Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
David Nusair
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
2.5/4
Filmmaker Diederik Van Rooijen kicks The Possession of Hannah Grace off with a striking opening stretch that eventually subverts one's expectations...
Posted Dec 12, 2018
2
3/4
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
...a deliberately-paced yet consistently entertaining comedy that benefits substantially from Caine and Martin's superb work...
Posted Dec 12, 2018
3
3/4
Like Father (2018)
First-time filmmaker Miller generally does an effective job of drawing the viewer into the less-than-innovative storyline...
Posted Dec 12, 2018
4
3/4
12 Years a Slave (2013)
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Posted Dec 10, 2018
5
1.5/4
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
The Millennium series continues with what's undoubtedly its weakest entry...
Posted Dec 7, 2018
6
3.5/4
Falling Down (1993)
It's a somewhat high-concept premise that's employed to consistently engrossing effect by filmmaker Schumacher...
Posted Dec 6, 2018
7
.5/4
The Last of Sheila (1973)
The Last of Sheila possesses few, if any, attributes designed to capture and sustain the viewer's interest...
Posted Dec 5, 2018
8
2/4
Star 80 (1983)
It's a fairly straightforward premise that's employed to pedestrian and mostly uninvolving effect...
Posted Dec 4, 2018
9
3/4
The Secret of My Success (1987)
...a basically-entertaining comedy that's overflowing with time-specific elements...
Posted Dec 4, 2018
10
.5/4
Scarecrows (1988)
Devoid of positive attributes...
Posted Dec 3, 2018
11
1.5/4
Robin Hood (2018)
...a misguided reimagining that's rarely as effective or enthralling as intended.
Posted Dec 3, 2018
12
3.5/4
The American President (1995)
Filmmaker Rob Reiner has infused The American President with a breezy, compulsively watchable feel that's perpetuated and heightened by the stars' winning performances...
Posted Dec 3, 2018
13
2/4
Widows (2018)
...the movie remains unable to accumulate any real momentum or sense of escalation...
Posted Nov 30, 2018
14
3/4
Green Book (2018)
...a compulsively watchable drama that's been adorned with a whole host of appealing elements...
Posted Nov 30, 2018
15
1/4
Nobody's Fool (2018)
A complete trainwreck virtually from beginning to end...
Posted Nov 11, 2018
16
3/4
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
...an erratic yet mostly rewarding drama that benefits substantially from its star's completely eye-opening performance.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
17
3/4
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
An exceedingly (and impressively) ambitious effort...
Posted Nov 7, 2018
18
2/4
Ibiza (2018)
Filmmaker Alex Richanbach delivers a basically watchable yet entirely forgettable post-Bridesmaids comedy...
Posted Nov 7, 2018
19
1/4
The Haunting (1999)
...an adaptation that manages to fare even worse than its subpar source material.
Posted Nov 7, 2018
20
1.5/4
Cool as Ice (1991)
...a best-forgotten relic of the 1990s...
Posted Nov 4, 2018
21
1/4
1941 (1979)
A somewhat interminable misfire...
Posted Nov 2, 2018
22
.5/4
Suspiria (2018)
Suspiria grows more and more unwatchable as it slowly progresses through its absolutely absurd 152 minute running time...
Posted Nov 2, 2018
23
3/4
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
24
2/4
Italianamerican (1974)
...a short yet somewhat interminable 49 minutes...
Posted Oct 30, 2018
25
1.5/4
Dragonfly (2002)
A well-intentioned misfire...
Posted Oct 30, 2018
26
2/4
In a Valley of Violence (2016)
The action-packed yet hopelessly uninvolving climax ultimately confirms In a Valley of Violence's place as a disappointingly half-baked misfire...
Posted Oct 30, 2018
27
2.5/4
The Night Comes For Us (2018)
An almost prototypically erratic Asian actioner...
Posted Oct 29, 2018
28
3.5/4
The Hate U Give (2018)
...an engaging and emotionally-charged drama that's rife with stirring performances...
Posted Oct 29, 2018
29
2/4
Venom (2018)
The inclusion of an admittedly fun pre-end credits teaser only highlights the degree to which Fleischer and company have bungled the premise and title character...
Posted Oct 28, 2018
30
2/4
Mid90s (2018)
...never quite becomes the engrossing work Hill has obviously intended...
Posted Oct 26, 2018
31
1/4
Hunter Killer (2018)
...an aggressively by-the-numbers actioner that squanders a talented roster of actors and seemingly can't-miss setup.
Posted Oct 26, 2018
32
2.5/4
The Jackal (1997)
The less-than-engrossing vibe is, at least, tempered by the effectiveness of the three leads' work and a smattering of compelling sequences...
Posted Oct 22, 2018
33
2.5/4
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
The Old Man & the Gun kicks off with an almost unreasonably charming sequence...
Posted Oct 22, 2018
34
1.5/4
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
...suffers from a terminally arms-length atmosphere that's compounded by filmmaker Herbert Ross' stagy approach to the material...
Posted Oct 22, 2018
35
2/4
Pet Sematary (1989)
...a misbegotten adaptation that could (and should) have been so much better...
Posted Oct 20, 2018
36
1.5/4
You Might Be the Killer (2018)
...a progressively repetitive midsection that highlights the decidedly one-note bent of the movie's storyline...
Posted Oct 19, 2018
37
4/4
Man Up (2015)
A top-notch romantic comedy...
Posted Oct 19, 2018
38
3/4
Halloween (1978)
Filmmaker Carpenter certainly does an effective job of immediately drawing the viewer into the proceedings...
Posted Oct 19, 2018
39
2.5/4
The Oath (2018)
...a decidedly erratic drama that fares best in its fairly engrossing and engaging opening stretch...
Posted Oct 19, 2018
40
2/4
Beautiful Boy (2018)
...never quite becomes the searing drama one might've anticipated...
Posted Oct 19, 2018
41
3/4
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
42
2/4
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
...an often excessively deliberate endeavor that's clearly been inspired by the work of Terrence Malick...
Posted Oct 15, 2018
43
2.5/4
Kidnap (2017)
...the novelty of the movie's Speed-but-with-an-abduction feel generally (and ultimately) compensating for its proliferation of less-than-accomplished elements.
Posted Oct 15, 2018
44
2/4
...the picture grows less and less interesting as it progresses...
Posted Oct 13, 2018
45
2/4
Terrified (Aterrados) (2017)
...just another tedious ghost-based horror movie that dwells far too long on the less-than-engrossing exploits of its human characters.
Posted Oct 13, 2018
46
2/4
I.T. (2016)
...a flat and flabby would-be thriller...
Posted Oct 13, 2018
47
2/4
...a misguided misfire that feels long even at 105 minutes.
Posted Oct 13, 2018
48
2/4
A Simple Favor (2018)
...an almost passable misfire that should've topped out at about 90 minutes.
Posted Oct 13, 2018
49
1/4
Night School (2018)
...a seriously misguided contemporary comedy that seems unlikely to appeal even to Hart and Haddish's fans.
Posted Oct 13, 2018
50
2.5/4
Bigger (2018)