Reel Rumbles #12 – “The Departed” vs. “The Shining”
In This Corner… Doesn’t matter if you’re shipping up to Boston or dropping by the Overlook Hotel for a cozy winter getaway, the films in this week’s Reel Rumbles are sure to leave you...
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Reel Rumbles #11 – “The Godfather” vs. “GoodFellas”
In This Corner… One was from a relatively young writer and director just hitting his stride. The other came from a seasoned pro, who had already given us some of the best films of...
Reel Rumbles #10 – “Donnie Darko” vs. “Memento”
In This Corner… Like the universe itself, film is a fragile medium that can produce monumental changes with just the slightest tweaks, twists, or turns. In life, a decision to stop off for a...
Reel Rumbles #9 – “Heat” vs. “Ronin”
In This Corner… His career as a director spanned seven decades, starting in the Forties with a small job on an early religious program and ending in 2000 with the action-mystery Reindeer Games. With...
Reel Rumbles #8 – “No Country For Old Men” vs. “There Will Be Blood”
In This Corner… Since the early twentieth century, greed has been a subject to fascinate filmmakers and movie audiences alike. It is a vice that can turn normal men into monsters. Like a plague,...
Reel Rumbles #7: “Zombieland” vs. “Paranormal Activity”
In This Corner Things get spooky this week for the Reel Rumbles Halloween Edition as two new hits burn up the screen at your local cinema and fight for supremacy over which deserves the...
Reel Rumbles #6: “The Notebook” vs. “Sleepless in Seattle”
In This Corner What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew, was the only someone for you? That’s the question asked by Nora Ephron’s 1993 hit Sleepless in Seattle,...
Reel Rumbles #5: “Pulp Fiction” vs. “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
In This Corner Indiana Jones, meet Jules Winnfield. One of them fights Nazis. The other takes out the garbage for kingpin Marsellus Wallace. One of them cracks a whip, while the other is known...
Reel Rumbles #4: “Cool Hand Luke” vs. “On the Waterfront”
In This Corner Terry Malloy “coulda” been a contender. He “coulda” been somebody. Luke Jackson lived according to his own code, never making plans and never looking back. Only trouble: for both men, neither...
Reel Rumbles #3: “The Empire Strikes Back” vs. “Return of the Jedi”
In This Corner… For all its dazzling effects, epic mythology, iconic performances, and spectacular worlds and characters, the original Star Wars trilogy is essentially the tale of a boy and his father. This week,...
