Reel Reviews - Movie Reviews, blu-ray/DVD reviews

THE SHINING Meets THE DARK HALF in OPEN YOUR EYES First Trailer

Details: Published: 09 May 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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In a rush to complete an overdue screenplay, a writer’s past explodes into the present and his world begins to unravel in Open Your Eyes. This suspenseful thriller stars Ry Barrett (The Heretics, Still the Water) and Joanna Saul (Limited, Overlord) and takes you on a journey ...

Undergods - Movie Review

Details: Published: 06 May 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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It is indeed a MAD world we are spiraling in. With the pulsating synths from composer Wojciech Golczewski crystalizing the haunting blue atmosphere, Undergods ROARS to life as human bodies - dead and swarming with flies - are picked up off the deserted ...

M: The Criterion Collection (1931) - Blu-ray Review

Details: Published: 05 May 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Madness. Mayhem. And, of course, MURDER. This is what follows the anti-archetype characters of M. It is a thriller that is meant to unsettle the viewer with its hunt for a serial killer, making it an unforgettable REEL CLASSIC ...

Wrong Place, Wrong Time - Movie Review

Details: Published: 30 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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It turns out, you can’t double-cross the devil! Check out the title. Frankly, it tells you pretty much what you need to know about this plan to steal billions of dollars in laundered money. That’s right! It ALL goes to shit. You might make the mistake of thinking that this elite ...

Painkiller - Movie Review

Details: Published: 03 May 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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. . in which veteran character actor Bill Oberst Jr. takes the war on drugs to a whole NEW level as he, after the loss of his daughter to an opioid overdose, turns VIOLENT vigilante and hits the streets, hunting all those responsible for her death. Suddenly, the ...

West Michigan - Movie Review

Details: Published: 30 April 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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“It looks dirty, but it’s natural.” Those are the words uttered with a sense of relief by the central character in the closing scene of West Michigan. Hannah (Chloe Ray Warmoth, TV’s Fuller House) is not only speaking of the copper-tinged water of the Tahquamenon River that snakes its way ...

Watch First Trailer for Netflix's BLUE MIRACLE, Starring Dennis Quaid

Details: Published: 29 April 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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Netflix just released the first trailer for its upcoming film called Blue Miracle which tells the uplifting true story of a Mexican boys home that entered the world's biggest fishing tournament with hopes of saving their orphanage. You can check out the trailer and poster below ...

The Slayers - Movie Review

Details: Published: 27 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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Thanks to an outrageous opening in which two cult members - mere minutes after the rest of their tribe has gulped down some poison - decide NOT to drink the “kool aid” and take a road trip instead, The Slayers BEGINS and ENDS with a tongue wagging BANG. I kid you not, this is a side-splitting ...

New CEREBRUM Trailer Asks, "Have You Backed Up Your Brain?"

Details: Published: 28 April 2021; Written by Frank Wilkins

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From visionary new filmmaker Arvi Ragu, and starring Christian James (Hell Fest, “Nashville”), Alexxis Lemire (The Half of It), and acclaimed actor James Russo (Django Unchained, Beverly Hills Cop), Cerebrum will be available On Demand May 4, 2021. In the meantime, you ...

Pipeline - Movie Review

Details: Published: 27 April 2021; Written by Loron Hays

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“It won’t turn on and everything is plugged in!” You know that helpless feeling when you are staring at an expensive machine full of complicated tubes and knobs and whirly things and expecting it to, ya know, do its JOB?!?!? Hell, I know it well, but in this thriller, when things don’t behave ...