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We’ve got an interesting dichotomy of movies. One had quite a bit of depth that I could read into and the other was just a fun way to spend an afternoon. Which is which? Read on and find out.

American Ultra
Straight Outta Compton

Man, after missing the entirety of work last week, doing these feels good. Let’s close out our week with a few more of my scribbles and we’ll see each other again in the new month. Take care.

Photographs shape public opinion.
Write a poem about an ordinary object – dice
What’s behind the door? Why is it closed?

Oh yeah! It’s the last Thursday of the month! That means we get a new Ronin Reads! Since the new Star Wars movie is fast approaching, let’s cover the first entry into its new expanded universe tying into one of my favorite things on TV right now, Star Wars: Rebels. Enjoy.

Star Wars: A New Dawn

I know a lot of you might be looking at the title of the movie below and saying, “Really? Really?? That movie came out last year. Can that really be called a classic?” Well, my young fisherman, apart from the fact that Reel Snippet Classics are just my blanket term for anything I review that’s not in theaters, any movie that has a DVD life can be a classic of some kind. A classic masterpiece, a cult classic, a classic disaster, you get the idea. Now that that’s settled, let’s take a look at the horrors of cyberbullying.

Unfriended

Hmmm… could have sworn there was something else coming out today…

Have you read this book?

Read this book.

It is, hands down, the best piece of literature I’ve ever been exposed to.

Are you reading it yet?

Wow, last week was special. I was actually planning to get more done in the latter half and see more movies on the weekend, but the plane from New York got hit with a five hour delay because of bad weather in Dallas, causing us to miss the connecting flight and stay in Dallas overnight. Add some sleep deprivation on top of that and I was basically down and out until Monday. The future will be full of movies but for now, let’s take a look at the adaptation of the 60s spy show that wasn’t Mission: Impossible.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

No Reel Snippet today (and possibly not Thursday either). I’m in New York with family until Thursday night and apart from having long times where I’m not near my computer, I also don’t have time to see movies in theaters. Next Monday, we’ll be back on track and I hope to bring you a gem from that weekend and this one.

As I mentioned yesterday, I’d like to split up the things I review in theaters from the movies I see for the first time on video. Well, starting today and the coming Thursdays are the Reel Snippet Classics. And what better way to start than with the master of satire himself, Mel Brooks?

To Be or Not to Be

As you may have noticed, my Reel Snippets aren’t restricted to things just released in theaters. Whenever I see a movie for the first time, old or new, I write a Snippet of it. However, for the purpose of clarity and providing more content, I am going to start separating the two into different posts. Stuff in theaters will continue to get the Monday treatment, but the older movies, the Reel Snippet Classics, if you will, will come out every Thursday. As such, Road to Genisys will now be coming out on the first Thursday of every month as opposed to Mondays. Time will tell if this new change goes over well, but I’ve got a good feeling about it.

This weekend was a doozy, as the movies I saw went through an upward slope of quality. It wasn’t easy and even drained me a considerable amount, but it ended on a good note and I’m sharing it with you guys.

Fantastic Four (2015)
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Trainwreck