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ALEXANDRA CAVALLO

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Review: Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

Comic Con is still geeky -- and awesome
A rose-hued ode to fanboy-dom, Comic-Con doesn't even try to scratch the surface of the world's largest geek meet-up.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | April 10, 2012

VIDEO: Gotye at the House of Blues | March 29, 2012

So is Gotye destined for one-hit wonderdom, soon to be somebody we'll say we used to know?
If this live show was any indication, we sure hope not.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | March 30, 2012

Interview: Adam Green gets frightful laughs with 'Holliston'

It’s "Friends" ... only with monsters. And set in Holliston, MA.
Director and Holliston native Adam Green ( Frozen, Hatchet ) knows a thing or two about what it's like to be stuck in your hometown post-college, working a dead-end job, and pining for the high school girl of your dreams. Green parlayed all that angst into Holliston , a new television series for FEARnet.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | April 04, 2012

Say Anything | Anarchy, My Dear

Equal Vision (2012)
If Say Anything frontman Max Bemis were an anarchist, he'd be behind the scenes, printing fliers in the dark.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | March 28, 2012

Interview: R.L. Stine and the scary hamsters

Horror Story
For a man who's spent the past 20 odd years writing about psychotic cheerleaders, undead ex-boyfriends, and all manner of creatures ghoulish and gruesome, R.L. Stine is a cheery guy.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | March 14, 2012

Review: Silent House

Quietly sinister
Shot in a single, continuous take, Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's Silent House crackles with a gnawing anxiety like that which defined their debut, Open Water .

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | March 08, 2012

Review: Battle Royale (2000)

A not-so-distant future society
In a not-so-distant future society that has devolved into chaos, Japan's youth run amok, Clockwork Orange –style, and the government has passed an act decreeing that one unruly grade-school class will face off in a battle from which only one will emerge. Sound familiar?

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | February 21, 2012

Review: The Woman in Black

James Watkins's old-fashioned ghost story
After 10 years battling supernatural creatures, you'd think Harry Potter would be better equipped to deal with the paranormal pests he faces in James Watkins's old-fashioned ghost story.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | February 02, 2012

50 shows to get you through the long freeze

Get off your ass and out the door
Ward off the winter doldrums with Boston Fun Shit’s top 50 reasons to bundle up and get the eff out on the town.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | January 24, 2012

Review: The Devil Inside

William Brent Bell's limp mockumentary
William Brent Bell's film opens with a disclaimer that "the Vatican does not endorse this movie." No kidding — the Catholic Church isn't exactly known for its sense of humor.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | January 10, 2012

Review: Inside Hana's Suitcase

Larry Weinstein's stirring documentary
When Fumiko Ishioka, the director of the Holocaust Education Centre in Tokyo, is given charge of a child's suitcase found in the rubble of Auschwitz — a rarity, as most such belongings were lost — it piques her interest. She and her students decide to find out who Hana Brady — the name painted on the suitcase — was.

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | November 08, 2011