BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 5/27/2015

Joyce Kulhawik reviews FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER and MAD MAX

Bob Chipman talks MAD MAX controversies

Kilian Melloy reviews TWO MEN IN TOWN and JAMAICA INN

Jared Bowen looks at THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH, MOTHERS & SONS, IRIS AND TOMORROWLAND

Monica Castillo reviews THE FILM CRITIC and reports on George Clooney, POLTERGEIST, Amy Winehouse, STAR WARS, TERMINATOR: GENISYS, iZOMBIE, Summer Movies, LAW & ORDER: SVU and the New Jersey School Sexting Scandal

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks MAD MEN and TOMORROWLAND

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP 5/22/2015

TOMORROWLANDtomorowland

“Ugh.” – Killian Melloy, EDGE Boston

“To say that TOMORROWLAND is a disappointment isn’t really fair. If this reviewer was eight years old, it would seem like one of the best movies ever.” – Daniel Kimmel, NorthShoreMovies

“A deeply personal blockbuster – it’s a $190 million summer tentpole named after a Disney theme park attraction, but it comes from someplace real.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“Straddling many ideas and communicating so little.” – Monica Castillo, International Business Times

“Brad Bird’s newest has so many worldviews and agendas battling each other in the narrative — some half-baked and some well fleshed out — that the intriguing inspiration behind the concept of TOMORROWLAND gets sunk under instances of preachy blathering.” – Sam Cohen, Under The Gun

“A half-baked lecture in search of a movie to occupy.” – Bob Chipman, MovieBob

 

POLTERGEIST (2015)poltergeist

“POLTERGEIST isn’t able to provide an honest source of entertainment for audiences in search of some summertime frights.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“…if the only reason you’re remaking a movie is simply because you own the rights, it’s probably not worth doing.” – Daniel Kimmel, NorthShoreMovies