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

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

American Hustle

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

Her

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

Raging Bull

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

The Help

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

Atonement

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

The Conversation

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

On the Waterfront

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

All About Eve

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

Gentleman's Agreement

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