The Lego Movie
January 30, 2014
An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.
Film #424
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
January 30, 2014
An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.
Film #424
Rating: 4 out of 5
January 19, 2014
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Film #423
Rating: 4 out of 5
January 12, 2014
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need.
Film #422
Rating: 5 out of 5
January 10, 2014
An emotionally self-destructive boxer’s journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.
Film #421
Rating: 4 out of 5
January 9, 2014
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids’ point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Film #420
Rating: 4 out of 5
January 7, 2014
Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
Film #419
Rating: 5 out of 5
January 6, 2014
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Film #418
Rating: 5 out of 5
January 5, 2014
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
Film #417
Rating: 4 out of 5
January 4, 2014
An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.
Film #416
Rating: 2 out of 5
January 3, 2014
A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
Film #415
Rating: 5 out of 5