A Cure for Wellness (Gore Verbinski, 2017) From Gore Verbinski (director of the terrific supernatural thriller The Ring but also, alas, The Lone … More
Author: chrisreedfilm
Christopher Llewellyn Reed is a film critic, filmmaker, and educator. A member of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic, he is Managing Editor at Film Festival Today; lead film critic at Hammer to Nail; the host of the award-winning Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed, from Dragon Digital Media; and the author of Film Editing: Theory and Practice. In addition, he is one of the cohosts of The Fog of Truth, a podcast devoted to documentary cinema.
“Fist Fight” Offers Occasionally Amusing, If Banal, Entertainment
Fist Fight (Richie Keen, 2017) What story there is in Fist Fight centers around budget cuts at a smallish public high school, … More
In “John Wick: Chapter 2,” Our Hitman Loses His Way in Excessive Carnage
[This review also posted on Film Festival Today.] John Wick: Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski, 2017) The first John Wick film, released in 2014, … More
“The LEGO Batman Movie” Assembles Cinematic Pleasures of the Commercial Kind
The LEGO Batman Movie (Chris McKay, 2017) I loved The LEGO Movie, and one of the great snubs of the … More
3 @hammertonail reviews: “I Am Not Your Negro,” “Landfill Harmonic” and Criterion’s “The Squid and the Whale” Blu-ray
Here are 3 recent reviews of mine for Hammer to Nail: I Am Not Your Negro, a new documentary (just nominated for an … More
All 10 of My @hammertonail @slamdance @sundancefest Film Reviews
Here are the 10 reviews from my remote coverage of the recent Slamdance and Sundance film festivals, written for Hammer to Nail. … More
“Toni Erdmann” Plays the Long Game and Wins
[This review was also posted on Film Festival Today] Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016) At 162 minutes, German director Maren Ade’s latest film, … More
Keep Your Distance from “The Space Between Us”
The Space Between Us (Peter Chelsea, 2016) A well-intentioned, but ultimately ridiculous, clumsy and inept film, The Space Between Us … More
Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best Technical and Artistic Film Work of 2016
On Tuesday, January 24, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the 2017 Oscar nominees. Three days later, … More
A Beautiful Confection, “Julieta” is Lovely to Look At, Unsatisfying to Consume
Julieta (Pedro Almodóvar, 2016) Beautifully designed and shot, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s latest, Julieta, starts out with a delicious frisson of … More
