It’s l968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town …
Time for a Reel ANNABELLE COMES HOME review
About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga) bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits …
Time for a Reel MA review
About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe. Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town (Diana Silvers, Glass), to buy some booze …
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 …
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 …