JASON BOURNE * *
Starring Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones. Screenplay by Paul Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. Directed by Paul Greengrass.
Monthly Archives: July 2016
SPOILERPIECE THEATRE #107: JASON BOURNE, CAFE SOCIETY AND TALLULAH
Had a blast sitting in with fellow Boston Online Film Critics Association members Dave Riedel and Evan Crean to spoil this week’s new releases. I hadn’t seen Jason Bourne yet so I attempted to predict everything that happens in the movie. Later I tried to talk Woody Allen-hating Dave into seeing Cafe Society and of course we ended up discussing Wesley Snipes. – Spoilerpiece Theatre, 07/29/2016
BACKUP BABIES WITH THE WRONG FACE: TALLULAH’S SIAN HEDER
“I like the idea that you can subvert that initial judgement and impression, and you can get to know people and fall in love with them and see their humanity. The idea I could do that with these three women in this film was exciting to me. The world is hungry for real women. Not movie women. We are complex people, and that needs to be shown.” – Boston Reel, 07/27/2016
CAFE SOCIETY
“It’s a strange picture. A melancholic dirge in the guise of a comic bauble, at once light as a feather and pitilessly sad, Café Society is Woody Allen’s best since Midnight In Paris. They’ll make a great double bill someday, both films interrogating a warm and fuzzy nostalgia that’s incredibly soothing and ultimately useless.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 07/22/2016
STAR TREK BEYOND
STAR TREK BEYOND * * *
Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Sofia Boutella and Idris Elba. Screenplay by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. Directed by Justin Lin. Continue reading
HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE
“A boisterous outdoor adventure, nodding to influences from Up to The Blues Brothers while maintaining a distinctly funky vibe all its own. It has the stylized exaggerations and emotional directness of the best children’s literature. Everything is just a bit louder and more colorful than real life, but the feelings are straightforward and unadorned.” – North Shore Movies, 07/21/2016
GHOSTBUSTERS
GHOSTBUSTERS * * *
Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth. Screenplay by Paul Feig and Katie Dippold. Directed by Paul Feig.
ALDRICH AT THE ARCHIVE: HUSTLE
“Robert Aldrich’s Hustle is a long, boozy slouch towards something like redemption, with Reynolds flashing faint flickers of disgust as he warily tries to navigate his way through a fallen world of venality and corruption. Old Hollywood movies are constantly blaring on television, as if taunting him with their glamorous tales of uncomplicated heroism.” – Boston Reel, 07/15/2016
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN * 1 / 2
Starring Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou and Christoph Waltz. Screenplay by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer. Directed by David Yates.
BOFCA REPERTORY PODCAST: JULY 2016
Talking with fellow Boston Online Film Critics Association members Bob Chipman, Steve Head and Dede Crimmins about this month’s repertory offerings. Topics include the lasting influence of David Fincher’s Seven, the first time you saw Blue Velvet, the odd ubiquity of Willem Dafoe and also that time Marky Mark fingered Reese Witherspoon on a rollercoaster. – BOFCA, 07/01/2016
SPLICED PERSONALITY 