Reel Recon

Welcome to Reel Recon, my film review blog, which features movie and book reviews, podcast episodes, and celebrity interviews from my 15+ years as a film critic.

1/5/13 1/5/13

Reviews: 'Zero Dark Thirty' & 'Promised Land'

This column contains my reviews of Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty and Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land.

12/24/12 12/24/12

Awards Season Movies: Mini Reviews Part 1

I've been seeing awards season movies faster than I can write full reviews of them. So until my screener pile is diminished, I'll be writing mini reviews.

12/23/12 12/23/12

Hooper's 'Les Miserables' Is A Miss For This Fan Of The Musical

Tom Hooper’s LES MISERABLES is a disappointing cinematic regurgitation of the stage show that is downright boring.

Reel Recon

Reviews: 'Zero Dark Thirty' & 'Promised Land'

Awards Season Movies: Mini Reviews Part 1

Hooper's 'Les Miserables' Is A Miss For This Fan Of The Musical

Evan Crean