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
March 2, 2013
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
Film #242
Rating: 3 out of 5
March 1, 2013
A snubbed malevolent fairy casts a curse on a princess that only a prince can break, with the help of three good fairies.
Film #241
Rating: 1 out of 5
February 27, 2013
When Cinderella’s cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.
Film #240
Rating: 3 out of 5
February 25, 2013
With dreams of becoming a chef, a culinary genius in the form of a rat, makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famed restaurant.
Film #239
Rating: 4 out of 5
February 24, 2013
The animated story of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells.
Film #238
Rating: 4 out of 5
February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013
Animated film about a young deer, Bambi, growing up in the wild after his mother is shot by hunters.
Film #237
Rating: 4 out of 5
February 21, 2013
Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince.
Film #236
Rating: 4 out of 5
February 20, 2013
Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
Film #235
Rating: 2 out of 5
February 20, 2013
Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.
Film #234
Rating: 4 out of 5