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

Patch Adams

June 15, 2013

A medical student in the 70’s treats patients, illegally, using humor.

Film #350

Rating: 4 out of 5

Mrs. Doubtfire

June 15, 2013

After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend secret time with his children held in custody by his ex.

Film #349

Rating: 5 out of 5

Trading Places

June 14, 2013

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Film #348

Rating: 4 out of 5

Happy Gilmore

June 13, 2013

A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother’s house.

Film #347

Rating: 3 out of 5

Brewster's Millions

June 12, 2013

A minor league baseball player has to waste $30m in 30 days in order to inherit $300m; however he’s not allowed to tell anyone about the $300m deal.

Film #346

Rating: 3 out of 5

The Karate Kid (1984)

June 11, 2013

A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.

Film #345

Rating: 4 out of 5

Melancholia

June 9, 2013

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with the Earth.

Film #344

Rating: 3 out of 5

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

June 8, 2013

Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.

Film #343

Rating: 2 out of 5

Missing

June 8, 2013

When an idealistic writer disappears during the Right Wing military coup in 1973 Chile, his wife and American businessman father try to find him.

Film #342

Rating: 3 out of 5

The Way Way Back

June 7, 2013

Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park’s managers.

Film #341

Rating: 5 out of 5