Reel Speak

Movies. Opinions. Education. Written by Alan Brocavich

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Reel Facts & Opinions: Hail to the Chiefs

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  Playing the part of a famous person in history has to be a daunting task for actors, especially if the character has lived in th...
Monday, April 25, 2016

A Reel Review: THE HUNSTMAN - WINTER'S WAR

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  The story of Snow White and her world has been a permanent fixture in storytelling for over 200 years. After humble beginnings as ...
Friday, April 22, 2016

A Reel Review: ELVIS & NIXON

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  A good story can be found anywhere; in a novel, comic-book, history book, news article, or corner pub. For director Liza Johnson, ...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

A Reel 40: ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN

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“Follow the money.” This month marks the 40 th anniversary of Alan J. Pakula’s ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN. In 1972, the head...
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Monday, April 18, 2016

A Reel Review: MILES AHEAD

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  Telling the real-life story of a person in feature film tends to come off as a where-are-they-now TV special, or even a Wikipedia ...
Friday, April 15, 2016

A Reel Review: THE JUNGLE BOOK

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  Disney’s latest version of Rudyard Kipling’s famed and beloved jungle-adventure about a boy raised by animals is very much done in...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Reel Facts & Opinions: Cinematic Spring Catch-up

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  With the calendar moving from the slow months of Winter into the busier months of Spring (and a soft opening to the Summer Movie S...
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Monday, April 11, 2016

A Reel Review: DEMOLITION

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  The way human beings react to drastic and unexpected change has been a source for storytelling since the Stone Age, and in the las...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

A Reel Review: I SAW THE LIGHT

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  From Buddy Holly to Johnny Cash, from NWA to Dewey Cox…the rock n’ roll biopic has become a genre of its own over the decades, wit...
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Monday, April 4, 2016

A Reel Review: MIDNIGHT SPECIAL

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  In the past five years, writer/director Jeff Nichols has done tremendous work in exploring the family dynamic, due in no small par...
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