IFFBoston Review: Frownland
‘Frownland’ a first feature from Director Ronnie Bronstein is a black comedy about a door-to-door coupon salesman who can’t hold a conversation with anyone but his analyst.
Month: April 2008
IFFB Review: Song Sung Blue
“This is what it’s like if you live the dream.”- Mike Sardina Lighting & Thunder are a performing duo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and if you want to see, hear and experience the music of Neil Diamond and Patsy Cline, you can do no better than to see them play.
IFFB Review: Turn the River
Kailey is a pool hustler, trying to sort out her life and rescue her son from a rough life with her ex-husband. Sounds like a rough one to sit through, no?
IFFBoston Review: Larry (the Actor)
It’s rare to see a film with a single star. Its difficult enough to tell a story that engages a whole audience, especially as the the attention span of audiences become shorter and shorter. ‘Larry (the actor)’ is brave in that you spend the entire 35 minute run time with Larry, an actor with a …
IFFBoston Review: The Greening of Southie
There’s a lot of talk about going green these days. On the news, on the world stage, figures like Al Gore, rattling the cage, calling for a change in old ways. ‘The Greening of Southie,’ tells the story of a family owned developer looking to build Boston’s first completely green building, from the foundation up.
O’Brien Has Been Replaced
Conan O’Brien’s successor has been named. Although there has not been an official announcement, it’s being reported that the papers have been signed: when O’Brien moves to replace Jay Leno on the Tonight Show he will be replaced by…Jimmy Fallon. Fallon has wet his feet on the late night talk show circuit having substituted for …
IFFBoston Review: Natural Causes
“When did you decide you didn’t want to be with me forever?” This line stood out for me during the screening of ‘Natural Causes,’ it’s a question that has been asked a million times, in a million relationships. It was these sort of moments that made this film stand out. Directed by Alex Cannon, Paul …
DVD Review: American Ninja 2 “The Confrontation”
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is 100% pure uncut 80’s awesome, plain and simple. You can just feel it right from the opening sequence of the movie, when we see several guys screaming along a windy road on their motorcycles—not just any motorcycles mind you—Ninjas! That sets the tone right then and there, because from …
Snipes Gets Three Years
Showing that just because you’re been in some successful movie about killing vampires, no one is above the law. Wesley Snipes has been given three years in prison for not paying taxes three years in a row. Despite letters from Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson. Snipes failed to file income tax three years in a …
Saturday Afternoon Sweetness
I promise I’ll deviate from the action movies at some point in this column, but today’s pick is just too sweet to have it charge out of the gate in a later installment.