The Movie Review Crew

An all star cast, a unique "villain", and some incredibly tense scenes helped make Life a Top 5 Movie of 2017 to Matt McNeal. Obviously he enjoyed it, but how do the rest of us feel? Press play to find out!

If you listen to our show regularly, you know we tend to get a BIT excited when it comes to our guy, Tom Hanks. Saving Private Ryan, the 1998 war film from Steven Spielberg, was snubbed out of the award for Best Picture at the Oscars that year. We won't make the same mistake the Academy Awards made. SPOILER ALERT: We absolutely LOVE this movie!!

Director Sam Raimi's 1992 comedy/horror Army of Darkness is an extremely unique movie, and has become a beloved cult classic, but is it any good? Click play to hear our thoughts!

The winner of three Academy Awards, and nominated for four more, Life is Beautiful is, simply put, an AMAZING movie. This story of a father who uses positivity and humor to shield his son from the dangers of one of the most horrific times in history is a hard watch, but the message is worth every minute of it. For our full thoughts on Life is Beautiful, click play now.

Our latest episode is a discusison about the 1995 crime epic, Heat (not to be confused with The Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy). Starring two legendary actors at the top of their games, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, this is arguably director Michael Mann's masterpiece, and possibly one of the best crime movies ever filmed. To hear our full thoughts on Heat, click play!

Our newest episode is a discussion on a listener request, the 1994 drama Nell.  Nell stars Jodie Foster in an Oscar nominated performance alongside the incomparable Liam Neesons. Unfortunately, this is pre Taken Liam Neeson so He doesn't kill anybody. In fact the movie is about caring and compassion, so he happens to be a really nice guy. Click play to hear our thoughts on the rest of the movie!

This episode is a discussion of reviewer Aaron Cronican's choice, Mystic River.  This 2003 adaptation of Dennis Lehane's dramatic crime novel won 2 oscars and was nominated for 4 more. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring a stellar cast including Sean Pean, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon, there's no way this movie isn't amazing, right? Listen and find out!

Reviewing Bright last week put Steve in a mood to watch some more Will Smith, so he chose I Am Legend for us to review. We all remember enjoying this one when it came out in 2007, but what do we think of it now? Click play to find out.

It's fitting that this episode on Bright is released alongside our episode on Star Wars: The Last Jedi because Bright is essentially the opposite of The Last Jedi from a critical standpoint. Bright has a terriblly low 26% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but redeems itself with a soaring 86% from the audience. How does Bright fare with our reviewers? Listen to find out!

It's Finally here. Our hotly awaited discussion on one of the biggest movies of 2017, Star Wars: The Last Jedi!!! The Last Jedi carries a 91% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, however with an audience score of only 49%, this is clearly one of the most divisive movies of 2017, and of the Star Wars franchise's long history. How do we at Nothing But Reel Reviews & More feel about it? Listen and find out. 

P.S. MAJOR SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!