THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN * 1 / 2
Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard and Vincent D’Onofrio. Screenplay by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.
A CONTINUATION OF AN EXPLORATION: OLIVER STONE AT HARVARD
“I’m a realist and pragmatic, too. I understand the need for security and the need for some of the things that they’re doing, absolutely. I think Ed should be the head of the NSA, if you really want to know the truth. He believes in the defense of the country, but properly organized and controlled. Right now we are out of control.” – Boston Reel, 09/21/2016
SNOWDEN
SNOWDEN * * *
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans, Scott Eastwood and Nicolas Cage. Screenplay by Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone. Directed by Oliver Stone.
70MM AT THE SOMERVILLE
“In my experience, seeing a film you love in 70mm is akin to discovering it anew. So crisp and beautiful was the image in The Hateful Eight that I found it difficult to sit through other current movies with their sludgy digital distortions for weeks afterwards. It was like listening to a compressed MP3 on earbuds after attending a symphony orchestra.” – Boston Reel, 09/15/2016
SULLY
SULLY * * * 1 / 2
Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn and Michael Rapaport. Screenplay by Todd Komarnicki. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
CONTESTING HISTORY: MATT ZOLLER SEITZ AND THE OLIVER STONE EXPERIENCE
“There is a lot of stuff in Stone’s films that didn’t actually happen. And you know what? That’s okay. Many of Shakespeare’s tragedies drew on history and a lot of that stuff is flat out made-up. If you’re not willing to go with Oliver Stone and treat history not just in terms of fact, but also metaphor, then there’s really no point going to his movies.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 09/09/2016
YOGA HOSERS
“Eventually Depp and the Colleens wind up fighting an army of white supremacist, foot-long sausages dressed as Mounties and played by the director himself. These Brat-zis, as they’re called, kill people by climbing into their rectums. But Yoga Hosers makes it abundantly clear that the only rear end Kevin Smith has crawled up inside is his own.” – Metro, 08/30/2016
