By Liz Lopez Rating: A Director Janice Engel’s feature documentary was screened during SXSW a few months ago and is easily one of my favorites from this year’s festival. I am not the only one to think so, as this film is an Audience Award Winner in the Festival Favorites category. Engel and Monique Zavistovski… Continue reading SXSW 2019 Review: “Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins”
Author: Mark Saldana
Review: BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) So far, it has been a great year for inspirational, feel-good cinema. And considering that the real world has taken some scary and disturbing turns in the past few years, maybe crowd-pleasing cinema is just what the doctor has ordered. Comedic actress Jillian Bell gets her… Continue reading Review: BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON
Review: AFTER THE WEDDING
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on Suzanne Bier’s Danish film Efter brylluppet, After the Wedding has plenty of stong, compelling material, but its execution and presentation gets bogged down with indulgent melodrama and a third act and epilogue that play out rather flatly. I suppose an argument could be made… Continue reading Review: AFTER THE WEDDING
Film Release and Interview: Veronica Diaz Carranza talks about “A Dark Place” as it hits Digital HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand
By Liz Lopez Gravitas Ventures acquired the United States rights to “A Dark Place,” written, produced and directed by Christopher Piñero, after the festival circuit where the film was named Best Thriller at the Manhattan Film Festival (2018), won Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor at the Hoboken international Film Festival (2018) and was the… Continue reading Film Release and Interview: Veronica Diaz Carranza talks about “A Dark Place” as it hits Digital HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand
Critica De Cine: ANGEL HAS FALLEN
Por Liz Lopez Rating: C+ Si le ha gustado las películas “Olympus has Fallen” (2013) y “London has Fallen” (2016), entonces es muy posible que anticipe ver la tercera en esta instalación de películas de acción, aun ser un poco predecible el guion y los personajes. El director, Ric Roman Waugh escribió el guion en… Continue reading Critica De Cine: ANGEL HAS FALLEN
Review: ANGEL HAS FALLEN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) If anyone had asked me six years ago that I will enjoy the two sequels to Olympus Has Fallen, I would have thought them insane. Even though the films in this franchise franchise often have dumb and silly elements, they do have likable characters, incendiary action… Continue reading Review: ANGEL HAS FALLEN
Review: ONE CHILD NATION
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) In 1979, the government of China implemented a birth planning program which included a strict policy of limiting the birth of children to one per family in an attempt at controlling the population growth and improving a troubled economy. Though the nation was in need of… Continue reading Review: ONE CHILD NATION
Critica De Cine: ONE CHILD NATION
Por Liz Lopez Rating: A La decisión de tener un niño es algo muy personal, y es mas, cuantos niños alguien decide tener también lo es. Pero para individuales que vivieron en China durante 1980 al 2015, el gobierno estableció una ley que limitó cuantos niños podrian tener cada familia. Uno, solo un niño, y… Continue reading Critica De Cine: ONE CHILD NATION
Local Event: Gail Everett to release “Latin Fun” CD at the “History of My Latin Music” showcase August 24th
By Liz Lopez Austin based singer/songwriter, Gail Everett, presents the History of My Latin Music showcase that will feature a performance of songs from her new CD to be released at the event titled “Latin Fun.” The CD release show will be held at Mexic Arte Museum on August 24th, 2019, from 7-9 pm.
Review: READY OR NOT
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From directors Matt Bettinelli-Opus and Tyler Gillett comes a wicked dark comedy that takes a childhood staple and turns it into a “most dangerous game.” With a screenplay by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy, the directors offer audience delightfully disturbing and twisted doses of violence,… Continue reading Review: READY OR NOT