Reel Speak

Movies. Opinions. Education. Written by Alan Brocavich

Friday, September 30, 2016

A Reel Review: DEEPWATER HORIZON

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In the 1970’s, one of the most popular genres in cinema was the disaster flick, in which everyday people were faced with insurmountabl...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Reel Facts & Opinions: THE BIRTH OF A NATION - A Tale of Two Films

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One of the most anticipated and controversial films of 2016 has arrived in the form of Nate Parker’s THE BIRTH OF A NATION. It is a f...
Monday, September 26, 2016

A Reel Review: Back on the Big Screen - STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN Director's Cut

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In the year/stardate 1982, director Nicholas Meyer delivered what is considered today to be the best and most quintessential STAR TR...
Friday, September 23, 2016

A Reel Review: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

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One of the better trends in Hollywood over the last decade is the contemporary Western; where a film is set in modern times but inje...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Reel Facts & Opinions: The Sci-Fi Resurgence

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For nearly 100 years, Hollywood has been good for embracing a genre and telling nearly every type of story there is to tell in that s...
Monday, September 19, 2016

A Reel Review: SNOWDEN

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There is little doubt that Edward Snowden, the former contractor for the NSA who leaked thousands of classified documents to the med...
Friday, September 16, 2016

A Reel Review: BLAIR WITCH

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In 1999, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT arrived in theatres with a boom. A simple tale of three teens lost in the woods and terrorized by a...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Reel Facts & Opinions: DC Lightens Up, and The Return of the Masters

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In the past week there’s been some movie news worth taking a second look at; some from the world of comic books and some from the land...
Friday, September 9, 2016

A Reel Review: SULLY

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When Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed his plane, a US Airways flight with 155 souls on board, into the Hudson River after...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

A Reel Review: FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

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The history books have always provided plenty of great material for cinema to find stories to tell. Some of the best ones are the mor...
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