Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2014) Summer is always a tough time to be human at … 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.
It’s the End of the World, Did You Know It? Apocalypse and Death at the Summer Cineplex
Transformers: Age of Extinction (Michael Bay, 2014) Let’s start with the fourth entry in the Transformers movie series. Film critic A.O. Scott, in his New … More
Close Encounters Phone Home: “Earth to Echo” Echoes Better Movies Past
Earth to Echo (Dave Green, 2014) Are you a fan of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and/or E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial? Did you enjoy … More
“Tammy” Drives into a Sinkhole
Tammy (Ben Falcone, 2014) Here’s the thing about Melissa McCarthy: in films such as Bridesmaids, This Is 40, The Heat and now Tammy … More
Ellipsis Points, or 4 Films Where Narrative Gaps Matter: “Ida,” “The Rover,” “Jersey Boys” and “Think Like a Man Too”
There are many ways to tell a story, and many ways to tell a story well. From classic Hollywood three-act … More
“22 Jump Street” – Too Much of a Good Thing . . .
22 Jump Street (Phil Lord/Christopher Miller, 2014) 22 Jump Street is a mix of many things: bromance, satire, sequel, college party movie; a … More
“How to Train Your Dragon 2” Is Sweet, Beautiful, and Predictable
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dean DeBlois, 2014) Let’s be clear about one thing: the latest animated feature from … More
Thanks to Emily Blunt, “Edge of Tomorrow” Makes Its Video-Game Aesthetic Work, Until It Doesn’t
Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Liman, 2014) So I’m late to the party on this review, and apparently missed seeing the … More
Midday on “Pulp Fiction” at 20: June 13 at 1pm on WYPR
[PLEASE NOTE: If you missed the show, you can still listen to the podcast.] In 1992, a then-unknown writer/director (and … More
“Maleficent” – Neither Malevolent Nor Magnificent
Maleficent (Robert Stromberg, 2014) The new Disney film that opens today, Maleficent, loosely based on the company’s very own Sleeping Beauty – which was, itself, … More
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