IFFBoston Announces 2010 Opener, Honors Karen Schmeer

Our friends at the Independent Film Festival of Boston have made two major announcements in the past week. The first is a celebration of the 2010 festival’s Opening Night and the career of Kevin Kline. The second is far more important, a celebration of a woman no longer with us.
:: The Opening Night film: The […]

Film Preview, Trailer: KILLERS

I’m part of that somewhat vocal minority that feels Doug Liman’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith is great entertainment. Zippy action, sharp humor, and that over-the-top shootout between the happy couple… a big, memorable Hollywood movie. Anyway, here’s a preview of what seems like a lighter version, Killers, one of Lionsgate’s bigger 2010 releases. Ashton Kutcher […]

Before You Go: Weekend Trailers and Review 02.05.10

Here are two things we never see at the movies: 1) A Nicholas Sparks film adaptation that makes girls cry. 2) John Travolta going nuts! And it’s all blander than margarine on white bread. Yum.
From Paris with Love
Rotten Tomatoes: 34 / 100; Metacritic: 45 / 100

Dear John
Rotten Tomatoes: 30 / 100; Metacritic: 44 / 100

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Before You Go: Weekend Trailers and Reviews 01.29.10

We skipped Before You Go last week, primarily due to a packed schedule. Secondarily, because all of last weekend’s major releases sucked. Yes, there are plenty of posts out in bloggy world that say January is not the cinematic wasteland of its reputation, but I say it’s damn close. Clearly, it’s been the perfect atmosphere […]

Early Preview: JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME

If you were instantly taken with the low-key indie The Puffy Chair (and by “you”, I mean “me”), then you know Jay and Mark Duplass. The writing/directing brothers have leaped — okay gradually walked — from the semi-mumblecore indie world into the universe of major distribution. Now Movieweb has learned of Jeff Who Lives At […]