BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 10/25/2024

MAGPIE

“As thin as Ben is on the page, Latif’s performance makes him practically transparent. He starts as a scumbag and only grows scummier as the story movies along.”John Black, Cinekong

 

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock is an unusual approach to the oeuvre of filmdom’s ‘Master Of Suspense.’ Some forty years after his death, it imagines him coming back and discussing his life and career from a modern perspective. It is audacious and it works.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE

“Tom Hardy and director Kelly Marcel made a film that was joyless and cynical.” Byron McNeal, On The Reel On Tumblr

 

 

 

HANGDOG

“In the end, Hangdog is just a shaggy dog story in search of a punchline.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 10/18/2024

CHILDREN OF THE PINES

“There will be a lot of horror films released prior to Halloween this month. Some of them may be worth seeing. Alas, Children Of The Pines isn’t one of them.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

THE GOLDMAN CASE

The Goldman Case is a riveting courtroom drama from France, detailing a trial that caught national attention in a similar manner to the way that the O.J. Simpson trial did here.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

WOMAN OF THE HOUR

Woman Of The Hour is a tight little true-crime story set against one of the cheesiest game shows on television; truth is stranger than fiction.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 10/11/2024

THE APPRENTICE

“The climax of the movie takes place at Mar-a-Lago lit like a haunted castle as the now enfeebled Cohn confronts the monster he created but never saw coming.” Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices

“As a dramatization of Trump’s formative years, The Apprentice offers a fascinating glimpse of his evolution, foreshadowing the man who has dominated American politics for the last decade.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“Directed by Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider), it’s the supermarket tabloid version of the Trump story, focusing on his rise to the top of the New York real estate game in the 1970s and 1980s.”John Black, Cinekong

BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 10/4/2024

JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX

“And if substituting dialogue for music is your plan, at least spread it thin or write original songs, it didn’t work for Moulin Rouge and it certainly didn’t work here.” Byron McNeal, On The Reel On Tumblr

 

GOEBBELS AND THE FÜHRER

Goebbels and the Führer is a disturbing film and is meant to be.” Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP: 9/27/2024

THE WILD ROBOT

“Well written, animated brilliantly and slightly imperfect, just like Roz and that’s beautiful.” Byron McNeal, On The Reel On Tumblr

 

 

MEGALOPOLIS

“So how cool is it that an 85-year-old Maverick, who has some of cinema’s most significant achievements on his resume (Godfathers 1 & 2, Apocalypse Now, and The Conversation), finds the balls to risk it all on a dream movie that maybe only he fully understands?”John Black, Cinekong