BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 09/29/2017

 

thumbnail_26361AMERICAN MADE

“By the end, even Cruise’s contagious Cheshire grin looks like an act of desperation, our middle-aged Maverick finally meeting the consequences of his need for speed.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery

“…though strained, one’s suspension of disbelief holds fast: That was the 1980s, after all, and a time when daring scoundrels could outwit and outflank the authorities.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

“Cruise plays this mostly for laughs, and it’s a return to the screen of the charmer of his earlier films.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“With everything that we witness, it’s easy to see how audiences can get behind AMERICAN MADE even if there are some alterations that could have been made to turn this into a fantastic feature film.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“By setting the precedent that Cruise is in fact someone capable of usurping the wildest of situations with ease and a hint of smugness, the story of Barry Seal roars onto the screen with the shagginess of a 70s/80s thriller.” – Sam Cohen, Substream Magazine

 

 

battle-of-the-sexesBATTLE OF THE SEXES

“The battle for equality may not be over, but BATTLE OF THE SEXES reminds us–in the slogan of the women’s tour sponsor–we’ve come a long way, baby.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“BATTLE OF THE SEXES is a terrific-looking movie photographed with intelligence and written in crayon.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

 

 

woodshock-kirsten-dunstWOODSHOCK

” There’s fascination to be found in even the most bafflingly erroneous work, and WOODSHOCK certainly had me engaged despite its flaws.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston

 

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 9/28/2017

Jaskee Hickman interviews David Gordon Green and John Pollono of STRONGER

Max Covill reports on ANNIHILATION

Deirdre Crimmins interviews the director of 78/52

Daniel Kimmel talks writing introductions

Andrew Crump reviews IN SEARCH OF FELLINI

 

Kilian Melloy reviews DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

Bob Chipman talks BATMAN V SUPERMAN, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY and RICK AND MORTY

Jake Mulligan looks at Somerville Theatre’s 70mm Festival

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 09/22/2017

stronger-movie-trailer-jake-gyllenhaal-00STRONGER

“Green could have easily presented Bauman as a fictional construct like Sgt. Saunders, an “inspiring” figure who serves as a hero, but the man he reveals is no saint; instead, Gyllenhaal’s Bauman is simply a person who was at the right place at the wrong time.” –Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian

“…STRONGER is a worthy tribute to not just Jeff Bauman’s story, but everything his story represented and everyone his story impacted — from the people who witnessed his recovery firsthand, to the bystanders who encountered his story through the media and applied Jeff’s struggles to their own in hopes of making things feel a little bit easier.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston

“At its best, the film recalls late-period Eastwood pictures like FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and AMERICAN SNIPER in its plumbing of the gulf between the truth and what people need to hear.” – Sean Burns, North Shore Movie

 

 

a0204a9adc85109a-600x400KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

“There’s enough here to run with yet Vaughn and Co. take the easy way out.” – Sam Cohen, Substream Magazine

“The violence earns the film its R rating–deservedly so–despite its largely cartoonish nature including killer robot dogs and a meat grinder used as a murder weapon.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“Overpopulated and overplotted, inflated to an absurd 141-minute running time, it’s just another cruddy franchise picture.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

 

 

 

Friend-Request-2016-movie-Simon-Verhoeven-12FRIEND REQUEST

“FRIEND REQUEST is not only socially irresponsible, it is boring and unimaginative.” – Deidre Crimmins, Film Thrills

 

 

 

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 9/20/2017

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks AMERICAN ASSASSIN, REBEL IN THE RYE, WOMEN’S BALCONY and MEMINO

Joyce Kulhawik reviews MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Bob Chipman talks MOTHER! spoilers and Orson Welles’ final role

Max Covill looks at the new TOMB RAIDER trailer, reports on THE LAST JEDI, The Emmys and reviews JANE

Sean Burns looks at The Somerville Theatre’s 70mm Film Festival

Andrew Crump reviews THE TIGER HUNTER,

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 09/15/2017

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“Aronofsky has created a work that plays as if Guillermo del Toro was directing a play by Harold Pinter.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“MOTHER! is nothing short of a cinematic triumph. We only get a few of these each year, so pay attention and see this before some internet troll tries to ruin it for you.” – Deirdre Crimmins, Film Thrills

“There’s a self-reflexivity in the technique here that I can’t remember seeing in Aronofsky’s prior work. Not enough to signal to the audience that the filmmaker is completely in on the joke but just enough to make things cheekier. After all, it is a two-hour saga about misdirected pain and suffering.” – Sam Cohen, Substream Magazine

“…through this blistering vision of humanity in decline, there’s no denying that Aronofsky is at the peak of his powers here, delivering what could be one of the most feverishly demented films to ever emerge from a mainstream studio.” – Charlie Nash, Film Thrills

“I might not like MOTHER! very much but I feel enormous gratitude that it exists.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

 

 

first-trailer-american-assassin-696x464AMERICAN ASSASSIN

“This is a spy thriller for the Trump Era, where rules that are inconvenient are simply brushed aside.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“… a tired, all-too-familiar string of spy tropes that mainly serve as bridge work to the film’s dull, gratuitously violent action sequences, each of which has the exact same formula: Both parties shoot at one another, and if they miss, they start throwing fists before eventually drawing blades that end up either in someone’s neck or abdomen.” – Charlie Nash, Edge Boston