There are two new comedies onstage in Boston right now, both entertaining, and well-executed by superb casts, but it was the scripts that gave me pause. The New England premiere of SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company was a hit off-broadway and absolutely made me laugh-- and that's about it. What we have [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of the STX release "THE UPSIDE" Wednesday January 9, 2019 7PM at AMC Boston Common For the chance to download two complimentary passes to this advance screening please visit: “THE UPSIDE” (running time 2 hours 6 minutes) Rating: PG-13 for suggestive content and drug use Cast: Nicole Kidman, Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, Julianna Margulies Writers: Jon Hartmere, Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache Director: [...]
SO many excellent films came out at the 11th hour-- meaning not until FALL 2018 (ridiculously late I might add), that it has taken me until now to see all the good stuff. Here is a list of my TOP TEN favorite films of 2018. Many of these films allowed us to see ourselves in [...]
I love this annual marathon meeting-- our 38th-- of the BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS to decide our year end faves! We voted the "Best" in 15 categories topped by our BEST FILM of the year: the stunning IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK written and directed by Barry Jenkins, about a young African American couple in 1970's [...]
Here are four recommendations, the best, the bawdiest, most delightful, and thoroughly musical offerings onstage now: beginning with The Huntington's MAN IN THE RING which is simply a masterpiece and THE BEST PRODUCTION ONSTAGE NOW. This is a profoundly moving, complex, brilliantly performed and conceived bio-drama about fighter Emile Griffiths here played by two actors, [...]
URBAN NUTCRACKER Boston is pleased to offer Joyce’s Choices followers a CHANCE TO WIN TIX to one of four Family-4 packs (4 tickets!) to see the City Ballet of Boston production of Urban Nutcracker at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre! WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 27 at 7pm! The show is SO much fun! More than your usual ballet, URBAN NUTCRACKER celebrates a wildly [...]
It's my favorite film so far this season: THE FAVOURITE, an 18th century biopic about British Queen Anne. A good old-fashioned, period costume drama? No bloody way. It's "Dangerous Liaisons" shot through the looking glass, except that it's "Anne" instead of "Alice," and "les liaisons" are decidedly and historically lesbian. THE FAVOURITE is [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a STXFilms’ release “SECOND ACT” For the chance to receive two tickets to this screening please visit: http://stxtickets.com/JoycesSecondAct Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7:00 PM in Revere (Theatre will be named on your ticket) “SECOND ACT” Running Time: 1-hour 45-minutes Rated: PG-13 Opening Date: December 21, 2018 Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Leah [...]
THE BOSTON CAMERATA is pleased to offer four Joyce’s Choices followers A CHANCE TO WIN 2 tickets each to see their holiday concerts in Boston, Newburyport, Lexington, Brookline or Cambridge! December 7-17, 2018! The Boston Camerata, America's preeminent early music ensemble, brings two celebratory programs to Boston this holiday season: Puer Natus Est: [...]
There's one more weekend to catch a terrific tandem production presented by ACTORS' SHAKESPEARE PROJECT to open its 15th season, a theater double feature: MACBETH and EQUIVOCATION. The first is the bard's blackest tragedy, so violent, pitiless and bleak, its name cannot be uttered in a theater without tempting wicked fate. This production of "the [...]
