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

Amadeus

January 17, 2013

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Film #203

Rating: 4 out of 5

Django Unchained

January 16, 2013

With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Film #202

Rating: 4 out of 5

Life of Pi

January 15, 2013

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor… a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Film #201

Rating: 5 out of 5

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

January 13, 2013

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on avenging his captors.

Film #200

Rating: 4 out of 5

West Side Story

January 13, 2013

Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love.

Film #199

Rating: 2 out of 5

Gladiator

January 11, 2013

When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor’s corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.

Film #198

Rating: 5 out of 5

Zero Dark Thirty

January 11, 2013

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Film #197

Rating: 4 out of 5

The English Patient

January 9, 2013

At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Film #196

Rating: 3 out of 5

The Last Emperor

January 8, 2013

The story of the final Emperor of China.

Film #195

Rating: 3 out of 5

Chinatown

January 7, 2013

A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.

Film #194

Rating: 4 out of 5