GREENBERG
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 120 mins minutes |
Was it my own high expectations for the film or is “Greenberg” just so-so? I suspect a little of both…
Posted on March 28, 2010 by Don R. Lewis
BOOBS: AN AMERICAN OBSESSION (DVD)
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
Despite its (pardon the pun) titillating title and cover art, Nina Brownfield-Berry’s documentary offers a (pardon the next pun) broad overview of the American fixation with breasts…
Posted on March 28, 2010 by Phil Hall
BAROCKSTAR: GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 60 minutes |
The film takes an interesting approach in detailing the social and cultural environment that shaped Handel’s inspired compositions, but a delightful look at how Handel supported himself in the 18th century equivalent of the music industry…
Posted on March 27, 2010 by Phil Hall
THE 2010 INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON UNVEILS THEIR FILM SELECTIONS
Running April 21-28, 2010, the eighth annual The Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFBoston) has announced its full lineup of film selections…
Posted on March 26, 2010 by Mark Bell
TWO WORLDS – ONE PLANET
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 62 minutes |
Director Gail Levin adds to the confusion by giving the production a Film Student 101 visual style, with black-and-white cinematography that inexplicably lapses into split-screen effects and occasional slices of color home videos. As a result, “Two Worlds – One Planet” is often more bewildering than enlightening…
Posted on March 26, 2010 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: MULTIPLE SIDOSIS
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can be found only on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil highlights one of the most famous amateur films ever made…
Posted on March 26, 2010 by Phil Hall
IT’S ENTERTAINMENT! (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
The choreography is somewhere in between half-remembered Bob Fosse numbers and a Guinness-fueled hokey-pokey…
Posted on March 25, 2010 by Phil Hall
AUDIENCE REVIEW: HOT TUB TIME MACHINE
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 100 minutes |
Tell Film Threat what you thought of “Hot Tub Time Machine” in the comments within. On the Monday following the film’s release, we’ll assemble an actual review out of the comments you’ve left, and credit the review to “the Audience.” Be heard, let the film industry know what you, the paying audience, really think about the films they’re giving you!
Posted on March 25, 2010 by the Audience
AUDIENCE REVIEWS: YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD AT FILM THREAT
I’ve been toying with this idea for a while, even back when I was editor of Film Threat a couple years ago, and I think now is the time to try it out. Simply, for as much as I think professional critics do bring something to the table when it comes to cinema conversation, I’ve also been aware of how often the audience and the critics seem to drift apart, especially when it comes to mainstream releases. In an effort to explore this a bit more, I’ve come up with the idea of Audience Reviews…
Posted on March 25, 2010 by Mark Bell
FIVE MOVIE CHARACTERS THAT COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM HEALTH CARE REFORM
With United States President Barack Obama signing his health care reform bill into law, it got me thinking: how will things be different for me from here on out and, more importantly, which movie characters would’ve most benefited from health care reform?
Posted on March 24, 2010 by Mark Bell
THE GHOST WRITER
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 128 minutes |
Good news for grown ups: It’s safe to go back in the cineplex again. There are only a handful of the old greats still cranking ‘em out and, with “The Ghost Writer,” Roman Polanski demonstrates he’s still got what it takes to be counted with the most masterful of them…
Posted on March 24, 2010 by Rick Kisonak
FINDING THE RED BARON: AN INTERVIEW WITH MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER
In my opinion, “The Red Baron” is a superbly researched, sensitively enacted exploration of a man torn between doing his duty in a raging war and to his own conscience. In this respect, von Richthofen’s dilemma is one of eternal relevance. More than anything else, the film succeeds in its ability to raise provocative questions. For me, there is nothing greater than this…
Posted on March 24, 2010 by Amy R. Handler
WHAT IS SHE TO YOU?
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 11 minutes |
Let’s just say that sometimes it’s better to keep your mouth shut…
Posted on March 23, 2010 by Doug Brunell
ZACH, A FILM ABOUT EPILEPSY
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 21 minutes |
His mother ruefully notes how his peers are already leaving home and going to college while Zach still requires diapering and spoon feeding…
Posted on March 23, 2010 by Phil Hall
SXSW 2010: DON’S ROUND-UP (PART TWO)
Just so you know, I tend to seek out smaller films that may be cool rather than the films that have already secured release. For me festivals are about new discovery of films, not beating the “yay” or “nay” bandwagon for films that will be in theaters or on your on-demand in a few short weeks…
Posted on March 22, 2010 by Don R. Lewis