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 [...]
Here's the bottom line on some of what I've seen lately onstage and onscreen: THEATER *This is the last week to see Katori Hall's SATURDAY NIGHT/ SUNDAY MORNING at the Lyric Stage. It's an entertaining slice of life set in Memphis during WWII at Miss Mary's Press n' Curl, [...]
The opening sequence of SKYFALL is a mind-boggling, ass-kicking, death-defying Rube Goldberg variation involving a speeding car, chasing a speeding train, carrying a giant front loader, with 007 and his nemesis-of-the-moment locked in combat and dangling by their fingertips, heading for an overpass, with a sniper looking to take one of them out! I nearly [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Columbia Pictures/MGM release set to open in theaters on 11/9/12: “SKYFALL” Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: “PG-13” Running Time: 145 Minutes Cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ben [...]
The silly season is over. Now it’s time for some serious fun—and that means FALL MOVIES with Oscar in mind. Here's what I can't wait to see! (Check out the link to my article on Page 68 of EXHALE Magazine!) ARGO is directed by and stars Boston's own Ben Affleck! (I recently chatted [...]
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is a killer film that will leave you breathing hard, and thinking at warp speed. Directed by David Fincher and based on the smash international best-selling trilogy by the late Stieg Larsson, the American version is not as viscerally affecting as its Swedish cousin, but packs mighty tension into [...]
