DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
“If you like fan service, you get it in spades but at the cost of a narrative.” – Byron McNeal, On The Reel On Tumblr
BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 7/26/2024
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Monthly Archives: July 2024
BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 7/12/2024
NATIONAL ANTHEM
“Inspired by director Luke Gilford’s photo book about queer rodeos, this debut feature demonstrates an ease and authority with cinema with that marks Gilford out as a promising talent.” – Kilian Melloy, EDGE Media Network
CORA BORA
“The Hannah Pearl Utt-directed Cora Bora – a vehicle for “Hacks” star Megan Stalter – takes the rom-com genre, spins it around, gives it a good queering, and leaves it inside-out.” – Kilian Melloy, EDGE Media Network
GHOST PLANET
“For a low-budget production that was funded on Kickstarter, Ghost Planet is a lot better than it has any right to be. No one will confuse it with a big Hollywood production, but a decent if pulpy script combined with impressive visual effects make it an entertaining sci-fi outing.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 7/5/2024
MURDER COMPANY
“Murder Company is a serviceable war movie about a group of soldiers sent on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. It works much better as a genre entry than as a history lesson.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
FREYDIS AND GUDRID
“Freydis and Gudrid is in English but that’s its only concession to viewers. It is a Viking opera shot in black and white, inspired by the Vinland sagas, two texts traced back to 13th century Iceland and set several centuries earlier.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
LAST SUMMER
“Who knew sex on the big screen could be so dull?“ – John Black, Cinekong
BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 6/28/2024
DADDIO
“Co-producer Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn are somehow working at the same temperature, delivering their lines with congruent, naturalistic intensity, effortlessly leading us from text to subtext with a breath, a look, a phrase.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices
“There is probably an audience for Daddio … some, like this reviewer, will just get bored by all the blah blah blah and stop watching.” – John Black, Cinekong
A FAMILY AFFAIR
“A Family Affair is like donuts: colorful, sugary, filling but not something you’ll be thinking about tomorrow.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
KINDS OF KINDNESS
“Kinds of Kindness struck me as a nihilistic work, and a clever one at that. Clever but not good.” – Randy Steinberg, Blast Magazine
BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 6/21/2024
THELMA
“Thelma is one of the most enjoyable movies of the summer with much to say about how the elderly and young adults are infantilized in this coddling culture.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices