Inkoo Kang asks hard questions about pop-culture and Bill Cosby
Spoilerpiece Theatre poured over ROSEWATER and DUMB & DUMBER TO
John Black reviewed POINT AND SHOOT
Bob Chipman talks serialization and franchsies
Norm Schrager observed THE CIRCLE
Jake Mulligan looked at the work of JACQUES DEMY
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1
“There’s plenty of foreshadowing of what is to come but the story doesn’t so much come to an end as have an intermission.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“It’s more interesting than good, but it’s very interesting.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality
“If the movie is slow and lacking in action, it compensates by being big and dramatic.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
“It’s a half-story, and the cliffhanger ending feels made for TV, not the big screen.” – David Riedel, Santa Fe Reporter
“I know they probably like the paychecks and the notoriety they get from these movies, but as actors, they deserve better than what they’re given to work with in MOCKINGJAY PART 1.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show
“Who knew that if you stripped all the garish clown makeup off Effie Trinket you’d find a compelling performance from Elizabeth Banks?” – John Black, Boston Event Guide
“What we ultimately get with this installment is not much more than an intermission before the main event.” – Tim Estiloz, Boston Examiner
THE HOMESMAN
“…a stubbornly uncommercial and richly challenging inversion of Americana, this time with an eye towards the pioneer women pushed to the margins of our history books.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality
“Swank is simply marvelous, her lanky frame in billowy dresses as expressive as her hard eyes and yearning mouth.” – Inkoo Kang, The Wrap
Michael Cox has Blu-ray reviews of MOOD INDIGO, THE ONE I LOVE, THE DOG, HAPPY CHRISTMAS, PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE, MALEFICENT and SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES
Inkoo Kang talked Reality TV for Village Voice
John Black looks at THE BETTER ANGELS
Spoilerpiece Theatre dug into INTERSTELLAR and BIG HERO 6
Bob Chipman looked at the TEN BEST and TEN WORST portrayals of “Gamers” on TV
Tim Estiloz interviews THEORY OF EVERYTHING’s Felicity Jones
Joyce Kulhawik has her Holiday Movie Guide
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
“There are some movies that are able to stay with you well after you watch it for the first time, but THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING isn’t one of them.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show
“THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING is only a routine movie devoted to two extraordinary people, but at least they’ve each been gifted with extraordinary actors to portray them.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
“As patchwork, this film has its charms. As biopic, well, it wouldn’t pass muster before a doctoral committee. ” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
DUMB AND DUMBER TO
“As admirably cohesive as the story is, it’s far surpassed by the wonderfully committed lead performances.” – Inkoo Kang, The Wrap
“It just could be the saddest comedy ever made.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide
“After this, it’s doubtful anyone will want to do “There’s Something More About Mary.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
ROSEWATER
“ROSEWATER is at once everything and nothing like what we expect from THE DAILY SHOW host Jon Stewart.” – Andy Crump, Movie Mezzanine
“ROSEWATER swings uneasily back and forth between hard drama, silly comedy, social commentary and even fantasy (a few scenes depict Bahari’s early life appearing on the sides of buildings as he walks past them, as if the buildings are movie screens).” – David Riedel, Santa Fe Reporter
BEYOND THE LIGHTS
“In spite of how it’s been promoted, BEYOND THE LIGHTS is actually a versatile movie that is able to effectively talk about all that it has to say.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show
“The social commentary dissipates, but never disappears: This is what Nicholas Sparks movies would look like if he had any interest in the culture surrounding his prototypical star-crossed lovers.” – Jake Mulligan, Edge Boston
FORCE MAJEURE
“I never figured that I’d see a movie based on a subject like fatherhood and the assumptions that came with it, but it’s here and I like it very much.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show
“…the film works as a serious, if artistic, inquiry into the expectations people have of one another, realistic and otherwise, and the illusions we maintain to secure our relationships and anchor our identities.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
“… a squrimingly funny deadpan comedy of emasculation.” – Sean Burns, North Shore Movies
Monica Castillo participated in Film 4 Justice’s Twitter Chat on Latin Images in Primetime
Spoilerpiece Theatre talks INTERSTELLAR and BIG HERO 6
Bob Chipman talked censorship on The Big Picture
Tim Estiloz interviews Felicity Jones
Jake Mulligan reviews ALTMAN and DEAR WHITE PEOPLE