‘Army of the Dead’: We’re off to a Las Vegas heist, but technically it’s impossible to make a killing
In “Army of the Dead,” Zach Snyder delves back into his bag of zombie tricks, and in the process turns the Vegas strip into a hive of hidden horrors counting down to a mushroom cloud.
Comparing cultures in her doc ‘Weed & Wine,’ Cambridgeport’s Cohen found the relationship
Cambridgeport’s Rebecca Richman Cohen presents her country- and culture-spanning documentary “Weed & Wine” on Saturday at the Independent Film Festival Boston. After five years in the making, “in the end, it was about family,” the filmmaker finds.
Coronavirus edition 62: Musically inclined IFFB, political ‘Human Factor’ and ‘Stowaway’ in space
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes Week 2 of the Independent Film Festival Boston, full of lively musical documentaries and bleakly absorbing procedurals, as well as DocYard features and new films, from the political “Human Factor” to an unwanted “Stowaway.”
‘Gunda’: Intimate portrait of a pig on a farm, lingering images you’ll never want to leave
“Gunda” follows the seasonal cycle of a sow on a farm, a “Charlotte’s Web” or “Babe” sans the anthropomorphic cuteness that turns the mundane into a riveting, can’t-turn-away event.
‘Wrath of Man’: Ritchie and Statham reunited, heist with their own petard and angry about it
The main reason to see “Wrath of Man” is to see Jason Statham’s enigmatic antihero with a hidden agenda do what he does best, and that’s pick apart those evading justice with cold, calculating efficiency.
Coronavirus edition 61: ‘Collision Shop’ at MIT and festival bill led off by ‘Summer of Soul’ doc
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” and other Independent Film Festival Boston fare; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s joyously crowdsourced “Collision Shop” and a batch of works from Netflix animation to Shudder lunacy.
‘Limbo’: Waiting for their new lives to start, immigrants to a land drenched in the droll
Not knowing if you’re going back to a war-torn hellhole or about to begin a promising new life is the situational sweet spot of “Limbo,” which is remarkably droll and witty despite such a serious subject matter.
‘Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse’: Action thriller with vengeance straight from the assembly line
This take on Tom Clancy is an assembly-line production with little thrill or intrigue – the ingredients that made his Jack Ryan series a must read/see for any spy or jarhead enthusiasts. Even the magnetic Michael B. Jordan as action star can’t help.
Coronavirus edition 60: Picks to play Oscar game; Pandemic horror in which masks won’t save you
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes major category Oscar picks – what will win and what should win – and a couple of new films to consider (though not for the Oscars). One is a very timely piece of pandemic horror.
‘Mortal Kombat’: Go in knowing it’s nonsense, come out wishing it had been fun nonsense
A dumb movie can be good as long as it’s fun, and “Mortal Kombat” falters by never achieving that.
