January to March is typically a wasteland for good movies but here's one that might not be a complete waste, because it features two of our biggest stars and best actors. SERENA is based on the novel by Ron Rash, and features Best Actress Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence in the title role and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper. This is a melodramatic romance set in the moody [...]
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL is definitely second best--as most sequels are, but this cast and locale still manage to make the film a delightful, if passing, fancy. Richard Gere in the mix (yes, the hunk is getting on) adds an extra bit of spice. The old gang has returned, an elderly but colorful band of wandering misfits who have taken up [...]
See THE MET OPERA live onscreen at the movies! JoycesChoices followers have been invited by FATHOM EVENTS to enter to win FREE passes to attend THE MET LIVE: LA DONNA DEL LAGO- live on March 14 and/or the encore performance on March 18. Bel canto superstars Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of [...]
The Royal Opera Ballet Cinema Series one night showings at a Boston area theater: SWAN LAKE on Thursday March 19, and La Fille Mal Gardee on Tuesday May 5! TO ENTER-TO-WIN TICKETS PLEASE E-MAIL FATHOMEVENTSBOSTON@GMAIL.COM WITH YOUR FULL NAME, AGE, MAILING ADDRESS AND “JOYCE-BALLET ” IN THE SUBJECT LINE. Swan Lake March 19 Swan Lake, surely [...]
I liked the movie FIFTY SHADES OF GREY. There I said it--and I can already hear the PC police getting their panties in a twist. (Don't even get me started on the Mt. Holyoke College student group who cancelled a production of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES because it wasn't inclusive of trans women. Moronic.) Indeed, the entire [...]
BOYHOOD: Richard Linklater's extraordinary "12 years a film" feat! He directed the same cast over a dozen years and captured the ephemeral truth about one boy's childhood and growing up in a broken home. It's a "meta" experience for filmgoers who watch the actors and the characters they play, age on camera over time, while the boy played by the soulful Ellar Coltrane--expressive and [...]
Feel 30 years younger when you see BEGIN AGAIN-- a beguiling romantic comedy that will remind you of what it was like to be in love, have your heart broken, and follow your dream, starring PEOPLE MAGAZINE's sexiest man alive--Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, and the gorgeous Keira Knightley! Here's the story-- Keira Knightley plays [...]
We knew him first as Michael "Meathead" Stivic--Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law on Norman Lear's iconic TV series ALL IN THE FAMILY. The actor, writer, producer, director eventually went on to helm Oscar-nominated movies THE PRINCESS BRIDE, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, and his masterpiece STAND BY ME, as well as WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, THE AMERICAN [...]
So many screens-- so little to see. GODZILLA is godawful. And put a big X through X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. Coasting on the devotion of diehard fans who remember the back stories, this latest installment suffers from franchise burnout and never breaks a sweat. How about MALEFICENT? What could be better than Angelina Jolie [...]
Watching FADING GIGOLO the new movie written, directed by, and starring John Turturrro, is like joining a crazy conversation in progress-- and trying to catch up. Woody Allen plays an old bookseller named Murray-- who is closing up shop, but is hardly out of ideas. In fact, he's got a dilly: he's pitching his friend [...]
