BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 7/29/2015

Jake Mulligan looks at screwball comedy via Howard Hawks and HIS GIRL FRIDAY

Andrew Crump reviews FELT

Steve Head talks ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

Deirdre Crimmins looks back at TANK GIRL

Monica Castillo and Sean Burns contribute to Indiewire’s Hypothetical Documentary Sequels roundup

Kilian Melloy reviews A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS

Joyce Kulhawik reports on the Woods Hole Film Festival and reviews SAVING KITTY

Bob Chipman belatedly revisits TERMINATOR GENISYS and BATMAN

Jared Bowen interviews Will Lyman

Spoilerpiece Theatre assembles for THE TRIBE, PIXELS, SOUTHPAW and INFINITELY POLAR BEAR

Derek Deskins pens a letter to Adam Sandler

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 7/8/2015

Kilian Melloy review MERCHANTS OF DOUBT

Jared Bowen talks INFINITELY POLAR BEAR and more

Steve Head podcasts on VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS

Bob Chipman looks back at CAPTAIN N: THE GAME MASTER

Monica Castillo reports on DOCTOR WHO, MOCKINGJAY, ANT-MAN, TERMINATOR, SYTYCD, Disney’s PRINCE CHARMING and EMPIRE

Andrew Crump on Criterion, Best of 2015 So Far, CARTEL LAND and David Gordon-Green

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 07/03/2015

epcjckx9aql6darbtjvvTERMINATOR GENISYS

“GENISYS winks and nudges so much it’ll bruise your ribs.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

“A pointless but not unentertaining diversion, TERMINATOR GENISYS exists for the same reason a dog licks his balls: because it can.” – Sean Burns, Movie Mezzanine

“TERMINATOR GENISYS could have been your next favorite dumb action movie, but it is far too concerned with fitting into the greater Terminator timeline and ultimately the action suffers because of it.” – Deirdre Crimmins, Cinematic Essential

“…despite Schwartzenegger’s presence, this film is a big-budget, confusing mess who’s ultimate insult is an ambiguous post-credits final scene trumpeting an unnecessary sequel to come.” – Tim Estiloz, El Mundo Boston

“TERMINATOR GENISYS may be yet another summer movie sequel, but this one turns out to have been worth the effort.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“…much more interested in cheaply calling back to its predecessors, sporting a framework indicative of the superhero genre’s increasingly huge influence on blockbusters, and setting the stage for installments to come.” – Sam Cohen, Under the Gun Review

 

magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-gabriel-iglesiasMAGIC MIKE XXL

“While MAGIC MIKE sold a darker, cautionary tale alongside the fantasy of a buddy band of strippers, MAGIC MIKE XXL makes it all about the fun.” – Monica Castillo, International Business Times

“There’s nothing sadder than a stripper who is past their prime and in MAGIC MIKE XXL, you’re stuck with five of them.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide

“MAGIC MIKE XXL is eye candy for those who want to see barely dressed men simulating sex. If that’s not you, you needn’t bother.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“MAGIC MIKE XXL isn’t as good of a movie as it’s predecessor, but it’s a way better party.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

 

infinitely-polar-bearINFINITELY POLAR BEAR

“This may be based on a true story, but the film itself never once succeeds in evoking real experience.” – Jake Mulligan, Edge Boston

“…nothing’s ever quite so black-and-white in INFINITELY POLAR BEAR, which treats issues of race, mental illness and family dysfunction with nuance.” – Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian

 

Manglehorn_StillMANGLEHORN

“Slyly constructed as a shrine to its star, MANGLEHORN is peppered with shoutouts to Pacino’s filmography.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

 

 

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 7/1/2015

Joyce Kulhawik reviews NEWSIES

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks TED 2, BESSIE and A LITTLE CHAOS

Sean Burns on INTO THE GRIZZLY MAZE

Monica Castillo talks July Movies on PIX11 and TED 2 on the IBTimes Podcast, reports on Michael Jackson’s heirs, TED 2 references, a possible HOCUS POCUS sequel, STAR TREK BEYOND, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2, Donald Trump, James Deen, SCREAM trivia and Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara

Kilian Melloy presents HOWDY STRANGER

Andy Crump on A MURDER IN THE PARK and STUNG

Jaskee Hickman interviews Mark Ruffalo and Maya Forbes of INFINITELY POLAR BEAR

Bob Chipman offers IN DEFENSE OF VIDEO GAMES

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 6/10/2015

Jake Mulligan interviews Andrew Bujalski

Bob Chipman looks back at EQUILIBRIUM

Sean Burns looks back at JACKIE BROWN and reviews RESULTS

Monica Castillo reports on Daniel Radcliffe, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, SEINFELD, EMPIRE, Nichelle Nichols, SHARKNADO 3, The Tony Awards, SANDMAN, MASTERS OF SEX, STAR WARS, DOCTOR WHO and X-FILES

Jaskee Hickman interviews Mark Ruffalo for INFINITELY POLAR BEAR

Andrew Crump looks at the CREEP trailer, DOOMSDAYS and SET FIRE TO THE STARS

Kilian Melloy looks at PROJECT ALMANAC on Blu-ray and the Boston Gay Mens Chorus Middle East Tour

Joyce Kulhawik reviews ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS I DO