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
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.
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
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
October 31, 2014
A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.
Film #485
Rating: 3 out of 5
October 26, 2014
A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.
Film #484
Rating: 3 out of 5
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
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
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
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
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
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
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