Slim pickins at the movies thus far this season, but here's my take on two films just released beginning with one based on a young adult novel by Julia Walton: WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS. I thought this was going to be just another doomed teen romance, of little interest to me given how [...]
I love this annual marathon meeting-- our 38th-- of the BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS to decide our year end faves! We voted the "Best" in 15 categories topped by our BEST FILM of the year: the stunning IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK written and directed by Barry Jenkins, about a young African American couple in 1970's [...]
HURRY!! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of an IFC upcoming release “GOOD KILL” FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ADVANCE SCREENING PASSES, PLEASE E-MAIL sundanceselects56@gmail.com WITH “GOOD” IN THE SUBJECT LINE! Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 7:00 PM at a Boston Theater. (Theater will be named when notified.) “GOOD KILL” Running Time: 103 Minutes Rating: “R” Opening Date: [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Sundance Selects’ upcoming release “SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION”. For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please email SUNDANCESELECTS56@GMAIL.COM with “SEYMOUR” in the subject line! Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 7:00PM in Boston (Theater will be named on your ticket) “SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION” Running Time: 81 Minutes Rated: [...]
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 [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for upcoming IFC release "BOYHOOD." SYNOPSIS: Opening Date: July 18, 2014 at Landmark Kendall Square Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Warner Brothers Pictures' release set to open in theaters on 8/30/13: “GETAWAY” Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: “PG-13” Running Time: 90 Minutes Synopsis: “Getaway” is the gritty, heart-pounding action thriller from Warner Bros. Pictures [...]
