REVIEW: Logan (2017) dir. James Mangold
I won’t waste time in telling you that this film is a triumph. It is a delicate mix of tragedy, comedy, and…
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The Thing (1982) dir. John Carpenter
Not to be confused with the forgettable 2011 remake/prequel, John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) is a film which taunts its viewers through…
REVIEW: xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) dir. D. J. Caruso
Vin Diesel is a cultural anomaly. From an offbeat turn in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) to a recurring role in the absurd…
REVIEW: Sailor Moon R: The Promise of the Rose (2017) dir. Kunihiko Ikuhara
Sailor Moon was a staple of my childhood, having aired through re-runs across Toonami from 1998 to 2001. Admittedly, my viewing started…
Rocky IV (1985) dir. Sylvester Stallone
Listening to Sylvester Stallone in an old interview with Charlie Rose, I stumbled across the immense level of intelligence this Hollywood brute…
The Running Man (1987) dir. Paul Michael Glaser
2017 has never looked so grim. Crooked politicians run the country through greedy gambits, the police keep the state in line by…
Surviving the Game (1994) dir. Ernest R. Dickerson
Surviving the Game (1994) is one of those ’90s gems that, to this day, I cannot believe exists. With a concept so…
Andy Houldcroft’s Best of Bathrooms: Movie Theater Edition
Andy Houldcroft is a part-time complainer, full-time worrywart, and a regular contributor to the Boston Hassle Film Flam section. They’re trying to…
Lethal Weapon (1987) dir. Richard Donner
Before Mel’s controversy, before Joe Pesci, before the awful TV series that applauds itself for sharing the same title, there was the…
GO TO: Grrl Haus Cinema
Anastasia Cazabon, the mind behind Grrl Haus Cinema, describes the Boston-born festival as an effort to represent female filmmakers who are criminally…
Die Hard (1988) dir. John McTiernan
Die Hard opened to a field of skeptical audiences back in 1988, sporting the likes of a young, unseasoned Bruce Willis and…
WENT THERE: Trailer Apocalypse Redux! dir. Bob Murawski
Having locked away an Academy Award for Best Film Editing with The Hurt Locker (2009) and made a career out of working…
