Charlie Bartlett
December 14, 2012
A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.
Film #165
Rating: 4 out of 5
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
December 14, 2012
A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.
Film #165
Rating: 4 out of 5
December 12, 2012
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Film #164
Rating: 2 out of 5
December 11, 2012
Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.
Film #163
Rating: 3 out of 5
December 11, 2012
A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug.
Film #162
Rating: 5 out of 5
December 10, 2012
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Film #161
Rating: 3 out of 5
December 9, 2012
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
Film #160
Rating: 2 out of 5
December 8, 2012
John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary.
Film #159
Rating: 4 out of 5
December 7, 2012
The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation.
Film #158
Rating: 5 out of 5
December 6, 2012
Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who’ve been forced to become soldiers.
Film #157
Rating: 3 out of 5
December 5, 2012
Set in suburban New Jersey the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.
Film #156
Rating: 4 out of 5