Here they are-- the winners of the 2011 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards!! THE ARTIST has just been named BEST PICTURE! It's one of 15 major awards we voted Sunday afternoon (12/11)-- covering film, performances, and technical achievement. It was a LONG meeting with many rounds of balloting-- because no single film had big [...]
HUGO is not the first "family" film ever directed by Martin Scorsese. But it may be the first "family" film he's directed that didn't involve wiseguys shoving bodies in trunks in between mouthfuls of lasagna. Over the years, Scorsese has focused his lens on various milieus that have their own special kinds of violence-- GOODFELLAS, [...]
There is one reason to see MY WEEK WITH MARILYN and that is to witness the wonder that is Michelle Williams performance as THE blonde sex symbol of all time Marilyn Monroe. Williams performance is nothing short of miraculous and may just win her this season's Oscar for BEST ACTRESS. I resisted the impersonation at [...]
TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN is the single most effective antidote to teen pregnancy I've ever seen. It's cinematic birth control. Send your teenagers. I saw it Monday afternoon in a theater with mostly single older ladies and one mother/daughter pair who apparently had not read the books; they looked shell-shocked as the credits rolled. The film [...]
This movie, is quite simply, THE BEST FILM I'VE SEEN IN MONTHS! In the run-off toward the OSCARS, CLOONEY and THE DESCENDANTS are a shoe-in for nominatons. So sit back, relax, and prepare for a Hawaiian vacation-- but not the usual exotic escapade. In THE DESCENDANTS, filmmaker Alexander Payne (SIDEWAYS, ELECTION, ABOUT SCHMIDT ...) with [...]
J.EDGAR-- Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort--is a mess from every point of view with the exception of Leonardo DiCaprio. He is one brave actor. As J. Edgar Hoover-- the creator and first chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation-- DiCaprio survives despite layers of makeup, a melodramatic jumble of a script, bad accents, and tonal [...]
Couldn't wait to see TOWER HEIST. How much you like it will depend on how much you can't wait to see Eddie Murphy back on the big screen, and how much disbelief you are willing to suspend. My suspenders snapped. Eddie almost saved me. TOWER HEIST is built on a premise ripe for the times. [...]
Every day I get SO MUCH INFORMATION that's interesting, useful, funny-- so I've decided to pass along some of the best stuff! Here goes: THIS JUST IN... STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW At KENDALL SQUARE THEATER on November 16 & 17 and other select U.S. Theaters. For details and times can be found [...]
Here are a few extra "JoyceChoices" for the weekend NOVEMBER 4-5-6 & Monday NOV 7!(Clooney's latest!) FRIDAY (11/4) Don't miss internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, improviser and Steinway Artist DONAL FOX in a rare solo piano concert at the Regattabar Jazz Club Friday, November 4 for two shows 7:30PM and 10:00PM. Come hear Donal make Steinway's [...]
