Bob Chipman, Megan Kearns and Charlie Nash break down the Boston Repertory Film Scene for the month of December.
BOFCA Repertory Podcast December 2014
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BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 11/28/2014
HORRIBLE BOSSES 2
“How can three men combine into such a thrumming dynamo of idiocy? These dummies can’t even use walkie talkies without screwing up.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
“Indeed, if any movie deserves to be damned with faint praise, HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 is it.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“Not since TMC showed a triple feature of FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE movies has an audience been subjected to three braying asses like the ones found starring in HORRIBLE BOSSES 2.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide
“The improvisation, and there’s a ton of it, goes on and on and on and on and…repeating a lame joke doesn’t make it funny; it makes it miserable. – David Riedel, Santa Fe Reporter
“HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 is an alleged comedy that needs to be skipped by anyone who wants to watch something that’s actually funny.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show
FOXCATCHER
“Though based on a true story ripped from the tabloids, Miller’s vision is an effective mediation on power and exploitation.” – Kristofer Jenson, Dig Boston
“It’s a shame that the horror that unfolds deviates so far from reality, at least when it comes to chronology.” – Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian
“FOXCATCHER is a film that viewers will appreciate for all that it is.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show
PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR
“This is sheer, unadulterated fun. You don’t need to be a kid to enjoy PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“Malkovich’s performance is so over-the-top, and perfect in that way, you almost wish the movie was show in a split screen so you could watch him work.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide
“Instead of appealing to both age groups, PENGUINS uses the presumed wants of each as an excuse to disappoint the other.” – Inkoo Kang, The Wrap
BOFCA Mid-Week Roundup 11/26/14
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
BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 11/21/2014
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
BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 11/19/14
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