Spring is around the corner, and we’re excited to see the official 2016 lineup for the Independent Film Festival of Boston! The festival is entering its 14th year, and will take place April 27 – May 4, 2016 at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, the Brattle in Harvard Square, and the Coolidge Corner Theatre …
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opens nationwide on March 25. People gave Bryan Singer a lot of flack for his Superman Returns. It was a dull affair that was often too beholden to the films of Richard Donner. But there was one thing that was clear, Singer had great respect and affection for the …
Good friend to the site and 5-time Emmy Award winner Rob Kutner has joined forces with renowned illustrator John Lucas (X-Men, Deadpool) for an original sci-fi comedy comic book series, “Shrinkage.”
Here it is, Oscar night, the Super Bowl for people like me. Every year I like to do a quick blog post about my predictions in the Top Categories. I did a better job this year of seeing many of the nominated films – so here’s hoping I’m a bit more accurate than last year! …
“Deadpool” is the first of the Marvel films to receive a ‘R’ rating, and rightly so. The character, very much an anti-hero, is the antithesis of most of the other Marvel Universe characters to hit the screen. He’s crude, excessively violent, and has a dark sense of humor to boot.
Midway through “The Big Short,” something hit me. Going into the film, I knew its basic premise: how a bunch of investors made money off the housing crisis. What I didn’t realize was how big a moment the implosion of America’s housing bubble was, and how the ensuing economic crash affected my life and the …
One of spotlight films from this years IFFBoston is now streaming on Vimeo! If you don’t remember, this film directed by Luke Poling and Adam Roffman, tells the story of the self-proclaimed world’s greatest spearhunter. Check out this amazing documentary short below, and thank me later! SPEARHUNTER from Adam Roffman on Vimeo.
I don’t hide how much I love Matt Damon; I think he’s a great actor with excellent screen presence. When I heard the premise of “The Martian,” I knew what I was in for: two hours of Matt Damon stranded on Mars, directed by Ridley Scott? Sign me up.
Victoria is currently out in limited release. I remember last year when Birdman premiered at the Venice Film Festival. No, I wasn’t there (I’m not nearly that successful or fancy), but thanks to this handy thing known as the internet, the Oscar buzz pretty much started instantly.
Finders Keepers opens in limited release on September 25. It has been over a week since I watched Finders Keepers and I still haven’t found a way to describe the movie that doesn’t make it sound extremely strange and just a bit unfair.