Tag Archives: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Chris Reed’s AFI DOCS 2017 Top Five

Posted on June 28, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

[NOTE: My Film Festival Today colleague Jay Berg will soon post his own Top 5 list, complete with a more detailed history of the festival] The American Film Institute (AFI) exists, as its website proclaims, “to train filmmakers and preserve … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Though Entertaining, “The Hero” Never Quite Escapes Its Clichés

Posted on June 23, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

The Hero (Brett Haley, 2017) 2½ out of 4 stars. A pleasant enough diversion, The Hero – starring Sam Elliott (Grandma) as Lee Hayden, an aging star of Westerns – nevertheless sinks into a mire of clichés from which it never … Continue reading →

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Film Review: “The Book of Henry” Is But Glossy Contrivance

Posted on June 16, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

The Book of Henry (Colin Trevorrow, 2017) 1 out of 4 stars. To be brief: there is nothing wrong with The Book of Henry that a good script could not fix. Given what we have, however, courtesy of screenwriter Gregg … Continue reading →

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Film Review: “My Cousin Rachel” Mesmerizes and Bores, in Almost Equal Measure

Posted on June 9, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

My Cousin Rachel (Roger Michell, 2017) 2½ stars out of 4. As a big fan of writer Daphne du Maurier, I find it odd that I often find gothic screen romances less than compelling, since that is one of the … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Who’s Your “Mummy” Now? Who Cares …

Posted on June 8, 2017

The Mummy (Alex Kurtzman, 2017) ½ star out of 4. There have certainly been worse films than The Mummy to come out of the Hollywood system, yet even in a year that saw the release of the dismal The Fate … Continue reading →

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Film Review: “Wonder Woman” Kicks Ass, Flaws and All

Posted on June 1, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017) 3 out of 4 stars. There is much to recommend in Wonder Woman, the latest (but hardly the last) entry in the DC Comics cineverse. Given the recent dismal output from this particular franchise – … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Set Your Sites Low, and “Baywatch” Mostly Entertains

Posted on May 25, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Baywatch (Seth Gordon, 2017) 2½ out of 4 stars. The original Baywatch television series ran on NBC for just one season, 1989-1990, before the network cancelled it. Its star, David Hasselhof (previously known for Knight Rider), refused to accept no … Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Android’s the Thing, in “Alien: Covenant,” for Better and for Worse

Posted on May 18, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Alien: Covenant (Ridley Scott, 2017) 2½ out of 4 stars. The original Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) masterfully blended science fiction and horror, taking the conventions of monster movies and setting them on a lonely spacecraft in a galaxy far, far … Continue reading →

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Agnieszka Holland and Barry Levinson Help the Washington Jewish Film Festival Celebrate 27 Years

Posted on May 17, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Founded in 1990, the Washington Jewish Film Festival prepares to run its 27th iteration this year, beginning on May 17 and running through May 28. A project of the Edlavitch DCJCC, the festival brings a variety of different kinds of … Continue reading →

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Charmed: The Maryland Film Festival Brings the World of Cinema to Baltimore

Posted on May 14, 2017
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed

The Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), founded in 1999 by Festival Director Jed Dietz, just ran its 2017 iteration May 3-7, in Baltimore. With 11 blocks of short films – including the traditional opening-night program of five – plus 34 features, the … Continue reading →

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