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

Footloose (2011)

December 20, 2012

City teenager Ren McCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Film #175

Rating: 2 out of 5

Footloose (1984)

December 19, 2012

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Film #174

Rating: 3 out of 5

Pirate Radio

December 19, 2012

A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s.

Film #173

Rating: 4 out of 5

Murder at 1600

December 18, 2012

At a time of international incident, the body of a young female staffer is found in a White House wash room.

Film #172

Rating: 3 out of 5

Enemy at the Gates

December 17, 2012

A Russian sniper and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

Film #171

Rating: 4 out of 5

Back to School

December 17, 2012

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.

Film #170

Rating: 4 out of 5

The Prestige

December 17, 2012

The rivalry between two magicians is exacerbated when one of them performs the ultimate illusion.

Film #169

Rating: 5 out of 5

The Illusionist

December 16, 2012

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

Film #168

Rating: 4 out of 5

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

December 15, 2012

Two young people journey through the dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other.

Film #167

Rating: 4 out of 5

Mulholland Drive

December 15, 2012

After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Film #166

Rating: 3 out of 5