Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) – Reel Review
Directors: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein | 1h 50mins | Horror Suffering from a recurring nightmare, Stefani heads home from college to track down a distant relative in the hopes she can help. When she learns the truth, her family must prepare for the impending doom that awaits them. The Final Destination films were a staple of 2000s horror, quenching audiences’ thirst for gratuitous violence … Continue reading Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) – Reel Review
Thunderbolts* (2025) – Reel Review
Director: Jake Schreier | 2h 7mins | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi After being set up for death, a group of mercenaries join forces and embark on a mission that forces them to confront their dark pasts. It’s easy to compare the team in Thunderbolts to Marvel’s very own Suicide Squad. They’re a ragtag group of antiheroes—many of whom were once villains—unconventionally teaming up at a time … Continue reading Thunderbolts* (2025) – Reel Review
Death of a Unicorn (2025) – Reel Review
Director: Adam Scharfman | 1h 47mins | Horror, Comedy While on their way to a weekend retreat, Elliot and his daughter Ridley hit a unicorn. When they discover its curative abilities, Elliot’s billionaire bosses attempt to exploit the creature for their own gain. With A24’s horror catalogue becoming a genre in itself over the past few years, Death of a Unicorn—the debut from director Alex … Continue reading Death of a Unicorn (2025) – Reel Review
Sinners (2025) – Reel Review
Director: Ryan Coogler | 2h 18mins | Horror, Fantasy, Action Two brothers return to Mississippi to start a new life and open a juke joint with the help of their cousin. But on opening night, they must fight a new evil. Since his outstanding debut, Fruitvale Station, back in 2013, Ryan Coogler has mostly operated within the confines of blockbusters and franchises. He stands as … Continue reading Sinners (2025) – Reel Review
The Electric State (2025) – Reel Review
Director: The Russo Brothers | 2h 5mins | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action Michelle, an orphaned teen living in an alternate 90s, joins forces with a robot and a smuggler to find her brother. To do so, they must venture into the exclusion zone, a vast area where robots have been exiled since the end of a robot/human war. At $320 million, The Electric State is the … Continue reading The Electric State (2025) – Reel Review
2025 Best Picture Nominees Ranked From Worst to Best
Whether or not you care for the Academy Awards you can’t deny the chokehold they have on the film world as award season reaches its climax. Many people theorise and debate who will take home the big award on the night but, with the voting being heavily swayed by FYC campaigns and industry relationships, as well as the subjective nature of film, people are often … Continue reading 2025 Best Picture Nominees Ranked From Worst to Best
After Life (1998) – Editor’s Pick
A group of Councillors help the souls of the dead move on to eternity by helping them to select a single memory to take with them into the afterlife. Continue reading After Life (1998) – Editor’s Pick
The Brutalist (2024) – Reel Review
Director: Brady Corbet | 3h 35mins | Drama After surviving the horror’s of World War II, Jewish architect László Toth settles in Pennsylvania in the hopes he can rebuild his life. Eventually, a wealthy industrialist takes a liking to László and his talent for building. Brady Corbet’s newest epic is an uncompromising return to a by-gone era of storytelling. Most films nowadays with a bloated … Continue reading The Brutalist (2024) – Reel Review
A Real Pain (2024) – Reel Review
Director: Jesse Eisenberg | 1h 30mins | Comedy, Drama David and his cousin Benji take a guided tour through Poland, to connect to their family history and visit their Grandma’s childhood home. Jesse Eisenberg’s reverent comedy is an inspired exercise in how to write humour and character without them feeling like two opposing parts. Even with the challenging backdrop of Jewish history, as David and … Continue reading A Real Pain (2024) – Reel Review
Sing Sing (2024) – Reel Review
A group of prisoners at Sing Sing Correctional Facility prepare for their latest show while trying to rehabilitate through arts. There are some films that are so entwined with the reality of the story they are telling that they hit far better than most dramas, and Greg Kwedar’s powerful Sing Sing is as poignant and powerful as they come, passionately embracing real-life people who were … Continue reading Sing Sing (2024) – Reel Review
