Top 5 Dinosaur Movies
While it has not been as long since dinosaurs ruled the earth, it’s been a long time since dinosaurs ruled the box office. Previous follow-ups to Spielberg’s blockbuster smash, Jurassic Park, were disappointing, silly, lacked the terrifying awe of the original,…
Netflix Your Weekend, June 1.0
We’re trying something a little different for the month of June for our Netflix Your Weekend post. In an effort to broaden your options and tastes, we’ll have THREE options instead of one from three different regular contributors to Reel…
In Theaters June 5th, 2015
Summer releases are officially in high gear with three new wide releases this weekend and some incredibly intriguing limited releases that have made rounds at festivals throughout the year and last year. Check out them all out and let us…
Top 5 Musician Biopics
Musicians can be some of the most enigmatic and interesting people to bring to life in the movies. There have been a couple recent Jimi Hendrix movies and documentaries, as well as the forthcoming movie about the Beach Boys’ Brian…
Review | Aloha
In Cameron Crowe’s 1989 debut feature film, Say Anything…, John Cusack’s underachieving, kick-boxing oddball, Lloyd Dobbler, convinces his love interest, Diane Court (Ione Skye), into dating him and staying with him because he is a good guy who does the right…
Netflix Your Weekend | The Boxtrolls
When The Boxtrolls came out last September, my weekly movie theater preview was smothered in skepticism. Even the general movie-going public’s opinion on this movie wasn’t even lukewarm. People were even more confused and slightly angry when it got an Oscar nod…
In Theaters May 29th, 2015
Hard to believe May will have come and gone after this weekend. But fret not, intrepid movie viewer, the final weekend of this first month of summer movies does not fail to bring the blockbuster, as well as the potential…
Top 5 Disaster Movies
At some point in your life, you develop an obsession with the end of the world. Stick with me on this, but everyone one of us wonders, eventually, what it would be like for all life on earth to be…
Netflix Your Weekend | Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog is most well-known for many for his matter-of-fact, bleak philosophizing on humanity (see his Twitter account for evidence) and modern society as well as his distinct, almost cartoony German accent. For those not initiated into his filmmaking, at times,…
In Theaters, May 22nd, 2015
May has been quite the month for new releases. First, we had Avengers: Age of Ultron, which was a massive success and a really fun movie. Then, this past week had two really great releases in the Box Office topper Pitch…