Kilian Melloy reviews HEARTLOCK, THE INVISIBLES, WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY?, OUT ON STAGE: THE SERIES.
Spoilerpiece Theatre reviews STAN & OLLIE and DESTROYER.
BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP: 01/30/2019
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Monthly Archives: January 2019
BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 01/25/2019
THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING
“THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING is charming, playful, and the exact kind of movie that both kids and adults can appreciate equally.” – Deirdre Crimmins, High-Def Digest
“Pedestrianism aside, THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING has plenty of moments that delight, thrill, and captivate. But its construction feels wholly artificial, and it’s hard not to imagine what this film would’ve been like as a hard-R-rated romp akin to ATTACK THE BLOCK…” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston
“…something that should please school-age viewers and should be tolerable for parents who may accompany them.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
KING OF THIEVES
“As an example of the British crime film, KING OF THIEVES may not break new ground but it does provide a showcase for its stellar cast.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 01/18/2019
GLASS
“The problems with GLASS are impossible to ignore and detrimental to the overall film.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
“As with Shyamalan’s other films, characters don’t act like human beings but are simply plot devices.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“This glass isn’t half full, per se, but I’ll be damned if it still didn’t leave me feeling parched.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston
“If Shyamalan’s career pattern repeats itself, he’ll produce another amazing film in a few years, but we have to suffer through GLASS in the meantime.” – Deirdre Crimmins, High-Def Digest
“If dull tones are your thing, then prepare for a visual smorgasbord.” – Byron McNeal, Nerd Caliber
COLD WAR
“A sprawling, three-hour epic crammed into 88 minutes, writer-director Paweł Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR is a marvel of concision.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery
“Ennui and the search for reprieve from oppressive institutions weigh down the 1950s, interrupted on brief occasion by bursts of joy expressed through dance, music, culture writ large, and lovemaking.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
STAN & OLLIE
“STAN & OLLIE is a nice little movie that most people will probably enjoy if they get a chance to see it.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
“…the jaw-dropping performance here is that of John C. Reilly as Ollie. Sure, he’s in a fat suit and with a lot of latex makeup to become the heavy-set comic, but it’s his acting, not the latex, that is amazing.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
“Both times I’ve seen the picture, it has left me at a loss for words, which is pretty inconvenient considering it’s supposed to be my job to talk about these things.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery
“HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING demands much of its audience on a first watch, to say nothing of a second or third watch. You won’t unravel its meaning after a single viewing, either. But that’s the film’s greatest pleasure.” – Andy Crump, The Playlist
ALL THESE SMALL MOMENTS
“Whether it’s a confession, a revelation, or a reconciliation, this is a movie about people trying to live their lives… It resonates precisely because the characters seem fallible and very real.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP: 01/16/2019
Kilian Melloy reviews ASHES IN THE SNOW and BEYOND THE NIGHT.
Spoilerpiece Theatre has Greg Vellante on to review THE UPSIDE, BANDERSNATCH, and Sean Baker films.
BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 01/11/2019
THE UPSIDE
“The definitive upside of THE UPSIDE is that it finally ends, but not before reminding us that ‘Phillip and Dell remain friends to this day.'” – Greg Vellante, Spectrum Culture
“There may be an audience of people who are satisfied with THE UPSIDE, and find the story of a paralyzed man discovering beauty in the small things in life both original and inspirational, but I’m not one of them.” – Deirdre Crimmins, High-Def Digest
“The film is predictable in too many ways, but when it works it’s because of the rapport that develops between Phillip and Dell, which is to say Cranston and Hart.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
DESTROYER
“…I found it all a bit silly and way overdone, wallowing in over-deliberate grotesquerie as some sort of misguided mark of integrity — which, come to think of it, is a pretty good way to sum up the movie itself.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery
“The story never feels like it connects and all the supporting characters do is pad out a melodramatic crime drama.” – Max Covill, Film School Rejects
“DESTROYER fails to live up to the sum of its parts.” – Allyson Johnson, The Young Folks
“There’s a superb 90-minute movie woven through DESTORYER’s two-hour run time, tight-knit and tense, free of excess flab and much, much meaner by consequence. We don’t have that movie.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
A DOG’S WAY HOME
“If it isn’t a great artistic achievement, it is a well-crafted movie that achieves exactly what it sets out to do. If you find such material appealing, it will work.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
ON THE BASIS OF SEX
“Jones, seeming to realize that she is depicting an American icon, portrays her with dignity but not as a clay idol.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies