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Laura Clifford

Tomatometer-approved critic
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
Dracula (2025) 65% 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) 93% 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) 24% 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) 92% 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 A Private Life (2025) 81% B EDIT “like a French take on "Manhattan Murder Mystery" where the self appointed investigator is a psychiatrist who stands to solve a lot more about herself and her former marriage...The filmmaker really wanted Foster and the actress embraces the role” – Reeling Reviews Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Hard-Boiled (1992) 92% A EDIT “One may never forget the sight of Chow Yun-Fat taking out half a dozen combatants with a gun in one hand and the baby he dubs 'Saliva Sammy' cradled in the other.” – Reeling Reviews Jan 14, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% A EDIT “Now THIS is how you create a trilogy. Ralph Fiennes goes to places one might never have imagined this actor could go...The film's climax is absolutely breathtaking, a crescendo of character arcs all meeting within the Bone Temple. ” – Reeling Reviews Jan 14, 2026 Full Review The Chronology of Water (2025) 90% A- EDIT “Kristen Stewart makes an audaciously impressive filmmaking debut... illustrating her protagonist's state of mind with fractured, impressionistic imagery which gradually settles into more linear storytelling as Lidia gains control over her life. ” – Reeling Reviews Jan 8, 2026 Full Review OBEX (2025) 96% B EDIT “Albert Birney ("Strawberry Mansion") rewinds to 1987 to explore the roots of isolating computer culture within a delightfully retro technological adventure...invites us to reengage with lif” – Reeling Reviews Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% B EDIT “After a couple of forays into television, director Gus Van Sant returns to feature filmmaking after seven years with a script by newcomer Austin Kolodney based on a true story from almost fifty years ago that couldn't be more relevant today.” – Reeling Reviews Jan 6, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 88% A- EDIT “A musical about religious fervor in the 18th century may not be high on many people's list but those open to the idea will experience a unique biopic, faith itself choreographed led by Seyfried's committed performance and Fastvold's directorial precision” – Reeling Reviews Jan 6, 2026 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% B+ EDIT “This often humorous and ultimately moving look at familial disconnection features three different families, but all three stories are linked with skateboarders, drinking water, the phrase 'Bob's your uncle' and color coded clothing.” – Reeling Reviews Dec 31, 2025 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% B EDIT “Director Nicholas Hytner and his...screenwriting partner Alan Bennett team up for their fourth collaboration about community and the power of music to bring people together despite the issues that might keep them apart. ” – Reeling Reviews Dec 31, 2025 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 95% B+ EDIT “Ben Hania and her cast convey the cumulative stress that builds from their work done at the Palestinian Red Emergency Center and the overwhelming sense of grief when they lose someone, the Hind Rajab case horrific in so many ways.” – Reeling Reviews Dec 31, 2025 Full Review We Bury the Dead (2024) 87% B EDIT “Perhaps the scariest element of writer/director Zak Hilditch's unique take on the zombie genre is that it is the first time in my recollection where the U.S. has been made the bad guy by a country we consider an ally.” – Reeling Reviews Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% B+ EDIT “Arnett, asea separately, and Dern, energetic on her own, are just wonderful together, convincing of a long held partnership that could use some refreshing, each changing for the better having been given room to grow. Cooper is great comic relief...” – Reeling Reviews Dec 24, 2025 Full Review The Plague (2025) 97% B+ EDIT “an unsettling portrait of the cruelty inflicted by children trying to carve out their positions in society and Polinger's stylish debut makes him a filmmaker to watch.” – Reeling Reviews Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% B EDIT “a joyous crowd pleaser about two people whose love of performance turned into love for each other...the film belongs to a radiant Kate Hudson” – Reeling Reviews Dec 22, 2025 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% C- EDIT “enjoyable trash, at least until it turns into outright trash. Seyfried plunges herself into this over the top spectacle that combines glitzy lifestyles with lowbrow shenanigans as Sweeney's necklines plunge ever deeper.” – Reeling Reviews Dec 16, 2025 Full Review
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