Film: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Directed by: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone Starring: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer From the makers of heralded comedic masterpieces such as “Dick in a Box” and “Motherlover” comes a 21st century satire on the extravagance and vapidness of modern pop idols. Sounds like a pretty good tagline, right? […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Popstar’ has at least a few hits
June 3rd, 2016 
Sam Cohen 
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Tags: 2016 movie review, andy samberg, imogen poots, joan cusack, jorma taccone, macgruber, movie review, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Sarah Silverman, the lonely island, this is spinal tap 
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May 21st, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Directed by: Nicholas Stoller Starring: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron Do sequels really need to exist? This thought kept bouncing around in my head before seeing Neighbors 2, a movie that more or less finds a legitimate reason to exist. As is with almost every second entry, the audience […]
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May 20th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: The Nice Guys Directed by: Shane Black Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Margaret Qualley Every Spring/Summer there seems to be a big studio movie that everyone exclaims is a masterpiece. Last year was Mad Max: Fury Road and that ended up being my favorite film of 2015. This year is The Nice Guys, a […]
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May 13th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Little Men Directed by: Ira Sachs Starring: Theo Taplitz, Jennifer Ehle, Greg Kinnear Director/writer Ira Sachs is the kind of artist that cuts through convention to get to the everyday issues that keep us up at night. In a way, his films can be construed as psychologically horrifying. He has a deep understanding of […]
Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: 2016 movie review, Alia Shawkat, Ben Schwartz, chris gethard, Clea Duvall, Cobie Smulders, Don't Think Twice, Gillian Jacobs, girls, Greg Kinnear, independent film festival boston, Independent Film Festival Boston 2016, Ira Sachs, Jason Ritter, Jennifer Ehle, Kate Micucci, Keegan Michael-Key, lena dunham, Little Men, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Barbieri, Mike Birbiglia, Natasha Lyonne, Paulina García, Tami Sagher, The Intervention, Theo Taplitz, Vincent Piazza Comments Off on IFFBoston 2016: ‘Little Men,’ ‘Don’t Think Twice,’ and ‘The Intervention’IFFBoston 2016: ‘Folk Hero & Funny Guy,’ ‘The Alchemist Cookbook,’ and ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’
May 10th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Folk Hero & Funny Guy Directed by: Jeff Grace Starring: Wyatt Russell, Alex Karpovsky, Meredith Hagner I don’t know who created the road movie genre where two best friends work out their shit after nights of drinking and philandering, but people have been trying to create greatness out of that simple concept for years. […]
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May 2nd, 2016 Sam Cohen I always get unreasonably excited when Independent Film Festival Boston rolls around every April. Executive Director Brian Tamm and Program Director Nancy Campbell bring their A-game every year, having scoured fest after fest for the cream of the crop to show to a rowdy Boston crowd. This year’s theme, “Make it yours,” couldn’t be any […]
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April 22nd, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: The Huntsman: Winter’s War Directed by: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain There once was a princess named Snow White. She was the fairest in the land. The queen didn’t take kindly to that. They fought and Snow White won out. But what if there was more to the story? What […]
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April 15th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: The Jungle Book Directed by: Jon Favreau Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Idris Elba “Ooh-bi-doo, I wan’na be like you. I want to walk like you, talk like you, too.” It may be a bit hard to believe that an orangutan singing this line to a man-cub could speak lengths as to how director […]
Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: 2016 movie review, avatar, bull murray, chef, christopher walken, disney, elf, Jon Favreau, jungle book, marvel, movie review, neel sethi, reboot, remake, review, The Jungle Book Comments Off on MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Jungle Book’ is much more than just a bare necessity of lifeMOVIE REVIEW: ‘Hardcore Henry’ sucks as a video game and movie
April 8th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Hardcore Henry Directed by: Ilya Naishuller Starring: Haley Bennett, Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth “It’s like watching a video game.” A statement that many a people use to describe highfalutin action/adventure epics that litter theaters today. Most recently, people used that statement to describe Gods Of Egypt, an incoherent ode to ’70s mythological epics. Hardcore […]
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March 30th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Chasing Bansky Directed by: Frank Henenlotter Starring: Anthony Sneed How far would you go to pilfer a piece of art? Would you steal that item for financial gain or otherwise? Chasing Banksy‘s conceit is pretty simple. Based on a true story, Brooklyn artist Anthony Sneed saw massive gains in stealing an original Banksy piece […]
Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: Anthony Sneed, Blood the Tribades, boston underground film festival, Chasing Banksy, Eilis Cahill, Frank Henenlotter, Jennifer Lafleur, Kristofer Jenson, mad, Mary Widow, Maryann Plunkett, Michael J. Epstein, Robert G. Putka, Sophia Cacciola Comments Off on Boston Underground Film Festival 2016: ‘Blood Of The Tribades,’ ‘MAD,’ and ‘Chasing Banksy’Boston Underground Film Fest 2016: ‘Kill Your Friends’ and ‘Little Sister’
March 28th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Kill Your Friends Starring: Ed Skrein, Nicholas Hoult, Rosanna Arquette Directed by: Owen Harris Music industry satires seem to be a semi-popular thing to do today. Vinyl, the Scorsese-produced HBO show, is now in its fifth or sixth week of characters doing cocaine and bumping into famous bands. While Kill Your Friends doesn’t go […]
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March 25th, 2016 Sam Cohen Film: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Directed by: Zack Snyder Starring: Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg, Ben Affleck If I were to take Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s text verbatim, then I’d be led to believe that a group of people with supernatural capabilities hold the power to defending the world from annihilation. Well, […]