Trailer Talk: This Week in Movies - 'Men in Black III,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' & More
I didn’t end up watching “Battleship” last week, because I wasn’t in the mood to knowingly subject myself to a bad movie that night. Friends who caught it, told me that it’s as terrible as they tho...
Trailer Talk: This Week In Movies - 'Battleship,' 'The Dictator,' & More
Last week’s Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration “Dark Shadows” turned out to be rather disappointing. The film starts out strong, but loses steam as it progresses. It has plenty of Burton’s tradem...
Review: 'God Bless America'
If George Carlin was still with us, he’d probably applaud Bobcat Goldthwait’s dark comedy “God Bless America,” for its scathing social commentary and its radical approach to cleaning up American cu...
Trailer Talk: This Week in Movies - 'Dark Shadows,' 'Where Do We Go Now?' & More
To all the loyal readers, I apologize that we didn’t have a Trailer Talk column last week. I watched seven films last weekend at IFF Boston, so I was pretty busy writing reviews. If you’re interest...
'The Avengers' Surpasses Four Years Of Hype!
The answer to your burning question about “The Avengers” is a resounding “Yes.” If you’re into movies or comics, you’ve anxiously awaited its arrival since 2008’s “Iron Man,” which first hinted th...
IFF Boston Review: ‘Keyhole’
If films like Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” and Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life” are too strange for you, then for the love of God, stay far away from Guy Maddin’s “Keyhole.” I enjoy the occasio...
IFF Boston Review: ‘The Whirlpool’
A piece of advice to aspiring filmmakers: If you’re going to direct a movie, please have a more compelling reason to make it than winning a bet. Your film will show real passion and probably won’t ...
IFF Boston Review: ‘We Are Legion: The Story Of Hacktivists’
You don’t have to be an internet nerd to appreciate Brian Knappenberger’s entertaining and educational documentary “We are Legion: The Story of Hactivists.” That’s because he thoroughly explains i...
IFF Boston Review: ‘Ok, Good’
Most actors don’t have it easy. Only the ones who become famous possess the fiscal security to lead a cushy life. For anyone else trying to score that life-changing role, every day is an uphill bat...
IFF Boston Review: ‘V/H/S’
“V/H/S” is a brilliant horror anthology premise. A group of a-hole punks, who video tape their crimes of vandalism and harassment, are hired to pilfer a VHS tape from an old man. Through grainy, ...