What a wild and strange year for films. It took forever to find its groove, most of the best films landing in a heap on our doorsteps this fall on their way to being swept into awards season. And there was no one film that critics seemed to coalesce around though several have made it [...]
What a dull summer at the movies. TOP GUN was a rousing entertainment-- just what I wanted to kick off the season. But I was soon disappointed by Jordan Peele's peculiarly flat horror-western-sci-fi mashup NOPE, despite a bunch of interesting ideas that never coalesced. NOPE took us back to the beginnings of film, [...]
TAKE YOUR PICK! TWO FREE ADVANCE SCREENINGS: 20th CENTURY STUDIOS "AMSTERDAM" or Neon's "TRIANGLE OF SADNESS" BOTH on Wednesday, October 5th at 7 PM at AMC Boston Common! DETAILS for "Amsterdam" RSVP here for free passes to AMSTERDAM: https://gofobo.com/EnJhh21994 About AMSTERDAM From 20th Century Studios, New Regency, and acclaimed filmmaker David O. Russell comes [...]
HURRY!! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF PRIME VIDEO RELEASE "ALL THE OLD KNIVES! Tuesday April 5, 7PM Showcase Woburn, 25 Middlesex Canal Parkway in WOBURN, MA! RSVP: tinyurl.com/ALLTHEOLDKNIVESWOBURNSCREENING SYNOPSIS When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham (Chris Pine) is assigned [...]
I roused myself at the crack of 8AM this morning, and waded through the annoying byplay of hosts Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) and Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace) to hear the announcement of the 94th OSCAR nominations and was happy to see so many of this year's best films and performances recognized by the Academy. [...]
THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS (BSFC) of which I have been a proud member since 1981, has once again voted its year- end awards, and it only took us 7 hours, on zoom, with 27 members participating. Since we began gathering in the livingroom of the late great David Brudnoy all those years ago, [...]
HURRY! You're invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of Focus Features release "WOLF"! Tuesday, November 30th 7 PM @ AMC Boston Common For the chance to download tickets to this special advance screening of WOLF please visit: https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/JoycesChoicesWolf Running time: 98 minutes Rating: R Genre: Drama Writer/Director: Nathalie Biancheri Producers: Jessie Fisk, Jane Doolan Cast: George MacKay, [...]
I couldn't wait to see Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's first outing on a script together since their 1997 Oscar-winning "Goodwill Hunting." Turns out, I could've waited. THE LAST DUEL is based on Eric Jager's 2004 book recounting the true story of the the last government-sanctioned trial by combat in medieval France between Jean de [...]
HURRY! GET TIX TO FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF FOCUS FEATURES FILM "LAST NIGHT IN SOHO"! Tuesday, October 26th, 7:00 PM @ AMC Boston Common TO GET COMPLIMENTARY PASSES CLICK ON THIS Link: https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/JoycesChoicesLNIS Release Date: 10/29/2021 Genre: Psychological Thriller Runtime: 116 min MPAA Rating: R Director: Edgar Wright Writers: Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns Producers: Nira Park, [...]
HURRY! Get passes to FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of THE FRENCH DISPATCH! Starring EVERYBODY! Tuesday, 10/19, 7:00PM at AMC Boston Common To get passes please click on the following link: https://www.searchlightscreenings.com/JoycesChoicesTFD Release Date: 10/22/2021 Runtime: 1h 43m MPAA Rating: R Directed by: Wes Anderson Screenplay by: Wes Anderson Story by: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo [...]
