Projections - Movie Reviews

About Projections

Projections began in 1982 with Frank and Chris producing a monthly half hour television film review show. In the mid-eighties Frank and Chris began writing the Projections column for weekly newspapers in Massachusetts.

In May of 1999, Projections-movies.com was started. All the reviews for 1998 and 1999 were quickly added. As of December 2007, 2100 reviews are available on the site and a significant number of older reviews are being prepared for inclusion. From the start we chose to not include advertisements. We're not trying to make money; we just enjoy movies.

In the future, we will be adding our archive of interviews and columns as well as all the reviews in our newspaper archives.


Our Reviewers

Francis C. Lapointe

Frank Lapointe has reviewed film for the past 25 years both written and on television and is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. He has been seen weekly on Friday mornings on abc40 and has been heard on WMAS radio 94.7FM and 1450AM in the Hartford/Western Massachusetts market. He has held many professional positions including teaching at both secondary and college levels, an elected member of the House of Representatives in Massachusetts, labor relations specialist and an assistant director in a public agency. He can be contacted at: frank@projections-movies.com.

Francis C. Lapointe

Christine Krastin

Christine Krastin has provided film reviews for Projections both written and on television for the past 15 years. She is an accountant and an office manager.

Christine Krastin

Anthony C. Morris

Tony resides in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Naturally movies are a big part of his interests, but also close to Tony's heart are fishing, basketball, science fiction and reading. Tony provides film reviews for radio station WBEC 105.5 on the FM dial.

Anthony C. Morris

Linda Kennedy-Auwn

Linda Kennedy-Auwn has contributed to Projections since 1993. She lives in the Boston area with her husband Tony. Linda is very fond of foreign films and all films romantic and inspirational in nature; she spent a year in Paris and the "city of lights" remains dear to her heart. A graduate of Northeastern University in Boston, she is currently employed as a Human Resources Personnel Coordinator for a public agency.

Linda Kennedy-Auwn

Jim Sabatini

Jim is an Environmental Consultant who has written many articles on film, music, and sports for a number of Connecticut publications.

Jim Sabatini

Sam Hatch

Sam Hatch has been a film critic on the radio since 2002. He reviews film and video for the program Culture Dogs (which airs Sundays at 8pm on 91.3 FM, WWUH), and posts online reviews and commentary at Culture Dogs. He also writes music reviews and editorials for the WWUH Program Guide.
Sam is a founding member of the Capitol Cinema Collective, Inc. – a grassroots organization that develops movie events for the Hartford community, such as the annual Lo-Res Fest filmmaking experiment, the Kino Kafé film series, and the Hartford International Film Festival.
When not sitting in a darkened cinema house, he spends far too much time sitting in his own darkened home theater watching an outrageously huge movie collection.

Sam Hatch

Howard Steven Frydman

Howard is General Manager and Executive Director of BATV – Channels 5, 21 & 22 in Connecticut. He has worked in the field of television, radio and print media for over 20 years and has coordinated many local and statewide public events. His movie reviews have been a television staple for numerous years on Channel 5’s “Movie of the Week” series. His reviews are also syndicated in several newspapers in Connecticut including: “The Airport News” the official newspaper for Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport and The North Central News. Mr. Frydman has also served politically in various elected positions including: Selectman, Registrar of Voters and Justice of the Peace. He is the recipient of the Connecticut “Hometown Hero” Award, Connecticut Jaycee Outstanding Citizen Award and the National Army Citizen Service Award.


Jennifer Martin

Jennifer is new to Projections and resides in Los Angeles. She is an enthusiastic movie goer who enjoys the action adventure and science fiction genre. In addition to watching performances, Jennifer has eleven years of stage to her credit.


Mike Lombardi

Mike presently resides in Connecticut where he received a B.A. in communication / Theater Arts from Connecticut State University. His experience includes three years in Los Angeles working for E! Entertainment Television and Nickelodeon Kids. He served as a script supervisor on Misery, and as a production assistant on Exorcist III. Mike has appeared as a background actor in numerous feature films and television shows including: Eraser, The Phantom, The Closer, The Thomas Crown Affair, Sleepers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Beverly Hills, 90210. He is the host of "Inside Entertainment" a cable television production. He will be a guest writer for Projections periodically.


Kathleen Ciavarro

Kathleen Ciavarro has been an avid reader and an enthusiastic movie goer her entire life. She is the proud parent of two boys and lives in the Boston area with her husband, two cats and a cherished golden retriever.



Our Staff

GenPoint Productions was given the opportunity to create its first website with Projections. Projections and GenPoint now have a part-time staff of four - adding new reviews weekly, scanning and placing old reviews into HTML, and developing enhancements.
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