For the post-1960s rock and blues fan, Netflix’s new documentary “Keith Richards: Under the Influence” is a fascinating look into the legendary Rolling Stone guitarist and his music. Unfortunately,...
There seems to be a “based on a true story” paradox that persists in filmmaking, and Baltasar Kormákur’s “Everest” is among the many films it’s affecting. The very fact that its characters...
“A Walk in the Woods” is a perfectly fine movie spoiled by its grumpy, acerbic mood. Even if the book it is based on is as cantankerous, one would think that Robert Redford’s pet project about...
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” has achieved something paradoxically spectacular. Since it was slightly unnecessary for the film to be split into two parts, “Part 1” moves extraordinarily...
That’s right, everyone. The boys are back.
In the upcoming “Horrible Bosses 2,” Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day reprise their roles as the quirky and dysfunctional friends Nick,...
Despite its title, Elizabeth Banks says that her new movie, Walk of Shame, isn’t really about feeling shameful after a one night stand. Instead, it’s about a “woman at a crisis point who feels like...
It doesn’t quite seem right to call Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) an “up-and-comer” or an “underdog” in the realm of independent film festivals. Sure, it has to contend with...
“The internet was supposed to make the world a smaller place, but it actually feels smaller without it.”
Max Waters wanders around the overgrown slums of Berkeley, Calif., sentimentally peering in...
When conjuring up the image of a salsa dancer, a pale, overweight British man is the least likely candidate to come to mind. Yet Nick Frost is out to change all of that with his newest starring vehicle, Cuban...
“I think a lot of funny people are really tormented souls. I’m not. I’m just crazy,” admitted Marlon Wayans in a loud, boisterous voice at a roundtable discussion at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on...
Unless you have been hiding under a particularly large and soundproof rock over the last couple of years, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ve heard of The Avengers , the 2012 superhero movie that combined...
Jason Bateman isn’t a bad guy at all. He doesn’t even play one on TV. For a few years about a decade ago, his beleaguered Michael Bluth on Fox’s Arrested Development went to near-superhuman lengths...
