Follow-up to the 2019 feature film in which the Crawley family and Downton staff received a royal visit from the King and Queen of Great Britain (IMDB). Just about every character is back in this latest version of Downton Abbey. I have seen every episode of the television series as well as the first film.… Continue reading DOWNTON ABBEY: THE NEW ERA
Month: May 2022
TORN HEARTS
He asistido al festival de cine Fantastic Fest varios años y honestamente puedo decir que he visto muchas películas de terror de aquí y de todo el mundo. No recuerdo fácilmente una película de terror ambientada en el mundo de la industria de la música, específicamente la música country. Una vista rápida del tráiler de… Continue reading TORN HEARTS
DOT
Dot is a comedy-drama written by playwright/actor Colman Domingo (“Fear the Walking Dead”) that has been performed in different parts of the nation and is currently at the Ground Floor Theater in Austin. The play is set in late December, a few days before Christmas, in the West Philadelphia home of an elder African American… Continue reading DOT
Emergency Feature Film Arrives in Theaters and Amazon Prime Video
Director Carey Williams and screenwriter KD Davila’s narrative feature film Emergency is a Sundance Film Festival 2022 winner of the Screenwriting Award and subsequently was an Official Selection at the SXSW Film Festival in the Festival Favorites category this past March. If it sounds familiar, it can be because it was a 2018 award winning… Continue reading Emergency Feature Film Arrives in Theaters and Amazon Prime Video
TORN HEARTS
From Blumhouse Television, comes a tense horror-thriller that reflects the dark, corruptive nature of ambition. Based in the Country music world, Torn Hearts tells the tale of two hungry musical artists who are desperate to be discovered on a larger level, and are so determined to get there. Director Brea Grant, with writer Rachel Koller… Continue reading TORN HEARTS
DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA
Para quien no haya visto la popular serie de televisión Downton Abbey (finalizada en 2016), se trata de la historia de una familia inglesa privilegiada que vive como es costumbre en la sociedad aristocrática. Posteriormente, Downton Abbey: The Movie (2019) se estrenó en los cines y ahora la extensa familia Crawley regresa con Downton Abbey:… Continue reading DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA
News/Events: Colman Domingo’s “Dot” to Premiere in Austin
The Austin premiere of Dot written by award-winning actor, director and playwright Colman Domingo opens today and performances run through May 28th at the Ground Floor Theatre. Directed by Lisa B. Thompson, this new play has themes of aging parents, midlife crisis, and the heart of a West Philly neighborhood. ABOUT Dot: The holidays are… Continue reading News/Events: Colman Domingo’s “Dot” to Premiere in Austin
WHEN IT’S GOOD, IT’S GOOD (Documentary Short)
Mexican-American filmmaker Alejandra Vasquez returns to her hometown of Denver City, Texas, to document the effects of the boom-and-bust economic cycles of the oil industry on the single-source economy of that town. Denver City is in West Texas, just Southwest Lubbock, near the New Mexico border. It is in the middle of nowhere if you… Continue reading WHEN IT’S GOOD, IT’S GOOD (Documentary Short)
SLIM PICKINS
Watch the unlikely story of a man (Jahmicah Dawes) who knows little about the outdoors but decides to open up an outdoor outfitter store. Also, he happens to be a black man in the small Texas town of Stephenville, where they had a Klan rally as recently as 2007. This charming video documents the warm-hearted… Continue reading SLIM PICKINS
FIRESTARTER
Since Stephen King’s novel, Firestarter, was first published in 1980, the acclaimed and popular story inspired one cinematic adaptation in 1984, and a straight-to-television sequel in 2002. Though I have never watched the sequel, I do recall getting frightened and disturbed by the first movie version which stars E.T.’s Drew Barrymore. Of course, at the… Continue reading FIRESTARTER