Reel Reviews
🎥 Reel Review: House on Eden
House on Eden follows a group of online content creators investigating a reportedly haunted house in the woods. The found-footage framework works earlier in the film. The cast feels believable, and tension is gradually built with some effective atmosphere. However, after they get inside, the movie starts to repeat itself. There are glimpses of something…
🎥 Reel Review: Bambi: The Reckoning
Bambi: The Reckoning turns a childhood icon into a woodland nightmare. The story follows a mother and her son stranded deep in the forest—only this forest has a towering, bloodthirsty deer with a grudge. It’s not subtle, but it knows what it is: a creature feature wrapped in twisted nostalgia. The tone leans serious, even…
🎬 Reel Review: Oh, Hi!
Oh, Hi! Starts like an offbeat rom-com—a playful weekend getaway between Iris (Molly Gordon) and Isaac (Logan Lerman) in a picturesque farmhouse. But when Isaac casually admits he’s not ready for commitment, Iris chains him to the bed for 12 hours—and the tone shifts sharply into dark comedy territory. That absurd premise drives the film,…
🎥 Reel Review: The Home
The Home provides Pete Davidson with his darkest role to date—and he rises to the occasion. He’s Max, a disturbed guy who works at a seedy retirement home where something is amiss. It’s a psychological horror film with a slow-burning mystery that blurs the difference between paranoia and reality. Davidson dials down the comedy and…
🎬 Reel Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Fantastic Four feels like a fresh start in the best way. It doesn’t lean on cameos or setup—it just tells a good story with a great cast. Pascal brings warmth and focus to Reed. Kirby gives Sue strength without turning cold. Quinn is lively as Johnny Storm without being obnoxious, and Moss-Bachrach’s Ben is the…
🎥 Reel Review: Saint Clare
Saint Clare follows a soft-spoken college student who believes she’s on a righteous mission. Inspired by Joan of Arc, Clare targets wrongdoers with eerie calm and a smile that never fades. Bella Thorne is oddly magnetic in the role—never overplaying it, never fully letting you in. The film is more meditative than thrilling. It moves…
🎥 Reel Review: Skillhouse
Skillhouse is all flash and no substance. Taking place in a social media mansion where influencers compete to go viral—or die trying—it’s a gruesome takedown of clout culture that never delves deeper than a trending hashtag. Bryce Hall plays it straight, and 50 Cent’s appearance is short but memorable. The kills are inventively staged, and…
🎥 Reel Review: Singing in My Sleep
Singing in My Sleep is a soft, intimate tale of a teenage girl attempting to discover who she is while growing in the shadow of her late father—a beloved musician. She sings songs, plays the guitar, and attempts to come to terms with the pressure surrounding her, particularly as the anniversary of his most well-known…
🎥 Reel Review: Bang (2025)
After surviving a heart transplant, a hitman tries to walk away from his violent past. Bang has the bones of a redemption story, but it’s more interested in bullets than growth. The action comes fast, the bodies pile up, and the blood doesn’t stop flowing. Jack Kesy plays it cold, almost too cold. There’s not…
🎥 Reel Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Set in 1970s Rhodesia, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight is the tale of young Bobo as she comes of age in a family marked by violence, loss, and doubt. Her parents struggle to keep their family intact as war wages on the outside and personal loss eats away at them from within. The…