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, [...]
Some movies are torture. "Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar" is like jumping off a comedy cliff and finding yourself forever cringing in the world where jokes never land. Even Kristen Wiig can't save you. Some movies are about torture. THE MAURITANIAN is a film that doesn't tell us anything we didn't already [...]
No doubt you've seen my review of PARASITE, the most well-conceived, executed, and surprising movie out there now, but here's my take on a few more--worthy in whole, in part, or not at all... These films represent my wide-ranging interest in all kinds of movies, even as fewer and fewer of them are now playing [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of 101 Studios release THE CURRENT WAR: DIRECTOR'S CUT Monday, October 21st 7 pm Showplace Icon Theater 60 Seaport Blvd #315 Boston MA, 02210 TO DOWNLOAD A PASS FOR TWO PLEASE CLICK: https://www.gofobo.com/CurrentWarBoston *Please note that seating is limited and on a first come first serve basis, get there [...]
“Black Mass,” the movie all of Boston has been dying to see — shot right here in our own back yard, where these grizzly events unfolded — is a funereal event. It’s a solid film, with an impressive central performance by Johnny Depp as Boston crime lord James “Whitey” Bulger, but it never rises to the [...]
The race is on! Actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs have let loose the 2015 Oscar nominations! Who's in? Who's out? Here are the top five categories and my very preliminary two cents worth! BEST PICTURE (including total number of nominations for each) Birdman (9) The Grand Budapest Hotel (9) The Imitation Game (8) Boyhood [...]
Having seen THE IMITATION GAME starring Benedict Cumberbatch, I now consider myself an official Cumbercookie, I mean Cumberbunny, er Cumberbabe-- or perhaps, most aptly, because I am of a critical bent, “Cumberbitch.” I am late to this party and thus not alone in Cumberland whose boundaries have been spreading since the actor hit our shores in [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Warner Brothers Pictures release set to open in theaters on 12/17/14: “THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES" Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: PG-13 Running Time: 144 Minutes Synopsis: From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Weinstein Company release set to open in theaters on 12/12/14: “THE IMITATION GAME” Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: PG-13 Running Time: 114 Minutes Synopsis: During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home [...]
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 [...]
