Source: Warner Bros Home Entertainment Burbank, CA– Follow the road to redemption when “The Way Back” arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 19. Academy Award winner Ben Affleck (“Argo,” “The Accountant”) stars in “The Way Back,” directed by Gavin O’Connor (“The Accountant,” “Warrior,” “Miracle”). The film also stars Al Madrigal (“Night School”), Michaela Watkins (“Wanderlust,”… Continue reading Blu-Ray/DVD Release: THE WAY BACK
Month: April 2020
SELAH AND THE SPADES
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Available on April 17, 2020 for streaming through Amazon is an intriguing high school drama that features an assortment of new, young acting talent and marks the feature film debut of gifted filmmaker Tayarisha Poe. Selah and the Spades doesn’t necessarily reinvent the high school drama,… Continue reading SELAH AND THE SPADES
ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020: BEDLAM
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) The issue of mental healthcare has been a heated and controversial subject of discussion for the past couple of decades, with a rise of public shootings and other types of homeland terrorism in the United States. It even has become a rather contentious issue in the… Continue reading ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020: BEDLAM
WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Now available for streaming through Amazon Prime is an amiable and heartwarming romantic comedy that should help pass your quarantine time quite gently. As what happens to a lot of indie films, What Love Looks Like deserves more attention than what it is getting. Writer/director Alex… Continue reading WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE
ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020: THE WITCH HUNTERS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From Serbian director Rasko Miljkovic, comes this lovable and poignant story of friendship between two troubled preteens. The two main characters of The Witch Hunters may have their own different struggles in life, but the bond they share helps both of them to find the courage… Continue reading ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020: THE WITCH HUNTERS
ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020: OUR TIME MACHINE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) From directors Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang comes this beautiful and heartbreaking documentary about an artist bonding with his beloved father, an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Our Time Machine gives audiences a look behind the scenes of Chinese artist Maleon’s new passion project.… Continue reading ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020: OUR TIME MACHINE
ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020: CODE OF THE FREAKS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) My festival coverage continues with an insightful documentary that examines Hollywood’s obsession with the disabled. Featuring candid interviews with intelligent disabled people, director Salome Chasnoff takes a good, hard look at disabled tropes in cinema, some of the various formulaic stories that are often told and… Continue reading ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020: CODE OF THE FREAKS
ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020 Review: OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) So, this is my first review after a several week break courtesy of COVID-19. To clarify, I have been most fortunate (so far) that I have not fallern ill to the utterly frightening Coronavirus that has spread like wildfire across the globe. Unfortunately, though, the quarantines… Continue reading ReelAbilities Film Festival 2020 Review: OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE
THE DOG DOC
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Now available via VOD and Digital platforms is an engrossing and compelling documentary about alternative veterinary medicine. Most people (myself included) have viewed healthcare for pets in rather short-sighted and limited ways. Such is not at all the case for veterinarian Dr. Martin Goldstein and his… Continue reading THE DOG DOC
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) There are never, ever any easy answers to the questions teenage pregnancy poses, especially when such pregnancy occurs as the result of abuse. Writer/director Eliza Hittman presents this troubling dilemma to her audiences in this heartbreaking and powerful film. Hittman delivers a gut-wrenching and stressful movie… Continue reading NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS