BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 9/13/2024

DEAD TEENAGERS

“After watching all three “Fresh Hell” movies, particularly Dead Teenagers, it’s clear that writer/director Armstrong is at the start of what promises to be a very interesting career.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

THE CRITIC

In the end, The Critic holds one’s attention even if it doesn’t achieve great art. If you’re willing to play along, though, it is damn good entertainment. Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 9/6/2024

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

“Michael Keaton slips back into the role of the titular character like an old pair of shoes. He’s still got it.” Byron McNeal, On The Reel On Tumblr

 

 

REAGAN

Reagan the movie is, I suppose, marginally better than Reagan the president, inasmuch as it has neither instituted economic policies which have crippled three generations and counting, nor caused through inaction the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans (though it is early yet in its theatrical run). It is still leagues away from what you or I might consider a ‘good movie,’ or even ‘a movie.’” Oscar Goff, Boston Hassle

WOLVES AGAINST THE WORLD

Wolves Against The World is not destined to become a horror classic, but it demonstrates an ambitious filmmaker with something to say who is making the most of the limited means at his disposal.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 8/30/2024

THE EXORCISM OF SAINT PATRICK

The Exorcism of Saint Patrick is a slow-burn horror movie, the first of a trilogy of films by writer/director Quinn Armstrong under the rubric ‘Fresh Hell.’ It’s notable in taking the notion of religious ‘gay conversion therapy’ – seen in the 2018 film Boy Erased – and upping the ante.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 8/23/2024

BETWEEN THE TEMPLES

Between The Temples is a movie likely to repel some Jewish viewers and leave many non-Jews wondering what the point of it was.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

Schwartzman, 44, and Kane, 72, have no screen chemistry in the film as friends or potential lovers. They talk at each other instead of with each other in voices that quickly become more annoying than fingernails on a chalkboard.”John Black, Cinekong