BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 9/28/2016

Andy Hoglund looks back at Presidential biopics

Greg Vellante looks at A BIGGER SPLASH, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR and THE PEOPLE VS O.J. SIMPSON

Allyson Johnson reviews THE DWARVENAUT

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks QUEEN OF KATWE and EIGHT DAYS A WEEK

Max Covill’s It’s The Pictures Podcast talks SULLY

Joyce Kulhawik on MACHINE DU CIRQUE

Deirdre Crimmins checks in from Fantastic Fest

Kristofer Jenson’s Boston Reel posts its Repertory Reccomendations

Andrew Crump reviews BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, LUKE CAGE, FREE STATE OF JONES and GOAT

John Hanlon talks Anthony Weiner

Bob Chipman talks The Five Movies Marvel Must Make

Derek Deskins looks at AUDRIE & DAISY

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 09/23/2016

magnificent-seven-2016-cast THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

“Awash in chintzy CGI, the film has a sickly avocado sheen to it, as if it was color-corrected in post-production to look like a can of Bud Lime.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“Stylistically, this is a fun, if fluffy, movie — broadly realized and often absurd. In other words, it its the bill for its particular sub-genre of the action-adventure Western. What it lacks is true panache. This SEVEN won’t be galloping to classic film status.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

“An old-time western with a modern sensibility. Unlike all too many remakes, it fully justifies its existence.” – Dan Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is entertaining all the way through.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“Deconstructionist realism has been the default for this particular genre long enough, and Fuqua’s approach here lands comfortably in the heightened-reality zone between HOPALONG CASSIDY and the original DJANGO.” – Bob Chipman, Geek.com

 

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“Check, and mate: This Disney QUEEN has more to offer than a raft of “Princess” movies.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

“Be inspired: see QUEEN OF KATWE, and bring your kids too– let them know it’s good to be the queen of your own destiny.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices

“…a quiet and sturdy installment to Nair’s impressive filmography and an under-the-radar delight for 2016.” – Allyson Johnson, Cambridge Day

 

Nick-Jonas-Goat-BB4-beat-2016-billboard-620GOAT

“GOAT could function as a great companion piece to SPRING BREAKERS if it decided on what movie it wanted to be. But instead, it’s a meandering attempt at exposing a nationwide sickness.” – Sam Cohen, Substream Magazine

“What [Andrew] Neel shows us isn’t fraternity. It’s a barnyard chorused by barking, braying and snarling, an animal house we’ll never want to go back to.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

The-Dressmaker-Gallery-02THE DRESSMAKER

“Ultimately, the film is a Saturday morning screwball meets Western meets melodramatic soap opera meets whatever else you decide to take from it.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston

 

 

storksSTORKS

“If your child is old enough to know where babies come from, he or she is too old for STORKS.” – Dan Kimmel, North Shore Movies