THE RECKONING MOVIE REVIEW

The director of “Dog Soldiers” and “The Descent” (and also the execrable recent “Hellboy”) along with his fiance, the #metoo current toppler of old powerful hollywood moguls, Charlotte Kirk, bring you this story of witchcraft. Kirk plays a woman who after her husband dies of the plague, is accused by a loathsome and wannabe-lothario landlord of trysting with Satan. She is brought into the dungeons of a nearby town and a witch-hunter (Sean Pertwee) is summoned to prove her guilt. But she’s not here to play, and her will is strong, and soon, even the mighty misogynists will fall. Are we still talking about the plot of this movie? Chris, Tessa, Melina, and Brad really wanted to like this movie but it fought us at every turn. Check out the spell it unsuccessfully tried to cast on us on our review.

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DIRECTED BY: Neil Marshall

STARRING: Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington, Joe Anderson, Rick Warden, Mark Ryan, Bill Fellows, Suzanne Magowan, Leon Ockenden, Sarah Lambie, Emma Campbell-Jones, Ian Whyte, Maximilian Slash Marton

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, in 1992 Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas, where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this paradise you see before you. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.

 

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked.