Rush opens in theaters everywhere today, September 27. Check GoWatchIt for showtimes. International receipts are growing in importance. The box office used to be won and lost on American soil but things are certainly changing. Pacific Rim may have underperformed domestically but with an Asian market ravenously consuming it, sequel talks have managed to germinate. …
The teaser for the upcoming sequel to The Avengers, “Age of Ultron,” has leaked to the internet. The teaser doesn’t show much other than a logo, but that’s all we really need to get pumped for another Whedon helmed Avengers movie. What do you guys think? Watch it fast, it won’t last for long. Age of …
“Best Kept Secret” tells the moving story of a selfless, heroic teacher, out to give the best possible quality of life to her autistic and special needs students as they age out of the system and enter the world.
When Comedy Went to School opens in limited release Friday, September 20. Check your local listings for showtimes. Any fan of comedy has at least heard of the Catskill Mountains. Older comics fondly recall a time when you could try out your material in family atmospheres shrouded in foliage. When a car ride Upstate led …
The Federal Reserve is not something I understand well; management of the country’s monetary policy, and the global impact of those policies, is beyond me. What stood out to me, then, in “Money for Nothing,” Jim Bruce’s new documentary, was the accessible presentation of the Federal Reserve Bank’s history, and the explanation of how the …
Here on LonelyReviewer, it is our mission to continually explore all that the film medium has to offer. Foreign Friday is our weekly journey into the realm of the international, putting aside our smart phones to focus more completely on the big screen and the subtitles running along its bottom. Plumbing the vast caverns of …
Hell Baby is available now on VOD and opens in limited release today, September 6. Check local listings for showtimes. The film parody is a complicated creature. Rather than being a binary system, there are now varying degrees of parody. The label alone is now used sparingly and is nearly synonymous with poor quality. The …
Foreign languages scare you. They require such devotion. At least when you see an awful English language film, you can distract yourself with other things, while it drones in the background. Foreign films demand your constant attention or else the subtitles will vanish before you get the chance to read them. I get it. Reading …
We’ve featured the work of Larry Cohen before, his film, Ice Hockey screened at IFFBoston in 2011, his follow-up, Brothers, screened at various festivals around the country. His latest film, The Worst, shows the directors progression in his craft, a more complex story with fascinating characters, and not to mention, a chase that recalls “The …
What is Boston Open Screen? Imagine an Open Mic Night, but for film and video. For the past 10 years, Boston Open Screen was, and still is, the only truly open venue for filmmakers to screen their work freely. The only limits they have is that the work has to be under 10 minutes, and …