I will admit that when I think of movies from twenty years ago that needed a sequel or a revisit, SILENT HILL was definitely not anywhere on my list. I mean, I don’t really have a list at all so I am making a bad joke here, but sitting down to watch RETURN TO SILENT […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of MEADOWLARKS from Mongrel Media!
It’s a new Get Reel Movies giveaway for 2026! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of MEADOWLARKS from our always generous partners at Mongrel Media! About: Inspired by her own acclaimed documentary “Birth of a Family”, Tasha Hubbard’s “Meadowlarks” tells the story of four Cree siblings, separated since childhood and now in […]
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE Reaction – Zombies Go To 11
A dramatically superior follow-up to the VERY entry in the series, 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE arrives in a time of year that feels like a dumping ground for wide release movies, but I was legit shocked to see a “sequel” of sorts beautifully build a world with two major connecting character points and […]
PRIMATE Review – CHIMPOCALYPSE NOW!
Back at last fall’s Fantastic Fest, I had the opportunity to see Primate at the 2025 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. It was the opening festival film. During the Q&A, director Johannes Roberts apologized for making RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY. It raises my suspicions that studio shenanigans must have happened in the making of […]
Get Reel Movies Podcast #29 – Train Dreams
In this episode, Daniel and Mason dive into the recently released TRAIN DREAMS, a film that offers a deep character study of Robert Granger, portrayed by Joel Edgerton. They discuss the film’s artistic nuances, its setting during a time of immense change in America, and its potential Oscar buzz. Films discussed during this episode: Train […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of AMERICAN SWEATSHOP from Vortex Media!
It has been a while, we admit, but we are happy to have a new contest up on the site! Enter below to win a digital copy of the recently released AMERICAN SWEATSHOP from our partners at Vortex Media! We caught this at SxSW this year and were very impressed by the haunting concept along […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
As part of the Centerpiece section, this is one of the many animated features playing at TIFF 2025. It seems that after FLOW and THE WILD ROBOT last year, it was a reminder of the demand for animation at TIFF! About: Based on Amélie Nothomb’s bestselling novel The Character of Rain, the magical animated feature Little Amélie […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – A SIMPLE SOLDIER
A SIMPLE SOLDIER is part of TIFF Docs this year, a wonderful part of the festival that is programmed by Thom Powers and team. This is one of the many solid docs that I covered in Toronto this year! About: A Simple Soldier is rooted in Ukraine’s current tragedy of war, but it has the power […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – A PRIVATE LIFE
Part of the Gala Presentations at TIFF this year, I was an easy sell with A PRIVATE LIFE, Jodie Foster and the promise that this was a french-speaking role for one of my favourite actors of all time. About: Academy Award winner Jodie Foster stars in this scintillating, slyly comic psychological thriller from French director […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – No Other Choice
One of the biggest Special Presentation titles this year was NO OTHER CHOICE, the latest feature from acclaimed filmmaker Park Chan-Wook who needs no introduction to film fans across the globe! About: Park Chan-wook, last at the Festival with the acclaimed Decision To Leave (’22), is a master of incisive, darkly comic tales. Featuring megastar Lee Byung […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – UIKSARINGITARA (Wrong Husband)
About: A strange death, village upheavals, and swarming suitors lead to a love story gone awry in acclaimed Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s latest enthralling imagining of ancient Inuit stories. Celebrated Inuk director Zacharias Kunuk returns to the Festival with his latest offering, a captivating, epic, historical drama about an arranged marriage, set 4,000 years ago. […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – Ghost School
As part of the Discovery section at this year’s TIFF, I was happy to see a screening of GHOST SCHOOL, one of the more overlooked titles at the festival. About: When 10-year-old Rabia (Nazualiya Arsalan) discovers her school has abruptly closed, she sets out to uncover the truth behind the eerie rumours swirling through her […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – Mile End Kicks
Go Canada! I attended the World Premiere of Chandler Levack’s MILE END KICKS at the Royal Alexandra Theatre at the Toronto International Film Festival. Chandler is a big force on social media and a VERY hard-working filmmaker (last I checked she was also directing a Netflix movie for Adam Sandler) and it was wonderful to […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – MODERN WHORE
About: An impassioned and insightful rebuttal to the assumptions, misconceptions, and faulty representations that surround sex work and sex workers, Modern Whore may also be the most audacious and engaging movie ever made about the oldest profession. Successfully expanding on their 2020 short film and book of the same name, director Nicole Bazuin and subject and co-writer […]
TIFF 2025 Reaction – BLKNEWS: Terms & Conditions
As part of the Wavelengths section of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the doc BLKNEWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS is one of the should-be-talked-about-more part of the festival. ABOUT: Celebrated artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph revisits and expands upon his eponymous two-channel “fugitive newscast” installation that was showcased at the 2019 Venice Biennale among other […]