Ron Howard's original film Willow, which came from a story cooked up by George Lucas himself… is one of those eighties fantasy flicks that I have a soft spot in my heart for. Alongside Legend and The Neverending Story… Willow is the sort of cheesy, light-hearted genre fare that only that
Lost in the Reel's video review for Welcome to Chippendales The behind-the-scenes story of Chippendales is one perfectly tailored for the silver screen treatment. It's got everything you could want in a true crime saga: sex, drugs, fraud, arson, murder and of course, male strippers dancing
Lost in the Reel's video review of Criminal Minds: Evolution The original Criminal Minds ran 15 seasons with a whopping 324 episodes and still to this day, is one of the most watched shows in syndication. And while its two spin-offs Beyond Borders and Suspect Behavior failed to find their
Lost in the Reel's video review for My Father's Dragon The Irish Studio Cartoon Saloon has quickly made a name for itself with its exquisite hand-drawn animated films. Their past pictures The Secret of Kells, Song of The Sea, and Wolfwalkers all found inspiration from cultural folklore… and in
Lost in the Reel's video review for The English The western genre has seen many attempted revivals over the years, yet it seems to be a genre so rooted in America's dark past… That filmmakers have really struggled to be able to successfully update it for the modern age. While certain movies
A suicide road trip movie with supernatural horror, sci-fi and, pitch black comedy elements... This is writer/director Mali Elfman's Next Exit in a nutshell. And if that sounds to you like a film that is biting off way more than it can chew, than you would be right. I felt like I was on
Lost in the Reel's video review for Causeway As Oscar Season approaches, there is always a list of films that were considered hopefuls at the beginning, whether it be because of who is starring in it or who's behind the scenes, that end up getting completely forgotten about because they didn't live
Lost in the Reel's video review for The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself Netflix has become notoriously known for greenlighting intriguing projects and then canceling them without much remorse… or explanation. They also have been pumping out so much original content in the last couple of
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia gives us a true puppetmistress in the form of Boraqchin in Ep. 11 "An Ungraceful Stone". This episode has shown her to be a master planner and manipulator, making her quite the political genius. However, this episode also reveals that the people she's puppeting don't
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
