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Zootopia 2 will please fans of the original, offering a worthy follow up that expands its fascinating world while delivering plenty of laughs, even if the main characters lose some of their charm.
Zootopia 2 will please fans of the original, offering a worthy follow up that expands its fascinating world while delivering plenty of laughs, even if the main characters lose some of their charm.
Zootopia offers plenty of entertainment through its charismatic leads and imaginative world, all while exploring a relevant theme with clarity, even if it doesn't quite reach the emotional power of the top animated films.
Zootopia offers plenty of entertainment through its charismatic leads and imaginative world, all while exploring a relevant theme with clarity, even if it doesn't quite reach the emotional power of the top animated films.
What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.
What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.
Wicked: For Good doesn’t change the source material “for the better”, but its fidelity, performances, and craft will have fans rejoicifying.
Wicked: For Good doesn’t change the source material “for the better”, but its fidelity, performances, and craft will have fans rejoicifying.
Keeper wastes Tatiana Maslany’s strong performance and all its atmosphere on a story that falls apart the moment you think about it.
Keeper wastes Tatiana Maslany’s strong performance and all its atmosphere on a story that falls apart the moment you think about it.
What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.
What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.
The third Now You See Me film may overestimate how much we care about these characters, dragging through a laboriously long middle section, but its clever twists and stylish energy make it a surprisingly enjoyable…
The third Now You See Me film may overestimate how much we care about these characters, dragging through a laboriously long middle section, but its clever twists and stylish energy make it a surprisingly enjoyable…
What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.
https://reviewsonreels.ca/2025/11/08/what-to-watch-this-weekend/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.
https://reviewsonreels.ca/2025/11/08/what-to-watch-this-weekend/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Brisk yet overly familiar, In Your Dreams pairs a gentle sibling arc with a simplified take on divorce and a generic dream world.
Brisk yet overly familiar, In Your Dreams pairs a gentle sibling arc with a simplified take on divorce and a generic dream world.
Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother" beautifully explores sibling dynamics through small, poignant moments across three chapters. With humor and tenderness, it celebrates familial bonds, inviting viewers to reflect on their own relationships.
Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother" beautifully explores sibling dynamics through small, poignant moments across three chapters. With humor and tenderness, it celebrates familial bonds, inviting viewers to reflect on their own relationships.
Jan Komasa’s Anniversary begins as a sharp portrait of political division but collapses into overblown dystopia, losing sight of its emotional truth.
Jan Komasa’s Anniversary begins as a sharp portrait of political division but collapses into overblown dystopia, losing sight of its emotional truth.
The Black Phone 2 offers effective scares, evocative visuals, and a confident director at work, but never quite convinces you that The Black Phone needed a sequel.
The Black Phone 2 offers effective scares, evocative visuals, and a confident director at work, but never quite convinces you that The Black Phone needed a sequel.
Toronto After Dark 2025 brought horror and joy back to Toronto, honoring Adam Lopez’s legacy through a spirited and fan-filled return.
Toronto After Dark 2025 brought horror and joy back to Toronto, honoring Adam Lopez’s legacy through a spirited and fan-filled return.
Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks shows his love for horror, but it never finds its own identity, feeling more like a collection of scares than a cohesive whole.
Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks shows his love for horror, but it never finds its own identity, feeling more like a collection of scares than a cohesive whole.
When Franco isn’t on screen, Regretting You isn’t entirely hopeless, but it constantly misses its most meaningful opportunity: to let mother and daughter heal together through shared loss rather than through parallel love stories.
When Franco isn’t on screen, Regretting You isn’t entirely hopeless, but it constantly misses its most meaningful opportunity: to let mother and daughter heal together through shared loss rather than through parallel love stories.
Reflection in a Dead Diamond is a spy film turned fever dream. It is daring, ambitious, and treats restraint as a villain, yet so relentless that fascination turns to fatigue.
Reflection in a Dead Diamond is a spy film turned fever dream. It is daring, ambitious, and treats restraint as a villain, yet so relentless that fascination turns to fatigue.
A viciously entertaining creature feature that knows exactly what it is, Primate delivers exactly what you’d hope for from a killer-chimp movie.
A viciously entertaining creature feature that knows exactly what it is, Primate delivers exactly what you’d hope for from a killer-chimp movie.
Despite presenting itself as a deep character study, Deliver Me From Nowhere remains surface level and overly reverent, ending up shallow without entertainment and introspective without insight.
Despite presenting itself as a deep character study, Deliver Me From Nowhere remains surface level and overly reverent, ending up shallow without entertainment and introspective without insight.
A month after TIFF 50, I look back on an unforgettable festival filled with great films, long days, and Lavazza cold brew.
A month after TIFF 50, I look back on an unforgettable festival filled with great films, long days, and Lavazza cold brew.
A well-acted and accessible look at the Murdaugh case, Hulu’s new series trades shock for empathy and brings surprising humanity to the real-life story.
A well-acted and accessible look at the Murdaugh case, Hulu’s new series trades shock for empathy and brings surprising humanity to the real-life story.
Led by a deeply felt performance from Denise Weinberg, and filled with empathy and tenderness, The Blue Trail turns an act of resistance into a meditation on what it means to remain human in a mechanized world, even as it drifts in its final act.
Led by a deeply felt performance from Denise Weinberg, and filled with empathy and tenderness, The Blue Trail turns an act of resistance into a meditation on what it means to remain human in a mechanized world, even as it drifts in its final act.
Cal McMau’s debut Wasteman showcases two rising stars and gritty realism, but its minimal script limits how far the film can go.
Cal McMau’s debut Wasteman showcases two rising stars and gritty realism, but its minimal script limits how far the film can go.
Alejandro Amenábar’s The Captive brings the story of Miguel de Cervantes’ captivity to the screen with lavish production and biblical scale, yet its restrained tone keeps it from fully connecting emotionally.
Alejandro Amenábar’s The Captive brings the story of Miguel de Cervantes’ captivity to the screen with lavish production and biblical scale, yet its restrained tone keeps it from fully connecting emotionally.
Glossy, theatrical, and packed with Oscar-clip moments, Nuremberg revives the famous tribunal with prestige polish and a towering performance from Russell Crowe.
Glossy, theatrical, and packed with Oscar-clip moments, Nuremberg revives the famous tribunal with prestige polish and a towering performance from Russell Crowe.