“Roughly Speaking” Podcast on Fall 2016 Coming Attractions

Today, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department … More

Leave Your Thinking Cap Behind, and “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” Delivers Occasional Action Goods

[Note: This review also appeared on Film Festival Today at this link.] Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (Edward Zwick, 2016) I missed reading … More

“American Pastoral” Traffics in Deadly Bucolic Ennui

American Pastoral (Ewan McGregor, 2016) Actor Ewan McGregor (Miles Ahead) makes his directorial debut with American Pastoral, an extremely faithful, if also … More

Reviews of “The Greasy Strangler” and “Theo Who Lived” @hammertonail

I had two reviews published on Hammer to Nail this past week, for the aggressively (and intentionally) off-putting midnight movie The Greasy Strangler … More

Though It Offers Guilty Pleasures, “The Accountant” Adds the Numbers Up Too Perfectly

[Note: This review also appeared on Film Festival Today at this link.] The Accountant (Gavin O’Connor, 2016) In The Accountant, the new action-thriller from director … More

“Roughly Speaking” Podcast on “Birth of a Nation” and “The Girl on the Train”

Today, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department … More