Three Reels – The 4th Reel

January 25, 2013

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code Release Date: May 19, 2006 Runtime: 149 minutes Rating: PG-13 Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony) Director: Ron Howard Cast: Tom Hanks; Audrey Tautou; Ian McKellen; Jean Reno; Paul Bettany; Alfred Molina OK, I read “The Da Vinci Code” a long time ago, so […]

February 9, 2013

Xanadu

Xanadu Release Date: August 8, 1980 Runtime: 93 minutes Rating: PG Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Robert Greenwald Cast: Olivia Newton-John; Gene Kelly; Michael Beck Something about this movie draws me to it. I don’t know if it’s the fact that it was so viciously derided upon its […]

March 14, 2013

Motel Hell

Motel Hell Release Date: October 18, 1980 Runtime: 101 minutes Rating: R Studio: United Artists (MGM) Director: Kevin Connor Cast: Rory Calhoun; Nancy Parsons; Paul Linke; Nina Axelrod; Wolfman Jack [POSSIBLE SPOILERS] This is one fun, albeit totally demented movie!! I love it when movies don’t […]

March 24, 2013

Stoker

Stoker Release Date: March 1, 2013 Runtime: 99 minutes Rating: R Studio: Fox Searchlight Director: Chan-wook Park Cast: Mia Wasikowska; Nicole Kidman; Matthew Goode; Jacki Weaver; Dermot Mulroney This is a nasty little number. The first English-language film from Chan-wook Park, director of “Oldboy,” is a […]

March 27, 2013

Oz: The Great and Powerful

Oz: The Great and Powerful Release Date: March 8, 2013 Runtime: 130 minutes Rating: PG Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Director: Sam Raimi Cast: James Franco; Mila Kunis; Rachel Weisz; Michelle Williams; Zach Braff; Joey King; Bill Cobbs “The Wizard of Oz” endures. Every few years, a new take […]

March 31, 2013

Inserts

Inserts Release Date: February 13, 1976 Runtime: 117 minutes Rating: NC-17 Studio: United Artists (MGM) Director: John Byrum Cast: Richard Dreyfuss; Bob Hoskins; Veronica Cartwright; Jessica Harper; Stephen Davies This early Richard Dreyfuss starrer is essentially a chamber piece centered on an alcoholic former film director in the […]

April 12, 2013

An Unmarried Woman

An Unmarried Woman Release Date: March 5, 1978 Runtime: 124 minutes Rating: R Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Director: Paul Mazursky Cast: Jill Clayburgh; Alan Bates; Michael Murphy; Cliff Gorman; Lisa Lucas; Kelly Bishop You know the expression “to feel like a fly on the wall?” That’s pretty […]

April 22, 2013

Showgirls

Showgirls Release Date: September 22, 1995 Runtime: 131 minutes Rating: NC-17 Studio: United Artists (MGM) Director: Paul Verhoeven Cast: Elizabeth Berkley; Kyle MacLachlan; Gina Gershon; Gina Ravera; Glenn Plummer; Alan Rachins Let’s not bullshit each other, folks. You know you love this boondoggle of a flick from 1995, […]

May 5, 2013

Here Comes The Boom

Here Comes The Boom Release Date: October 12, 2012 Runtime: 105 minutes Rating: PG Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony) Director: Frank Coraci Cast: Kevin James; Salma Hayek; Greg Germann; Henry Winkler; Gary Valentine; Bas Rutten Every so often a movie comes along that takes a marginal star and places […]

June 23, 2013

Lovelace

Screened at the Provincetown International Film Festival – June 22, 2013 Lovelace Release Date: January 22, 2013 (Sundance Film Festival) Runtime: 92 minutes Rating: R Studio: RADiUS – TWC Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Cast: Amanda Seyfried; Peter Sarsgaard; Sharon Stone; Chris Noth; Hank Azaria; Robert Patrick; Bobby Cannavale; Eric […]

December 13, 2013

The Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge Release Date: March 27, 1992 Runtime: 101 minutes Rating: PG Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: Paul Michael Glaser Cast: D.B. Sweeney; Moira Kelly; Roy Dotrice; Terry O’Quinn; Dwier Brown Ask anyone. I’m a sucker for any movie that ends with the lovers kissing, the music […]

December 26, 2013

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street Release Date: December 25, 2013 Runtime: 180 minutes Rating: very, very R Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio; Jonah Hill; Matthew McConaughey; Margot Robbie; Rob Reiner; Kyle Chandler; Jon Bernthal; Jean Dujardin; Joanna Lumley; Ethan Suplee Jordan Belfort’s […]