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

Oblivion

July 26, 2014

A veteran assigned to extract Earth’s remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.

Film #461

Rating: 4 out of 5

Guardians of the Galaxy

July 25, 2014

In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan.

Film #460

Rating: 5 out of 5

The Sopranos: Season 1

July 21, 2014

Modern day morality tale about New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano, as he deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Casino

July 19, 2014

Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.

Film #459

Rating: 2 out of 5

Prisoners

July 17, 2014

When Keller Dover’s daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

Film #458

Rating: 4 out of 5

Sex Tape

July 17, 2014

A married couple wake up to discover that the sex tape they made the evening before has gone missing, leading to a frantic search for its whereabouts.

Film #457

Rating: 3 out of 5

Admission

July 16, 2014

A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.

Film #456

Rating: 4 out of 5

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

July 13, 2014

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. 

Film #455

Rating: 5 out of 5

The Recruit

July 13, 2014

A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.

Film #454

Rating: 3 out of 5

The Sum of All Fears

July 12, 2014

CIA analyst Jack Ryan must thwart the plans of a terrorist faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia’s newly elected president by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore.

Film #453

Rating: 4 out of 5