Reel Reviews from the Mitten

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🧤 Not all movies play the same game—so we’re not grading them like they do.
Introducing the Mitten’s Dual Grading Scale 🎬🎥

 Blockbusters = execution & entertainment.
 Indies = vision & voice.

Same 1–10 scale. Two different standards. Because context matters.

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🎬 Reel Take – Anaconda
 🐍 Jack Black brings the chaos, Paul Rudd keeps it straight, and a giant CGI snake chews the scenery. Campy, splashy, knowingly absurd—this reboot leans into dumb fun the right way. Watch here: https://t.co/XIE1HcuiNB

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📺 Reel Brief – Sept 18

 🐇 Black Rabbit (Netflix) – A new dark drama drops, full of mystery and tension.
 ⚖️ Reasonable Doubt S3 (Hulu) – The legal thriller is back with fresh twists.
 🏈 Thursday Night Football (Prime Video) – Weeknight gridiron action continues.

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On the Reel starting Sep 18

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Reel Take. The undead invade the MCU — familiar heroes twisted into nightmares, with survivors fighting through apocalyptic streets. Creepy, chaotic, and awesome. Coming to Disney+ on September 24. Watch here:

https://t.co/IaFVvPwg3e

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📺 Reel Brief – New This Week

 🩸 Gen V S2 on Prime Video
 👨‍🍳 Next Gen Chef on Netflix
 ��️ The Morning Show returns on Apple TV+
 🔍 High Potential S2 on Hulu

Fresh seasons & premieres across the streamers—what’s first on your watchlist?

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Reel Take. No polished legacy here — the trailer lives in the streets, where fists settle scores and grit fuels survival. Brutal clashes, raw energy, and a tone that feels more fight-for-respect than family toast. Watch here: https://t.co/DzE3EgYnem

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Reel Take. Mario naps under a tree as a lone butterfly drifts past — calm, serene, almost dreamlike. No gameplay yet, just atmosphere. A quiet promise that something bigger is waiting beyond the horizon. Watch here: 

https://t.co/IgFIB9sfGV

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📺 Reel Brief – New on PVOD
 🇺🇸 Americana
 🔮 Witchboard
 🐕 Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
 ✡️ Bad Shabbos
Fresh stories now on PVOD—something for every mood this week. Which one’s calling your watchlist first?

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🎟️ Reel Receipts – Sep 12-14

Weekend Box Office Results
 🔥 Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle – $70M 🇺🇸 / $352.9M 🌎
 👻 The Conjuring: Last Rites – $26.1M 🇺🇸 / $332.8M 🌎
 👑 Downton Abbey: Grand Finale – $18.1M / $30.3M 🌎
 🚶 The Long Walk – $11.5M 🇺🇸
 🍿 Toy Story (2025 re-release) – $3.5M/ $5.2M 🌎

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📺 Reel Brief

🚀 Futurama S13 beams onto Hulu. Fry, Leela & Bender are back with fresh chaos. 

AMC Screen Unseen (PG-13) keeps the big-screen mystery alive—your surprise pick awaits!

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Reel Ones to Watch: Cam (Netflix)
An under-the-radar psychological horror that blends technology, identity, and paranoia in chilling ways. Cam follows a camgirl who discovers her online persona has been hijacked by a sinister doppelgänger.

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🎬 Reel Brief – Weekend Edition

 🤝 Reunion (Paramount+) 
 🥊 Canelo Álvarez vs. Crawford (Netflix) 
 🏆 Emmy Awards (Paramount+) 
 💄 Beauty and the Bester (Netflix)
 🩸 Maledictions (Netflix)
 ❤️ You and Everything Else (Netflix)
 👑 Ratu Ratu: The Queen (Netflix)
 🏍️ Ride with Norman Reedus (AMC+)

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🎥 Reel Review – We Strangers. A cleaner’s lie about speaking to the dead spirals into a haunting look at class, identity & belonging. Howell-Baptiste shines, Valia directs with eerie precision. Not your typical thriller—this is a sharp, unsettling meditation on belonging and survival. Rated: 6.8/10.

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🎬 Reel Brief – Now Streaming

 🌀 I Don’t Understand You (Hulu) 
 🎖️ Warfare (Max) 
 🚢 Screamboat (Peacock) 
 💉 Novocaine (Prime) 
 🕵️ Dark Secret (Tubi) 
 🎭 The Wrong Paris (Netflix)

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🎥 Reel Review. The Long Walk is brutal but straightforward: 100 boys, one rule—don’t stop. It’s quiet, heavy, and unflinching, with raw performances that stick. Mitten's Verdict: harsh, relentless, and strangely moving. Rated: 8 out of 10.

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🎬 Reel Brief

📺 Back in Black (Netflix) – Perry’s comedy return
 🏰 Downton Abbey Finale (Peacock) – Elegant send-off
🎭 Kontrabida Academy (Netflix) – Villains in class
 🏈 TNF (Prime Video) – NFL lights up
 🐺 Wolf King S2 (Netflix) – Dark reign continues
 📓 Ditched Girl (Netflix) – Teen heartbreak

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On the Reel starting September 11

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🎥 Reel Review – The Thursday Murder Club. A cozy whodunit with retirees-turned-sleuths, sharp humor, and heart. Less about shocks, more about friendship and second chances. Comfort food for mystery lovers. Rated: 7 out of 10

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🎬 Reel Brief – What’s Streaming

🌊 Tempest (Hulu)
 🎭 AKA Charlie Sheen (Netflix)
 💻 The Tech Bros Murders (HBO Max)
💀 The Dead Girls (Netflix)
 🛍️ Personal Shopper (Paramount+)
 💔 The Girlfriend (Prime Video)
 😈 Helluva Boss (Prime Video)

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🎬Reel Take – Dust Bunny. The trailer dives into the unsettling imagination of a young girl who believes a monster under her bed devoured her family. Storybook tone—bright colors clashing with shadowy corners, like a fairy tale gone wrong.  Watch here: https://t.co/MhpDE8ZILN