Self Reliance (2023) – Reel Review
Director: Jake Johnson | 1h 25mins | Comedy, Thriller In a bid to get out of his lonely and routined life, Tommy agrees to join a game in which he’s hunted for 30 days. In a list that includes Bo Burnham and Greta Gerwig, New Girl’s Jake Johnson joins a long line of comedy actors hoping to make their mark as a director. While Self … Continue reading Self Reliance (2023) – Reel Review
Madame Web (2024) – Reel Review
Director: S.J. Clarkson | 1h 56mins | Action, Adventure, Fantasy Cassandra Webb, a New York paramedic, starts having visions of the future. While trying to save three teenage girls from a deadly threat, she must confront her past at the same time. Since the MCU brought Spider-Man into their multiverse Sony have struggled to keep a grasp on their rights to the character. Gone are … Continue reading Madame Web (2024) – Reel Review
The Iron Claw (2023) – Reel Review
Director: Sean Durkin | 2h 12mins | Drama, Biography, Sport The true story of the Von Erich family who had a meteoric rise in the world of professional wrestling during the 1980’s. There have been very few films based on pro wrestling and even fewer true stories. Fighting With My Family is the most notable one to date in which we were given a lighter … Continue reading The Iron Claw (2023) – Reel Review
REEL’s Top 15 Films of 2023
This year in film has offered us the highest level of filmmaking from legendary directors and newcomers alike. Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki and Christopher Nolan all gave us something new and fresh to add to their iconic filmographies, but what makes 2023 such a turning point for cinema is the mainstream attention for big budget auteurs. Audiences turned their backs on the formula-heavy comic book movies … Continue reading REEL’s Top 15 Films of 2023
Flora and Son (2023) – Reel Review
Director: John Carney | 1h 37mins | Drama, Comedy, Music A young Irish Mother tries to connect with her son by taking up the guitar. John Carney’s crowd-pleasing latest film is just as you’d expect from a director so passionately obsessed with the connection between people and music, hitting the right notes of sentiment and exploring how music can shape identity as well as become … Continue reading Flora and Son (2023) – Reel Review
Brooklyn 45 (2023) – Reel Review
Director: Ted Geoghegan | Runtime: 1h 32mins | Horror, Drama Just after the end of World War II, a group of decorated veterans meet to support their grieving friend who wants to perform a seance in order to communicate with his late wife. Ted Geoghegan’s multi-layered, multi-genre, chamber piece is a bold mesh of suspenseful Horror and Post-War Drama. Like all the great Horror films … Continue reading Brooklyn 45 (2023) – Reel Review
Past Lives (2023) – Reel Review
Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends separated by Nora’s family emigrating from South Korea, find themselves reconnecting over the course of their lives. Continue reading Past Lives (2023) – Reel Review
The Essential Guide To Christopher Nolan
Every filmmaker has their own vision when creating a piece of cinema, trying to convey their personal message with each film they make. With the film industry’s worth reaching well into the billions every year it would be impossible to see everything that comes out, but sometimes you’ll come out enjoying it so much, keen to see what the filmmakers do next. In this series … Continue reading The Essential Guide To Christopher Nolan
How to Blow Up a Pipe Line (2023) – Reel Review
A group of eco-activists decide that not enough is being done to battle climate change, and that more violent acts are required to enact meaningful change. Continue reading How to Blow Up a Pipe Line (2023) – Reel Review
Broker (2022) – Reel Review
After a new mother leaves her unwanted child in a baby box (church-based schemes to stop complete abandonment), two hapless traffickers figure out a way to sell the child to sterile parents. Continue reading Broker (2022) – Reel Review
