REEL Review – Mulan (2020)
Director: Niki Caro | 1h 55mins | Action, Adventure When a new threat invades the kingdom, the Emperor (Jet Li) asks each family to nominate one man to fight for their country. In order to protect her Father from battle, Mulan (Yifei Liu) disguises herself as a man and takes his place. Out of all the live-action remakes Disney have been churning out since Alice … Continue reading REEL Review – Mulan (2020)
Editor’s Pick – Incendies (2010)
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Runtime: 2h 11mins | Drama, Mystery | Language: French, Arabic Editor’s Pick – Incendies (2010) is written by Connor Cudmore. After losing their mother Nawal (Lubna Azabel) Canadian twins Jeanne and Simon (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Maxim Gaudette) travel to their war torn native country to follow her last wishes. Over the course of the past decade, Hollywood has clawed Denis Villeneuve … Continue reading Editor’s Pick – Incendies (2010)
Reel Rewind – The Fighter (2010)
Director: David O. Russell | Runtime: 1h 56mins | Biography, Drama From The Vault: The Fighter (2010) is written by Connor Cudmore. Based on the true story of professional boxer Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) as he attempts to step out of the shadow of his troubled by successful older brother Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale). It’s difficult to find autobiographical stories in cinema that don’t feel … Continue reading Reel Rewind – The Fighter (2010)
REEL Review – Tenet (2020)
Director: Christopher Nolan | 2h 30mins | Sci-Fi, Action A man known as The Protagonist (John David Washington) enters into a secretive world where people have learnt how to invert time. In order to stop the people who plan to use it for humanities demise, he has to get close to renowned Arms Dealer Andrei Sator (Kenneth Branagh). Your ability to enjoy Tenet really depends … Continue reading REEL Review – Tenet (2020)
REEL Review – Palm Springs (2020)
Director: Max Barbakow | Runtime: 1h 30mins | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance On the day of her sister’s wedding Sarah (Cristin Milioti) accidentally follows a carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg) into a mysterious cave. When she wakes up, she finds out she is in an eternal loop in time, repeating the same day over and over. Palm Springs is yet another attempt at using the day-repeat concept, … Continue reading REEL Review – Palm Springs (2020)
REEL Review – Bait (2019)
Director: Mark Jenkin | Runtime: 1h 29mins | Drama A once thriving fishing village in the heart of Cornwall is under threat from an ever increasing horde of tourists. Tensions rise as Fisherman Martin (Edward Rowe) has been forced to sell his childhood home and his brother Steven (Giles King) uses their late fathers old boat as a short tourist trip around the cove. There’s … Continue reading REEL Review – Bait (2019)
REEL Review – The Hunt (2020)
Director: Craig Zobel | Runtime: 1h 30mins | Action, Thriller 11 strangers are drugged and taken to a remote location. When they wake up, they have to fight for their lives as unknown assailants hunt them for unknown reasons. The problem with sitting so idly on the fence in a film is that the product suffers in the process. This is the exact problem The … Continue reading REEL Review – The Hunt (2020)
REEL Review – The Umbrella Academy: Season 2 (2020)
Creator: Steve Blackman, Jeremy Slater | Runtime: 47-51mins (episode) | Action, Fantasy, Adventure The first season of Umbrella Academy was a wonderful dose of comic book absurdity that was fuelled by it’s equally absurd cast of misfit ‘superheroes’. The absurdity continues in the second season, having the group scattered across Dallas in 1963 after a botched time travel, and in order to stop a nuclear … Continue reading REEL Review – The Umbrella Academy: Season 2 (2020)
REEL Review – The Old Guard (2020)
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Runtime: 2h 5mins | Action, Fantasy, Adventure A group of immortal mercenaries, lead by Andy (Charlize Theron), come under threat when their existence becomes known. While being hunted, a new immortal joins the group and attempts to make sense of her new power. Immortality is funny concept, especially in movies. A concept that has an endless supply of stories and times, … Continue reading REEL Review – The Old Guard (2020)
Editor’s Pick: Homecoming King (2017)
Director: Christopher Storer | Runtime: 1h 12mins | Comedy Hasan Minhaj’s first stand up special came courtesy of Netflix, mostly chronicling the immigrant experience of his parents and how it effected his childhood, Homecoming King also takes a dive into how his senior Prom night somehow lead to being a correspondent on The Daily Show. Netflix has created a enormous back catalogue of content since … Continue reading Editor’s Pick: Homecoming King (2017)
