Reel Reviews

If not because of its twisty, turny plot chock full of delicious intrigue and deception, then Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy cements itself as a rock in the pantheon of great spy thrillers with its strong performances. Especially from Gary Oldman, who commands every frame of the film and will ...

A fan of the pulp era, wonderfully lurid tales told briskly and cheaply from the Depression into the 1950s, this reviewer, like many, latched onto a certain reoccurring character written by an unassuming fellow, long since gone (and under sad circumstances). The character’s name: Conan ...

Equal parts dishy expose and intimate confession, My Week With Marilyn is the fact-based memoir of Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) that recounts a brief period during the summer of 1956, in which the life of the lowly aspiring filmmaker crossed ...

Love is a funny thing and, in the hands of master comedian Buster Keaton, it is celebrated as a fantastic riot of elaborate setpieces and outrageous stunts.  Seven Chances, from 1925, is Keaton’s sweet answer to the subtleties ...

With a new creative zest and the same loveable spirit that guided Jim Henson and company through five seasons of The Muppet Show and a venture into feature films, director James Bobin (HBO’s Flight of the Conchords), actor/writer Jason Segal and co-writer ...

Celebrating the 20^th anniversary of Joe Johnston’s The Rocketeer, Disney – at long last – allows the film to breathe a bit in spectacular High Definition.  Let the fist pumping and high-fives begin!  Created by writer/illustrator Dave Stevens, the character ...