THE SHALLOWS * * *
Starring Blake Lively and a shark. Screenplay by Anthony Jaswinski. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2016
INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE
“An insanely crummy-looking picture. Minus any movie stars and skimping on production values, it’s the off-brand blockbuster equivalent of shopping at the Dollar Tree. At least ninety percent of this movie appears to have been shot in front a greenscreen. Everybody’s backlit in cheapo digital with a sickly, algae-colored pallor, actors melting into murky backgrounds.” – North Shore Movies, 06/24/2016
THE FITS
THE FITS * * * 1 / 2
Starring Royalty Hightower, Alexis Neblett, Inayah Rodgers, Makyla Burnham and Da’Sean Minor. Written and directed by Anna Rose Holmer.
DE PALMA
“One of the best movies ever made about making movies, this captivating new documentary from directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow is a hugely entertaining and long overdue celebration of a singular American artist. When it’s over you’ll see old pictures with new eyes.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 06/17/2016
FINDING DORY
FINDING DORY * * 1 /2
With the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Ed O’Neill, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolance and Sigourney Weaver. Screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Victoria Strouse. Directed by Andrew Stanton.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE * * *
Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan, Aaron Paul and Jason Bateman. Screenplay by Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen and Rawson Marshall Thurber. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber.
A BIGGER SPLASH
“A loosey-goosey remake of the 1969 Alain Delon starrer La Piscine, it’s a throwback to when audiences flocked to European cinema in order to watch pretty people getting it on. Even art movies are so neutered these days that the cheerful erotic charge of A Bigger Splash feels like a UFO sighting. Filmmakers have forgotten that fornication can be fun.” – North Shore Movies, 06/17/2016
NOW YOU SEE ME 2
NOW YOU SEE ME 2 * *
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe. Screenplay by Ed Solomon. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Continue reading
BOFCA REPERTORY PODCAST: JUNE 2016
Talking with fellow Boston Online Film Critics Association members Bob Chipman and Andy Hoglund about this month’s repertory offerings. Topics include The World Is Yours: Brian De Palma On Film at the Somerville Theatre, the Brattle Theatre’s Prime Noir Of The 1950s and …All The Marbles: The Complete Robert Aldrich at the Harvard Film Archive. – BOFCA, 06/02/2016
SPLICED PERSONALITY 