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BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 07/04/2014

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TAMMY

“Fed up with everyone, she heads out on a road trip with her grandma, but only because grandma has some money. They get into a series of increasingly silly (and vulgar) misadventures, a life lesson is learned, end of film. Yawn.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide

“Like IDENTITY THIEF, I was waiting to laugh at TAMMY, but the laughs never came.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

“Where some may see a bait and switch, I see a pleasant surprise.”  – Kristofer Jensen, C-Ville Weekly

“How many times can you play the same vulgar and aggressively stupid character before the audience moves on?” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

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“You have seen this movie before. More to the point, you have seen it done better, and with greater cohesion.” – Andy Crump, Movie Mezzanine

“EARTH TO ECHO is not a great movie by any means, but it’s an upbeat sci-fi flick for younger audiences that they may enjoy.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

“For those viewers who measure their ages in single digits, this will prove to be one of the best films of the summer.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

snowpiercer-tilda-swintonSNOWPIERCER

“SNOWPIERCER isn’t just a movie worth seeing, it’s a movie worth arguing about.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“If the film is about the evils of monetary greed and the threat of climate change, then Bong’s shrewdly assembled cast firmly proclaims just how much these issues impact us on a global rather than merely local scale.” – Andy Crump, In Review Online

“A film like SNOWPIERCER isn’t for everyone, but it’s something many will find entertaining.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

It’s rare treat for filmgoers to experience a film that dodges labels as effectively as SNOWPIERCER.” – Kristofer Jenson, DIG

“The journey through the train and the twists and turns it takes—which aren’t groundbreaking, but still work—is a big part of the fun.” – David Riedel, Santa Fe Reporter

 

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“You can argue about his taste in films, or his penchant for hobnobbing with the celebrities and filmmakers whose work he wrote about, but you can’t deny the fact that the guy not only had talent, but had a passion for using that talent to write about what he loved. ” – John Black, Boston Event Guide

“The positivity is contagious, the stubborn lust for life formidable, and he never once ever stopped carrying on about how much he loved movies. Even when he couldn’t talk.” – Sean Burns, Technology Tell

“That’s the kind of person Ebert was: someone who handed down his passion from one person to the next, opening up our minds to the possibilities of the medium he loved so dearly.” – Andy Crump, Movie Mezzanine

 

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“… the more Ai changes, the more he stays the same.” – Andy Crump, In Review Online

 

 

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“This is a movie that deliberately challenges and provokes us, bending and blurring reality in ways that start out as subtle and then progress to outlandish.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

 

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“It’s featherweight. It’s unbelievable. It’s cute and charming, and it’s an antidote to crappy summer films.” – David Riedel, Santa Fe Reporter

 

 


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“I still liked DELIVER US FROM EVIL in spite of its obvious blemishes, but I can’t say I’d recommend it to anyone looking to see a horror movie in the theaters at this time.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

 

 

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 06/27/2014

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“TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION is nothing more than a repetitive, mind-numbing orgy of self-indulgent excess by director Michael Bay… filled with a 165-minute long cacophony of ear-splitting noise, on-screen chaos, horrible dialogue and meaningless mayhem.” – Tim Estiloz, Boston Movie Examiner

“I liked it. Mostly. Flaws and all and with a big dollop of self-provided absurdist irony… but yeah, it’s a major improvement over the first three and it’s not a chore to watch.” – Bob Chipman, Escapist

“The longer TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION stumbled along, the more I wanted to go home.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

“…a bloated, incoherent mess that may divert children (and grown-ups who enjoyed playing with the toys) who have turned the last three films into international hits. It’s a prime example of why box office is not a good measure of quality.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

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THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ

“Knappenberger understands the factual complexities of Swartz’s case, and the events that culminated in his 2013 suicide; he also understands how to present them in sterling clarity, and without condescending to a less informed audience.” – Andy Crump, Movie Mezzanine

“Aaron Swartz’s life story is a tragedy, but not for the reasons the makers of THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY would have you believe.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, The Jewish Advocate

 

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 06/20/2014

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“The casting is of good quality, the songs are fun to listen to, but JERSEY BOYS as a whole suffers from the deficiencies of the tone and style that’s utilized.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

“Those of you who have despaired of finding any major studio release amidst the flood of monster, superhero, fairy tale, and goofy comedy movies now have something to go see. ” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“Does it work? Your parents might think so, but… Eastwood’s not exactly Martin Scorsese.” – Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian

“In the public eye, that talking-to-the-chair bit at the Republican National Convention got Eastwood written off as a serious personality. In the cinema, this film might do the same.” – Jake Mulligan, Movie Mezzanine

 

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“If you looked in Robert Pattinson’s Netflix cue, you would probably find that he’s recently rented RAIN MAN, I AM SAM, FORREST GUMP, RADIO, and just about every other movie you can think of featuring a Hollywood star pretending to be mentally challenged. All for naught.”  – John Black, Boston Event Guide

“THE ROVER isn’t the kind of film someone would highly recommend, but it’s solid enough to watch if you’re interested in giving it a chance.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

“Even in THE ROVER’s darkest moments, there are pieces of humanity in Eric and Rey that keep them from becoming the worst of the worst, like Henry and his cohorts.” – David Riedel, Santa Fa Reporter

 


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“At the very least, McKellar deserves acknowledgement for being shrewd enough to poach from an underseen film instead of something more visible.” – Andy Crump, Movie Mezzanine

“It’s pleasant, occasionally funny, relatively well-made, and yet it’s intensely frustrating every step of the way.”  – Jake Mulligan, EDGE Boston

 


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“…KORENGAL does carry a tinge of rehash about it, and a sense that it’s a document about yesterday’s battles with current events rapidly overshadowing the past. – Kilian Melloy, EDGE Boston

 

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“Rossi doesn’t content himself simply with examining the spinning gears in society that have allowed the cost of education to ratchet up to such astronomical levels as they’re at today.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 06/13/2014

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22-Jump-Street-5  22 JUMP STREET

“Whether doing physical or verbal comedy, though, both Hill and Tatum have the talent to never play to a joke; they play every scene as seriously as they can, which makes the film all the funnier.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide

“Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum have fantastic chemistry again as the mismatched cops Schmidt and Jenko. Their partnership is definitely bromantic, but is also entertaining because it feels like a real romantic relationship.” – Evan Crean, Starpulse

“Although it lacks in the department of originality, I think most people will find some legitimate comedic value in 22 JUMP STREET.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

” …raucous, goofy fun that doesn’t assume the people who are watching are idiots.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“Lord and Miller use this meta-narrative to work through their professional anxieties – a fear of sequel and reboot-itis, and of making the same films that their peers are already making.” – Jake Mulligan, Movie Mezzanine

 

how-to-train-your-dragon-trailer-2HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

“Perhaps the best scene of the film, though, belongs to a broken down old Viking named Gobber (Craig Ferguson) as he bids farewell to a fallen comrade with a poem read at the Viking’s funeral. It’s not only the most cinematic sequence in the animated film, but one of the most honestly heartfelt moments you’re bound to find in any summer blockbuster, animated or otherwise.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide

“DeBlois has no interest in a game of plug and play with the qualities that made the previous film a hit. He’s out to build upon them.” – Andy Crump, Movie Mezzanine

“As a reviewer who greeted the first film with lukewarm praise as merely acceptable children’s entertainment, let it be noted that the reaction is much different this time. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 joins that short list of sequels that surpass their originals.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

A117_C002_0418MHOBVIOUS CHILD

“It is an awkward, cynical film that clearly knows little about the romantic comedies its main character says she despises.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, The Jewish Advocate

“OBVIOUS CHILD isn’t just a romantic comedy, and it’s not just about abortion. It’s about time someone made a funny movie that reflects real life.” – David Riedel, Santa Fe Reporter

 

 

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“THE SIGNAL is what I would consider to be an intelligent and imaginative science fiction movie.” – Jaskee Hickman, The Movie Picture Show

 

 

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WE ARE THE BEST!

“No one might immediately associate the anti-authoritarian tenor of punk with sweetness, tenderness, and innocence, but Moodysson stitches together the attitudes of the former with the latter seamlessly.” – Andy Crump, Movie Mezzanine

“The film has a merry charm that buoys it along from start to finish.” – Kilian Melloy, EDGE Boston

“WE ARE THE BEST! is hard to dislike, being a well-made, deeply felt, bracingly immediate film about the rebellious spirit of youth, something that pretty much everyone on the planet can relate to.” – Jake Mulligan, Movie Mezzanine