Reel Matt

This blog started as my movie marathon — watching a movie a day for a whole year — and has continued as a place for me to write reviews about movies, TV, and various other items.

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This is still a work in progress as I migrate from my old platform at Tumblr. For now, you can still access the whole backlog of posts there at http://reelmatt.tumblr.com

Rosewater

November 7, 2014

A journalist is detained in Iran for more than 100 days and brutally interrogated in prison.

Film #486

Rating: 4 out of 5

The Theory of Everything

October 31, 2014

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. 

Film #485

Rating: 3 out of 5

Nightcrawler

October 26, 2014

A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.

Film #484

Rating: 3 out of 5

Fury

October 18, 2014

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. 

Film #483

Rating: 4 out of 5

St. Vincent

October 15, 2014

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door. 

Film #482

Rating: 5 out of 5

The Judge

October 8, 2014

Big city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way, reconnects with his estranged family. 

Film #481

Rating: 5 out of 5

Gone Girl

October 5, 2014

With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent. 

Film #480

Rating: 4 out of 5

Men, Women & Children

September 26, 2014

A group of high school teenagers and their parents attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. 

Film #479

Rating: 2 out of 5

The Equalizer

September 26, 2014

A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by - he has to help her. 

Film #478

Rating: 5 out of 5

The Maze Runner

September 19, 2014

Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they’re all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape. 

Film #477

Rating: 4 out of 5