Lost in the Reel's video review for Bottoms Bottoms comes from second-time feature director and writer Emma Seligman, whose first film Shiva Baby was a critical and cult favorite just three years ago. Now, I was in the minority and did not love Shiva Baby like everyone else seemed to, but I
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie offers a rather unique take on the romantic comedy story between a girl and a boy. For starters: the female Miyako Shikimori has a distinctly masculine personality compared to the male Yuuki Izumi's distinctly feminine personality. For the rest: there are many strong
Focus Features Spoiler Alert is based on the memoir of a longer name: Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words. The film stars Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) and Ben Aldrige (Fleabag) as Michael Ausiello and Kit Cowan, respectively. Michael Ausiello is a real
Lost in the Reel's video review for Young Royals Season 2 This week has been a real treat for me, as two of my favorite TV shows from 2021 are releasing their long-awaited sophomore seasons in the span of a couple of days. While I was let down by The White Lotus's newest batch of episodes, I
Lost in the Reel's video review for They/Them A horror movie that takes place in a gay conversion camp with an ensemble of out-and-proud young performers? From a three-time Oscar-nominated writer? And produced by Blumhouse, who knows a thing or two about this particular genre? And to top it all
Lost in the Reel's video review for Three Headed Beast 24-year-old Austin-based filmmakers Fernando Andres and Tyler Rugh have crafted a film filled with such wisdom and confidence beyond their years. This is an assured feature debut, that definitely took some real guts to pull off... But,
Light pouring in through bullet holes in a black wall. That's just one of the images that has stuck with me since June 12th, 2016. It is also one of the images that were recreated for Paramount+ Reboot of Queer As Folk. For most of America, these scenes will feel familiar. However, for those of us
This June, we are getting a slew of LGBTQ+ oriented entertainment as Hulu is also dropping the final season of Love, Victor, Peacock is releasing the first season of their Queer as Folk reboot and AMC+ will be unveiling the incredible Ben Wishaw-led This Is Going to Hurt. Suffice to say, that
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
