FOR THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO SEE THE STRANGER, THIS IS A NON-SPOILER REVIEW. Lost in the Reel's video review of The Stranger True crime is a dime a dozen nowadays… it feels as if we are getting a new documentary, film, or limited series ripped straight from the headlines, every week. Our
Lost in the Reel's video review for A Friend of the Family The documentary Abducted in Plain Sight captured the world by storm when audiences discovered it on Netflix. The film, in fact, was one of the catalysts of my own resurgent fascination with the true crime genre. Something about this
Lost in the Reel's video review for CandyHulu is back at it again with another dramatized true crime series, with Candy. Although this is one of my favorite genres, it seems as if every single week we are getting a new show with a prestige cast playing out some kind of stranger-than-fiction
Keira Knightley’s upcoming true crime feature is currently casting key roles involved in the Boston Strangler case. The 20th Century Studios production tells the true story of Loretta McLaughlin (played by Knightley), the first reporter to connect the murders and break the story of the Boston
Bong Joon Ho may be a recent Oscar winner, but he’s been making incredible films for decades. Now, his 2003 film Memories of Murder is heading to VOD and digital platforms. Based on true events, Memories of Murder tells the story of the hunt for a serial rapist and murderer terrorizing a small
Carrie is one of Stephen King’s most loved and cherished works of fiction. Made into a seminal 1976 film and a later, more disappointing 2013 one, Carrie is an ageless tale of bullying, puberty, and female rage. When Mike Flanagan announced he was tackling the story of a telekinetic
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
If you strip everything else away, at the core—the soul, the center—of DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island” is the pure, unadulterated power of goddamn friendship. Potential spoilers ahead! “Forgotten Island” (written and directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford) is,
