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.
'The Hobbit': An Unexpectedly Action-Packed Journey
THE HOBBIT is thrilling enough to hold your attention and surprisingly fast-paced for a film that’s two hours and forty-five minutes.
'Red Dawn' Review: A Crap Sandwich Minus the Bread
The action scenes and special effects in RED DAWN are really just loose crap without plot or character development to hold them together.
'Silver Linings Playbook': Light and Predictable but Still Pleasurable
David O. Rusell's SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK follows romcom conventions pretty closely, but despite being lighthearted and predictable, it's still pleasurable.