After a two month pandemic-induced delay, the OSCARS will happen this SUNDAY NIGHT April 25 at 8 p.m. (ET/5 p.m. PT) on ABC. The 93rd annual Academy Awards honors all things movies! I have reported live from THE red carpet over the course of 20 years as the A & E Anchor for WBZ-TV (CBS- [...]
You are invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF the Focus Features release "Promising Young Woman" on Thursday January 14th @ 7:00PM ET. RSVP instructions: For the chance to download two complimentary passes to this screening, please click on the below link: https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/JoycesChoicesPYW *Please note this virtual screening will be conducted through TicktBox [...]
Switzerland didn't do it until 1971: grant women the right to vote. "Impossible!" you say. Well, it's just one of the astonishing facts revealed in SUFFRAGETTE, a new film about the early struggle of women to win the right to vote. To be heard. To have a say. To be considered worthy of being listened to. To [...]
I've had women on the brain at the movies lately, and we are out there in significant numbers this season along with the boys of summer. I happened to see two sequels MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and PITCH PERFECT 2 on the same day and fully expected to tolerate the former and enjoy the latter. Not even close. PITCH "imperfect" began with a crude joke, meandered [...]
The summer blockbuster season is upon us-- superhero sequels, animated adventures, and crazy comedies. My tastes are somewhat different from your average 14 year old boy, so keep that in mind as you peruse the list below. Here's what I can't wait to see as the summer kicks off in PART I of my Summer Movie Preview: MAY 1: [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a CBS Films' release set to open in theaters on 12/20/13: “INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS” Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: “R” Running Time: 105 Minutes Cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake Synopsis: [...]
It's great-- once it stops. The first frantic 45 minutes of filmmaker Baz ("Moulin Rouge") Luhrman's eye-popping, screen swollen, 3D, musical mashup of F. Scott Fitzgerald's mythic novel brought me to the brink of motion sickness. Then it settled down, and the dramatic interplay of these iconic characters, against the deeper backdrop of the American [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for Warner Brother’s release set to open in theaters on 5/10/13: “THE GREAT GATSBY” Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: “PG-13” Running Time: 142 Minutes Synopsis: From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the [...]
