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 for a Fox Searchlight release “CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?” For the chance to receive two tickets to this screening please visit: https://www.foxsearchlightscreenings.com/JoycesChoicesCYEFM Monday, October 29, 2018 at 7:00 PM in Boston (Theatre will be named on your ticket) “CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?” Running Time: 107 minutes Rated: R Opening Date: November [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Warner Brothers release “LIFE OF THE PARTY”. For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit: https://www.wbtickets.com/hxRRd36740 Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 7:00 PM in Boston (Theater will be named on your ticket) “LIFE OF THE PARTY” Running Time: 105 minutes Rated: “PG-13” Opening Date: May 11, 2018 [...]
I adore Melissa McCarthy, her perfect timing, her nuanced--yes nuanced--characters, her improvisational flair. I find just about everything she does hysterically funny even when she's appearing in a movie that demeans her comedic gifts. Such is the case in the number one movie at the box office this week: THE BOSS which finds McCarthy compromised by the adolescent boy sensibilities driving this crude vehicle. [...]
Here are two movies to lighten up a summer day-- ALOHA boasts a first rate cast BRADLEY COOPER, EMMA STONE, and RACHEL McADAMS in an offbeat Hawaiian love triangle written/directed by the quirky Cameron Crowe. At his best he gave us JERRY MAGUIRE and ALMOST FAMOUS and at his worst gave us ZOO. ALOHA falls somewhere [...]
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: [...]
Bill Murray is the screen's funniest, most endearing curmudgeon. Here in ST. VINCENT as the title character, he's all pockmarked and rumply, biting the head off every cheerful do-gooder who has the nerve to make conversation. But that title is part of the problem, pretty much giving away the ending and any hope for subtlety. I had been lead to believe otherwise by the first two thirds [...]
It's time for the stars of summer --Godzilla, the Guardians of the Galaxy, those rebellious apes, and Tom Cruise-- to make way for the more adult pleasures of FALL. Things are getting serious now as movies designed to jolt the brain as much as the blood pressure are set to hit the big screen, many of [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a 20th Century Fox’s upcoming release set to open in theaters on 6/28/13: “THE HEAT” Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: “R” Running Time: 117 Minutes Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Marlon Wayans, Jane Curtain, Kaitlin [...]
HURRY!! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of a Universal Pictures’ upcoming release: “IDENTITY THIEF” THE FIRST 25 PEOPLE TO RESPOND (via “Contact Joyce” on home page) WITH THEIR FULL NAMES WILL BE NOTIFIED OF A PASS FOR TWO! Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 7:00 PM at a Boston Theater. (Theater will be named when notified.) “IDENTITY THIEF” [...]
