Lost in the Reel's video review for Empire of Light When Sam Mendes' new film Empire of Light was announced, it shot to the top of every critic's list of Most Likely Oscar Contenders. It's the follow-up to his much-loved World War 1 epic 1917. It's a film about the magic of
Lost in the Reel's video review for Decision to Leave Park Chan-Wook, the director of Oldboy, Lady Vengeance and The Handmaiden, is in my opinion, one of the greatest filmmakers working today. While Bong-Joon Ho is the household name from South Korea, due to his groundbreaking work on
This time of year belongs to two types of movies. There are the movies the studio holds no faith in, thus dumping them in the no-man’s-land of January, or the movies that technically released in 5 theaters the year before so they could be considered Oscar material. When they receive
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia proves the old adage that no plan survives contact with the enemy in Ep. 5 "A Snake Shows Its Colors, Man Hides His Colors". Admittedly, the plan isn't even Sitara's plan. It's the plan of her mistress Sorghaghtani. However, it still becomes clear that the whole plan
We all have that one film we saw when we were far too young to see. That one movie that we snuck a peek at when our parents went to bed, or movie hopping at the theater to the R-rated movie you couldn't buy a ticket for, or at your friend's house with parents who didn't care what you watched. What
Daemons of the Shadow Realm shows us one of the most wonderfully executed baited traps in Ep. 17 "Crybaby and Naughty Child". All with the intended target of the trap, a traitor within the ranks of the Kagemoris, taking it hook, line, and sinker. The resulting battle as well as the ripple effects
