“It’s easy to read Levine’s adaptation as a devastatingly funny send-up of the Twilight phenomenon. I was at a Barnes & Noble recently and saw an entire section devoted to ‘teen paranormal romance.’ Warm Bodies is at its funniest when the film is digging into the messy details of just how such romances might work.” – The Improper Bostonian, 01/30/2013
“The filmmaking is always so fussy and exacting, determinedly marching through the director’s chosen thesis statement with no deviations or surprises. Once you know where Amour is going, there’s nothing left but to run out the clock, which I believe might be the point, but it doesn’t make it any easier to watch.” – The Improper Bostonian, 01/16/2013
“If there’s a more poorly directed film this year, I haven’t seen it. Hooper keeps the camera locked into a fisheye view of everybody’s nostrils just to prove they’re really singing, goddamnit. But maybe he should have realized that uncut tracks of Russell Crowe hoarsely flubbing notes are ‘authentic’ in the worst way possible. This is an aesthetic crime.” – The Improper Bostonian, 01/02/2013
1. Moonrise Kingdom 2. Lincoln 3. Zero Dark Thirty 4. Killer Joe 5. Oslo, August 31st 6. Cosmopolis 7. Holy Motors 8. The Master 9. Once Upon A Time In Anatolia 10. This Is Not A Film – BOFCA, 12/26/2012
Boston Online Film Critics Association members Steve Head, John Black, Sean Burns, Monica Castillo, Evan Crean, Tim Estiloz, Dan Kimmel, Killian Melloy, Brett Michel and Greg Vellante discuss the best films of 2012. – BOFCA, 12/13/2012
“A tedious affair about a tedious affair. There’s nothing quite so frustrating as watching history through the eyes of the least interesting person in the room. I think even Daisy Suckley herself might wonder why anybody would want to make a movie about her.” – The Improper Bostonian, 12/12/2012
My dear friend Craig D. Lindsey and I talked for a couple of hours about pretty much everything. He describes it as “a big, gooey love-in between two men. I’m almost embarrassed to post this damn thing.” – Muhf***as I Know, 12/04/2012
“The problem is that the lyrical visuals are constantly undone by the screenplay’s dull literal-mindedness. And if, by any chance, you happen to have missed this story’s honkingly obvious metaphors, don’t worry because these guys explain everything you’re seeing in laborious detail. You’ll wish you could watch it with the sound turned off.” – The Improper Bostonian, 11/28/2012
“First and foremost, it’s nimble-footed, crowd-pleasing entertainment. Tasked with dramatizing some of the most significant moments of the 19th century, Spielberg shoots the picture as a bustling ensemble comedy. There’s little pageantry here, just a lot of deeply flawed, quicksilver wits trying to muddle their way through the course of American history.” – The Improper Bostonian, 11/14/2012
