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

Oldboy

July 11, 2014

Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for 20 years without reason.

Film #452

Rating: 3 out of 5

Boyhood

July 10, 2014

The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18.

Film #451

Rating: 5 out of 5

End of Year 2 / Beginning of Year 3

July 1, 2014

In Bruges

June 30, 2014

Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.

Film #450

Rating: 5 out of 5

The Kids Are All Right

June 28, 2014

Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their father into their family life.

Film #449

Rating: 4 out of 5

Jack Goes Boating

June 28, 2014

A limo driver’s blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.

Film #448

Rating: 2 out of 5

Transformers: Age of Extinction

June 27, 2014

An automobile mechanic and his daughter make a discovery that brings down the Autobots and Decepticons - and a paranoid government official - on them.

Film #447

Rating: 2 out of 5

Jack Reacher

June 24, 2014

A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.

Film #446

Rating: 3 out of 5

Short Term 12

June 24, 2014

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Film #445

Rating: 5 out of 5

Zodiac

June 23, 2014

A San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer.

Film #444

Rating: 4 out of 5