Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Luc Besson, 2017) Based on a popular (in France) series of graphic … More
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Apocalypse Ape: In “War for the Planet of the Apes,” We Continue to Root for Our Own Destruction
War for the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2017) Lest one be confused about the timeline of the current Planet … More
“Okja” Offers a Beautifully Crafted, Profound Lesson on Life and Love … Sandwiched Between a Ham-Handed Construct and Terrible (Adult) Performances
Okra (Bong Joon Ho, 2017) What arbitrary carnivores we be, O humans! Some animals we venerate, some we eat; some we … More
Still More AFI DOCS (1 Review + 1 Interview) @hammertonail & 2 Current Reviews @filmfesttoday
This week, Hammer to Nail published two more of my pieces from the recent AFI DOCS festival: a review of … More
“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Jeffrey Lyles – on “Baby Driver,” “The Big Sick,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “War for the Planet of the Apes”
Welcome to the sixth and final episode of the 2016-2017 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed. My guest this time was Jeffrey … More
More AFIDOCS Coverage (3 Interviews & 1 Review) @hammertonail + AFIDOCS Recap & 1 Current Review @filmfesttoday
Here is what I had published at Hammer to Nail last week from the recent AFI DOCS film festival: 3 … More
“The Beguiled” Entrances, Though from a Distance
The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola, 2017) With a feature-filmmaking career that began in 1999, with The Virgin Suicides, and has continued since then … More
The Bouncy “Baby Driver” Speeds Marvelously Along, Occasionally Slowed by Soggy Sentiment
Baby Driver (Edgar Wright, 2017)* If only the entire movie were as good as its first act, Baby Driver would … More
AFI DOCS (1 Interview/2 Reviews) & 1 General Interview/2 Reviews @hammertonail + 2 Reviews @filmfesttoday
In the past two weeks, here is what I’ve had published at Hammer to Nail: 1 phone interview (with Jeff … More
@BaltimoreSun’s @RoughlySpeaking Podcast on Female Action Stars + Reviews of “The Mummy” and “My Cousin Rachel” @filmfesttoday
On Thursday, June 8, 2017, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s … More
