REEL Review – Guava Island (2019)
Guava Island (2019) Director: Hiro Mirai | Runtime: 55mins | Comedy, Drama, Music Deni Maroon (Donald Glover) plans to hold a music festival for the people on Guava Island. But when the festival interferes with the working hours of Red Cargo (Nonso Anozie), a business man who basically controls the island, Deni’s life is put at risk. Donald Glover has had the uncanny ability to … Continue reading REEL Review – Guava Island (2019)
REEL Review – Hellboy (2019)
Hellboy (2019) Director: Neil Marshall | Runtime: 2h | Adventure, Action, Fantasy The demon Hellboy (David Harbour) must battle a Blood Queen, by the name of Nimue (Milla Jovovich) when she is awaken after years of being locked away. While battling the Queen, Hellboy must deal with his own impact on the world as a child of Hell. We were introduced to the first cinematic … Continue reading REEL Review – Hellboy (2019)
Movie Night! – Films to Watch Together
Whether you like consistency, appreciate narrative similarity, or just adhere mostly to one particular genre, these articles can act as your guide to discovering something new. For decades there has been an influx of remakes, sequels and franchise films that have such distinct similarities in story and formula, so it’s not exactly hard nowadays to find films to watch together. But, that’s not always a … Continue reading Movie Night! – Films to Watch Together
REEL Review – Dumbo (2019)
Dumbo (2019) Director: Tim Burton | Runtime: 1h 52mins | Adventure, Fantasy A baby Elephant, born into a failing circus, is ripped from his overprotective Mother because of the bullying he receives for his abnormally large ears. With the help of widowed Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his two kids, Dumbo gains the ability to fly and becomes a circus sensation. Since Cinderella (2015) Disney … Continue reading REEL Review – Dumbo (2019)
REEL Review – Shazam! (2019)
Shazam! (2019) Director: David f. Sandberg | Runtime: 2h 12mins | Action, Adventure, Comedy 14-year-old foster child Billy Batson (Asher Angel), while in the custody of a new family, is bestowed the power of a superhero that goes by the name Shazam (Zachary Levi). While Billy tries to deal with the new change, Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong) unleashes his own newfound power on the … Continue reading REEL Review – Shazam! (2019)
REEL Review – Us (2019)
Us (2019) Director: Jordan Peele Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) suffers an unexplained traumatic event during her childhood, and lives to have a loving husband and two children before she revisits the boardwalk in Santa Cruz which it occurred. After this, a serious of events terrorise her and her family as they attempt to endure the chaos. Writer/Director Jordan Peele was primarily known for his comedy … Continue reading REEL Review – Us (2019)
REEL Review – Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s (2018) Director: Jonah Hill | Runtime: 1h 25mins | Drama Set in 1990s Los Angeles, Stevie (Sunny Suljic) starts hanging out with a group of older kids. Spending their days skating and partying, easily influenced Stevie struggles to navigate between his new friends and already broken family relationships. Jonah Hill over the years has morphed as an actor, from typecast overweight sidekick, to probably … Continue reading REEL Review – Mid90s (2018)
REEL Review – Paddleton (2019)
Paddleton (2019) Director: Alex Lehmann | Runtime: 1h 29mins | Comedy, Drama Two neighbours in California have to take a unexpected emotional journey when the younger of the pair, Michael (Mark Duplass) is diagnosed with incurable cancer and given a short time left. Andy (Ray Romano) helps him through the process and supports Michael in fulfilling the plan he lays out to cope with the situation. … Continue reading REEL Review – Paddleton (2019)
7 Great Movies from the 1930s
The 1930s was a strange time for film, as new technology was both greeted with open arms and shunned by traditionalists, the decade before saw the introduction of ‘talkies’, Al Jolson stands up and says “you ain’t heard nothing yet”, leading The Jazz Singer (1927) to usher in a simple technique that would shape the rest of film history. For the most part this list … Continue reading 7 Great Movies from the 1930s
REEL Review – Captain Marvel (2019)
Captain Marvel (2019) Director: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck | Runtime: 2h 3mins | Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi In the mid 90’s, Vers (Brie Larson) works with a elite team of Kree attempting to inflitrate a planet occupied by their long term nemesis, the Skrull. After inadvertently escaping to Earth, Vers teams with S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to uncover the truth behind her … Continue reading REEL Review – Captain Marvel (2019)
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