In the last days of summer, an out-of-this-world, world premiere, end-of-the-world musical has sprung up at OBERON (through September 8) the A.R.T.'s second stage where anything can and often does happen. BURN ALL NIGHT seems to be channeling the zeitgeist as it speaks to looming disaster: four millennials trying to find their way through life [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for an Open Roads Films’ release “HOME AGAIN”. For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit: https://www.gofobo.com/iblUK94286 Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 6:30 PM in Somerville (Theater will be named on your ticket) “HOME AGAIN” Running Time: 97-minutes Rated: “PG-13” Opening Date: September 8, 2017 Cast: REESE WITHERSPOON, [...]
What would you do if you could conjure up deceased friends and relatives and re-visit your past? That is the premise of "Marjorie Prime" a new film based on a Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by Jordan Harrison which made a splash at Sundance. I found the film more suggestive than the play, and it is having [...]
A few more SCREEN GRABS in the dog days of summer--and none of the following are dogs: DUNKIRK: If you haven't already, see this masterful and intimate experience of the grueling WWII battle when the Nazis had 400,000 Allied troops-- British, French, and Belgian--trapped on the beach at Dunkirk but they never surrendered; [...]
Two musicals have just descended on the Boston area: one old, one new--each with its ups and downs. Mara Cecilia as PEGGY SAWYER First,"Come and meet those dancing feet/On the avenue I'm taking you to/42ND STREET"--now in Waltham at the REAGLE THEATRE just finishing up its 49th season! This is the final weekend of [...]
After combing through the listings of franchise-fatigued superheroes now clogging big screens everywhere, I've come up with a list of well-made, challenging, and engrossing films for folks as sick of vacuous action adventure as I am. Over the next few days I'll write about the following films that left me reeling: BABY DRIVER, THE BIG [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for an IFC Films’ release “THE TRIP TO SPAIN”. For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit: https://tinyurl.com/TripToSpainBos Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 6:30 PM in Boston (Theater will be named on your ticket) “THE TRIP TO SPAIN” Running Time: 1-hour 55-minutes Rated: Not Yet Rated Opening Date: [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Lionsgate release “THE GLASS CASTLE”. For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit: https://www.lionsgatescreenings.com/tUGVU25857 Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 7:00 PM in Somerville (Theater will be named on your ticket) “THE GLASS CASTLE” Running Time: 127-minutes Rated: “PG-13” Opening Date: August 11, 2017 Cast: Brie Larson, [...]
I can always tell when a production hits the sweet spot for me. Words for my reviews start running through my head and I can't stop them. This week there are TWO such productions which you MUST SEE, both Shakespearean-- one a splendid production of his most popular play, and the other a searing one-man [...]
Happy summer one and all! A pro-LONG-ed bout of pneumonia and a vacation abroad has kept me away from my website for awhile-- but I'm back up to speed with a slew of movies over the next few days and some "must-see" theater to recommend. Today I begin with the WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL about [...]
