Max Covill talks Christopher Nolan on It’s The Pictures Podcast and gives an SDCC overview
Bob Chipman talks Marvel Movies, FANTASTIC FOUR, FLASHPOINT, Ben Affleck, SPIDER-MAN box office, the future of The DC Extended Universe and MARIO games
Spoilerpiece Theatre looks at DUNKIRK, VALERIAN and GIRLS TRIP
Nick Casaletto reviews TWIN PEAKS
Deirdre Crimmins reviews GAME OF DEATH
DUNKIRK
“DUNKIRK is able to show all of Christopher Nolan’s strengths while completely avoiding almost all of his weaknesses.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
“DUNKIRK is a spectacle, a cinematic event that will be sure to please not only fans of Nolan, but those of us who appreciate film on a technical level.” – Nick Casaletto, We Live Entertainment
“What DUNKIRK is, more than anything else, is a portrait of heroism, and to paint it Nolan looks in some improbable places.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
“No matter the talent of the actors, cinematographer or composer, the star of DUNKIRK is undoubtedly Nolan’s work as director.” – Allyson Johnson, Cambridge Day
“DUNKIRK instantly enters the pantheon of great modern war films, like PLATOON and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“DUNKIRK is Nolan’s leanest and most impressive film, boasting his most audacious structural gambit to date.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
“The movie is a cuckoo-bananas, madcap mess with stilted dialogue, iffy performances and the final half-hour just kind of stalls when it should soar. Still, I want to see it again as soon as possible.” – Sean Burns, North Shore Movies
ENDLESS POETRY
“Existential ennui is as important a detail in the fabric of Jodorowsky’s film as unapologetic weirdness, and the two enjoy more overlap than not.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
Dan Kimmel talks book dedications
Deirdre Crimmins interviews Jung Byung-Gil of THE VILLAINESS and Karen Skloss of THE HONOR FARM and reviews KILLING GROUND
Sean Burns reports on Coolidge Corner outdoor screenings
Allyson Johnson joins the Queen’s Landing Podcast to talk GAME OF THRONES
Spoilerpiece Theatre talks OKJA, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES and GHOST STORY and celebrates three years online
Andrew Crump reviews ENDLESS POETRY, FALSE CONFESSIONS
Robyn Bahr reviews Erotic Costume Dramas
Bob Chipman says goodbye to George A Romero and talks Konami Games and THE CRITIC
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
“These movies aren’t just serious, they’re *serious* in a young man’s overcompensating manner that becomes monotonous.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality
“It’s clear that Reeves…has studied up on the Westerns of Sergio Leone, films like THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, since he loves getting in tight on Caesar’s eyes, much like Leone did on Clint Eastwood’s.” – Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian
“…as an example of crisp and compelling storytelling, this WAR is a loss.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES is a nice finish to a trio of solid movies.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
“WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES takes every aspect of the films preceding it and improves on it in every way possible.” – Nick Casaletto, We Live Entertainment
WISH UPON
“The PG-13 rating disservices the genre, the film has no real target audience, and I don’t expect to be seeing WISH UPON staying at the multiplex for too long.” – Nick Casaletto, We Live Entertainment
“Because WISH UPON is taken so seriously, it ends up becoming a semi-decent comedy.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
“…in a brisk 90 minutes it provides its audiences with a few shudders at the real horror show–high school.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
A GHOST STORY
“This little low-budget film begins to contain multitudes, with the white sheet of Affleck’s costume becoming a blank slate upon which we are free to project our own yearnings and anxieties.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery
Spoilerpiece Theatre talks SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, CADDYSHACK, OUTSOURCED and The Beach Boys
Nick Casaletto reviews TWIN PEAKS
Jared Bowen looks at THE BIG SICK and DOWNSTAIRS
Bob Chipman talks SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, video game crossovers and looks back at UNDERCOVER BROTHER
Max Covill talks GAME OF THRONES and title sequences
Sean Burns looks at the midpoint of TWIN PEAKS and both versions of THE BEGUILED
Greg Vellante looks back on BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Kristofer Jenson presents the Boston Reel Rep Roundup
Andy Crump reviews THEIR FINEST HOUR, GYPSY and visits a new Beer Garden