By Laurie CokerRating: C+ “We are explorers, not treasure hunters,” Dora’s professor parents tell her. Dora and the Lost City of Gold, director Jason Bobin writers Nicholas Stoller, Matthew Robinson clearly appreciate the highly popular Nickelodeon animated series Dora the Explorer, seriously. Their adaptation, however, reaches for a far wider audience. Actress Isabel Moner gives… Continue reading Review: DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD
Month: August 2019
Review: CRAWL
By Laurie CokerRating: C Recently, the Birding Center in South Padre Island, Texas brought alligators to the Island. Big Padre, a fourteen-foot-long monster, and other smaller gators now call South Padre home. Feasting on a diet of chickens, Big Padre draws in the tourists and gives life to a deadly predator. Even from behind the… Continue reading Review: CRAWL
Critica de cine: THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
Por Liz Lopez Rating B+ Todo mundo tiene algo que desea o anela en su vida, sea desde chico o adulto, y si todo va bien, logramos alcanzarlo. Para un joven con deseos de ser actor, Zack Gottsagen – aun ser un individual con Down Syndrome, su deseo se le cumplió. Co-directores y escritores, Tyler… Continue reading Critica de cine: THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
Critica de cine: THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Por Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Aunque no tenga mascota, pienso que la pelicula “The Art of Racing in the Rain” sera de mucho agrado para el publico al conocer la historia del perro Enzo (voz de Kevin Costner) y el ser humano Denny Swift (Milo Ventimiglia) con quien comparte la vida. Simon Curtis dirige la… Continue reading Critica de cine: THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Review: SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) For older teens and adults there’s no shortage of horror in cinema to thrill and entertain this age range. For children, the Goosebumps movies will certainly do the trick, but until now, there really haven’t been too many horror feature films aimed at young teens. This… Continue reading Review: SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
Review: THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) It has often said that people’s pet dogs know more about their owners and families than people truly realize. This serves as the central theme of this film which offers a dog’s-eye-view of his family and the troubles that affect them. Based on the novel by… Continue reading Review: THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Review: THE KITCHEN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) I love a good gangster flick and as a film fanactic, I have seen plenty of them. From Howard Hawks’ Scarface to Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (among several others), I have always been enthralled with organized crime cinema. The one great thing that sets apart The Kitchen… Continue reading Review: THE KITCHEN
Review: THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Every once in a while, a sentimental piece of cinema comes along and completely wins one’s heart. That is definitely the case with The Peanut Butter Falcon, an indie film with a lot of heart and passion. As I write this review, I am still feeling… Continue reading Review: THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON
Review: SWORD OF TRUST
By Laurie CokerRating: B- Almost everyone would love to find a family treasure in the attic, a trinket, document or collection worth a pretty penny. Another possibility, albeit rare, are the hopes of unearthing some relic that upturns history as we know it. Such is the case, or so it seems with a Civil War… Continue reading Review: SWORD OF TRUST
Review: THE KITCHEN
By Renee’ C.Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) The wives of New York gangsters, Kathy (Melissa McCarthy), Claire Walsh (Elisabeth Moss), and Ruby O’Carroll (Tiffany Haddish), in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands’ rackets after they’re locked up in prison (IMDB). Watching Kathy, Claire and Ruby take the reigns of their… Continue reading Review: THE KITCHEN