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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IFFBoston 2016: ‘The Hollars,’ ‘The Peacemaker,’ and ‘The Eyes of My Mother’
May 2nd, 2016 
Sam Cohen 
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Tags: Anna Kendrick, independent film festival boston, Independent Film Festival Boston 2016, James Demo, John Krasinski, Margo Martindale, Nicolas Pesce, richard jenkins, sharlto copley, The Eyes of my Mother, The Hollars, The Peacemaker 
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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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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Open Grave’
January 9th, 2014 Justin Proper Film: Open Grave Starring: Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann Director: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego Writers: Chris Borey, Eddie Borey The trick to a good thriller/horror is to only reveal enough plot to keep the audience intrigued. Most of these films involve trying to figure out who the killer is amongst a group of people that are stuck […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Oldboy’
November 29th, 2013 Kevin Blumeyer Film: Oldboy Directed by: Spike Lee Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley Chan-wook Park’s original Korean version of Oldboy is one of the most revered foreign films of the past decade or so. Released in 2003, it still comes up in conversations with all sorts of moviegoers, even amongst those who don’t typically delve […]
Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: elizabeth olsen, josh brolin, michael imperioli, oldboy, remake, sharlto copley, spike lee Comments Off on MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Oldboy’