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BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP 5/19/2017

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alien covenantALIEN: COVENANT

“It can’t surprise us as the early films did. Instead, it plays in the margins, providing variations on a theme.” – Dan Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“A rip-snorting scare picture with a deliciously sick sense of humor.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“Scott and company decided to take this franchise down a cliché, though sometimes mesmerizing, path.” – Nick Casaletto, We Live Entertainment

“ALIEN: COVENANT isn’t a great film, but it’s a solid one that serves its purpose by moving the franchise forward.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“I don’t give a damn where the Alien comes from and neither should you.” – Bob Chipman, Geek.com

 

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“What a fantastically odd and different movie.” – Nick Casaletto, We Live Entertainment

 

 

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“For teenagers who feel they have discovered passion and love–sentiments apparently unknown to earlier generations–this is a movie that may to speak to them.” – Dan Kimmel, North Shore Movies

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 5/17/2017

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Robyn Bahr has a new cooking blog post

Joyce Kulhawik reports on the Elliot Norton Awards

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks SNATCHED and RISK

Bob Chipman talks SOUTH PARK, video games, a new family podcast and THE FANTASTIC FOUR

Sean Burns talks David Lynch

Kristofer Jenson presents a Boston Reel Rep-Roundup

Nick Casaletto reviews WAKEFIELD, THE LEFTOVERS and the new HEAT Blu-ray

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 05/12/2017

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maxresdefault (34)KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD

“KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD turns out to be nothing more than a failed practice in repetition.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“There are many movie versions of the King Arthur legend… However, director Guy Ritchie wasn’t put off. He saw that there hadn’t been one that combined martial arts with giant snakes; now, there has been.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

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“One or two changes could have possibly put THE WALL in a position to become a cult classic at the very least.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

 

 

 

THREE GENERATIONS3 GENERATIONS

“Dellal, who also co-wrote, throws so much into the film that it should feel overstuffed: Reproductive rights, marriage equality, non-traditional family structures, cross-generational tensions, gender roles, parental rights, sexual liberation, and even a hint of polyamory all find their way into the film’s structure, often by way of its busy, but warm-hearted, dialogue.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

 

SNATCHED

“There’s so many ways that SNATCHED could have gone wrong that it’s amazing that they managed to pull it off, more or less.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 5/10/2017

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Deirdre Crimmins reports on her panel at Massachusetts Independent Film Festival

Evan Crean reviews LETTING GO OF ADELE, EDGAR ALLEN POE: BURIED ALIVE

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 and IFFBoston

Dan Kimmel talks technology and Ro-Con

Kristofer Jenson presents a Boston Reel Rep Roundup

Bob Chipman talks SUPERGIRL, FANTASTIC FOUR and kicks off a new podcast

Andrew Crump reviews BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, GILBERT and talks the 100 Greatest War Movies of All Time, IFFBoston and new Criterion releases

Joyce Kulhawik reviews PARADISE and HOMEBODY

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 05/05/2017

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guardians-of-the-galaxy-2-kurt-russell-chris-prattGUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

“We come for the eye-popping visuals and the snarky humor, but we’re touched by the emotional ties of the characters…” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“It kills me to say that GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 is more or less a filler episode. You won’t regret watching it, but you’ll probably never want to watch it again.” – Nick Casaletto, We Live Entertainment

“What’s missing is that spark of the unexpected that made the first film such a delight. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 isn’t a bad movie, but it feels like a dutiful one, which is almost worse.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 is a strange one since it’s kind of hollow while at the same time managing to have one of the more emotionally driven attempts at an ending that you’re probably ever going to see in a film about superheroes.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

 

 

Busters1BUSTER’S MAL HEART

“BUSTER’S MAL HEART doesn’t exactly feel conventional, but its insistence on convention, however rare, hamstrings its evocative power.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

 

 

 

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THE DINNER

“This is a film that is appreciated more in subsequent viewings if you can make it through the first.” – Michael Cox, Edge Boston