Tom Brady might be New England but David Ortiz is Boston. While the three-time World Series champion might have been “just” a talented designated hitter on an American League team fighting decades of failure to the world before Patriot’s Day 2013, afterward, he was the galvanizing face of a city that stood against terrorism, fear,…
Over the last few weeks there has been tons of discussion about the future of the cinematic experience, that is, the practice of watching movies in actual movie theatres (as opposed to the 55 inch/7.1 surround sound setup in your living room. ?The epicenter of said discussion was CINEMACON – the annual?convention where studios tout…
It is rare that a film can seem to be poetry, and that may be even more difficult when the film has no dialogue. Yet The Red Turtle manages to be just that.
Who is Smurfette and what is her purpose? This is the question, or problem, to be answered in the latest Smurf film, and the first all-animated feature in what Sony Animation hopes will springboard a new level of interest in the little, blue folks. In?Smurfs: Lost Village, Smurfette discovers that there are others like her…
In the latest family fare from Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (Trolls, Kung Fu Panda?trilogy,?Alvin and the Chipmunks 2?and?3), Lucas Till (MacGuyver) plays Tripp, a high school mechanic who discovers a subterranean creature he nicknames Creech, who drinks oil and lives in the hood of his truck. Displaced by the fracking operation run by Tenneson…
Based on Patrick Ness’ novel of the same name, and adapted by a Siobhan Dowd story idea,?A Monster Calls?is a live-action/animated/CGI masterpiece that shares the life and internal struggle of a tween named Conor O’Malley (Lewis MacDougall). Wrestling with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) battle with?a terminal illness, his overbearing grandmother (Sigourney Weaver),?his absentee father (Toby…
Recognized for its powerful representation of family, abandonment, hope, and redemption. In the adaptation of Saroo Brierley’s A Long Way Home, director Garth Davis shepherds Dev Patel through the story as the older Brierley and Nicole Kidman as his adoptive mother.?Six nominations at the 89th Academy Awards represent a solid resume, including nominations for Best…
Chris Evans has made quite a name for himself as Captain America and other brash, macho men. But in?Gifted, Evans plays Frank Adler, the uncle of a very intelligent seven-year-old, in Fox Searchlight’s drama about family, intelligence, and finding one’s own way. Frank raises Mary (McKenna Grace), the daughter of his deceased sister, in his…
The year was 1967. Technology hasn?t provided DVRs or even VHS tapes, but seven-year-old Kelly Asbury visited the local movie theater one afternoon. Spellbound by a re-release of Walt Disney?s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Asbury told his brother that he had to find a way to make his drawings move that way as…
Patriots Day commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord, where growing American forces took a stand against encroaching British forces. In New England, specifically Massachusetts, there is a holiday – including the running of the Boston Marathon that goes past Fenway Park where the Red Sox play. In 2013, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set…
