BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 12/01/2017

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THE DISASTER ARTIST

“The movie meticulously re-creates the most famously botched scenes from THE ROOM, but shies away from its tortured soul.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery

“THE DISASTER ARTIST is a superb movie that gives you a reason to watch an atrocious movie that debuted to no fanfare when it was released back in 2003.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“…what THE DISASTER ARTIST is missing, ultimately, is the more damning material about THE ROOM and its creator.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 11/24/2017

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“ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. is a film that will be disdained by mainstream audiences, hailed by champions of law reform, and panned by the critic. Which category will you fit into?” – Michael Cox, Edge Boston

“In setting up a dilemma for its central character and then dropping it for something else, we end up lacking any investment in Israel’s fate…” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. is nothing more than a missed opportunity.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“Think of ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. as a bridge joining NIGHTCRAWLER and TRAINING DAY, without much of the edge of either.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

“Writer-director Dan Gilroy’s perplexingly inert sophomore effort ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. is a peculiar and unsatisfying movie experience.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

 

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“In an affecting blend of warmth, music, and adventure, COCO composes a pitch-perfect melody that made my soul sing.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston

“It’s just a shame that the storytelling can’t quite match Pixar’s superbly rendered visuals.” – Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian

“The film builds to an emotional tribute…  that brings to mind the opening sequence of another Pixar triumph, UP.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

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“There may be no more appropriate a time for Cartoon Saloon’s THE BREADWINNER to land in theaters than now.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

 

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 11/22/2017

Joyce Kulhawik reviews TARTUFFE and LADY BIRD

Max Covill talks A24 films on It’s The Pictures

Bob Chipman digs into BATMAN V SUPERMAN

Andrew Crump reviews MR. ROOSEVELT, THE BREADWINNER, THIS IS CONGO, revisits VALERIAN and talks JUSTICE LEAGUE

Jared Bowen looks at ImprovBoston and more

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks JUSTICE LEAGUE, LAST FLAG FLYING, THREE BILLBOARDS and the Boston Jewish Film Festival