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Joyce Kulhawik on Arts Entertainment and Life


Welcome to the world of Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment critic for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008). Joyce is currently lending her expertise as an arts critic/advocate, motivational speaker, and cancer crusader. Join in the conversation as Joyce shares her wonderful reviews, ask questions, be the first to hear about free screenings and more!
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Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: THE TOMORROW WAR

It’s as snappy as a bunch of legos, and directed by the guy who gave us THE LEGO MOVIE, Chris McKay, here in his live-action directorial debut. But he hasn’t quite figured out the connective tissue that holds human characters together, nor a live-action …

2 weeks ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: “SUMMER OF SOUL (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

I have finally seen THE movie of the summer– and perhaps the year: SUMMER OF SOUL (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). “The Roots” drummer turned filmmaker Questlove has excavated buried treasure and turned it into a divine revelation of a …

2 weeks ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: “SUMMER OF SOUL (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

I have finally seen THE movie of the summer– and perhaps the year: SUMMER OF SOUL (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). “The Roots” drummer turned filmmaker Questlove has excavated buried treasure and turned it into a divine revelation of a …

2 weeks ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: Guest review of “IN THE HEIGHTS”

A critic’s job is never done. I am always trying to learn more and deliver ever more nuanced reviews of the work I see. As a white critic, I am always trying to see beyond the lens of my whiteness. In reviewing IN THE HEIGHTS I didn’t understand the lack …

1 month ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry THEATER: chekhovOS/an experimental game/

This is the best virtual theater I’ve seen all pandemic: chekhovOS/an experimental game/. Conceived and directed by Arlekin Players Theatre founder and artistic director Igor Golyak, this production melds live and pre-taped theater, video, film, and …

1 month ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: CRUELLA

I’ve always had a weakness for villainesses. Sleeping Beauty was a snooze compared to the magnificent Maleficent. I adored Snow White; still her ravishing wicked queen of a stepmother was disturbingly alluring. Even that green-complected shrew on a broom …

2 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry THEATER: BLACK BEANS PROJECT

BLACK BEANS PROJECT the latest virtual undertaking presented by The Huntington is a delicious digital offering and one of the most effective theater experiences offered in a medium tough to scale for theater-goers craving intimacy and drama. This world …

2 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: BREWMANCE

BREWMANCE is a tale of a love affair with beer– but not my father’s beer, though Chet and his brothers, my uncles, LOVED beer. They would sit around the backyard at all the family gatherings, barbecues to baptisms, drinking cases of the stuff. A cousin …

3 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: “TINA” Now on HBO!

I have loved Tina Turner from the first moment I saw her perform. It may have been her very first TV appearance in 1960 on “ American Bandstand .” I surely saw her one and only appearance with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue on The Ed Sullivan Show in …

4 months ago

 

Joyces Choices created the event JOIN ME! I emcee Hoffman Breast Ctr “Virtually Pink Pages”

Virtual Event JOIN ME! I emcee Hoffman Breast Ctr "Virtually Pink Pages" May 5, 7-8PM EST w/ @ahoffmanwriter, Kristin Hannah, Tayari Jones, @MillerMadeline, @HilarieBurton, @susanorlean, @AmyTan, @YoYo_Ma The Hoffman Breast Center at Mount Auburn …

4 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry Joyce Kulhawik Co-Hosts the 2021 Simmons Leadership Conference

Join us for the 2021 Simmons Leadership Conference. Live Virtual Conference | Tuesday, March 23, 2021 & 4 Live Signature Sessions April 6, 13, 20, 27 View Event Information Visit Website for more information For 42 years, The Simmons Leadership …

4 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIES: “THE MAURITANIAN”/ “LAND”

Some movies are torture. “Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar” is like jumping off a comedy cliff and finding yourself forever cringing in the world where jokes never land. Even Kristen Wiig can’t save you. Some movies are about torture. THE MAURITANIAN …

4 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: THE UNITED STATES vs. BILLIE HOLIDAY

The best reason to see this HULU feature film about iconic Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday is a galvanic performance by Grammy & now 2x Golden Globe-nominated singer/actress Andra Day in her first-ever big screen outing! Day has never acted before and …

5 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry FREE ADVANCE VIRTUAL SCREENING: “THE MAURITANIAN”

YOU ARE INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE VIRTUAL SCREENING OF STX RELEASE: THE MAURITANIAN on Wednesday, February 24th at 7:00 PM EST! To RSVP to the advance screening, please visit: http://stxtickets.com/loEnL23846 *Please note: Your RSVP does not …

5 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIES: REUNION/BLISS/THE LITTLE THINGS

Is it something in the air? The latest movies have left me wanting. REUNION , a horror film out of New Zealand, starring Julia Ormond is one of the dreariest movies I’ve seen in a long time. Her character is living in a big, gloomy house stuffed with …

5 months ago

 

Joyces Choices created the event TIGER STYLE Free Podcast!

TIGER STYLE! IF u loved it onstage, hear the play on GBH 89.7 FM Sat (2/6) 6pm – 8pm on. It's also a FREE podcast! Listen to episode 1 here! http://ow.ly/xARE50DsIo4 ?

5 months ago

 

Joyces Choices created the event FREE EmpowHER webisode on Gynecologic cancer

The Tina’s Wish EmpowHER monthly webisode series will educate and empower women in relation to their gynecologic health. Webisodes will feature subject matter experts and moderators with personal connections to gynecologic cancers. Knowledge is power! We …

5 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE REVIEW: “MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM” by Guest Critic Jacquinn Sinclair

At the end of 2020, a flood of movies was released all at once and it’s time to catch up with the best. Among them, is a film based on Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” starring Oscar-winner Viola Davis and the late …

6 months ago

 

Joyces Choices created the event ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE IN-THEATER SCREENING: “THE LITTLE THINGS”

TO ENTER: Visit https://tinyurl.com/TLTBOS for a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Little Things – Opening in theaters and streaming on HBO Max for 31 days from its theatrical release on January 29 th . PLEASE NOTE: …

6 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIES OVERLOOKED: BORAT/DAVID COPPERFIELD/THE CLIMB

Visit Joyce's Choices for more Happy New Year one and all. As I write this, I am consumed by so much raw emotion–outrage, disgust, sadness, cautious optimism, disbelief, frustration–that I have hardly been able to focus on writing movie reviews. It’s …

6 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry JoycesChoices FREE ADVANCE SCREENING: “Promising Young Woman”!

FREE ADVANCE VIRTUAL SCREENING: “Promising Young Woman” You are invited to a FREE ADVANCE SCREENING OF the Focus Features release “Promising Young Woman” on Thursday January 14th @ 7:00PM ET. RSVP instructions: For the chance to download two …

6 months ago

 

Joyces Choices created the event SAYS YOU!

Hey folks— I join the panel of NPR’s "SAYS YOU” along with Barry Nolan, Carolyn Faye Fox and more Evan– this Saturday night (January 2)Neil at 8PM live online! All details/ticket info here: https://www.saysyou.net/tickets/ Tune in for an historic …

6 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry 2020 FILM CRITICS AWARDS: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards!

This Sunday December 13, the BSFC gathered for a meeting like no other: 7 HOURS on zoom where we applied 2020 hindsight to the hundreds of movies we were able to screen online this past year. We discussed, and kibitzed, and argued and discussed some more …

7 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIES: ANOTHER ROUND, BLACK BEAR, MANK, HILLBILLY ELEGY, HAPPIEST SEASON

Brought to you by Joyce Kulhawik Visit Joyce's Choices to view reviews and more A mountain of movies has been piling up in time for year-end OSCAR eligibility. (YES the OSCARS will be delayed till April but will GO ON!) I’ve singled out a few of the …

7 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry IT’S ALIVE: A JOLT OF THEATER w/JAMES CORDEN!

As the pandemic rages over the holidays, we are anchored at home to our screens. And despite plenty to stream (if you are lucky enough to have homes and screens) there has been no live theater. But here’s JAMES CORDEN & a few “friends” to the rescue. …

8 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: “LET HIM GO”

I couldn’t wait to see Focus Features “LET HIM GO,” based on the Larry Watson novel about grandparents who set out to rescue their grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family. I was not disappointed, but here’s a warning–the film packs a heart …

8 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIES & HAUNTED HOUSES: REBECCA/THE NEST

For a late October weekend– two movies whose houses are haunted: REBECCA and THE NEST. I have always loved the original– Alfred Hitchcock’s Oscar-winning gothic masterpiece REBECCA based on Daphne du Maurier’s novel about wealthy widower Maxim de …

9 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIE: Bill Murray is “ON THE ROCKS”

There is one reason to see ON THE ROCKS, and that’s Bill Murray’s flamboyant, slyly funny, and altogether charming performance. Writer/director Sofia Coppola has once again teamed Murray with a young actress to chart an adventurous emotional course. In …

9 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIES: A RAINY DAY IN NY & THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

I’m finally catching up with films that got away from me during the last few weeks. Here’s my take on two out now, beginning with the latest from Woody Allen: A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK. The film comes trailing significant baggage. Allen sued Amazon for …

9 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry ALICE KULHAWIK–MY MOM, R.I.P

What a time, what a year. I wanted to let everyone who follows my site know that my mother Alice Kulhawik passed away this week peacefully overnight in her sleep at the age of 92. She died on the solstice, the first day of fall, a time of transition. I …

10 months ago

 

Joyces Choices created the event TONIGHT join me & HARRY CONNICK JR. to fight ovarian cancer!

TONIGHT – Harry Connick Jr. joins me & Tina’s Wish Foundation in a FREE virtual benefit to FIGHT OVARIAN CANCER. I am a survivor because of early detection. We are few and far between. Tina’s Wish is dedicated to raising funds for an early …

10 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry FREE VIRTUAL SCREENING: “The Way I See It”

I’ve seen this film and I loved it and invite you to click on the link below to access a FREE VIRTUAL screening of Focus Features and MSNBC FILMS: THE WAY I SEE IT on Thursday, September 17 th @ 7pm ET This film begins with what Official White …

10 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry Movie Revew: MULAN

MULAN just opened virtually and it’s too bad you can’t see this on the big screen. It’s an expansively shot and handsomely choreographed epic adventure that will inspire all the women (and the men I hope) in your household; it inspires me still, and I …

10 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry LABOR DAY WEEKEND – WITH SOUL!

Ever hear of Ellis B. Haizlip? I hadn’t. Now I’ll never forget him. MR SOUL! an award-winning documentary about the first Black nighttime TV talk show host in America, Ellis Haizlip, who went on the air during the turbulent late 60’s with a show called …

10 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry REVIEWS: Words on Bathroom Walls/ Tesla

Slim pickins at the movies thus far this season, but here’s my take on two films just released beginning with one based on a young adult novel by Julia Walton: WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS. I thought this was going to be just another doomed teen romance, …

11 months ago

 

Judylanejoined the group Joyce Kulhawik on Arts Entertainment and Life

Welcome to the world of Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment critic for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008). Joyce is currently lending her expertise as an arts critic/advocate, motivational speaker, and cancer crusader. Join in the conversation as Joyce shares her wonderful reviews, ask questions, be the first to hear about free screenings and more!

11 months ago

 

LuAnn Croftjoined the group Joyce Kulhawik on Arts Entertainment and Life

Welcome to the world of Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment critic for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008). Joyce is currently lending her expertise as an arts critic/advocate, motivational speaker, and cancer crusader. Join in the conversation as Joyce shares her wonderful reviews, ask questions, be the first to hear about free screenings and more!

11 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIES: PROJECT POWER/BOYS STATE

“Power” was the theme at the movies released this rainy weekend and the following two films though different in style and content, found their way through the same terrain. Let’s begin with PROJECT POWER: PROJECT POWER is the latest from Jamie …

11 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT: MOVIE “THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY” / THEATER- THE TEMPEST

This weekend is a mixed bag and involves Mick Jagger and William Shakespeare. If only they had worked together. MOVIE “THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY” I couldn’t wait to see the THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY a Sony Classics release beginning August 7 at West Newton …

11 months ago

 

Joyces Choicescreated the blog entry MOVIES– SWEET & SOUR: “THE SECRET: DARE TO DREAM”/ “THE RENTAL”

These two films couldn’t be more different and I liked them both– one in spite of its being outright awful and ridiculous, the other because it pretty much accomplished what it set out to do. THE SECRET: DARE TO DREAM stars Katie Holmes as a …

11 months ago







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