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

Alien 3

December 29, 2012

Ripley continues to be stalked by a savage alien, after her escape pod crashes on a prison planet.

Film #184

Rating: 3 out of 5

Unstoppable

December 28, 2012

With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

Film #183

Rating: 4 out of 5

Top Films: Days 91-180

December 28, 2012

Safe House

December 27, 2012

A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

Film #182

Rating: 3 out of 5

Brave

December 27, 2012

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.

Film #181

Rating: 4 out of 5

It's a Wonderful Life

December 23, 2012

An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.

Film #180

Rating: 5 out of 5

White Christmas

December 23, 2012

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

Film #179

Rating: 3 out of 5

Scrooged

December 21, 2012

A cynically selfish TV executive gets haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

Film #178

Rating: 4 out of 5

Parental Guidance

December 21, 2012

Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids’ 21st-century behaviors collide with Artie and Diane’s old-school methods.

Film #177

Rating: 5 out of 5

A Christmas Story

December 20, 2012

Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940s.

Film #176

Rating: 3 out of 5