A mountain of movies has been piling up in time for year-end OSCAR eligibility. (YES the OSCARS will be delayed till April but will GO ON!) I've singled out a few of the year's best not to be missed, and at least one definitely to be missed, even in a snowstorm or pandemic. Most of [...]
Many movies reveal their secrets within the first five minutes, and it's not until the end that we understand what we have already seen-- and know. When that moment comes in ARRIVAL, it's like a tsunami in slow motion. ARRIVAL spills its secrets softly in a grand, goosebump-inducing sci-fi adventure that made me feel like I was tumbling through space [...]
As attractive, well-crafted, and convincingly--even compellingly acted as BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE was, I couldn't stop thinking that one good conversation between our superheroes would have cleared the whole thing up. But then it dawned on me-- there would be no movie. Boys will be boys, so this screenplay goes a long way toward ramping [...]
Will they be holiday hits? Will they win OSCARS? Add these to my Fall Movie Preview list for a complete big screen Holiday Movie Guide! (11/14) THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING He's the English-speaking Einstein--British physicist Stephen Hawking--whose book A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME made us all think we could almost understand the theory of everything. This biopic stars [...]
No matter what anyone tells you, AMERICAN HUSTLE is one of THE best movies of the year. And it was shot in Boston (standing in for New Jersey)-- so it was a kick to see the gilded Wang Theater lobby and environs decked out as a swank gambling hall for one of the film's climactic [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Warner Brothers’ release set to open in theaters on 12/25/13: “HER” Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 7:00PM in Cambridge. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: “R” Running Time: 126 Minutes Synopsis: Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, “Her” follows Theodore (Joaquin [...]
HURRY!! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of a Columbia Pictures’ upcoming release: “AMERICAN HUSTLE” THE FIRST 25 PEOPLE TO RESPOND (via “Contact Joyce” on home page) WITH THEIR FULL NAMES WILL BE NOTIFIED OF A PASS FOR TWO! Monday, December 16, 2013 at 7:00 PM at a Boston Theater. (Theater will be named when notified.) “AMERICAN HUSTLE” [...]
This time around, Superman has not only lost his red underpants, he's lost his identity-- and he used to have two! Remember Christopher Reeve's charming, bumbling Clark Kent who kept his cape under wraps around Margot Kidder's sassy Lois Lane, that is-- just until he'd explode out of his glasses and suit in order to [...]
HURRY!! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of an IFC Film's upcoming release: “ON THE ROAD” THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE TO RESPOND (via “Contact Joyce” on home page) WITH THEIR FULL NAMES WILL BE NOTIFIED OF A PASS FOR TWO! Monday, January 14, 2013 at 7:00 PM at a Boston Theater. (Theater will be named when notified.) “ON [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of a Warner Brothers Pictures’ release set to open in theaters on 9/21/12: “TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE” Monday, September 17, 2012 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) The film is rated “PG-13” Running Time: 111 Minutes Synopsis: Academy Award® winner Clint [...]
