Author: Mark Saldana

The fourth installment of Marvel Studios’ Captain America franchise delivers another exciting action-thriller but still reveals Disney’s/Marvel’s pattern of playing it safely. I had a great time with this movie. As with the previous Captain America films, this new chapter offers lots of incendiary action and exhilarating thrills but also has a plot that mimics… Continue reading Movie Review: CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Delivers Exhilarating Action, But Feels A Bit Familiar

Another inventive spin on Valentine’s Day movies is now in theaters, which takes the slasher-horror subgenre and infuses it with romantic comedy. After watching Heart Eyes, I couldn’t help but think about the Scream franchise because that comedic horror saga obviously inspires this movie. Nevertheless, I had a great time with this movie as the… Continue reading Movie Review: HEART EYES Delivers Slasher Thrills Within The Rom-Com Genre

This year, Valentine’s Day has a couple of movies that appeal to couples looking for entertainment of the romantic variety with a unique twist. One of which is Love Hurts. In this film, the filmmakers attempt to combine romance with action and comedy and hope to deliver a satisfying experience. An enjoyable experience depends on… Continue reading Movie Review: LOVE HURTS Has Fantastic Action, But Is Rather Predictable

As a 51-year-old, I have never read any of the Dog Man books. But that doesn’t matter, as I am tasked with reviewing a movie based on these stories. That said, I had some fun with this movie, discovering the fun comedy and some of the more bewildering aspects of this highly imaginative world. The… Continue reading Movie Review: DOG MAN Is a Cartoonish Affair Which Will Appeal to Children, But Will Fall A Bit Short For The Grownups

I am a big fan of both Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell. When I first heard about this comedy movie, I thought it was about time for these two talented actors to perform together. Also, after discovering that filmmaker Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) was attached, I had high hopes for this film. While I… Continue reading Movie Review: YOU’RE CORDIALLY INVITED Is Often Funny, But Is Often Too Ridiculous For Its Own Good.

Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has remained, in recent years, within a profoundly experimental phase, which is exciting as he continues to play with conventions and cinema tropes and deliver them in some genuinely fascinating ways. His latest film, Presence, presents a haunted house story from the ghost’s perspective. While other filmmakers have attempted this (David Lowery’s… Continue reading Movie Review: Though Not Exactly Original, PRESENCE Delivers An Inventive And Engrossingly Haunting Experience

As the story unfolded and the comedic moments started to hit, there was something very familiar about this movie. And then, when comic/actor Katt Williams shows up, it confirmed exactly what I suspected. One of Them Days is the unofficial offspring of the Friday movies. I am not saying that the film exists in the… Continue reading Movie Review: ONE OF THEM DAYS Revives A Fun But Familiar Comedy Formula

In 2011, college wrestler Anthony Robles won an NCAA National Championship in his weight class for Arizona State University. While this might sound like a standard, uneventful story, the fact is that he accomplished this honor with only one leg. Robles was born with only one leg and had to grow up with this limitation,… Continue reading Movie Review: UNSTOPPABLE Is A Genuinely Inspirational True Story

After filmmaker Leigh Whannell delivered such a great reimagining of Universal’s The Invisible Man, I hoped his take on the Wolf Man would have the same, or even more significant, impact. However, after I came out of the press screening of his latest remake of a Universal monster property, I was utterly disappointed. Though Whannell… Continue reading Movie Review: WOLF MAN Lacks The Necessary Bite To Make It Memorable