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Laura Clifford

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Biography:

Reeling: The Movie Review Show has been produced by Robin and Laura Clifford at the Malden, Massachusetts cable access television station, MATV, since March 16,1991. Reeling is also cablecast around Greater Boston and across the country. It is also available for streaming on Vimeo and at https://www.reelingreviews.com/. Robin and Laura have attended film courses at Emerson College and workshops in 16 mm film production at the Boston Film and Video Foundation.

Favorites:

Red Sid and Nancy Aguirre, the Wrath of God The Decalogue The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Being There The Wizard of Oz

Location:

Boston, MA

Official Website:

http://www.reelingreviews.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Dolly (2025) 76% C- EDIT “Cinematographer Justin Derry achieves a 70's look shooting on 16mm and the film's trailer goes heavy on the "Texas Chainsaw" influence, but Blackhurst offers gore instead of scares in a film that is merely unpleasant. Even the dolls aren't creepy. ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 2, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 97% C+ EDIT “...may be overly complicated for its target audience. It's like "Dr. Dolittle" crossed with "Face/Off" squared. ” – Reeling Reviews Mar 2, 2026 Full Review Sirāt (2025) 92% A EDIT “Spain's submission for the International Oscar is very much an original, a film about connection, inconceivable loss and a dark future, all set to composer Kangding Ray's infectious dance beats.” – Reeling Reviews Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Dreams (2025) 53% B- EDIT “While the sex between Jennifer and Fernando is steamy, the two practically inhaling each other, Jessica Chastain has never been icier, a woman of privilege yet little substance...” – Reeling Reviews Feb 23, 2026 Full Review EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) 96% A- EDIT “If those who idolize celebrities feel like they know them, Luhrmann has probably gotten as close to that real intimacy with his presentation of Presley as possible, connecting us with the artist the way the Elvis connected with his audience. ” – Reeling Reviews Feb 17, 2026 Full Review The Love That Remains (2025) 93% A- EDIT “Pálmason pivots from the period missionary expedition of "Godland," to an intimate family drama, the films connected by a main character's artistic pursuits...This is a family that continually ebbs and flows like the ocean which surrounds it.” – Reeling Reviews Feb 17, 2026 Full Review 2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Animated (2026) B+ EDIT “French writer/director Florence Miailhe's "Butterfly" utilizes the most strikingly beautiful animation technique, hand painted images where brush strokes shimmer into ocean waves...my pick for the Oscar.” – Reeling Reviews Feb 15, 2026 Full Review 2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Live Action (2026) B EDIT “...two amusing modernizations of literature from previous centuries, a well worn narrative elevated by its actors, an Israeli indictment of Palestinian oppression and France's second short in a row about an aversion to kissing.” – Reeling Reviews Feb 14, 2026 Full Review 2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Documentary (2026) B+ EDIT “The five documentary shorts nominated for the 2026 Oscar are a reflection of today's world and, with the exception of one outlier, the effect is the opposite of uplifting. ” – Reeling Reviews Feb 14, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 58% C+ EDIT “Featuring preposterous production design which at one point uses leeches in a design that extends from Cathy's breast up onto her pink bedroom walls, Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" may be ridiculous but it certainly scratches a particular itch...” – Reeling Reviews Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Pillion (2025) 99% A EDIT “British writer/director Harry Lighton makes a startlingly assured feature debut, a most unconventional love story that is frankly sexual, surprisingly funny and ultimately moving...Melling has made Colin unforgettable ” – Reeling Reviews Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Kokuho (2025) 93% A EDIT “a cinematic epic, a sweeping saga that pits innate talent against traditional hereditary birthright throughout decades...one of 2025's very best. ” – Reeling Reviews Feb 7, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 83% B- EDIT “unwieldy as it becomes, is bursting with ideas and Rockwell keeps the fun factor high...an entertaining film with so much on its mind, it's just a little too much of a good thing. ” – Reeling Reviews Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Whistle (2025) 62% C+ EDIT “ Lifting from films ranging from "Final Destination" to "It Lives Inside" to every teenage slasher flick featuring a harvest festival, "Whistle" works if you view it from the perspective of "Scream"-like self aware parody. ” – Reeling Reviews Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Magellan (2025) 88% B+ EDIT “If you are unfamiliar with the historical details of Magellan's life preceding his historic voyage, Diaz's in media res approach...requires patience, as eventually the details pull together and the epic tale achieves a rhythm.” – Reeling Reviews Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Dracula (2025) 53% B EDIT “This Impaler is apparently more a lover than a fighter...All this and animated gargoyles! ” – Reeling Reviews Feb 2, 2026 Full Review A Poet (2025) 100% B+ EDIT “while we can see Yurlady is more interested in painting her nails than writing poems, Oscar's desire to help her is sincere and the two actually do forge a bond, one which sees Yurlady as his unlikely savior in ways practical and profound.” – Reeling Reviews Feb 1, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% C+ EDIT “while it sports Raimi's style, it also becomes so cartoonish in its third act, it ends up throwing out the baby with the bath water.” – Reeling Reviews Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Islands (2025) 94% B EDIT “as languid as a lazy day at the beach, a perfect ploy for a story that sneaks up on you...Riley keeps us guessing, right up until the film reveals itself to be something else entirely from what we may have thought it was.” – Reeling Reviews Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) 100% A- EDIT “Working secretly with Talankin...writer/director David Borenstein exposes how Putin, in his quest to restore the Soviet Union and Imperial Russia, is brainwashing a generation of children to become cannon fodder.” – Reeling Reviews Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 25% C EDIT “[Bekmambetov]'s latest, featuring his usual schlocky visual flash, coasts for a while on its cheap thrills concept before sliding off the rails into cheap spectacle and incestuously contrived conspiracy. ” – Reeling Reviews Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Arco (2025) 93% A EDIT “Ugo Bienvenu's magical feature debut encases an "E.T." like adventure story about friendship spanning two different worlds within an environmental message that offers both a dire warning and hope for our future.” – Reeling Reviews Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Mother of Flies (2025) 94% B+ EDIT “The Adams' folk horror tale is full of stunning imagery, from practical effects involving a python to a Caesarean birth, a climatic one something akin to a magic act...if you think you know where everything is headed, guess again.” – Reeling Reviews Jan 20, 2026 Full Review H Is for Hawk (2025) 80% B EDIT “excels in its depiction of falconry, Foy a natural with the birds, and the profound sense of loss caused by Helen's dad's sudden death, Brendan Gleeson creating a lovable eccentric, a man with no formal education but vast and varied interests” – Reeling Reviews Jan 19, 2026 Full Review SHEEPDOG (2025) 77% B EDIT “meat and potatoes filmmaking on a well worn subject that succeeds with its realistic portrait of small town community and every day heroes. ” – Reeling Reviews Jan 16, 2026 Full Review
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