Author: Rhiann’s Reels

  • Kraken (2026) Review – What Lurks Beneath the Fjord

    Kraken (2026) Review – What Lurks Beneath the Fjord

    In one sentence: When a marine biologist investigates strange events at a Norwegian salmon farm, she discovers an ancient creature has been awakened beneath the fjord. Monster movies continue to be all the rage and Norway’s latest foray into the genre draws upon its own rich folklore. The Kraken, a giant sea creature resembling an…

  • Disclosure Day (2026) Review – Looking Beyond Ourselves

    Disclosure Day (2026) Review – Looking Beyond Ourselves

    In one sentence: As evidence of extraterrestrial life threatens to become public, the world braces for a revelation that could change humanity forever. Blockbuster season has officially arrived with Steven Spielberg’s latest film. The director who helped define the modern summer blockbuster returns to one of his favourite genres, science fiction, with a story that…

  • Backrooms (2026) Review – More Questions Than Answers

    Backrooms (2026) Review – More Questions Than Answers

    In one sentence: When a struggling furniture store owner discovers a mysterious liminal space hidden behind the walls of his shop, his attempts to understand it draw others into a surreal and increasingly dangerous world. A24’s popularity is growing with each of its movies and its latest film, Backrooms, directed by its youngest director, Kane…

  • Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026) Review – Connection Beneath the Surface

    Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026) Review – Connection Beneath the Surface

    In one sentence: A lonely widow working at an aquarium forms an unlikely bond with a grieving young drifter and an octopus who quietly changes both of their lives. There is something uniquely affecting about films centred around animals. They often tap into emotion in ways human-led stories sometimes cannot. What makes Remarkably Bright Creatures…

  • Finding Emily (2026) Review – Searching for Something Real

    Finding Emily (2026) Review – Searching for Something Real

    In one sentence: After losing a digit from a girl’s phone number, a young man turns a brief connection into an increasingly complicated romantic quest. Romcoms rarely seem to have the lasting cultural impact of films like Bridget Jones’s Diary or Love Actually. Many arrive with charm and disappear just as quickly. With the producers…

  • Obsession (2026) Review – Be Careful What You Wish For

    Obsession (2026) Review – Be Careful What You Wish For

    In one sentence: A shy young man uses a mysterious wishing toy to make the woman he loves fall for him, only to unleash an obsession far more terrifying than he ever imagined. Have you ever wished the person you liked felt the same way about you? In an age of love bombing and blurred…

  • How To Make a Killing (2026) Review – Wealth, Greed and Morality

    How To Make a Killing (2026) Review – Wealth, Greed and Morality

    In one sentence: A man raised on the fringes of a wealthy dynasty decides to murder the relatives standing between him and his inheritance, setting off a darkly comic spiral of greed and ambition. Life can feel deeply unfair at times, but the way people respond to that unfairness says a great deal about character.…

  • Michael (2026) Review – The Rise of an Icon

    Michael (2026) Review – The Rise of an Icon

    In one sentence: Michael is a biopic charting Michael Jackson’s rise from child star to global icon that focuses on his musical genius and early life. There has been significant anticipation surrounding the Michael Jackson biopic, not only for its scale, but for what it chooses to include or exclude. Once the biggest star in…

  • Films That Sit with Grief

    Films That Sit with Grief

    Grief isn’t always loud or immediate. Sometimes it settles quietly into everyday life, shaping the way we move forward, the connections we make and the things we hold onto. These films don’t rush that process. Instead, they sit with it. HAMNET Hamnet explores how grief reshapes a family in ways both seen and unspoken. TWINLESSFollowing…

  • Eleanor the Great (2026) Review – Grief, Lies and Connection

    Eleanor the Great (2026) Review – Grief, Lies and Connection

    In one sentence: After the death of her best friend, a lonely woman moves to New York and becomes entangled in a lie that forces her to confront grief, identity and the need for connection. Scarlett Johansson steps behind the camera for her directorial debut with Eleanor the Great and rather than placing herself at…