MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION * * * 1 / 2
Starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Alec Baldwin. Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
LISTEN TO ME MARLON
“A worthy tribute to a monumental talent. Riley cuts it all together impressionistically, at his best when using edits to suggest how much the actor’s father informed brutish Stanley Kowalski. If sometimes the loose-limbed film threatens to drift into incoherence, that’s also quite fitting for a story told by Marlon Brando.” – Movie Mezzanine, 07/31/2015
MCCABE FOR KIDS: ROBERT ALTMAN’S POPEYE
“There was no subject nor any genre that he couldn’t somehow turn into a Robert Altman movie. Other filmmakers tell stories, Altman created ecosystems. He built minutely detailed worlds, mostly governed by sadness and systemic corruption, and then sent his iconoclastic heroes ping-ponging off the walls of their limitations, often failing spectacularly” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 07/30/2015
IRRATIONAL MAN
IRRATIONAL MAN * 1 / 2
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Jamie Blackley and Ethan Phillips. Written and directed by Woody Allen.
ANT-MAN
ANT-MAN * * *
Starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll and Michael Pena. Screenplay by Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay and Paul Rudd. Directed by Peyton Reed.
TANGERINE
“There’s a vitality and a breadth of vision that made most of the other movies I saw at Sundance this year look anemic, a feeling of community that sent my spirit soaring. Like nothing else you’ll see at the movies this summer, Tangerine is a lewd, madcap romp tempered with unexpected moments of sweetness and grace.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 07/16/2015
AMY
AMY * * *
A documentary directed by Asif Kapadia. Featuring Amy Winehouse, Blake Fielder-Civil, Mitch Winehouse, Yasiin Bey and Tony Bennett.
STRANGERLAND
“Dreary and determinedly unpleasant, Strangerland is one of those stories that gets smaller as it goes along, portentously building up to no-big-deal reveals before collapsing into an incomprehensible muddle. I’m still trying to guess what it was supposed to be about. Bad art movies can be such a chore sometimes.” – Movie Mezzanine, 07/08/2015
MAGIC MIKE XXL
MAGIC MIKE XXL * * * 1 / 2
Starring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Jada Pinkett Smith and Andie MacDowell. Screenplay by Reid Carolin. Directed by Gregory Jacobs.
TERMINATOR GENISYS
“A pointless but not unentertaining diversion, Terminator Genisys exists for the same reason a dog licks his balls: because it can. The rights became available and lord knows Arnold could use a hit now that his post-gubernatorial comeback petered out. It’s not a bad night out at the movies, for the most part playful and accepting of its own absurdity.” – Movie Mezzanine, 07/01/2015
SPLICED PERSONALITY 