Film: San Andreas Starring: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario Directed by: Brad Peyton The disaster movie is a sub-genre that works almost solely off of nostalgia. I remember watching The Poseidon Adventure as a kid and was shook in awe by the power of natural forces and how humans may react to […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Aloha’ Means Goodbye To Cameron Crowe In Hawaiian
May 29th, 2015 
Sam Cohen Film: Aloha Starring: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams Directed by: Cameron Crowe Director Cameron Crowe, the guy who brought us the masterpiece that is Almost Famous, has been on a sharp decline in quality ever since that 2000 effort. Vanilla Sky was an ambiguous mess and Elizabethtown was the most self-indulgent road movie to […]
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May 23rd, 2015 Brian Leak Film: When Marnie Was There Starring: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura Directed By: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Based on Joan G. Robinson’s 1981 novel of the same name, When Marnie Was There is a beautifully affecting – and at times tragically depressive – animated feature from director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty) and the iconic studio […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Tomorrowland’ Lacks Wonder And Coherence
May 22nd, 2015 Sam Cohen Film: Tomorrowland Starring: Britt Robertson, George Clooney Directed By: Brad Bird As the first shot rolls on Tomorrowland, we see Clooney’s Frank Walker talking to the camera about his pessimistic predilections towards the future. Once he is done telling his story, the camera pans over Britt Robertson’s Casey Newton, someone self-dubbed as an optimist as […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Welcome To Me’ Is Kristen Wiig At Her Best
May 7th, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Welcome To Me Starring: Kristen Wiig, Wes Bentley Directed by: Shira Piven As if you needed another reason to love Kristen Wiig. Welcome To Me may be the definition of an offbeat movie. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, the film tells the tale of a mentally unwell woman who uses her lottery winnings to purchase […]
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Independent Film Festival Boston 2015 – Day 8: ‘Me And Earl And The Dying Girl’
May 1st, 2015 Sam Cohen As the 13th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston drew to a close on Wednesday, a wave of melancholy seemed to hit every viewer eagerly waiting for the closing night film, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, in a sold out theater at Coolidge Corner Theater. Brian Tamm, the fest’s Executive Director, took the stage […]
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ALL HOPE IS LOST: ‘Unfriended’ Is Getting A Sequel
April 27th, 2015 James Shotwell Don’t say we never tried to warn you. According to our pals at Bloody-Disgusting, Universal Pictures has already begun work on a sequel to the recently-released horror film Unfriended. In fact, the site claims that the as-of-yet untitled sequel is already being scripted by Nelson Greaves, who wrote the first film that was produced by […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Unfriended’ Is Not Worth The Price Of Admission
April 17th, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Unfriended Starring: Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer Directed by: Levan Gabriadze Serving as the first ‘all on-screen’ horror film to open in thousands of theaters nationwide, Unfriended boasts a relatively fresh gimmick and almost nothing else. Remember that long period of silence at the beginning of Wall-E? Replace the colorful animation, comedy, and adorable robots […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘While We’re Young’ Is Baumbach At His Weakest
April 8th, 2015 James Shotwell Film: While We’re Young Starring: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts Directed by: Noah Baumbach Noah Baumbach has spent the majority of his career exploring the idea of identity and what it means to different people at various stages in life. It’s a theme that runs throughout every single one of his works, but never has it […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Cut Bank’ Finds Murder And Mystery In A Quiet Town
April 3rd, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Cut Bank Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Billy Bob Thornton Directed by: Matt Shakman Set against the backdrop of a quiet community too small to make national headlines, Cut Bank tells a story of murder and hope through the eyes of a desperate young man. Liam Hemsworth is Dwayne McLaren, a twenty-something who has spent the […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Superfast!’ Is The Worst Film Of 2015
March 31st, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Superfast! Starring: Alex Ashbaugh, Dale Pavinski Directed by: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer In a not-so-shocking turn of events, the team behind Meet The Spartans and Vampires Suck have delivered yet another box office bomb with their latest work, Superfast!. Billed as a parody of the Fast And Furious franchise, Superfast! stars a cast of […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Danny Collins’ Is Al Pacino At His Very Best
March 30th, 2015 James Shotwell Film: Danny Collins Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Benning Directed by: Dan Fogelman Set in suburban New Jersey and littered with enough product placement to please Michael Bay, Danny Collins finds love, laughter, and redemption with a runtime under two hours. Al Pacino was born to play Danny Collins. A one-time rockstar, Collins has spent the […]
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