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
May 10, 2013
The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.
Film #300
Rating: 3 out of 5
May 6, 2013
A black comedy drama centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel through multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking for meaning and answers he seems to stay stalled.
Film #299
Rating: 4 out of 5
May 2, 2013
In the summer of 1987, a college grad takes a ‘nowhere’ job at his local amusement park, only to find it’s the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Film #298
Rating: 4 out of 5
May 1, 2013
Ron Burgundy is San Diego’s top rated newsman in the male dominated broadcasting of the 1970’s, but that’s all about to change when a new female employee with ambition to burn arrives in his office.
Film #297
Rating: 3 out of 5
April 29, 2013
A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
Film #296
Rating: 2 out of 5
April 28, 2013
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach’s chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he’s double-crossed comes into his life.
Film #295
Rating: 4 out of 5
April 28, 2013
An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a TV show.
Film #294
Rating: 4 out of 5
April 26, 2013
Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.
Film #293
Rating: 3 out of 5
April 25, 2013
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University – when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends.
Film #292
Rating: 4 out of 5
April 22, 2013
The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family’s residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.
Film #291
Rating: 5 out of 5