BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP 9/4/2015

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“It’s easy to see why Jason Statham has no interest in doing anymore of these.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“It’s the cotton candy of action films. It’s fun while you’re enjoying it, but not something that you’ll remember” – Daniel Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

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“Tomlin’s playing the Billy Bob Thornton role here, as a tough-talking, take-no-prisoners sort on a journey through her checkered past asking for money on her own terms.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“A gripping reminder that accessing abortion is a problem predominantly faced by people with low incomes or few means to travel to a clinic that might be hundreds of miles away.” – Monica Castillo, Bitch Media

 

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“Broad, sitcommy and would by all rights probably be unwatchable if it didn’t happen to star Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 8/19/2015

Tim Estiloz previews his illustrations for the new children’s book TROUBLE ON THE LOOSE

Sean Burns reviewS FORT TILDEN

Bob Chipman performs a post-mortem on FANTASTIC FOUR

Kilian Melloy looks at the new video for Tom Goss’ BREATH & SOUND

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, PHOENIX and SHAUN THE SHEEP

Andy Crump on YOUTH, PRINCE and FINAL GIRL

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 8/12/15

Jaskee Hickman looks at SAMBA

Joyce Kulhawik reviews THE RUNNER

John Black looks at ASSASSINATION

Bob Chipman looks at Forgotten Video-Game Heroines

Sean Burns reviews COP CAR and PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID

Sam Cohen reviews THE END OF THE TOUR

Jared Bowen looks at WAITRESS and David Lynch

Monica Castillo reports on AWKWARD Season 5

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks FANTASTIC FOUR and SHAUN THE SHEEP

Andy Crump looks at HOUSE and the Best of Criterion’s New Releases

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 7/22/2015

Jake Mulligan talks Howard Hawks

Evan Crean reviews WOMAN IN GOLD, LITTLE BOY and GOING CLEAR

Jared Bowen interviews Judd Apatow

Spoilerpiece Theare talks ANT-MAN and TRAINWRECK

Andy Crump looks at FELT and interviews Joshua Oppenheimer of THE LOOK OF SILENCE

Kilian Melloy looks at HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN, reviews WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, SET FIRE TO THE STARS, LOVE UNTO DEATH/LIFE IS A BED OF ROSES and X-MEN: DOFP – ROGUE CUT

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 6/17/2015

Steve Head looks at Blaxploitation Cinema

Kilian Melloy reviews LIVE FROM NEW YORK, THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING and PROJECT ALMANAC on Blu-ray; plus GEN SILENT, CUPCAKES and WILD TALES

Sean Burns gives his Mid-Year Top 10 and reviews HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT

Bob Chipman’s GAME OVERTHINKER talks Video Game Violence

Joyce Kulhawik looks at SWEET AND SAD

Jared Bowen checks out the Local Arts Scene

Monica Castillo reports on THE MARTIAN, JURASSIC WORLD, STAR WARS toys, EMPIRE, X-FILES, FURY ROAD, iZOMBIE, GAMBIT, INDIANA JONES, PITCH PERFECT 3, Pixar’s INSIDE OUT and THE FORCE AWAKENS

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks JURASSIC WORLD and THE CONNECTION

Andrew Crump looks at THE COMEDIANS, HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT and Movies You Need To See Twice

Jake Mulligan looks at HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT and SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS

Derek Deskins check out THE WOLFPACK

Norm Schrager reviews RESULTS