Spinning the Reel
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Best of Lists
    • 2017 List
    • 2018 List
    • 2019 List
    • 2020 List
    • 2021 List
  • Podcast
  • About Us

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

11/26/2019

Comments

 

Evan D.


Picture

Making a movie about Fred Rogers is a daunting task. Millions of Americans grew up in the Neighborhood and even now, nearly 20 years from his program’s final episode, Mister Rogers remains an almost universally beloved figure. All this to say that the bar was set awfully high for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. The film more than clears that bar. It excels for two specific reasons: Tom Hanks and Marielle Heller.

Read More
Comments

Ford v Ferrari

11/22/2019

Comments

 

Evan D.

Picture
Enzo Ferrari (Remo Girone) appears on screen for less than 10 minutes in a film that bears his last name. James Mangold’s new racing epic may be called Ford v Ferrari but the famous Italian super car designer is hardly the foil this title would seem to indicate. Instead the real battle taking place is between bureaucracy and individuality.

Ford v Ferrari tells the story of the Ford Motor Company’s attempt to defeat the dominant Ferrari racing team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. In reality though the rivalry between Ferrari and Henry Ford II (Tracey Letts) is just the background for a tale about Caroll Shelby (Matt Damon,) Ken Miles (Christian Bale) and the internal roadblocks they faced creating a car to compete with Ferrari.

Read More
Comments

Disney’s Monopoly on Nostalgia

11/18/2019

Comments

 

Evan D.


Picture

With the launch of Disney+ last week and the massive box office haul in progress for Walt Disney Studios, the Mouse House is really having a moment. Indeed after just one day Disney plus reported over 10 million subscribers to its streaming platform. If that seems like a lot, it is. Disney+ already boasts a subscriber count higher than that of any other streaming platform except Netflix and Hulu (which Disney also owns.) Couple that with the company’s staggering box office numbers in the first 10 months of 2019 and you’re left with, pretty inarguably, the most powerful media company in the world right now.

Read More
Comments

    Categories

    All
    AFI 2021
    Author: Cody
    Author: Emily
    Author: Evan
    Awards
    Commentary
    Festival
    Reviews
    Sundance 2021
    Sundance 2022
    Throwback Thursday
    Year In Review

    Archives

    January 2023
    October 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018

Interact on Our Socials!

  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Best of Lists
    • 2017 List
    • 2018 List
    • 2019 List
    • 2020 List
    • 2021 List
  • Podcast
  • About Us