THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN--a redo of Sam Raimi's 2002 SPIDER-MAN starring Tobey Maguire--is better and worse. Raimi's was a darker, more interesting and resonant film, but Andrew Garfield is my preferred Spidey. Garfield has the narrowest body on the big screen today; when he suits up, he seems barely wider than the silver filaments he casts [...]
Most enlightening. Wonder what Aaron Sorkin has to say about it. Wonder how many of his catch phrases will make it into his new HBO drama " THE NEWSROOM."
In 2010 Mark Wahlberg starred as a tough young boxer in THE FIGHTER. The summer of 2012 finds him knocking the stuffing out of a teddy bear in the box office champ this weekend: TED. The teddy bear movie is a lot raunchier-- and miraculously-- engrossing despite its lunatic premise. In TED, Wahlberg stars as [...]
I've always had a soft spot for Snow White. She was the only fairy tale princess I'd heard of who wasn't blonde, and the Disney cartoon was the first movie I ever saw as a child. I was entranced. I have taken all my fashion cues from her since then. Black haired beauties with white [...]
MOONRISE KINGDOM is one of the best movies this summer --or any other. Filmmaker Wes Anderson has once again assembled a brilliant cast and turned his ironic yet earnest lens on one summer, mid 1960's, in the life of two 12 year-olds who fall in love and run away on an island off New England. [...]
DARK SHADOWS started out fun and creepy and ended up tedious and dopey. Johnny Depp's "odd" character choices are beginning to wear on me. I like my vampires smoldering and beautiful. But Depp's ghoulishly nerdy Barnabas Collins back from the grave looks like Michael Jackson on a really bad day. So the hardest thing to [...]
This is a lean time of year for good films-- but THE HUNGER GAMES has put an end to the famine. It isn't perfect-- but it is perfectly cast. Jennifer Lawrence who earned considerable notice for her powerful, understated performance in 2010's WINTER'S BONE, is bound for superstardom in this futuristic thriller directed by Gary Ross, [...]
Today is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY and I embrace all my sisters the world over! Female empowerment is one of THE pivotal issues of the 21st century and I am about to add fuel to the fire. I have just finished watching one of the most infuriating movies I have ever seen. It’s a 90-minute documentary [...]
Marvel's THE AVENGERS kicks off the summer movie season May 4! But this LEAP DAY--you can see all your favorite action heroes in the new trailer starring: Robert Downey Jr, (IRON MAN), Chris Evans (CAPTAIN AMERICA), Mark Ruffalo (BRUCE BANNER), Chris Hemsworth (THOR), Scarlett Johansson (BLACK WIDOW), Jeremy Renner (HAWKEYE), Tom Hiddleston (LOKI), and [...]
HURRY!! You and your family are invited to a complimentary 3D advance screening of Disney’s’ “JOHN CARTER”. THE FIRST 12 PEOPLE TO RESPOND (via “Contact Joyce” on home page) WITH THEIR FULL NAMES WILL BE NOTIFIED by e-mail of PASSES FOR FOUR! Thursday, March 1, 7:00PM at a Boston Theater. (Theater will be named when [...]
