“FLASH GORDON” (1980) showing as part of the Boston Sci-Fi MarathonBOFCA’s Monica Castillo, Steve Head, Evan Crean and Monica Castillo run down major movie events coming to the Boston area for the month of February. Get the whole podcast HERE:
LABOR DAY
“Something is lost in the translation, because what’s on screen is not believable for a second. It’s made harder to believe by the acting.” – David Reidel, C-Ville Weekly
“Reitman loves to give us characters we think we know and then show us we don’t know them at all.” – Daniel Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“This risible bit of Harlequin romance is one of the silliest films I have ever watched. It’s pompous, self-serious and inadvertently hilarious.” – Sean Burns, Philadelphia City Paper
THAT AWKWARD MOMENT
“The whole thing has the feel of CHASING AMY-era Kevin Smith, but without the nerdy references and continuity nods that suckered a generation into thinking something interesting was there in the margins.” – Bob Chipman, Escapist
“A movie that has no spark and doesn’t have the kind of crass wit necessary to make its viewers blush.” – Andrew Crump, Movie Mezzanine
“A lesson for the twenty-somethings who are presumably the target audience. Older viewers may wonder what the fuss is about and much older viewers may start thinking of Maurice Chevalier singing, “I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore.” – Daniel Kimmel, North Shore Movies
GLORIA
“Bars. Dancing. Hot sex. Cigarettes. Sounds like a movie that takes place in Miami in the 1980s, but in reality it’s Gloria, a present-day movie about a divorced Chilean woman in her early 50s.” – David Reidel, Santa Fe Reporter
“It’s not so much a day-in-the-life movie – it’s a rhythm-of-life movie.” – Jake Mulligan, EDGE
Throughout February (and the last day of January) Harvard Square’s historic Brattle Theater will feature their “(Some of) The Best of 2013” Repertory Series. Members of the Boston Online Film Critics Association are honored to present introductions to select screenings of these films, scheduled as follows:
1/31 9:15pm ENOUGH SAID presented by Inkoo Kang
2/2 4:45pm MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING presented by Evan Crean
2/2 9:00pm MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING presented by Daniel Kimmel
2/6 7:30pm WADJDA presented by Monica Castillo
2/7 7:30pm SHORT TERM 12 presented by Norm Schrager
2/8 7:00pm THE ACT OF KILLING presented by Kristofer Jenson
2/8 9:30pm THE FAST & THE FURIOUS 6 presented by Kristofer Jenson
2/9 4:45pm THE WORLD’S END presented by Andrew Crump
2/9 7:00pm DRINKING BUDDIES presented by Andrew Crump
2/10 8:30pm DRUG WAR presented by Monica Castillo
The complete schedule, along with additional showtimes and presenters, is available at The Brattle Theater’s website.
I, FRANKENSTEIN
“I, FRANKENSTEIN” isn’t a masterpiece, but it is a fast-paced and slickly made film that holds your attention. At this time of year, when genre pictures are released to compete with the Oscar contenders from the previous year, that’s a very good thing indeed.” – Daniel Kimmel, Scifi Movie Page
“Not even good enough at being exactly what it is.” – Bob Chipman, Escapist
GIMME SHELTER
“The problem is that practice and execution live several blocks away from each other, and GIMME SHELTER only makes it about halfway between the two.” – Andrew Crump, Go-See-Talk
BLACULA (1972) Showing monday January 27 at The Brattle, part of the “Dead of Winter: Bloodsucking Freaks” repertory series.
BOFCA’s Steve Head, Brett Michel and Bob Chipman brave the January doldrums to bring you a fun-size sampling Boston-area movie events for the remainder of Holiday Recuperation Month. Check it out HERE: