BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 03/16/2018

TombRaiderTOMB RAIDER

“TOMB RAIDER made me not want to see that UNCHARTED movie Sony has been trying to get out there for a few years now.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“I suppose it’s all harmless enough, however uninteresting and uninspired.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“TOMB RAIDER is a film that you know is calculated to kick off future blockbusters in the series, and yet it works.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

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THE DEATH OF STALIN

“It takes a deft hand and a rare talent to make tyranny and state sanctioned torture so funny.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

“The more and more that I reflect on THE DEATH OF STALIN, the more I’m led to believe that the best satirists are adept at showing viewers the road to conclusion.” – Sam Cohen, Substream Magazine

 

 

lovesimonLOVE, SIMON

“Simply by being a typical, if entertaining, high school movie, it may be making its most important statement of all.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

 

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 03/09/2018

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A WRINKLE IN TIME

“After watching A WRINKLE IN TIME, there’s a part of me that would have liked to have seen Ava DuVernay and the rest of the team take more time to turn this into a film filled with intrigue and excitement.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“DuVernay – whose previous feature, SELMA, had similar problems – directs at a leaden pace. She seems to have no idea how to get out of a scene once it has accomplished what it had to do.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

Thoroughbred - Still 1THOROUGHBREDS

“THOROUGHBREDS is a constant delight, delivering entertaining adrenaline and biting hilarity from one scene to the next and building to a climax that will linger long after leaving the theater.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston

“Finley does a lot with very little apart from the raw talent of his leads. If this is what he’s capable of as a first-timer, we should rightfully dread his follow-up.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

 

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 3/7/2018

Joyce Kulhawik and Sean Burns join Oscar Talk at WBUR

Spoilerpiece Theatre taks RED SPARROW, MUTE and ROMAN J. ISRAEL ESQ

Bob Chipman talks MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE and the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Jaskee Hickman interviews the writer/director and star of THOROUGHBREDS

Andrew Crump catches up with MUTE, MOHAWK, ATLANTA and reports on new Criterion releases

 

BOFCA REPERTORY PODCAST – MARCH 2018

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Steve Head and Bob Chipman break down the Boston-area repertory movie scene for March 2018.

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BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP 3/2/2018

Death-Wish-Remake-2018-Review-Bruce-WillisDEATH WISH

“Just what we need now: A morally repugnant good-guy-with-a-gun remake of DEATH WISH directed by vessel of pure id Eli Roth (HOSTEL). – David Riedel, SLC Weekly

“DEATH WISH isn’t the film that it could be—this is a seriously missed opportunity on Roth’s part—but it’s also going to be an unexpected crowdpleaser and potential cult favorite.” – Eli Fine, The Young Folks

 

 

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“Deconstructing that particular sort of exploitation in narrative fiction without tipping over into just doing it yourself is a really fine line to walk, and Red Sparrow definitely feels like it stumbles more often than it doesn’t.” – Bob Chipman, Geek.com

“Having the film’s protagonist be so lifeless and expressionless for two hours and twenty minutes is almost never a good idea.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“Believes the story here is torturous and able to beat the audience senseless, but the entire film ends up being just as torturous.” – Sam Cohen, Substream

“If there was any question whether Jennifer Lawrence is going to go the distance as an actress, one only has to look at her choice of roles.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies