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 20, 2013
An affable underachiever finds out he’s fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.
Film #406
Rating: 4 out of 5
November 19, 2013
Based on the failed June 28, 2005 mission “Operation Red Wings”. Four members of SEAL Team 10 were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd. Marcus Luttrell was the only member of his team to survive.
Film #405
Rating: 5 out of 5
November 15, 2013
While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Film #404
Rating: 4 out of 5
November 14, 2013
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Film #403
Rating: 3 out of 5
November 13, 2013
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they will discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be ignited.
Film #402
Rating: 2 out of 5
November 7, 2013
Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
Film #401
Rating: 4 out of 5
October 16, 2013
Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.
Film #400
Rating: 4 out of 5
October 3, 2013
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
Film #399
Rating: 3 out of 5
October 2, 2013
A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.
Film #398
Rating: 5 out of 5
September 18, 2013
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Film #397
Rating: 5 out of 5