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 [...]
The movies I'm dying to see this fall are NO TIME TO DIE-- the last Danny Craig James Bond flick set to open in theaters Friday October 8; THE LAST DUEL co-starring Adam Driver and that dynamic Boston duo Matt Damon and Ben Affleck who co-wrote this medieval tale due out October 15; and DUNE [...]
