Reel Film Chronicles

Another film in a series that I wouldn’t have been exposed to if Criterion hadn’t kept up their promise of delivering to us important, contemporary films that need a little {...}

With the arrival of the “recent” Maniac film, starring Elijah Wood, I was inclined to take a peek to see if anything had come before. Lo and behold, without any {...}

Fresh off of Zombeavers, my friends and I were naturally attracted to another terribly-good water creature horror film. Maybe that should be a category in Netflix. We settle on a {...}

Never has the hype for a movie been at, than the levels that The Force Awakens has achieved. Which is kind of surprising, considering that I was holding my breath {...}

The product of another list of off-the-beaten-path movies from a random Redditor, Possession attracted me with an intriguing plot description and the fact that I haven’t seen any older movies {...}

Perhaps my biggest gripe about this animated feature is the complete lack of oomph behind Ben McKenzie’s dead narration as Bruce Wayne/Batman. It felt so lifeless, but only repeated a {...}

I’ve always kind of looked at the Disney/Marvel movies as the penultimate representation of inoffensive, mass-appeal action films created by a formula that has most recently been (discovered and) solved. {...}

I’ve always been a bit of a sucker for the “sci-fi romance” film, even if they are pretty light on the sci-fi. It’s actually astounding how many there are, until {...}

Where can you even begin with a film like this? It was evident in the initial trailer from what felt like years ago: this is a Wachowski film of grand {...}

What’s worse than an eight foot tall robot with razor sharp pincer fingers and a penchant for beautiful women and murder? Nothing. Nothing is worse. Which is why Saturn 3 {...}