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BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 09/17/2021

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Max Harwood leans up against a clothing rack in the musical film Everybody's Talking About JamieEVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE

“Harwood, making his screen debut, instantly becomes an actor we’ll want to look out for in the future. He effortlessly carries the weight of the film from its comic to its emotional elements.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

Jessica Chastain waves as Tammy Faye Bakker with Andrew Garfield next to her as Jim Bakker in the film The Eyes of Tammy FayeTHE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

“Chastain depicts Tammy Faye’s essential innocence about the world around her, which didn’t always serve her well, but at times could be disarming. Even with the heavy make-up that would define her for so many, Chastain doesn’t turn the performance into a mockery.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

Judy Greer stands with her arms crossed looking in a mirror while she wears and old fashioned dress and Melanie Lynskey stands next to her with a bar of soap in her mouth in the movie The Lady of the ManorLADY OF THE MANOR
“LADY OF THE MANOR takes its thin premise–the friendship between a ne’er-do-well modern woman and the 19th century ghost of a proper Southern belle–and spins its wheels for an hour-and-a-half.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 08/27/2021

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Nathalie Boltt sits in the dark in the movie Demonic looking very creepyDEMONIC

“There’s no great pleasure in stating that DEMONIC is disappointing.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

Three nuns stand side by side pointing their guns at the camera in the movie HabitHABIT

“Scenes like Mads seductively taking communion from a priest who looks more like a model in a GQ layout, seem to be there primarily to shock the squares and titillate those who imagine it’s daring and out-there.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

A woman and a man sit in a dark movie theater watching a movie and eating popcorn in the film The Last MatineeTHE LAST MATINEE

“If you’re not a fan of the genre, this won’t change your mind, but if you are, you’ll find nothing got lost in the translation (even the misuse of the word “matinee” is in the original).” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

Nora Arnezeder sits on her knees in a bleak landscape in the sci-fi movie The ColonyTHE COLONY

“Without revealing any spoilers, the question the film poses is whether the ends justifies the means…Yet the characters on both sides of this debate are so underwritten–calling them two-dimensional would be a promotion–that it ends up trivializing what’s at stake.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stands in a hallway wearing dirty clothes and looking creepily at the camera in the movie CandymanCANDYMAN

“CANDYMAN is what might be called an ‘interesting failure.’ It never really comes together, but it’s a seriously intended effort and worth a look.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies