Month: August 2016

Fantastic Fest 2016 News: FANTASTIC FEST’S GENRE FILM MARKET ANNOUNCES NEW EXPANDED PROGRAM, SPECIAL GUESTS AND FILM PROJECTS FOR 2016

Source: Fantastic Fest Austin, TX – August 17, 2016 – Fantastic Fest is proud to announce the first wave of programing for the 2016 edition of Fantastic Market, the festival’s industry program which runs September 22-25, 2016. Fantastic Fest takes place September 22 – September 29, 2016 at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX. This… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2016 News: FANTASTIC FEST’S GENRE FILM MARKET ANNOUNCES NEW EXPANDED PROGRAM, SPECIAL GUESTS AND FILM PROJECTS FOR 2016

Review: WAR DOGS

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the crazy true story, as told by writer Guy Lawson in the book Arms and the Dudes, War Dogs tells a slightly fictionalized version of the events involving two stoner/slackers and how they became arms dealers and scored a multi-million dollar government contract.  Adapted… Continue reading Review: WAR DOGS

Review: EQUITY

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Marketed as a female perspective of Wall Street and the banking industry, Equity, for the most part, covers the problems and difficulties faced by women attempting to excel in careers dominated by men.  Women still face prejudice in the work place, are often treated like sexual objects,… Continue reading Review: EQUITY

New Movie Trailer: AMERICAN HONEY

THIS FALL, COME ON AND DREAM BABY DREAM The anthemic Bruce Springsteen ballad sets the tone for the new AMERICAN HONEY trailer. Source: A24 Overflowing with electric, primal energy, AMERICAN HONEY is an immersive, exhilarating odyssey of heartbreaking beauty—a generation-defining movie that celebrates the defiant resilience of young people looking for a place they belong, chasing their own version of the… Continue reading New Movie Trailer: AMERICAN HONEY

Alamo Drafthouse News: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE TRANSFORMS SEPTEMBER INTO “SEPTEMBURTON”

Peculiarly gifted director Tim Burton to be celebrated with a month of film screenings, food and drink specials, Mondo pins, commemorative issue of  BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH., featuring cover art by Burton himself, and a “Filmmaking Frenzy” contest   Source: The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (Austin, TX | August 16, 2016) – Director Tim Burton returns to the big screen this September with… Continue reading Alamo Drafthouse News: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE TRANSFORMS SEPTEMBER INTO “SEPTEMBURTON”

Movie News: ZOOLOGY Announces North American Premiere at TIFF & US Premiere at Fantastic Fest

DIRECTOR IVAN I. TVERDOVSKY’S “ZOOLOGY” TO CELEBRATE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE AT TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND U.S. PREMIERE AT FANTASTIC FEST Source: New Europe Film Sales Austin, Texas – August 16, 2016 – New Europe Film Sales is excited to announce that Director Ivan I. Tverdovsky’s latest film, Zoology, will have it’s North American Premiere at Toronto… Continue reading Movie News: ZOOLOGY Announces North American Premiere at TIFF & US Premiere at Fantastic Fest

Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER

By Liz Lopez Rating: A With an excellent story, fabulous cast, and outstanding performances, there is nothing that I would like to see changed in the drama Hell or High Water, starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and Jeff Bridges. It is not often that a film hits all the points so well and that instantly… Continue reading Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER

Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER

(Left to right) Ben Foster and Chris Pine in HELL OR HIGH WATER. [Via MerlinFTP Drop]

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Taylor Sheridan, the writer of Sicario which is one of my top favorite movies of last year, penned the screenplay for this film which also happens to be one of my favorites of this year so far.  Sheridan and director David Mackenzie have made a terrific… Continue reading Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER