Brendan Da Costa

A JBO Reel Review of: Unorthodox (2020). Unorthodox is one of the best things to watch on Netflix right now and a serious contender come awards season.

A JBO Reel Review of: The White Tiger (2021). The White Tiger is as smart as it is silly. As harrowing as it is hilarious. As intelligent as it is entertaining. In other words, it’s on the hunt but it’s happy just to play.

A JBO Reel Review of: The Willoughbys (2020). This soulless (if visually striking) mess is about found family. Or something. I don’t know.

A JBO Reel of: The Tomorrow War (2021). The Tomorrow War is a confused mess of a movie but it’s still pretty damn well entertaining. Even if only because of Sam Richardson.

A JBO Reel Review of: The Platform (2019). A cult favourite, The Platform panders to its intended audience at the expense of the patience of wider audiences.

A JBO Reel Review of: The Old Guard (2020). No one is going to pay attention to the US Army soldier from 2020 when they’re standing next to a two-thousand-year-old warrior queen from Scythia. No one.

A JBO Reel Review of: The Last Thing He Wanted (2020). It’s probably the last thing you’ll ever want to watch.

A JBO Reel Review of: The Hunt (2020). ​​In today’s politically charged cultural arena, most films and television shows attempt to either cater to one political tribe or the other or stay out of the fray altogether.

A JBO Reel Review of: Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather Trilogy. This classic of cinema encapsulates the American dream.

A JBO Reel Review of: Taxi Driver (1976). “A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or the others crazy?” — Albert Einstein.