Jon Stewart who left his groundbreaking TV show THE DAILY SHOW 5 years ago to Trevor Noah, is back again in a larger format, but his sights are still laser-focused on the lunacy of the broken system in which we're trapped. A cross between a movie and a very long joke, IRRESISTIBLE has a punchline [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Lionsgate and Amazon Studios release “LAST FLAG FLYING”. For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit: https://www.lionsgatescreenings.com/pBhnl31627 Monday, November 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM in Somerville (Theater will be named on your ticket) “LAST FLAG FLYING” Running Time: 2-hours 4-minutes Rated: “R” Opening Date: November 17, [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a Lionsgate Films’ upcoming release “CAFÉ SOCIETY” For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit https://www.lionsgatescreenings.com/aOADX31459 Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 7:00p in Cambridge (Theater will be named on your ticket) ”CAFÉ SOCIETY” Running Time: 96 Minutes Rated: “PG-13” Opening Date: July 22, 2016 Synopsis: Set in [...]
A flurry of fine films has just descended on the big screen in the last few weeks, almost too many to take in; but I did my best and here are my TOP FIVE FILMS of the year, some of which aren't due out until Christmas! 1) THE REVENANT-- A stunning 156 minute saga by award-winning Mexican director Alejandro G. Inarritu (BIRDMAN) starring Leonardo DiCaprio [...]
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 [...]
It's a sad, strange story, and it's hard to believe it's true: FOXCATCHER is a tale of three men-- two Olympic wrestling brothers, and the very rich man who covets them. Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo play Mark and Dave Schultz who won Olympic gold medals in wrestling, Dave also acting as trainer to his younger brother Mark. Enter Steve Carell as John [...]
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 Fox Searchlight release set to open in theaters on 7/5/13: “THE WAY, WAY BACK” Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) Rated: “PG-13” Running Time: 103 Minutes Opens: July 5 Cast: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, [...]
HOPE SPRINGS-- that movies are still being made (if I may paraphrase our 16th president) of the grownups, for the grownups, and by the grownups... and that they have not perished from the earth. Though far from perfect, HOPE SPRINGS is a funny, painful, tender, and smart take on a long-term marriage gone dry, and [...]
You are cordially invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING of Columbia Picture’s release set to open in theaters on 8/8/12: “HOPE SPRINGS” Monday, August 6, 2012 at 7:00PM in Boston. (Theater will be named on your ticket.) The film is rated “PG-13” Running Time: 100 Minutes Cast: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell [...]
