Film Review: Blue is the Warmest Color
Blue is the Warmest Color expands to Boston today, November 1. Check your local listings for showtimes.
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Foreign Friday: Klown
Friday is upon us and here at LonelyReviewer that means it’s time for a something other than the English language. Foreign Friday searches far and wide (but honestly, mostly just on Netflix) to find a little bit of international cinema to help you expand your horizons. This week we head to Denmark for a little …
Film Review: The Kings of Summer
There are few things as great as teenage summers. You are just old enough to dip your toe in freedom but still young enough to have a support structure behind you to cover all of the essentials. Unfortunately, this tends to be a realization that comes several years later. We get caught up in the …
Film Review: Spring Breakers
Harmony Korine’s latest film, “Spring Breakers,” is filled to the brim with violence, drugs, alcohol, and social commentary. The film stars well-known Disney actresses Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez; Ashley Benson; Korine’s wife, Rachel Korine; and the scene-stealing James Franco.
Film Review: 21 & Over
“21 & Over” is the directorial debut for “Hangover” writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Jumping off the success of “The Hangover,” Lucas and Moore look to bring the same style of zaniness to the college crowd.
Film Review: The Last Stand
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back this January in “The Last Stand.” While having appeared in both “Expendables” films, he hasn’t been a lead character since 2003’s “Terminator 3.” Director Kim Ji-Woon’s film, “The Good, The Bad, The Weird,” had a decent run in the American Festival circuit, and “The Last Stand” marks the director’s jump to …
Film Review: Broken City
‘Broken City’ marks Allen Hughes first solo film – the Hughes Brothers last joint effort being ‘The Book of Eli.’ The film stars Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe, and was on the Hollywood black list since 2008. The script, written by Brian Tucker, found a home with Hughes.
Review: The Social Network
Films about recent “history” are tricky. Films like ‘United 93,’ ‘W,’ etc. are met with questions like, why? or statements like, “too soon.” There were all concerns in my mind when I first heard about this Fincher/Sorkin project. So many questions. Why a movie about Facebook? Why a movie about Mark Zuckerberg? When the trailer …
Review: Cyrus
‘Cyrus’ is the latest film from The Duplass Brothers, one of the groups behind an indie film movement called mumblecore. If you’re not familiar with the genre, its basically ultra-low budget films that foucs on relationships, using improvised scripts, and non-professioanl actors. Working up the ladder with films like ‘The Puffy Chair’ (which played at …
IFFBoston 2010 Review: Cyrus
‘Cyrus’ is the latest film from The Duplass Brothers, one of the groups behind an indie film movement called mumblecore. If you’re not familiar with the genre, its basically ultra-low budget films that foucs on relationships, using improvised scripts, and non-professioanl actors. Working up the ladder with films like ‘The Puffy Chair’ (which played at …