Month: August 2017

Film News: PATTI CAKE$ Talent Swings through Austin on Tour

By Liz Lopez Geremy Jasper, a singer/songwriter from New Jersey, wrote the screenplay and directed the film about Patricia Dombrowski (Danielle Macdonald) and her dreams of becoming an established Hip Hop artist. He shot the music video “Selena Gomez & the Scene: Love You Like a Love Song” for the single from her third album,… Continue reading Film News: PATTI CAKE$ Talent Swings through Austin on Tour

Movie Trailer: LAST FLAG FLYING

Source: Amazon Studios   In 2003, 30 years after they served together in the Vietnam War, former Navy Corps medic Richard “Doc” Shepherd (Steve Carell) re-unites with ex-Marines Sal (Bryan Cranston) and Mueller (Laurence Fishburne) on a different type of mission: to bury Doc’s son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.  Doc decides… Continue reading Movie Trailer: LAST FLAG FLYING

Review: PATTI CAKE$

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) It is a story as old as time.  A young aspiring artist, struggling to survive in poverty, has the tenacity, the skills, and the passion to use that talent to rise above the situation.   Hip hop has had plenty of heroes that fits this description… Continue reading Review: PATTI CAKE$

Austin Film Festival 2017: First Programming Slate Announcement

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL REVEALS FIRST SLATE OF FILMS AND TV FOR 24TH ANNIVERSARY LINE-UP, INCLUDING SEASON FINALE OF THE DEUCE AND MARQUEE TITLES FEATURING BEN KINGSLEY, DAKOTA FANNING, ETHAN HAWKE, RAINN WILSON, AND TONI COLLETTE Source: The Austin Film Festival Austin, TX – August 22, 2017 – Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing writers’ and filmmakers’ contributions… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2017: First Programming Slate Announcement

Movie Trailer: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Source: A24 From writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) and starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, and Alicia Silverstone. The Killing of a Sacred Deer – In Theaters October 27. Visit The Killing of a Sacred Deer WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/TheKillingOfASacredDeer… Like The Killing of a Sacred Deer on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/TheKillingOfASacredDeerFB Follow The Killing of a Sacred… Continue reading Movie Trailer: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Critica De Cine: GOOD TIME

Robert Pattinson protagoniza en la cinta ‘Good Time’ Por Liz Lopez Rating: A- Si acaso escucha o lee el nombre Robert Pattinson en una película, y automáticamente lo recuerda como el vampiro de las películas “Twilight”, entonces el tercer largometraje narrativo “Good Time” a la mano de los hermanos cineastas Benny y Josh Safdie probablemente… Continue reading Critica De Cine: GOOD TIME

Movie News: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE AND WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE THEATRICAL SCREENINGS OF ‘BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT’ IN 4K

The ‘definitive’ version of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic hits screens for one night only to celebrate 35th anniversary & Warner Bros. Home Entertainment re-release.   Sources: Warner Bros, The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema  Austin, TX – August 17th, 2017 – On Thursday, August 31st, audiences across the country will immerse themselves like never before in legendary director Ridley Scott’s… Continue reading Movie News: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE AND WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE THEATRICAL SCREENINGS OF ‘BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT’ IN 4K

Review: GOOD TIME

By Mark Saldana Rating:  3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From Ben and Josh Safdie, the acclaimed filmmakers who wrote and directed Heaven Knows What and Lenny Cooke, comes this gritty, seedy, adrenaline-fueled crime drama that plays out like a wild comedy of errors and bad decisions.  The title of the film may be Good Time, but… Continue reading Review: GOOD TIME

Review: LOGAN LUCKY

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From director Steven Soderbergh, the filmmaker who brought audiences Ocean’s 11, 12, and 13, comes a different kind of heist comedy, but one that plays like a less famous, redneck relative of that trilogy.  Logan Lucky doesn’t have the suave and debonair, fast-quipping crew that Danny Ocean… Continue reading Review: LOGAN LUCKY