Lost in the Reel's video review for The Forever Purge.The Purge franchise has always been a bit of an anomaly for me. The first film that started it all, had a fantastic concept, but never put it to good use. And that is widely considered to be one of the weakest of the installments, if
Lost in the Reel's video review for Monsters at Work. My excitement was through the roof for this new series, as Monsters Inc. is one of my favorite Pixar films. And this might be a hot take, but I also adore Monsters University as well. I think this world really lends itself well to
The God Committee Non-Spoiler Review on "Lost in the Reel" The official trailer for The God Committee dropped two weeks ago and it immediately skyrocketed to the top of my most anticipated films of the year. The ensemble cast was filled with underutilized, but outstanding performers. All of
Lost in the Reel's video review for False Positive.Many comedic actors have turned to horror throughout the years, much of the time to great success. Which goes to show you that the line between the two genres is quite blurred, indeed. The greatest success in recent memory has been that of
Physical Review on Lost in the ReelPhysical is created by television veteran Annie Weisman, but the main draw here behind the scenes will be that of Craig Gillespie, who just directed the Emma Stone vehicle Cruella and the Oscar-winning I, Tonya. His flare for snarky dark humor is alive and
As far as Netflix Original Films go, we haven’t gotten a whole lot of material in the form of “dramedies”. The streaming giant is planning on mending that with their release of Paul Weitz’s Fatherhood. Even though you have definitely seen this film before in a
When Paramount announced that instead of releasing their new big-budget sci-fi action film Infinite in theaters, they would be dropping it on their streaming platform… I became worried about this project. I couldn’t fathom that they would miss out on all of the dollars to be made
Netflix’s new original film, Awake is an odd duck, to say the least. This is a film where the character's actions are so unprovoked and random, that there were times it felt like I was watching Nicholas Cage stealing a little girl’s bicycle in “The Wicker Man”, all
The Sheep Detectives is a towering testament of how powerful animated stories can be when done right. A genuine crowdpleaser, the film is sure to warm and break your heart, wrestling with richly textured explorations of death and grief, lost and found families, and the necessity of memory.
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm has Yuru and his Daemons turn the table on his pursuers in Ep. 4 "Jin and Yuru". It's pretty clearly a case of the hunters becoming the hunted here, and in a very action-packed way to boot. Now we wait and see if this is a good thing for Yuru, or if he has bitten off
