The Groundhog Day-esque time loop narrative has been a concept used throughout films over the years in a formulaic, mostly unoriginal fashion. Outside of the Bill Murray classic and Edge of Tomorrow, I usually don’t gravitate towards this […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic played a factor in studios moving their films from the big screen to streaming services, Disney chose to move Artemis Fowl for what we assume are different reasons now having seen […]
Coming-of-age stories have been a favorite genre of mine for years. I enjoy seeing how filmmakers capture the experiences of adolescence and growing up for their protagonists. From The Perks of Being a Wallflower to Eighth Grade and Sing […]
Over the past thirty years, Spike Lee has remained a staple in cinema with his polarizing and incredible filmography. From Do the Right Thing to Malcolm X, and most recently, BlacKkKlansman, which ultimately lead the acclaimed director to […]
As studios continue to make the change in their film releases from theatrical to VOD and streaming, this week gave cinephiles options in two entirely different genres. Along with Netflix releasing Extraction this weekend, HBO films joined […]
Since Reel Talk Inc’s and Reel Chronicle’s inception 3 years ago, I’ve been quite adamant about my love of Bill Murray. Aside from starring in one of my favorite films of all time, Ghostbusters, Murray has consistently […]
The Way Back rides on a career-best performance by Ben Affleck, and it’s a solid example of how a performance can elevate otherwise clichéd material. The Way Back is better as a character study of […]
The real monster in this latest take on the classic story of The Invisible Man isn’t the title character himself but the dangers of a toxic and abusive relationship. There are typical horror tropes to be found […]
Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story punched me in the gut as no other film had in 2019. It’s not my personal favorite of the year. Still, it’s one of the year’s best because of its unflinching […]
With an opening of just $8.6 million over the weekend, the latest attempt to bring back the Charlie’s Angels franchise has crashed and burned out of the gate. Even with a relatively low budget ($48-50 […]
Gemini Man aspires to be so much more than it is. Director Ang Lee, who has proven himself to be a proficient visual director, can sometimes let his artistic sensibilities get the best of him. This […]
Anytime a film by Martin Scorsese is released, cinephiles rejoice. A Scorsese film immediately earns credibility all thanks to his extensive body of work, which has made him one of the greatest directors of all […]
Brad Pitt has been one of Hollywood’s shining stars for quite some time now. And while he’s always starred in blockbuster caliber films, his career for the majority of this decade has seen the actor […]
With the release It in 2017, audiences were treated to a new modern horror masterpiece. Stephen King’s sprawling 1,100-page novel was adapted before as a miniseries in 1990, and while it might’ve thrilled back then, it certainly […]
A lot has been made about the scope of the Fast & Furious franchise over the years. I don’t think anyone predicted when The Fast and the Furious became a surprise hit in the summer […]
1994’s The Lion King, for me, is Disney Animation’s masterwork. The film was the last of the great offerings during the Disney Renaissance which began in 1989 with The Little Mermaid and included such films […]
With the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, the Marvel Cinematic Universe ends its third phase and looks into a very different future. What began with Iron Man in 2008, came to a conclusion of […]
There is no denying how hot horror has been the last few years and a lot of that box office resurgence belongs to the success of what has become The Conjuring Universe. It all began […]
Can you remember what you did with your time on a Friday or Saturday night as a teenager? For me, there were two phases. Phase one involved merely hanging out a selected friend’s house, watching […]
I had to think long and hard about whether or not to recommend Brightburn. The film has flaws and features characters so incessantly stupid that it’s hard to connect with anyone. The characters say and […]
The John Wick franchise is something none of us saw coming but what a gift it has been. What easily could’ve been dismissed as a one-off action film that came and went back in 2014, […]
It has all come down to this, and we’re in the endgame now. The culmination of 21 movies has led to this pivotal moment where the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to a close as we […]
On May 2, 2008, I walked into a theater for a screening of Iron Man. Little did I know that the film was the beginning of an 11-year journey, one that would birth the Marvel […]
I’m probably one of the few people who doesn’t mind film adaptations of YA novels. Despite finding myself not in the demographic for such material (they’re usually catered towards young girls) there is potential in […]
Pet Sematary isn’t a horror film for everyone despite the name recognition of Stephen King and this being a remake of one of his better film adaptations. A lot of moviegoers have come to expect […]
When you have a directorial debut that is as strong as Jordan Peele’s Get Out was, all eyes are going to be on what you do next. Get Out was a bit of a game […]
In 2017, Jordan Peele entered the spotlight as one of Hollywood’s great new directors with the release of Get Out, a film that used horror as a backdrop to refract race relations in today’s America. […]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has impressed me in many ways over the years but I think one of its most impressive feats is what it has done for second-tier comic book brands that the general […]
Wrestling fans have awaited the next great wrestling film to appear. This is a short expectation because, in the past 25 years, we’ve seen a great film with The Wrestler and the not so great […]
For over 20 years, M. Night Shyamalan has been one of the most inconsistent directors in Hollywood. Despite taking the world by storm in 1999 with The Sixth Sense, I never became one those who praised the […]
I would make the argument that you won’t be able to feel the full power of Beautiful Boy unless you’ve had some experience with addiction. Not to say that viewers who haven’t been affected by […]
On paper, Aquaman has all the razzle-dazzle that makes for a proper superhero tentpole experience. It’s immersed in special effects, world building and engages in wall-to-wall action that should provide proper entertainment. On some level, […]
It’s hard to imagine a sequel to a film almost 60 years old being as highly anticipated as Mary Poppins Returns. Mary Poppins is considered one of Walt Disney’s crowning achievements as the film not […]
Fewer words can be said to be truer than “Queen” is one of the most legendary bands of all time.” From “We are the Champions” to “Under Pressure,” there are few and far people in between that […]
The best movies stay with you long after they are over and, in the case of The Hate U Give, it has stayed with me for days after seeing it. There are a power and […]
Some movies are destined to be cult classics the moment of their conception. They’re so offbeat and a tad off the wall that mainstream audiences may not know how to take it in but film […]
With Halloween (2018), the franchise has gone back to its roots. What began as an unnerving exercise in random violence with the 1978 classic began to get bogged down with unnecessary motives and multiple timelines […]
As 1998 concluded, most fans felt that the Halloween franchise had ended on a high note with the success of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. The film had given fans a real finale to the […]
A year removed from the release of Halloween II and the apparent death of Michael Myers, the Halloween franchise was at it again with the release of the most misunderstood film in the franchise. A film that throughout the […]
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