COLOMBIANA: This looks, from the brief previews I’ve seen, like Steven Soderbergh’s next movie Haywire. Maybe they’re different, but they seem to both be about a trained kick-ass girl out for revenge. This one looks a little more stylized and less thought driven as Soderbergh’s, but not having seen either, I can’t say for sure. The PG-13 always throws me …
Editor’s Note: Preview Review is our new weekly column, each week Ben will give his thoughts on the weeks major releases based off their trailers. 1. Conan The Barbarian – I normally don’t enjoy remakes, but I feel Conan has so many adventures that it could stand as a remade film. No one will ever top Arnold, …
PREVIEW REVIEW August 12, 2011 1. 30 Minutes Or Less – A comedy about a kid with a bomb strapped to him and forced to rob a bank. This looks decently funny, mostly because I’m becoming a big fan of Danny McBride, even though I often refer to him as “that funny guy from Tropic Thunder”. The Indian …
I’ve been looking forward to the Scorsese’s adaptation of ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret” since I first heard about it. Despite my general reservations for 3D, if there is one filmmaker that can truly do something unique with it, its Scorsese. The film stars Chloe Moretz, Asa Butterfield, and Sacha Baron Cohen Check out the …
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t initially excited for this film when I first read about it. But, all it takes is a great score by John Williams and some epic & beautiful shots of war to convince me. I’m officially looking forward to seeing this film this Christmas. Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ is based on the …
I’d been worried about this one. For so many reasons. Tintin has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. I’d read ALL the books, and recently gotten the box set of them as a gift. Them getting feature film treatment was something I’d always wanted to see, and I was glad that …
Tonight begins my favorite part of living in Boston, the first night of the Independent Film Festival of Boston, and what better way to start it off then with ‘Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey.’ The film tells the story of puppeteer Kevin Clash, and his journey from a 9 year old inspired by Captain Kangaroo …
Rolling Stones called ‘Color Me Obsessed,’ one of the seven best new music documentaries of the year. The film is the first documentary about famed 80’s indie-rock band The Replacements. Director Gorman Bechard set out to make a film unlike other “where are they are now” style music docs. “This is a band that for …
With all the feature length goodness, it is easy to miss some of the great shorts that are featured at IFFBoston. One we want to highlight in particular is from director Larry Cohen, ‘Ice Hockey.’ The film follows a day in the life of Danny, a high school hockey defenseman. School, girls, and his next-door …
Sahkanaga Teaser from Gran Gran Pics LLC on Vimeo. Inspired by the 2002 Tri-State Crematory scandal in the Appalachian foothills of northwest Georgia, where over 300 bodies were discovered strewn about the property in various stages of decay, ‘Sahkanaga’ imagines the event from a teenager who stumbles upon the first body. The filmmaker, John Henry …