Lost in the Reel's video review of Cha Cha Real SmoothCha Cha Real Smooth is 24-year-old Cooper Raif's second feature film, after the 2020 SXSW Grand Jury Prize Winner Sh*thouse. And after only two movies, I can safely say that I will go out of my way to see every production that this young
Lost in the Reel's non-spoiler video review of The Afterparty.As far as comedies go, we have experienced a dry spell as of late. It seems like there haven’t been any original mainstream comedies to come out in the theaters that have made a mark. Comedy on television hasn’t
Lost in the Reel's video review of Archive 81.When I heard James Wan was producing a new Netflix show revolving around cults… I didn’t need to hear anything more. I was already sold. And even though Wan doesn’t write or direct any of the eight episodes that comprise season one of
Ahhhh… once again we have reached the month of January, when studios dump their least desirable films into theaters. And the first wide release of 2022 comes in the form of the long-delayed The 355; a star-studded action film from Simon Kinberg, whose last directorial effort was the
Lost in the Reel's video review for Swan Song. Swan Song is Oscar-winning Benjamin Cleary’s feature directorial debut after his 2015 win for the astonishingly profound short film Stutterer. He has an eye for crisp, clean visuals that soak over you, and he is quite obviously, a man full
Lost in the Reel's video review for Don't Look Up.Don’t Look Up has been one of the biggest question marks of the year for me because I honestly had no idea what to expect from this film. All we really knew was that it had an all-star, top-tier cast, a huge budget from Netflix, a pretty basic
Lost in the Reel's video review for Encounter.There have honestly been so many alien invasion movies and television shows that have graced our screens, that it is hard to keep track of them. Many of these projects go the simple route; clinging on to the audience's fascination and fears of
Lost in the Reel's video review for Santa Inc.In the trailer promoting the new stop-motion holiday series Santa Inc., it proudly displays the words “From the Creators of ‘Sausage Party’” across the screen in large text.. so, that should pretty much tell you if you are going
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger feels like a movie that’s selling itself as something deeper than it ultimately is. There’s an expectation that we’re going to get this grand story about the Gallagher brothers reconciling, putting aside their differences, and coming back together for these
There will be many moments during Paul Greengrass's new film The Uprising that create chilling parallels to recent historical events. His exploration of the 1381 peasants revolt in Medieval England is rooted as much in historical fact as it is relevant to the present day. Some of this is clearly by
“By Any Means” treads familiar ground, but Mark Wahlberg shines as real life Hitman-turned-Fed informer Gregory Scarpa, and behind the tropes and cinematic conventions is the kernel of a true story that has relevance to this day. Mark Wahlberg is distracting (mostly in a good way) throughout
