INHERENT VICE * * * *
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Owen Wilson and Reese Witherspoon. Written for the screen and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
BOFCA AWARDS PODCAST: THE BEST OF 2014
Talking 2014 with fellow Boston Online Film Critics Association members Bob Chipman, Steve Head, Evan Crean, Monica Castillo, Dave Riedel, Brett Michel, Jake Mulligan, Charlie Nash, Megan Kearns, Tim Estiloz and the inimitable Dan Kimmel. – BOFCA, 12/26/2014
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
“This is a film of uncommon emotional directness, of simple truths presented unadorned. The Dardenne brothers have been cranking out one small-scaled social realist triumph after another with such clockwork regularity, it’s hard sometimes not to take them for granted, i.e. this being their first masterpiece since the last one.” – Movie Mezzanine, 12/23/2014
ANNIE
“I’m sad to report that Annie is fucking terrible. It’s listless and incompetently staged, the talented cast gasping away in a hermetic vacuum of dead air, snarky in-jokes, and limp musical numbers. The choreography is all flailing arms and rictus grins, running around in circles instead of actual dancing. I honestly started to feel sorry for these performers.” – Movie Mezzanine, 12/18/2014
GOODBYE TO ALL THAT
“Otto stumbles his way through raunchy mishaps of the suddenly single. He’s comically overwhelmed by all the no-strings hookups available to handsome, unattached guys his age now that everybody’s on the Internet. The movie might be overstating these a bit, and if it isn’t, then I’m moving to North Carolina.” – Movie Mezzanine, 12/17/2014
TOP FIVE
TOP FIVE *** 1 / 2
Starring Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union, J.B. Smoove and Tracy Morgan. Written and directed by Chris Rock.
ZERO MOTIVATION
ZERO MOTIVATION * * *
Starring Dana Ivgny, Nelly Tagar, Shani Klein, Yonit Tobi and Tamara Klingon. Written and directed by Talya Lavie.
BOFCA AWARDS BALLOT 2014
1. Listen Up Philip 2. Only Lovers Left Alive 3. Snowpiercer 4. Two Days, One Night 5. Under The Skin 6. Inherent Vice 7. Life Itself 8. Venus In Fur 9. The Homesman 10. Calvary
Honorable Mentions: The Babadook, The Dog, Edge Of Tomorrow, The Immigrant, John Wick, Love Is Strange, Night Moves, Top Five, We Are The Best! – BOFCA, 12/05/2014
SPLICED PERSONALITY 