BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE * 1/2
Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg and Gal Gadot. Screenplay by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer. Directed by Zack Snyder.
RIVER OF GRASS
“For this Kelly Reichardt super-fan, finally seeing River Of Grass twenty-two years after the fact feels a bit like happening upon a yearbook picture of an old friend dressed in adorably dated fashions. It’s a wicked ’90s indie movie, serving as a nifty time capsule of certain cinematic trends that were on their way out plus some others that we’re still putting up with.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 03/18/2016
SPOILERPIECE THEATRE #87: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE AND KNIGHT OF CUPS
Had a terrific time sitting in with fellow Boston Online Film Critics Association members Kris Jenson and Dave Riedel as they spoiled what’s inside J.J. Abrams’ latest mystery box for me. We also expressed our frustrations with Terrence Malick’s recent pictures and for some reason talked a lot about James Woods. – Spoilerpiece Theatre, 03/11/2016
THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY
THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY * * 1 / 2
Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Isla Fisher and Penelope Cruz. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston and Peter Baynham. Directed by Louis Leterrier.
KNIGHT OF CUPS
KNIGHT OF CUPS * *
Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Imogen Poots and Brian Dennehy. Written and directed by Terrence Malick.
BOFCA REPERTORY PODCAST: MARCH 2016
Talking with fellow Boston Online Film Critics Association members Bob Chipman and Steve Head about this month’s repertory offerings. Topics include Zsigmond’s lens flares, the peculiar mysteries of Australian stardom and whether or not J.J. Abrams might be an alien. – BOFCA, 03/01/2016
TRIPLE 9
TRIPLE 9 * * *
Starring Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson and Kate Winslet. Screenplay by Matt Cook. Directed by John Hillcoat.
2015 MURIEL AWARDS: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
“Writer-director Ryan Coogler remembers. Balboa’s back with the hat, the leather jacket and the bouncy ball, mumbling malapropisms to anyone within earshot. Rocky has endured for so long in the hearts of moviegoers because he’s a character completely lacking in guile, a fighter without a mean bone in his body.” – The Muriel Awards, 02/20/2016
HAIL, CAESAR!
“Another epistemological prank from cinema’s snarkiest philosophers, Hail, Caesar! is a Passion Play played for giggles, with the Golden Age of Hollywood serving as the garden of Gethsemane for yet another in the Coens’ long line of put-upon, serious men. Like most of their films, it’s about the folly of searching for meaning in a cruel and indifferent universe.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 02/08/2016
MOJAVE
“An elliptical and at times preposterously entertaining load of hooey that both sends up and embraces every chest-beating trope in that old alpha ‘He-Man Of Letters’ tradition. Mojave is probably what Mailer’s Tough Guys Don’t Dance might’ve been like, if only Tough Guys Don’t Dance hadn’t been one of the worst movies ever made.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 01/28/2016
SPLICED PERSONALITY 