Kilian Melloy reviews the second season of the Netflix series HEARTSTOPPER.
BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP: 8/2/2023
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BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 7/28/2023
TALK TO ME
“Horror movie characters make questionable choices all the time. Talk to Me insulates itself from the trope with unquestionable reality; using an evil artifact to attract angry phantasms seems infinitely less idiotic than gluing vampire fangs to your teeth.” – Andy Crump, Inverse
“Talk to Me is scary in the sublime way of a good funhouse, jolting you from one beat to the next with lean efficiency and a perversely good-natured sense of fun, leading up to a punchline as darkly funny as any classic EC comic.” – Oscar Goff, Boston Hassle
KOKOMO CITY
“Shot in raw, gorgeous black-and-white, Smith’s film is a corrective to ignorance, even while refusing to sugarcoat its subject matter.” – Kilian Melloy, EDGE Media Network
BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 7/21/2023
BARBIE
“Barbie’s about to confront real life, feet on the ground…until Greta and co-writer/husband Noah Baumbach turn into Chatty Cathy (also created by Ms. Handler) and kill the momentum by scripting the elaborate details of a metaphysical portal to the real world, how to get there, all the gadgets on the journey and why weird Barbie is weird.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices
“The biggest message that we all have to find our own way.” – Byron McNeal, On The Reel On Tumblr
“The movie revels in the history of Barbie, from the related dolls that didn’t quite take off (including one that got pregnant), to the notion that the doll presents both an impossible physical ideal and yet also allowed the children playing with Barbies to imagine endless possibilities not only for her but for themselves.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
OPPENHEIMER
“Nolan has not only crafted one of the best films of year. He has made one that will be watched and discussed long after much of its competition has been forgotten.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“Christopher Nolan has orchestrated a blazing field of talent around a detailed, masterfully edited, multi-faceted plot with a central core: the making of the bomb and its fallout, globally and personally for the genius at the helm: J. Robert Oppenheimer.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices
BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 7/14/2023
ODD HOURS, NO PAY, COOL HAT
“Everyone who has a political grudge or is screaming at someone else on social media should watch Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat, and they might realize a great deal of the country is protected and served by people not trying to ‘own’ or ‘destroy’ anyone else. Just the opposite: they want to help, to lend comfort.” – Randy Steinberg, Blast Magazine
THE MIRACLE CLUB
“…a veteran cast takes what could have been a sappy, formulaic affair and turns it into something that may not be classic, but certainly is classy.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
“It’s everything I want in a summer movie – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One is a ridiculously exciting entertainment.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices
BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 7/7/2023
TIGER WITHIN
“By focusing on the interior life of only one of the two main characters, Tiger Within is more of a missed opportunity than a film rediscovery.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
BIOSPHERE
“In a 53-minute segment of an anthology series, they might have gotten away with the audacity of their premise. At twice that length, this is at best a potential cult film for a limited audience.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
THE OUT-LAWS
“Perhaps one of the few benefits of the pandemic is that this is the sort of movie unlikely to attract theater-going audiences anymore.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies